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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 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.
Alumni, Faculty, and Students in Cincinnati Exhibition
Founding Chair of PNCA's MFA in VIsual Studies, MK Guth, has curated an exhibition titled Replacing Place at Anytime Dept in Cincinnati November 10—December 4, 2017.
Bravo Alumni - October 2017
PNCA alumni do amazing things. You launch new projects investigating the intersection between humor and contemporary art. You believe so strongly that art and design can make a difference that you set up a website to connect designers to opportunities and organizations with missions you can get behind. You're brave and bold enough to put your work in front of strangers. And you're making waves every day in your communities and across the country.
MFA AC+D At SOFA Chicago
Heidi Schwegler, MFA in Applied Craft + Design Chair, curates an exhibition of AC+D students and mentors past and present to be exhibited at The Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair in Chicago on November 2-5, 2017.