PNCA, October First Thursday, In the North Park Blocks

October First Thursday at PNCA + North Park Blocks

The Center for Contemporary Art & Culture at Pacific Northwest College of Art is excited to invite the public to the October First Thursday Art Walk in the North Park Blocks for a series of exhibition openings, performances, live music, drop-in activities and refreshments!

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Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies Lecture Series 2023-2024, hosted by PNCA

Visiting Artist Lecture Series

We are thrilled to announce PNCA’s 2023-24 Visiting Artist Lecture Series! 

PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies and Center for Contemporary Art & Culture welcomes prominent artists, scholars, designers, curators, and critics from around the country and beyond, to engage with the Portland arts community.

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Steven Xue BFA’19: Meet the designer behind some of the biggest brand campaigns

Steven Xue BFA‘19 is a powerhouse graphic designer who has carved out a niche for himself working with brands like Nike and Adobe.

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View the student orientations schedules here

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE

Highlights

Banner for the Pacific Northwest College of Art, 2023 Graduate Symposium Art + Social Consciousness

Graduate Symposium 2023: Art and Social Consciousness

PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies and Center for Contemporary Art & Culture are thrilled to announce the 2023 Graduate Symposium!

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Red Painting, Oil On Canvas, art by Linden

UNLIMITED 2023 Alumni Salon Show

Welcome to UNLIMITED 2023, PNCA’s 6th annual alumni salon show. This open call show includes work by PNCA alumni artists and designers across a range of media and film.

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Erosion / Burial / Uplift / Repeat, Porcelain sculptures on top of fabric pillars. Plants are ajacent to the pillars, sounded by sand.

2023 LRVS Thesis Exhibition

Pacific Northwest College of Art proudly presents the 2023 LRVS Thesis Exhibition.

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2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Pacific Northwest College of Art proudly presents the 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition.

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documentation shot of For Sale

2023 BFA Thesis Exhibition

Pacific Northwest College of Art proudly presents the 2023 BFA Thesis Exhibition.

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PNCA Viewbook spread

Undergraduate Viewbook

Eleven undergraduate programs, endless possibilities.

View our undergraduate viewbook online and learn all about PNCA and our programs.

Online Viewbook
Graduate Viewbook cover

Graduate Viewbook

Experimental. Interdisciplinary. Collaborative.

View the graduate viewbook online and learn about the MFA/MA programs of the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies.

Online Viewbook

A Creative Mind

A Creative Mind, voices from the PNCA community

Presenting multiple perspectives on topics explored within a creative practice.

Currently accepting applications for Fall 2023

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE POST-BACC

Our Scholarship Promise

PNCA Now Guarantees First-time Freshmen Scholarships for up to five years

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3D fabrication lab with an instructor and artist working on sculpture

Student Work

Student Sculpture, art by Anna Marl
Anna Marl
Multi medium installtion, art by Hillary Hartner
Hilary Hartner
Illustration of a pool with swimmers at dusk, art by Subin Yang
Subin Yang
Kaitlyn Nelson working on a sculpture with reused plastics
Kaitlyn Nelson
Series of abstract photograph prints on a wall, art by Aimee Sitarz
Aimee Sitarz
Sculpture installtion with two large wood planks attached by a rod, balanced by a point surrounded by a small pile of dirt, art by Forest Pass
Forest Pass
Illustrated cutout with layered paper, two people with a horse, art by Dylan Jones
Dylan Jones
Large abstract prints hung by wire, art by Candace Jahn
Candace Jahn
Sculpture, art by John Wood III
John Wood III
Vintage audio tape player arranged on the floor as part of Skylar Leaf's thesis project at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA).
Skylar Leaf
Valentino Quijano Moeckel

Degree Programs

  1. Animated Arts
  2. Creative Writing
  3. General Fine Arts
  4. Graphic Design
  5. Illustration
  6. Intermedia
  7. Painting
  8. Photography
  9. Printmaking
  10. Sculpture
  11. Video + Sound
  1. Applied Craft + Design
  2. Collaborative Design / Design Systems
  3. Critical Studies
  4. Print Media
  5. MFA Visual Studies
  6. Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies
  7. Low Residency Creative Writing
  1. Adult
  2. Pre-college

Special Programs

Students working in Design Studio at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 2017

Special Programs offer a range of expanded learning opportunities for students and the community.

These include projects, workshops, and intensives in applied art and design in the realms of environmental science, technology, science and tech pedagogy, and industrial design. Programs also include a variety of international studies opportunities, an artist residency, and a professional print publishing studio.

Special Programs

  1. Watershed
  2. Creative Technology Lab

Campus Life

Class Trip to Portland Printing Studio
Student Thesis Presentation
Student Exhibitions
Photobooth at the end of the year party
Student Life Photo Booth
Students at the Oregon Coast
Student Life Oregon Coast Trip
Critique Printmaking Jayn Watson
Class Critiques
park bike Bob Jones and students sitting in open lawn of a Portland, Oregon urban garden
Portland Urban Parks
Art Hack Day, Echo Chamber Installation
New Student Orientation
New Student Orientation
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Focus Week Lunch
Visiting Artist Exhibitions, Center for Contemporary Art and Culture
Student Studios

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