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Designing for Mixed Reality Launches

Today marks the launch of a new course, Designing for Mixed Reality, offered online in partnership with Kadenze, an online platform for education in the fields of art and creative technology. 

Professor in OPB story on art and community responses to racism

PNCA professor Victor Maldonado is featured alongside muralist Alex Chiu in a story on OPB about the mural Chiu has painted on 82nd Avenue, a story that is equally hard and hopeful.

Jenna Reineking MFA ‘17 fundraises for her mobile art classroom, Tumblewheel Studios.

BRAVO ALUMNI - JANUARY 2018

What's PNCA alumni been up to? Here are a few updates on folks making moves in their art communities: from New York Times publishings, to notable exhibitions in Miami and Iceland, to educational art fundraising. PNCA alumni is always proud of its legacy!

Thank You For Making the 2018 Portland National Portfolio Day Great!

On Sunday, January, 7 2018, PNCA hosted the Portland National Portfolio Day. With over 200 attendees, we'd like to thank everyone for making this an amazing event!

Congratulations to the Inaugural Class of Our PNCA/PENSOLE Design Intensive!

PNCA is excited to congratulate the Fall 2017 graduating class of our new PNCA | PENSOLE Design Intensive!

Design for a Difference: PNCA launches new MA in Design Systems

New for fall 2018, this new MA and its sister program, the MFA in Collaborative Design, are two innovative programs for hybrid designers--strategists, ecologists, systems thinkers, sociologists, neuroscientists, attorneys, and technologists who are committed to using design to make a difference in the world. 

MFA in Collaborative Design project WORTH

MFA in Collaborative Design and MA in Design Systems Open House

The MFA Collaborative Design hosts Open Studios on Thursday, December 7, and opens PNCA's new SHARE Space, a project by MFA Collaborative Design and MA Design Systems students. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni welcome the public for drinks, snacks, and tours of the Collaborative Design studios throughout the evening. 

An Evening in Retrospect: A Screening of The Work From Artist Rose Bond

We'd like to congratulate Rose Bond, lead of PNCA's Animated Arts program and Foundations instructor, on her upcoming retrospective screening at the NW Film Center on December 7, 2018, 7:00pm, at the Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium.

MFA Applied Craft + Design Candidate Jason Rens Awarded the Public Art + Land Use Project

Congratulations to MFA Applied Craft + Design candidate Jason Rens on being awarded the Public Art + Land Use Project.