News

Congratulations Brigitte Salami

August 30, 2018

Congratulations to Brigitte Salami on the publication of "Festivals in West Africa" which was solicited for publication by Oxford Bibliographies in Art History. 

Undergraduate Applications Open Aug 31

Get ready! Applications for undergraduate programs open August 31. 

Headshot of Garrick Imatani

Welcome New Foundation Chair, Garrick Imatani

August 10, 2018

We're excited to welcome Garrick Imatani as our new Foundation Chair!

PNCA Featured in Story on Resilience of Art Schools

August 08, 2018

Bloomberg includes PNCA alongside RISD and MCAD in their story on the resilience of colleges of art and design.




Be a Pattern for the World, Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman with Piscine

Be​ a Pattern for the World at The Great Poor Farm Experiment

Chair of the Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies, Aeron Bergman is one half an artist duo with Alejandra Salinas. Next week they present a collaborative project entitled Be a Pattern for the World at The Great Poor Farm Experiment.

Center for Design OPH Poster Launch

July 20, 2018

Yen Hoang and Hannah Nissen designed a set of posters for Oregon Public House's non-profit partners through PNCA's Center for Art and Design. Launch party tonight.

Art & Power: Activating Social Change

PNCA Design student Tazha Williams is one of three artists and designers featured in Art & Power: Activating Social Change at Unite Oregon, presented by the Regional Arts & Culture Council. 

Jenny Holzer, detail from Use What is Dominant in a Culture to Change it Quickly

Jenny Holzer Exhibition comes to PNCA

Use What is Dominant in a Culture to Change it Quickly, a timely exhibition of work by Jenny Holzer drawn from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation opens July 19 at PNCA's Center for Contemporary Art & Culture

Killjoy: MFA in Visual Studies alumni collective interviewed

Art and About PDX interviews the BriAnna Rosen, artist and founding member of Killjoy Collective, about their artist-run exhibition space which has been showcasing artists who identify as women in Southeast Portland since 2016.