UPCOMING EVENTS
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LOOSE THREADS & RAW EDGES
September 3 - November 1, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 3, 2026
5:30-7:30PMGallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209Adornment is often reserved for aristocracy. The common person is expected to wear plain colors and utilitarian shapes meant for labor; clothes that blend in. In Loose Threads & Raw Edges, the GMS Collective explores adornment as identity. The exhibition celebrates our artists’ love of color, texture, and responsiveness to material. These creations are meant to be seen and felt. They are the antithesis of the erasure many of our artists experience in our capitalistic society.
Funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund.
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Portland Textile Month
October 2026
Opening Reception
First Thursday, October 1, 2026
5:30-7:30pmGallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209Join us for the opening of Portland Textile Month! We are honored that our current exhibition, LOOSE THREADS & RAW EDGES, is included in this year’s theme: LAYERS OF RESILIENCE.
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THE UNVEILING
November 5 - December 20, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 5, 2026
5:30-7:30PMGallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209The Unveiling is a solo exhibition by GMS artist Faera J. Valore. Featuring mixed-media pieces, The Unveiling explores the concepts of multifaceted exploration of self, realms both seen and unseen, Trans Euphoria/Dysphoria, and liminality.
Faera is a vibrant, Queer/Trans, mixed-media artist who joined the GMS Collective in 2023. She has worked on several murals in the WeShine community, The Mullowney Project, and the Midsummer Night’s Dream Machine fashion show in 2025. Currently, she is experimenting with fiber arts, various collaging materials, and is working on a poetry anthology called 8x8.
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INNER PLANES
November 5 - December 20, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 5, 2026
5:30-7:30PMGallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209There is an invisible web holding all that surrounds us. We all have the opportunity and choice to perceive it or not. Call it universe, Spirit, love… It connects us to every person, creature, plant, mushroom, moment, breath, and cloud. The work in Zenyatta’s first solo exhibition, Inner Planes, features decades of visionary collages and sculptures created in tandem with the unseen. Most of the artwork in this exhibition has never been shown. Synchronicity and happenstance inform the work, and if you ask Zenyatta, it’s as if the pieces created themselves.
Zenyatta is a lifelong artist. Beginning in her teenage years, she was drawn to collage. She begins by hand-cutting and meticulously organizing her collage materials through a complex system. Compositions are not planned, but completely intuitive; each collage piece informs the next to be pasted down. In March 2026, Zenyatta exhibited her art for the first time in a group show titled New Buds at the GMS Gallery.
NEWS
Support GMS in Give!Guide this year!
We’re in Willamette Week’s Give!Guide with a goal to raise $35,000!
Join our team!
Gather:Make:Shelter is seeking a passionate and committed individual to join our team as a Programs Coordinator & Workshop Instructor.
Gather:Make:Shelter is a Recipient of a Cultural Development Grant from Oregon Cultural Trust!
Gather:Make:Shelter is excited to announce that we're a recipient of a Cultural Development Grant from Oregon Cultural Trust!
The Monograph Tour in Astoria and in The Astorian
The inaugural exhibition of the The Monograph Tour at Astoria Visual Arts was featured in The Astorian.
GMS Receives Oregon Arts Commission Grant Award
We are excited to announce that Gather:Make:Shelter has been awarded a grant from the Oregon Arts Commission!
GMS Artists in Willamette International Travel’s Window Gallery
For the last few months our artists have gotten the opportunity to show their work in the windows of Willamette International Travel in downtown Portland.
Upcoming Workshop Series with Baba Wague Diakite
We’re looking forward to hosting a workshop series throughout the month of August with award-winning artist and storyteller Baba Wague Diakite!
GMS Receives Zidell Family Foundation Grant Award
Thank you to the Zidell Family Foundation for awarding Gather:Make:Shelter a general operating support grant!
Portland Pride in Review!
At the end of July, we celebrated Pride with some of our artists and community members!
WeShine Avalon Village Soft Opening
We’re thrilled for the soft opening of WeShine’s latest tiny home village, featuring an in-progress mural by Gather:Make:Shelter!
GMS Receives RACC Grant for Mullowney Printing Co. Collaboration Project
GMS Receives RACC Grant for Mullowney Printing Co. Collaboration Project.
GMS Summer Fundraiser: Ticket Sales Live!
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 12th! You're invited to an unforgettable evening dedicated to celebrating and sustaining the impact of Gather:Make:Shelter's innovative programming.
Blick Art Materials Donates 300 Sketchbooks for ‘Sketchbook Project’!
A huge thank you to Blick Art Materials for their recent support of The Sketchbook Project!
Gather:Make:Shelter - New Space Opening + First Thursday Exhibition Reception
Join us on the evening of March 7, 2024 for a First Thursday Exhibition opening reception and the official opening of Gather:Make:Shelter’s new annex space - a gallery, office, and event space to expand our offerings!
Gather:Make:Shelter Receives Ford Family Foundation Grant in Support of Mullowney Printing Co. Collaboration
Gather:Make:Shelter is honored to receive a Ford Family Foundation grant in support of our 2024 collaboration with Mullowney Printing Co.!
Gather:Make:Shelter + Mullowney Printing Co. Collaborative Project
Throughout 2024, GMS will collaborate with Mullowney Printing Co. to offer a series of 15 workshops to GMS Project Participants under the tutelage of master printers Paul Mullowney and Kathy Kuehn.
Gather:Make:Shelter Receives Oregon Arts Commission Grant for Sketchbook Project!
We’re thrilled to announce a recent grant award from The Oregon Arts Commission in support of Gather:Make:Shelter’s Sketchbook Project!
Gather:Make:Shelter Launches ‘The Sketchbook Project’
Throughout the coming year, GMS will be offering a free series of drawing and creative writing workshops for 300 people experiencing houselessness and poverty.
Gather:Table - Join Us For Dinner
At Gather:Make:Shelter, we bring humanity and lightness to our darkest moments by gathering. Join us for a special opportunity to share an intimate dinner together in the space that sees so many of our projects come to life!