Low Residency Visual Studies
Graduate Lecture Series: Allison Glenn
Join us for the latest lecture series event! Hear from writer and curator, Allison Glenn!
Talk available via Zoom, Wednesday - August 2nd at 6pm
Presented by PNCA's Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies
Graduate Lecture Series: Zarouhie Abdalian
Artist talk
Wednesday, July 12th, 6:00 pm Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)
511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR
Free and Open to the Public
Art Walk Re-Cap with Artist Derek Franklin
Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies MFA students visited Elizabeth Leach Gallery for Derek Franklin's solo exhibition "Grief is on my Calendar Everyday at 2:00PM"to chat about Franklin's thoughts on theatre, grief, and bread people.
Graduate Lecture Series: Elana Mann
Artist Talk
Wednesday, July 5th, 6:00 pm Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)
511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR
Free and Open to the Public
Art Walk 6/27 Derek Franklin's solo exhibition "Grief is on my Calendar Everyday at 2:00PM" @ Elizabeth Leach Gallery
Art Walk with artist Derek Franklin @ Elizabeth Leach Gallery @ 3PM 6/27/23
Graduate Lecture Series: Julie Perini
Wednesday, June 28, 6:00 pm Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)
511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR
Free and Open to the Public
Critical Conversations Lecture: Rashida Bumbray
Critical Conversations Lecture: Rashida Bumbray
Thursday, June 22, 6:00 pm Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR
Free and Open to the Public
Graduate Lecture Series: Ana Teresa Fernández
Presented by Low-Residency Visual Studies Program:
Artist talk Wednesday, June 14th, 6pm, Shipley Collins Mediatheque
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition Announcement
We are thrilled to announce Pacific Northwest College of Art's 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition!
On view across three locations in downtown Portland, Oregon May 4 ~ May 21, 2023
Please join us for a First Thursday Opening Reception on May 4 from 5pm - 8pm!
Tanja Geis Artist Talk with LRVS and Art + Ecology
PNCA’s Art + Ecology and Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies programs are pleased to invite you to a remote lecture with multidisciplinary artist Tanja Geis. Using found and forged materials, working in sculpture, drawing, video, and walking, Geis pulls poetry from ecosystems hanging in the balance.
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 5:30pm PST
2022 Glean Exhibition Recap featuring LRVS '22 alumni ahuva s. zaslavsky
Celebrating Glean 2022 Artist Residency recipient and Low-Residency Visual Studies alumni '22 ahuva s. zaslavsky
Winter Session Artist Lecture with Ranu Mukherjee
Our Winter Session concludes with a visit from multidisciplinary artist Ranu Mukherjee on Friday, Jan 13th at 5:30pm PST. Live via Zoom, RSVP for a link.
Winter Session Artist Lecture with Heather Hart
Join LRVS on Thursday, Jan 12th at 5:30pm PST for a visiting artist talk with luminary Heather Hart.
Elevate Your Career: Willamette University Graduate Recruitment Fair
Thinking of going back to school in 2023? Get a jump on your resolutions by learning about Willamette University’s graduate school opportunities.
Not Hibernating Lecture Series: Hannah Chalew December 5
Join PNCA’s Low-Residency Visual Studies MFA program on Monday, December 5th at 6pm PST for an artist talk with 2022 South Arts’ Southern Prize winner Hannah Chalew!
Not Hibernating Lecture Series with Cristina Victor November 21st
PNCA’s Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies cordially invites you to join us for our quiet season “not hibernating” artist lectures, kicking off at 6pm on November 21st with Cristina Victor. Remote (via Zoom) and open to the public.
LRVS Visiting Faculty 2022
The Low Residency MFA in Visual Studies Program is pleased to announce the list of visiting artists and scholars who will be teaching during the Summer 2022 intensive June-August.
Ryan Pierce, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2022-2023
Ryan Pierce who has been affiliated with PNCA for many years and is respected for his high quality mentorship, exceptional teaching, and support for professional practices will be the Visiting Assistant Professor leading the Low Residency Visual Studies program for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Aeron Bergman, faculty of the Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies at PNCA, and Alejandra Salinas, PNCA faculty, are interviewed by BOMB Magazine about their recent work.
Curator Laurel V. McLaughlin talks with the artists about their ongoing projects Consuming Nature and Seed as Idea where hybrid media overlap, drawing from Indigenous and Western academic methodologies, sound and image sampling, and the legal and ethical logic of the public domain.
LRVS Visiting Faculty Lecture with Am Johal
Join the Low Residency MFA in Visual Studies on January 13 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm for a Visiting Faculty Lecture with Am Johal
Film screening and conversation with Emmanuela Soria Ruiz
Spatial Power: A Screening on the Queer Modernist Legacy of Eileen Gray and conversation with Emmanuela Soria Ruiz
Sunday, January 9
6:00pm -7:30pm
Interview with PNCA Faculty Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas: Podcast and Broadcast Friday December 3 at 4pm PST on KAOS 89.3, Olympia, WA.
One hour interview with Low Residency MFA in Visual Studies Chair Aeron Bergman and PNCA Assistant Professor Alejandra Salinas about their early sound works available as an online podcast and also to be aired on Friday December 3 at 4pm PST on KAOS 89.3, Olympia, WA. Listen here to the interview and sound works.
"The Longest Leg" a solo exhibition by Emmanuela Soria Ruiz
Fuller Rosen Gallery and guest curator Laurel V. McLaughlin are pleased to present The Longest Leg, a solo exhibition of new and recent work by Emmanuela Soria Ruiz on view November 11, 2021 - January 09, 2022. Opening reception November 13 from 6-8pm.
PNCA Faculty Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas publish a text in MARCH
PNCA Faculty Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas exhibit public art, publish an essay and documentary audio.
Consuming Nature
(Public Domain Photos of Public Domain Seeds)
Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas
The Luminary, St Louis, MO
October 7 - November 1
Curated by Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz
some rites from a spring reckoning
The Low-Residency Visual Studies MFA program is pleased to announce some rites from a spring reckoning, the thesis series featuring solo exhibitions by Kelsey Hamilton Davis, Ryan Kitson, Madison Queen, Wade Schuster, and Douglas Wiltshire at the Center for Contemporary Art & Culture (CCAC) galleries housed within Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) from July 20–August 22, 2021.
Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas , The Luminary artists in residence
The Luminary is excited to announce the seven artists, collectives, and practitioners to be in-residence this summer and fall: Anaïs Duplan, Abigail Lucien, Related Tactics, Andrea Yarbrough, Alden Burke, Emily Gastineau, Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas. After deferring most in-person residencies due to COVID-19 restrictions over the last year, The Luminary will resume its residency program this month with on-site and virtual engagements.