PNCA and Museum of Contemporary Craft Announce 2015 Exhibition Schedule
January 27, 2015
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For Immediate Release
January 27, 2015
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Lisa Radon, Communications Specialist
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Becca Biggs, Director of Communications
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PNCA AND MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT ANNOUNCE 2015 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Portland, OR—January 27, 2015—From its new campus on Portland’s North Park Blocks, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) announces 2015 programming in its main galleries and exhibition spaces including the inaugural exhibition in PNCA’s flagship 511 Gallery in the recently completed Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design and at PNCA’s Museum of Contemporary Craft.
In October 2014, PNCA and Museum of Contemporary Craft moved toward further integration with the creation of the PNCA Exhibitions Department, headed by Mack McFarland, Curator and Director of Exhibitions, in close partnership with Nicole Nathan, Museum Deputy Director and Curator of Collections. McFarland, a PNCA alum (’06) was previously curator of PNCA’s Feldman Gallery and Project Space. Nathan has been with the Museum since 2006 where she has organized more than 30 exhibitions.
The 2015 exhibitions at PNCA and Museum of Contemporary Craft include those featuring internationally recognized artists and those that engage in expansive regional exploration, shows of politically-engaged practices and shows curated by students and showcasing student work. There are exhibitions at both institutions that showcase experimental, contemporary, and traditional craft.
EXHIBITIONS
PNCA
Gathering Autonomy: Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative
511 Gallery – Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design
March 5 – June 21, 2015
First retrospective of this print cooperative that produces graphics for activist organizations around events or actions.
PNCA CLUI Wendover Residency
Resilience Lab, Dorothy Lemelson Innovation Studio – Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design
March 5 – April 25, 2015
Works by PNCA students, alumni, and faculty who participated in 2014 Wendover Residency at Center for Land Use Interpretation.
Honour Mack
Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies Visiting Artist
511 Gallery – Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design
July 2 – August 8, 2015
Alien She
511 Gallery – Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design
Museum of Contemporary Craft
September 3 – January 9, 2015
Curated by Astria Suparek and Ceci Moss, this is the first exhibition to examine the lasting impact of Riot Grrrl, a pioneering punk feminist movement that emerged in the early 1990s in reaction to pervasive and violent sexism, racism, and homophobia in the punk music scene and the culture at large. Organized by the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
Extra Credit: Students Mine the Collection
January 31 – July 11, 2015
Museum of Contemporary Craft
Students in the PNCA’s Winter Session curatorial intensive led by Nicole Nathan and Victor Maldonado create an exhibition that offers domestic context for objects in the Museum’s collection.
Living with Glass: The Ed Cauduro and Dane Nelson Collections
February 20 – May 16, 2015
Museum of Contemporary Craft
200 objects drawn from the red-hot furnaces of Murano, including works created by the most highly-regarded workshops on the island: Venini, Vetreria Aureliano Toso, Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Fratelli Toso, Barovier & Toso.
State of Oregon Craft
June 5 – August 15, 2015
Museum of Contemporary Craft
Casting a broad net, Nicole Nathan and Namita Gupta Wiggers curate a survey of recent works by craft artists from across the state of Oregon.
CARPA: Craft Advanced Research Projects Agency
August 25 – April 16, 2016
Selections from the archive of Camp CARPA in Joshua Tree, a 2013 deployment of 17 craft artists or “Craft Advanced Research Agents” to the desert camp. Curated by CARPA: Sara Clugage, Carole Lung (aka Frau Fiber), and Otto Von Busch.
Alien She
511 Gallery – Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design
Museum of Contemporary Craft
September 3 – January 9, 2015
Curated by Astria Suparek and Ceci Moss, this is the first exhibition to examine the lasting impact of Riot Grrrl, a pioneering punk feminist movement that emerged in the early 1990s in reaction to pervasive and violent sexism, racism, and homophobia in the punk music scene and the culture at large. Organized by the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University.
ABOUT 511 GALLERY
511 Gallery in the new Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design at Pacific Northwest College of Art is dedicated to the work of national and international contemporary artists. Directed by Mack McFarland, the gallery mounts exhibitions that highlight 21st century art and design practices and support the College’s curriculum.
ABOUT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
Committed to the advancement of craft since 1937, Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art is one of Oregon’s oldest cultural institutions. Centrally located in Portland’s Pearl District, the Museum is nationally acclaimed for its curatorial program and is a vibrant center for investigation and dialogue, expanding the definition of craft and the way audiences experience it.
ABOUT PNCA
As Oregon’s flagship college of art and design since 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art has helped shape Oregon’s visual arts landscape for more than a century. PNCA students study with award-winning faculty in small classes. In the last seven years, PNCA has doubled both the student body and full-time faculty, quadrupled its endowment, and added innovative undergraduate and graduate programs. PNCA is now embarking on its boldest venture yet by establishing the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design as an anchor for the College’s vision of a new campus home on Portland’s North Park Blocks. Focusing on the transformative power of creativity, the capital campaign, Creativity Works Here, was launched in June 2012 with a lead gift from The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation of $5 million. PNCA’s new home will be a bustling hub for creativity and entrepreneurship, reflecting the influential role of art and design in our 21st century economy – both in Portland and beyond. For more information: pnca.edu.