Core Values
A PNCA education prepares students for sustained creative achievement in the fine and design arts and throughout their lives. It strengthens their ability to interpret the conditions and events shaping the world and prepares them to engage that world and its cultures with understanding, enthusiasm, and integrity.
PNCA believes the fine and design arts are vital fields of inquiry that provide insight into human and cultural endeavor. The study of these fields promotes the ability to make informed ethical decisions, fosters a nuanced understanding of diversity, and nurtures the confidence to meet ongoing change in the world.
To help students achieve the above, PNCA values a faculty of talented artists, designers and scholars who inspire intensive studio work and committed research. These professionals support collaborative learning, encourage community-based engagement, facilitate cross-culture interaction, model ethical behavior and prize effective writing, speaking and debate.
PNCA’s four educational objectives, Creative Practice, Integrated Knowledge and Critical Thinking, Social and Ethical responsibility, and Effective Communication encourage, nurture and instill these values and abilities in students, and prepares them for a life of creativity and fulfillment.
