UPCOMING EVENTS
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Forbidden Fruit: A Solo Exhibition by Violet Fae Rabbit
December 21, 2024 - February 15, 2025
First Thursday Opening Reception:
February 6, 2025
5:30-7:30pmGallery open Saturdays 12-4pm
1335 NW KEARNEY ST.
PORTLAND, OR 97209Forbidden Fruit, an exhibition of Violet Fae Rabbit’s work explores the intersection of catharsis and whimsy.
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Fahd Sadiq at Willamette International Travel
February 4 - March 31, 2025
Irving Street Lofts
1314 NW Irving St
STE 101
Portland, OR 97209Fahd Sadiq has 6 works on display at Willamette International Travel, a local travel agency company and partner of ours.
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True Colors Recovery Celebrates Black History Month
February 15-22, 2025
🎬 February 15: Film Screening & Discussion
🎨 February 22: Black Artists Share Your Work
Read more here!
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Gather:Make:Shelter Group Show
February 22 - March 15, 2025
First Thursday Opening Reception:
March 6, 2025
5:30-7:30pmGallery open Saturdays 12-4pm
1335 NW KEARNEY ST.
PORTLAND, OR 97209This exhibition will feature work by GMS Collective artists: Shea, Bea, Faera, Starburst, Violet, Aileen, and Gloria
(Cover art by Bea)
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WeShine St. Andrew's Village Preview
March 8, 2025
10am-12pm7600 North Hereford Avenue Portland, OR 97203
Please save the date and join WeShine to celebrate the upcoming opening of St. Andrew's Village! The latest micro-village community is a safe, welcoming community that provides transitional shelter for Portland's unhoused and underserved adults.
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Concert for a Cause: Still Kickin' Band at the Eastside Jewish Commons
March 9, 2025
2-4 pmEastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland ORSliding Scale Entrance Fee: $5-10
Still Kickin' is a 7-piece acoustic band that has performed at local farmers markets, parties, fundraisers, community events, and other Portland area venues for more than 20 years. Best known for rich harmonies and original interpretations of songs spanning multiple decades to the present day, Still Kickin’ plays an eclectic mix of folk, folk/rock, ballads, blues, and rock.
Still Kickin' Band: Margie Harris, John DeMarco, Gary Fulow, Phil Hornik, Mark Kirby, Jan O'Dell and Jeremy Sarant
NEWS
Portland Art Museum Visit
Last Wednesday, GMS founder Dana Lynn Louis got the chance to take the Queer Affinity Villagers on a field trip to Portland Art Museum .
INTERLACE Community Weaving Project
In October we participated in Portland Textile Month by launching the INTERLACE Community Weaving Project.
Hygiene Hub Collaboration
In August we embarked on our first public art collaboration with Hygiene4All to design a hygiene station in SE Portland built and operated by people experiencing houselessness.
Oregon ArtsWatch: "Artful solutions to foster community"
Oregon ArtsWatch recently featured Gather:Make:Shelter’s Founding Director, Dana Lynn Louis’s newly installed privacy fence screen titled "Ripple Effect" designed for two temporary shelter-in-place villages on SE Water Avenue.
C(3)PO Coalition
In April Gather:Make:Shelter joined with twelve other local organizations and two government offices to support our unhoused community with the opening of three shelter-in-place sanctioned camps in Portland, collectively referred to as C(3)PO.