Welcome to the Haven Art Collective and Healing Arts Center

This last weekend, July 24th 2025 was a very special weekend for a lot of Portland artists and healers. Many of us have come together to create something new and totally magical; converting an old (essentially abandon) Pepsi factory into a 15k square foot haven for creatives of all types to come together as a collective and create together a place for us and our community to feel safe and inspired.

We are an art gallery, a makers space, a healing arts center, a live music venue, a home for workshops, a herbal elixir bar and more. I think it’s safe to say there is really nothing else like this in Portland, Oregon. The amount of work that went into making this happen is staggering, and we couldn’t have done It without a lot of help from donors and volunteers of all kinds. We are blessed to have such a loving and supportive community behind us.

This is just the beginning! We were able to open our doors to the public this last weekend after getting the keys to the building on May 1st, but just barely! It took a big push of long days for months without a break to make this happen and now we can breathe and start the next phase of making the space even better and more dialed in. There is still so much work to do!

I’m greatful for my little studio. It’s nice to have a proper place to work again after almost a year of being unable to work. I was traveling to Peru for a total of six months and there has been too much going on in life to get much painting done, but now that the smoke is clearing I’m going to be dropping in and focusing on creating a lot of new work, much of which has been inspired by all that has happened in the last year..

Inspiration should not be hard to hold with a place like the Haven as my new office! I’m looking forward to many coming events and collaborations with the artists and makers in the new space. Good things are coming and I can’t wait to share them with you all. Stay tuned!