Q&A: Focus Week at PNCA
We sat down with Linda Kliewer, Director of BFA Thesis, to gain a better understanding of what Focus Week is and why it’s such a key part of PNCA’s culture.
Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies’ 2020 Symposium Showcases Portland’s Creativity and Resilience
The Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at PNCA will host a two-day online symposium on November 20-21, 2020, that explores the intersections of art, design, technology, critical race theory, disability studies, and activism through collaboration and creative practice.
PNCA students receive $15,000 in scholarship support in our Annual Collaboration with Argyle Winery: The Art of Sparkling
Nov 10, 2020
For the fifth year, three PNCA students received $5,000 scholarships for their individual designs of labels featured on a set of limited edition bottles of bubbly.
PNCA Animated Arts Students’ Short Film Premieres on World Fish Migration Day
The film is part of an effort to raise awareness of the importance of free flowing rivers and migratory fish
Sharita Towne Appointed Program Head of PNCA MFA in Visual Studies
We are excited to announce that Sharita Towne, who has taught and mentored in PNCA’s BFA, MA and MFA programs since 2016, has been appointed Program Head of PNCA’s MFA in Visual Studies in the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies.
In Memoriam: Susan Hammer
We are deeply saddened by the loss of a dear friend to the college. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hammer family and her partner Lee Kelly.
Q&A: PNCA’s Fall 2020 Plans
We recently sat down with Kate Copeland, PNCA Dean of Academic Affairs, to discuss how 20 PNCA faculty members came together to develop a new hybrid approach to providing an art and design education that continues PNCA’s hallmark ability to prepare students for lives of creative practice.
PNCA Fall 2020 MFA/MA Leadership Scholarships
PNCA announces a MFA/MA scholarship program for Black, African American, Indigenous, Native American, or non-Black students of color with demonstrated financial need.
PNCA Fall 2020 BFA Equity Scholarships
PNCA announces a BFA scholarship program geared toward our incoming Black and Indigenous, Native American, and non-Black students of color.
PNCA 2020 Commencement Speeches
PNCA presents the speakers from our 2020 virtual commencement ceremony, featuring Mikai Arion, BFA Intermedia 2020; Anthony Hudson, Intermedia 2013; and Simone Fischer, MFA Visual Studies 2020.
An Open Letter to the PNCA Family
Ahmaud Arbery. George Floyd. Botham Jean. Atatiana Jefferson. Eric Reason. Breonna Taylor.
Say their names.
PNCA’s BFA Thesis Portfolios Featured in Oregon ArtsWatch
A huge thank you to Oregon ArtsWatch for featuring PNCA’s virtual BFA thesis portfolios in their roundup of how local colleges and universities pivoted and adapted in order to highlight the works of their students in a socially distanced world.
PNCA students’ Panel Project joins the Pearl District’s efforts to protect windows and inspire hope
Following weeks of organizing and painting, students at PNCA launched the first phase of the Panel Project in mid-May, with the help of our wonderful facilities team and support from Blick Art Materials Portland.
In the transition to online learning, Emily Ginsburg’s class found a silver lining
For PNCA Chair of Media Arts Emily Ginsburg, she and many students in her Intermedia Department Theory and Practice class, “Art and the Everyday,” found the shift to remote learning to be a timely complement to an unprecedented upheaval of daily life.
Remembering Arlene Schnitzer
It is with heartfelt respect and admiration that Pacific Northwest College of Art remembers Arlene Schnitzer, who died on April 4, 2020 at the age of 91. A dynamic and powerful, yet quiet and modest voice in Portland’s cultural ethos, her philanthropic legacy has influenced generations of cultural and civic leaders and transformed the artistic landscape of Portland.
CCAC's The Unknown Artist Reviewed in Oregon ArtsWatch and Art in America
A big thank you to both Oregon ArtsWatch and Art in America for their reviews of The Unknown Artist exhibition at PNCA’s Center for Contemporary Art and Culture.
Congratulations to the 2020 McGeady Fund Awardees!
Mar 02, 2020
PNCA is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the McGeady Faculty Development Grants. Out of a strong field of applicants, Phoenix McNamara (Adult Program Manager, CE; Assistant Professor, Illustration) and Carl Diehl (Assistant Professor in Creative Writing, Foundation and Video + Sound) have been selected as this year’s winners.
MFA Applied Craft + Design students find inspiration in Joshua Tree
Students in the MFA in Applied Craft + Design annually travel to Joshua Tree, CA for inspiration and exploration
Lucy Cotter's Reclaiming Artistic Research
Artist, curator, and academic, Cotter’s new book asks how art knows: how artistic thinking develops through artistic processes and takes shape in artworks.
Michael Lazarus on panel at Portland Art Museum
Lazarus participates in panel on Portland Art and Learning Studios where he is currently artist in residence.
Alumna Elizabeth Malaska Artist Talk
Russo Lee Gallery presents an artist talk with MFA in Visual Studies alumna Elizabeth Malaska discussing the work in her current exhibition Of Myth or of Monday.
Faculty member Adam Arnold profiled in Business Journal
Tailor and fashion designer Arnold is called "last of an era, but first among equals"
Grad students attend Design After conference in Bogotá
Students in the MFA in Collaborative Design and MA in Design Systems programs connected with fellow academics at this Cumulus-sponsored conference on key topics in 21st century design
Ryan Bubnis completes San Jose mural commission
Assistant Professor Ryan Bubnis has just completed a mural at the Great Oaks Park Skatepark in San Jose, California, commissioned as part of POW! WOW! San Jose
ArtsWatch features Textile Symposium
Great report on recent Textile Connections Symposium “Textiles & Culture: Past, Present, and Future”
V Maldonado in two major Oregon Exhibitions
V. Maldonado has a solo exhibition, Excerpts from a Book I'll Never Write, at the Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University on view through December 14. They are also included in Resistance as Power, a group exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, through February 23.
Portland Artist Museum Artist Talks Series features Alumni
The next three monthly Artist Talks at the Portland Art Museum feature MFA in Visual Studies alumni