UPCOMING EVENTS

Street Books Author Event

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
6:30-8:00pm
Join us for a reading event with our good friends Street Books, a mobile library serving people on the streets! Authors Laura Moulton and Ben Hodgson will read from Loaners: The Making of a Street Library.
1335 NW Kearney St, Portland OR 97209
GMS Movie Night

Thursday, May 23, 2024
6:00 - 8:00pm
Enjoy a community movie night with Gather:Make:Shelter. Free popcorn and sodas! All are welcome.
1335 NW Kearney St, Portland OR 97209
First Thursday Art Reception - The Scroll Project

Thursday, June 6, 2024
6:00-8:30pm
Visit Gather:Make:Shelter’s gallery to see the individual and collective results of Gather:Make:Shelter’s recent scroll project!
1335 NW Kearney St, Portland OR 97209
GMS Summer Fundraiser

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
6:00 - 9:00pm
You’re invited to an unforgettable evening celebrating and sustaining Gather:Make:Shelter’s impact!
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Location: Castaway Portland, 1900 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

NEWS

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CHARM

/CHärm/ noun, 1. the power or quality of giving delight or arousing admiration; verb, 1. delight greatly.

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KHEM Interview on KBOO

On Tuesday January 25, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artist KHEM, about his show Smiles of Planet Earth in Portland, Oregon.

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GMS Academy Exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery

The exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery contained the visual representations of transformative relationships and collaborations between the GMS Academy participants.

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VALENTINE

VALENTINE, our second exhibition at our new headquarters in the Pearl District, is a collaborative art exhibition featuring artwork gifted by local artists to C(3)PO.

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Preview Magazine: "Gather:Make:Shelter Offers Creative Solutions"

GMS is featured in the Feb/Mar 2021 issue of Preview! The editorial covers some of our work over the past year including projects and achievements by Dana, Aileen, and Michael.

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Gather:Make:Shelter in 2020

Learn about our achievements in 2020 and our ambitious plans for the next year!

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GMS Members to Receive Precipice Fund Award

We celebrate the achievements of Dana and Aileen, both of whom received a Precipice Fund award from The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts administered by PICA.

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ART FROM THE VILLAGES Exhibition

Our first exhibition, ART FROM THE VILLAGES, will run December - January and features artists living in C(3)PO and Dignity villages. Artists will receive 100% of the sales of their work.

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Portland Monthly: "This Nonprofit Helps Those Experiencing Houselessness Build Skills with Art"

We are pleased to share that Portland Monthly featured us in their article “This Nonprofit Helps Those Experiencing Houselessness Build Skills with Art.”

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New GMS Headquarters in Pearl

We are all alight with excitement over our new headquarters in NW Portland donated by Killian Pacific!

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INTERLACE Community Weaving Project

In October we participated in Portland Textile Month by launching the INTERLACE Community Weaving Project.

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GMS Receives Light A Fire Award from Portland Monthly!

We are so excited to report that Gather:Make:Shelter has received a Light A Fire Award from Portland Monthly Magazine presented by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust! They have recognized Gather:Make:Shelter as the nonprofit “Doing the Most with the Least”.

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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.

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Gardening Program

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GMS Academy Updates

We held a COVID-19 emergency fundraiser in March which made it possible for our Academy artists experiencing houselessness and poverty to purchase essential supplies. They deeply appreciated this act of generosity from the GMS community.

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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.

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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.