Joe Sacco

Graphic Articles

Joe Sacco is a Maltese citizen currently residing in Portland, OR where he makes his living as a cartoonist and journalist. Sacco was awarded the American Book Award in 1996 for his book Palestine, a collection of his serialized comic book depicting Sacco’s encounters with Palestinians and Israelis as he traveled the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. His exhibit “Graphic Articles” curated by Mack McFarland, will be Sacco’s first in Portland, and will include over 20 pages from four books: Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95, The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo, and War’s End: Profiles from Bosnia 1995-96. Also exhibited will be photographs, sketches, and audio interviews made during Sacco’s travels.

Artist’s Reception
6-9pm | Thursday, February 7
Feldman Gallery + Project Space

Joe Sacco

Lunchtime Performance

Hammer of Hathor

At Freedom’s Door

Paintings by Arvie Smith & Quilts by Adriene Cruz and Joan Gaither

In celebration of Black History Month PNCA is proud to present the work of Faculty and Alumni Arvie Smith and fellow artist in residence at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore Joan Gaither. These pieces were created while Arvie and Joan were the artists in residence at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Maryland last year.

Also in this exhibit is the work of Adriene Cruz; a nationally-acclaimed artist residing in Portland, Oregon, who is known for her vibrant meditation quilts.

Ticket info: Free and Open to the Public

James Turrell

PNCA+FIVE Idea Studios

Possibly the foremost artist working in light and space today, James Turrell is an internationally acclaimed light and space artist whose work can be found in collections worldwide. Turrell is closely identified with Roden Crater, begun in 1972 in which he works within an extinct volcano’s crater using natural changing light and celestial events to make a statement about man’s place in the universe. His work has been recognized in exhibitions in major museums around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Panza di Biumo Collection, Varese, Italy.The lecture is the first in a series of Idea Studios programs, generating from the College’s innovative Ford Institute of Visual Education (FIVE). Idea Studios engages leading thinkers and artists from a range of fields and practices to enrich the mix of ideas within the College and its broader community by introducing new elements, questions, possibilities and challenges to the prevailing curriculum.

TICKETS

PLEASE NOTE:
We have reached capacity for this event and are no longer accepting reservations. There will be limited spaces for standing room only guests at the lecture. These spaces will be available on a first come, first served basis the day of the event.
IMPORTANT IDEA STUDIOS SEATING POLICY:
Reserved seating-holders must be SEATED
10 minutes prior to the event’s scheduled start time. Ten minutes
before the lecture begins vacant seats will be made available to the general public until capacity is reached.

Doors for the February 16th event will open at 3pm.

Room and Board for PNCA+FIVE Idea Studios guest speakers has been provided by The Heathman Hotel

Lunchtime Performance

NIAYH

Jens Hoffman Lecture

CANCELLED

The Jens Hoffman lecture on February 21st has been temporarily cancelled. Mr. Hoffman will be visiting either later this semester, or later this year. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Ticket info: Free

Looking at South Waterfront with Christopher Rauschenberg

Photographer presents residency work

Photographer and Blue Sky Gallery founder Christopher Rauschenberg wraps up his guest South Waterfront residency with a photographic exhibit of his time exploring the South Waterfront district.AiR Studio
3623 SW River Parkway | 7 – 8:30 PM | Public Welcome

South Waterfront

Untraceable

Untraceable is an exhibition of artists’ responses to political control, violence and torture. The exhibition is curated by Cooley Gallery director Stephanie Snyder, and is inspired by the work of Reed College political science professor Darius Rejali, an internationally recognized expert on modern torture and the author of Torture and Democracy (Princeton, 2007). Untraceable explores the invisible and covert forms of violence that have come to characterize both modern torture and political oppression. The exhibition includes painting, photography, sculpture and new media.

The group exhibition is curated by Stephanie Snyder, Curator, Douglas
F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, with contributions by
Stuart Horodner, Curator, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta,
Georgia and Mack McFarland, Exhibitions Coordinator, Pacific Northwest
College of Art.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Nubar Alexanian

Hans Haacke

Adam Helms

Natasha Mayers

Walid Raad

Susan Seubert

Image: Nubar Alexanian
Man on the Box (recreation)
2007
Collection of Participant Media, Los Angeles

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Adam Helms Lecture

Noon-Time Chat with Artist Adam Helms

Political Artist Adam Helms will be discussing his work.

Ticket info: Free & Open to the Public