Exhibits

The Midland Gallery at Midland Library and Collins Gallery at Central Library host educational and artistic exhibitions. Admission is free.

Midland Gallery

Home / Land: An Interactive Exhibit

February 25 - March 27, 2025
Hand2Mouth Theatre invites you to travel through an interactive installation about the forces that cause people to leave their homes in search of a better life. Visit during library hours, and join us on March 1 to meet the artists who designed the work.

Four tiny houses lit from the inside at night with tall buildings in the background.

About Midland Gallery

The Midland Gallery is used for exhibits created by library personnel or by community members in cooperation with library personnel. Use of space by a community organization does not constitute an endorsement of the organization's beliefs by the library.

Currently we are not accepting applications for the Midland Gallery.

Midland Library
805 SE 122nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97233

Collins Gallery

what i carry

January 15, 2025 - March 15, 2025

Since 2010, Jim Lommasson has collaborated with communities displaced from their homes and homelands, sharing stories of refugees and survivors who bear the burdens of the diaspora. The what i carry project focuses on Portland’s unhoused community and reminds us of our shared humanity. What would you carry if you find yourself in need of shelter, should circumstances in your life shift? Jim photographed significant personal items participants carry with them. Participants then added art or words to the photo of their object to express why their object holds importance. By providing a voice to those who are rarely heard, we build a sense of community and understanding.

Build Your Future in LEGO

March 21- May 21, 2025

Come discover the works of talented AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) and be inspired to build your future in LEGO. Our imagination has no limits on what we can build!

Reception

March 22, 2025 11 am - 12 pm, followed by LEGO Club for Kids in Community Room 1A

More about the reception

About Collins Gallery

The Collins Gallery is used for exhibits created by library personnel or by community members in cooperation with library personnel. Use of space by a community organization does not constitute an endorsement of the organization's beliefs by the library.

Currently we are not accepting applications for the Collins Gallery.

Central Library
801 SW 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
503.988.5123