A community based gallery in an open studio setting focused on providing a place to honor the expressive arts and the art process.

The gallery is always looking for future community partnerships.  If you are involved with or know of a non-profit that would be a good fit please contact us via email.

Contact the gallery: monkeysubmissions (at) gmail.com


Past partners have included:
Dove Lewis
Oregon Women's Caucus for the Arts
SYMRC
Zimbabwe Artists Project
Free Arts NW
Project Quest
My Story
Create Plenty
Trillium Artisans
We Are Oregon


Art by Don Fox

Our Curator:

Beth Ann Short  
Beth Ann Short MA, ATR-BC comes from the Great Lakes region, living in both Michigan and Ontario throughout her youth. Short attended Alma College for her undergraduate degree, double majoring in Art and English. In 1992 Short migrated to the Pacific Northwest, continuing to write, as well as make and show art. Here she found inspiration in the juxtapose of natural life, city life and a diverse community. Short continued to create while putting her roots down in Portland. Short received a Masters in Art Therapy from Marylhurst University in 1999 and is a nationally registered and board certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) with the Art Therapy Credentials Board, as well as a member of the American Art Therapy Association.

Short has shown her art nationally since the 90's, but has been making art since she was a small child. Short attests that her art is a witness to her life experiences. Using traditional training plus a drive to push limits in media she expresses her vision of how our senses might experience life. In her art, Short works in an organic approach reacting to the struggles and successes of media.

In 2006 Short co-founded the 100th Monkey Studio, a community open art studio and gallery. In this space Short saw her dream become real, providing the community, individuals of all ages and backgrounds, a place to engage in the expressive arts on many levels. It is the studios mission to support artists in their unique journey of using art as a means of individual self-expression. The 100th Monkey Studio is also dedicated to providing the community with art resources while also being a creative place to visit and view art.