On Sunday, May 20, 2018, commencement ceremonies were held for our undergraduate and graduate candidates for the spring 2018. Join us in congratulating this new class of PNCA alumni!

PNCA is excited to congratulate the Spring 2018 graduating class of our PNCA | PENSOLE Design Intensive!

PNCA is pleased to announce that renowned artist, alumnus, and Professor Emeritus Arvie Smith '84 will deliver the 2018 Commencement Address at Pacific Northwest College of Art's 2018 Commencement ceremony on May 20, 2018.

What's PNCA alumni been up to? Here are a few updates on folks making moves in their art communities: from Hyperallergic and ARTFORUM publishings, to notable exhibitions in New York, to TEDx talks and fellowships. PNCA alumni is always proud of its legacy!

Read about alumni updates!

PNCA|PENSOLE faculty member, Angela Medlin, is profiled in the new the Schoolhouse Electric spring catalog. 

Don Tuski, President of PNCA, recently joined a panel of judges to select the finalists for Nike's 2018 BIKETOWN Community Design Challenge ⟶ 

Jodie Cavalier MFA '12, PNCA Assistant Professor in Foundation and Media Arts, has been selected as a Leland Iron Works "Gold Spot" artist in residence for the upcoming 2018 summer/fall season.

Faculty members Palmarin Merges and Martin French awarded $10,000 each from the McGeady Faculty Development Fund.

PNCA alumna, commercial and editorial photographer Susan Seubert shares her thoughts and experiences on travel photography at a TEDx talk in Emory, Virginia. ⟶

Rose Bond, artist, Lead Faculty in Animated Arts, and Director of the Boundary Crossings Institute in Animated Arts at PNCA, is giving a paper at Emergent Visions: Adjacency & Urban Screens Symposium in Singapore. 

Serenity Ibsen, Director of Libary Services at PNCA, has been selected as a recipient of an ACRL Oregon professional development scholarship. ⟶

This year we are honored to host a selection of events for Design Week Portland 2018! ⟶

To all who attended, sponsored, and supported this year's PNCA Gala, thank you! ⟶

Forbes magazine credits artist, curator, and PNCA professor with catalyzing change in a review of New Feelings.

Melanie Stevens, MFA in Visual Studies '17, has recently been honored as the third recipient of the Stumptown Artist Fellowship.

Author and recent guest of the MA in Critical Studies program is featured on OPB's news talk show

Molly Mendoza, PNCA Illustration alumna 2014, shares her creative journey and professional practice in a recent interview featured on Communication Arts. Read More ⟶

Communication Design team makes it to final round of OAF X AKQA Branding Design Competition.

On February 14, 2018, PENSOLE Footwear Design Academy announced the two winners of their #21DaysofDesign challenge. Read more ⟶  

PNCA instructor of film photography, Lauren Masterson, helped co-found the Portland Darkroom, a public darkroom dedicated to keeping film photography alive and accessible in Portland, Oregon. Read More ⟶
 

Congratulations to Alexis Fenn BFA Illustration '19 on winning the 2017/18 Science in Studio Award. 

Alumna Sarah Farahat ('08 Intermedia) has been selected by a TriMet advisory committee to create a memorial to honor the victims and survivors of a deadly 2017 knife attack aboard a MAX train.

On the occasion of her solo exhibition, Osseous, at 77 Mulberry, alumna Carly Mandel '15 is interviewed by Kerry Doran for Bomb magazine. 

Congratulations to Intermedia alumnus Anthony Hudson who was awarded a $20,000 Fellowship through the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.

Portland Monthly has just published as article about our new MA in Design Systems, Portland's Brand-New Design Program for Busy People.