Currently on view across three locations in Portland’s Pearl District, PNCA’s MFA Thesis Exhibitions are the culmination of two years of intensive creative practice.
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Powerful Visions of Reclaimed Narratives by Indigenous Artists
The artists in Mesh collectively delve into connections to land and to community, pushing back against colonizing forces, and reclaiming their own narratives and power.
Mexican Modernism Was More Than Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism feeds into the repeated use of Kahlo and Rivera’s work, and the mythology of their romantic relationship, as shorthand for an entire era.
An Artist Surveys Hundreds of Portland Artists on the Pandemic’s Effects
Artist and writer Bean Gilsdorf administered a 16-question survey to Portland-based visual artists, sheds light on the financial and psychological precarity experienced by local art makers.
PNCA’s Graduate Programs Support Experimental, Interdisciplinary, Collaborative Creative Practices
For more than 100 years, Pacific Northwest College of Art has served as a dynamic creative center for emerging artists, designers, and cultural producers.
Print, Write, and Publish in Graduate Programs at Pacific Northwest College of Art
PNCA is a dynamic creative center for emerging artists, writers, and scholars located in Portland, Oregon, an innovative city surrounded by natural beauty.
Meet YInMn, the First New Blue Pigment in Two Centuries
The vibrant pigment, created accidentally in 2009 by chemists at Oregon State University, is now commercially available.
Experimental, Interdisciplinary, Collaborative: Explore Graduate Programs at Pacific Northwest College of Art
Applications are open for MFA and MA programs at PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies. The priority deadline is February 1, 2021.
Unidentified Protesters Topple Roosevelt and Lincoln Statues in Oregon
Both US Presidents have been highly criticized for their expansionist agendas and their racist and genocidal policies targeting Indigenous people.
Artists Celebrate Their “Anarchist Jurisdiction” by Parodying Nostalgic Postcards
Artists and activists on social media responded to the Department of Justice’s announcement by ridiculing, and sometimes proudly embracing, the new label.
Living Statues Mock Donald Trump’s Scandals
The Trump Statue Initiative, which makes temporary monuments mocking the president, staged its latest series in Portland, concurrent with the protests there and the federal government’s violent response.
As Protests Continue in Portland, Artists Set Up Easels on the Streets
This weekend, 15 artists set up easels and art equipment in downtown Portland, Oregon for a live painting action called the “Wall of Artists.”