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
Faculty member Kristan Kennedy appointed to Warhol Foundation Board
Kennedy is an artist and Artistic Director and Curator of Visual Art at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA)
RAW! Reed Arts Week features PNCA faculty and alumni
Exhibitions by V Maldonado, Laura Camila Medina, and Samantha Wall are highlights of this annual event at our neighbor college
Studio visit with alumnus Duane Zaloudek '56
Inspiring interview capturing Zaloudek's inspirations, early path, and long career
Terry Blas '10 graphic novel picked up for new imprint Surely Books
NY Times reports that Blas' new graphic novel with Claudia Guirre will be among first published on new imprint highlighting works by LGBTQIA artists and writers.
Macarena Gómez-Barris and CA Conrad to headline Graduate Symposium on Climate Justice
Mark your calendar for the 2019 Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies Symposium: Art + Environmental Justice November 22 and 23, 2019.
Demian DinéYazhi´ selected for 2020 Sydney Biennial
Big congratulations to alum DinéYazhi´ '13 who was selected along with their project R.I.S.E.: Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment, which is dedicated to education, perseverance, and evolution of Indigenous art and culture.
Yunker and Moseley Works Featured in Film Festival
Kathryn Moseley and Otto Yunker have both been selected for the Gateway Film Festival
Stephen Slappe unearths vintage Museum Art School promo video
Video + Sound Department Head Stephen Slappe unearths and digitizes a vintage promotional video from the Museum Art School on his Dead Media Hour YouTube channel.
Alumnus Taka Yamamoto's New Performances and Commissions
The MFA Visual Studies alumnus debuts new performance in Seattle and gets new commission from Portland Art Museum, supported by Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights Grant
Patricia Vázquez Gómez new exhibition examines "transgression of borders"
A new exhibition by MA in Critical Studies professor Patricia Vázquez Gómez, BorderXer, opens Friday, September 27 at Paragon Arts Gallery.
Skylar Jessen's DinWorkshop joins New Museum's NEW INC
Jessen's collaborative project with Gang of Four's Dave Allen joins NEW INC, the New Museum’s cultural incubator for art, tech, and design.
Alumna Laura Allcorn featured in WW Creators Issue
MFA in Applied Craft + Design alumna Laura Allcorn is one of 15 artists and designers "making Portland a cooler, crazier, and more colorful place to live"
Bijan Berahimi featured in WW Creators Issue
Faculty member Berahmimi is one of 15 artists and designers "making Portland a cooler, crazier, and more colorful place to live"
Alumna Bukola Koiki Featured in American Craft
MFA in Applied Craft + Design alumna Bukola Koiki is featured in the October/November issue of American Craft honoring the Emerging Voices Winners
Argyle Art of Sparkling Scholarship Winners Revealed
Congratulations to students Olivia Harwood, Haley Howell, and Lydia Mercer who have been awarded scholarships and whose art will grace Argyle wine labels.