Pacific Northwest College of Art | Willamette University

Explore. Experiment. Reimagine Everything.

At the creative heart of Portland, PNCA is a center for communities of artists, designers, and scholars, presenting more free public programs and exhibitions in a given year than any other arts institution in the city.

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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Paola De La Cruz BFA’20 nurtures community and encourages joy with art

Through murals, a canopy project, and digital-art commissions, Paola De La Cruz BFA’20 finds success as an artist while incorporating messages about joy, healing, and coming of age.

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An illustration by Steph Littlebird for the new book *My Powerful Hair* (Abrams Books for Young Readers).

Steph Littlebird BFA’15 strives to change lives with her art

Littlebird illustrated the children’s book My Powerful Hair, which tells a story about Native heritage and reclaiming identity.

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UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE

Highlights

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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Expensify exhibition shot with Please seat yourself on the right

2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition

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

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2023 BFA Thesis Exhibition

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

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Undergraduate Viewbook

Eleven undergraduate programs, endless possibilities.

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

Online Viewbook

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

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

Anna Marl

Multi medium installtion, art by Hillary Hartner

Hilary Hartner

Subin Yang

Kaitlyn Nelson

Aimee Sitarz

Forest Pass

Dylan Jones

Candace Jahn

John Wood III

Skylar Leaf

Valentino Quijano Moeckel

Degree Programs

Community Education

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.