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Congratulations Tabitha Nikolai, Creative Exchange Lab Resident

Congratulations to MFA in Visual Studies alumna Tabitha Nikolai who has been invited to be an artist-in-residence for the Spring 2019 Creative Exchange Lab at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.

OPB Features Black Life Experiential Research Group

State of Wonder highlights work by the Black Life Experiential Research Group (BLERG) a project by faculty member Sharita Towne and PSU professor Lisa Bates

Non-Choreographers Choreographing

Two accomplished PNCA alumni, a photographer and a painter, are among the choreographers for a recent BodyVox performance.

Yoshi Kitai Awarded Golden Spot Residency at Crows Shadow

Big congratulations to alumnus and printmaking faculty member Yoshihiro Kitai who has been awarded a 2019 Golden Spot Residency at Crow's Shadow

Congratulations Art + Science OMSI STEAM Educators

Each year PNCA’s Art + Science Initiative selects a handful of student educators to collaborate with PNCA faculty and OMSI staff to develop and teach weeklong youth summer camps

Monumental Samantha Wall work installed at PDX Airport

MFA in Visual Studies alumna Samantha Wall's work has been selected for long-term installation in Concourse D

Palmarin Merges helps Blackfish Gallery celebrate 40 years!

Printmaking professor Palmarin Merges presents a live printmaking event of her Blackfish 40th Anniversary Commemorative Print in the gallery

PNCA x Design Week Portland

Again this year, PNCA is proud to be a sponsor of the citywide celebration of design in its many forms: Design Week Portland.

Bukola Koiki Shortlisted for Emerging Voices Award

Congratulations to alumna Bukola Koiki, shortlisted for the American Craft Council's Emerging Voices Award.

Lucinda Parker: A Force of Nature!

A Force of Nature is the apt title of the Eugene Weekly's review of alumna Lucinda Parker's retrospective exhibition, Force Fields, at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem.

Student Work

Anna Marl

Hilary Hartner

Subin Yang

Kaitlyn Nelson

Aimee Sitarz

Forest Pass

Dylan Jones

Candace Jahn

John Wood III

Skylar Leaf

Valentino Quijano Moeckel

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Special Programs

PNCA | PENSOLE

The accelerated PNCA | PENSOLE Design Intensive, taught by industry experts, readies students for a career in product design.

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Make+Think+Code

Make+Think+Code is a lab that supports and encourages exploration and innovation at the intersection of art, science, technology, and design.

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