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Faculty member Kristan Kennedy appointed to Warhol Foundation Board
Kennedy is an artist and Artistic Director and Curator of Visual Art at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA)
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RAW! Reed Arts Week features PNCA faculty and alumni
Exhibitions by V Maldonado, Laura Camila Medina, and Samantha Wall are highlights of this annual event at our neighbor college
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Studio visit with alumnus Duane Zaloudek '56
Inspiring interview capturing Zaloudek's inspirations, early path, and long career
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Terry Blas '10 graphic novel picked up for new imprint Surely Books
NY Times reports that Blas' new graphic novel with Claudia Guirre will be among first published on new imprint highlighting works by LGBTQIA artists and writers.
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Macarena Gómez-Barris and CA Conrad to headline Graduate Symposium on Climate Justice
Mark your calendar for the 2019 Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies Symposium: Art + Environmental Justice November 22 and 23, 2019.
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Demian DinéYazhi´ selected for 2020 Sydney Biennial
Big congratulations to alum DinéYazhi´ '13 who was selected along with their project R.I.S.E.: Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment, which is dedicated to education, perseverance, and evolution of Indigenous art and culture.
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Yunker and Moseley Works Featured in Film Festival
Kathryn Moseley and Otto Yunker have both been selected for the Gateway Film Festival
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Stephen Slappe unearths vintage Museum Art School promo video
Video + Sound Department Head Stephen Slappe unearths and digitizes a vintage promotional video from the Museum Art School on his Dead Media Hour YouTube channel.
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Alumnus Taka Yamamoto's New Performances and Commissions
The MFA Visual Studies alumnus debuts new performance in Seattle and gets new commission from Portland Art Museum, supported by Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights Grant