Events + Exhibitions Calendar
Starting Friday, January 1
Elusive Matter
November 19, 2009 – January 16, 2010
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.Elusive Matter explores how three artists use film to focus on material phenomena and process rather than on form. Craft-based practice typically results in the creation of an object. Traditional films about craft tend to show makers transforming raw materials into such objects. In this exhibition, Jane Aaron (animation), Mark Hursty (glass), and Lauren Kalman (metal) abstract process, resulting in playful, mesmerizing and disturbing glimpses of how matter performs. Collectively, Elusive Matter reminds us of the ways in which craft can be engaged outside of the physical creation of an object.
Museum Admission
General: $3 Students (13+): $2 Seniors (62+): $2 Free to: Children 12 and under Pacific Northwest College of Art faculty, staff and students Museum of Contemporary Craft members Free for all the first Thursday of every month
Ticket info: Please see above.
Event runs:
Fri, Jan 1 –
Sat, Jan 16
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
+ Click to zoom
Informing Tradition
January 1 – 30, 2010
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art presents Informing Tradition: Functional Ceramics From Seven Oregon Makers. This retail feature in the Museum’s sales gallery includes ceramic artists of varied generations and influences.
Makers range from the established and influential Wally Schwab, to David Piper, who infuses the modern angles of his architecture practice into his ceramic work. Featured Artists: Richey Bellinger (Portland), Barb Campbell (Corvallis), Victoria Christen (Portland), Kowkie Durst (Portland), Sam Morgan (Portland), David Piper (Portland), Wally Schwab (Aloha).
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event runs:
Fri, Jan 1 –
Sat, Jan 30
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
+ Click to zoom
Transference
January 1 – 9, 2010
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
Glass artist Andy Paiko and sound artist Ethan Rose reinterpret the short-lived glass armonica
Through movement and light,Transference is an exploration of the material and aural properties of glass. Portland-based artists Andy Paiko (glass) and Ethan Rose (sound/composition) collaborate to create a kinetic-sound installation reinterpreting the glass armonica, a nearly forgotten instrument. Popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the armonica employed a series of glass goblets, water and friction to create a sound evoking a “singing” wine glass. This exhibition combines the strangely ethereal qualities of the armonica with the visual and physical sensations of dozens of spinning glass bowls, wired to rotate in an intentionally random sequence. Paiko and Rose worked together to select and place bowls in response to each vessel’s natural aural qualities; in essence, making the glass the third collaborator in the project.
Museum Admission
General: $3; Students (13+): $2; Seniors (62+): $2; Children 12 and under; Pacific Northwest College of Art faculty, staff and students; Museum of Contemporary Craft membersFree for all the first Thursday of every month
Ticket info: Please see above.
Event runs:
Fri, Jan 1 –
Sat, Jan 9
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
+ Click to zoom
Depravities of War and American Qur’an
January 1 – 8, 2010
PNCA Main Campus, Feldman Gallery + Project Space, 1241 NW Johnson St.The Feldman Gallery + Project Space is proud to present two projects from the award-winning Los Angeles-based artist Sandow Birk. In Depravities of War Birk draws on Jacques Callot’s “Miseries and Misfortunes of War” to create a series of monumental woodcut prints, each measuring 48” x 96”, commenting on the debaucheries of contemporary warfare. Printed in collaboration with master printer Paul Mullowney of HuiPress in Makawao, Hawaii, this body of work features traditional woodblock printing techniques on Japanese paper. In the series American Qur’an, Birk hand-transcribes and illuminates the Holy Qur’an with scenes from contemporary American life.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event runs:
Fri, Jan 1 –
Fri, Jan 8
PNCA Main Campus, Feldman Gallery + Project Space, 1241 NW Johnson St.
+ Click to zoom
Starting Thursday, January 7
Final Cuts
January 7 – February 27, 2010
Hybrid Gallery/Indigo @ Twelve | West, 430 SW 13th Ave.
Gallery hours are 6 – 8 pm Thursdays; 5 – 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays.
Video and animation works by Intermedia Department students. The Hybrid Gallery is a Gerding Edlen Project with Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event runs:
Thu, Jan 7 –
Sat, Feb 27
Indigo @ Twelve | West, 430 SW 13th Ave.
Artist Reception: Informing Tradition
Thursday, January 7, 6:00 – 8:00 pmThe Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.Informing Tradition: Functional Ceramics from Seven Oregon Makers has been extended through January 30. Join participating Informing Tradition artists for a First Thursday Artist Reception.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
Event times:
6:00 pm –
8:00 pm
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
+ Click to zoom
Live Music Accompaniment to Transference
Featuring Joe Cunningham and Reed Wallsmith
Thursday, January 7, 6:30 – 7:00 pm
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
Don’t miss the last few days to view Transference, an exploration of the material and aural properties of glass by Portland-based artists Andy Paiko (glass) and Ethan Rose (sound/composition). A reinterpretation of the glass armonica, a nearly forgotten instrument popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Transference has captivated audiences since its opening in November. In conjunction with Transference, please join us for a live musical accompaniment to the installation with musicians Joe Cunningham and Reed Wallsmith.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
6:30 pm –
7:00 pm
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
+ Click to zoom
Sunday, January 10
National Portfolio Day
Sunday, January 10, 10 am – 4 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, 1241 NW Johnson St.
Free and open to the public
Pacific Northwest College of Art hosts the 2010 National Portfolio Day. Art students from across the region gather to show their work to representatives of national and international art colleges.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
10:00 am –
4:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 NW Johnson St.
+ Click to zoom
Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
January 10 – 23, 2010
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 NW Johnson St.
The Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards are part of a national project that encourages, fosters and rewards creativity in our nation’s classrooms, and provide an avenue for young artists and writers to receive recognition for their creative achievements. Started more than 75 years ago, The Awards is the largest and longest running recognition program of its kind in the nation. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a remarkable celebration of young and talented students of the arts at the middle and high school levels.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event runs:
Sun, Jan 10 –
Sat, Jan 23
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 NW Johnson St.
Thursday, January 14
Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards Reception
Thursday, January 14, 6 – 8 pmPNCA Main Campus Building, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.Join the Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards for a reception in conjunction with the Scholastic Art Awards exhibition. The Awards are part of a national project that encourages, fosters and rewards creativity in our nation’s classrooms, and provide an avenue for young artists and writers to receive recognition for their creative achievements. Started more than 75 years ago, The Awards is the largest and longest running recognition program of its kind in the nation. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a remarkable celebration of young and talented students of the arts at the middle and high school levels.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
6:00 pm –
8:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 NW Johnson St.
Friday, January 15
New Student Orientation
Friday, January 15, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, 1241 NW. Johnson St.
Orientation is for all new students (transfer students and first-time freshman) and will be a day of important information as well as a little fun.Please come to the Main Campus Building located at 1241 NW Johnson St.Questions? E-mail rallen@pnca.edu.
Event times:
9:00 am –
4:30 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, 1241 NW Johnson St.
Starting Saturday, January 16
Preview: Benefit Art Auction
January 16 – February 15, 2010
Heathman Hotel, Mezzanine, 1001 SW Broadway
Get a sneak preview of fine art available for bidding during PNCA’s annual Benefit Art Auction. Featuring work by: Jay Backstrand, Louis Bunce, Philippe Halsman, George Johanson, Wolf Kahn, Mel Katz, Martin Kersels, and Thomas Struth, among many others. The auction is Tuesday, February 16 at the Nines Hotel. For ticket information, call 503-821-8882.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event runs:
Sat, Jan 16 –
Mon, Feb 15
The Heathman Hotel, Mezzanine, 1001 SW Broadway
+ Click to zoom
Thursday, January 21
MFA in Applied Craft and Design Lecture: Arthur Hash
Thursday, January 21, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
MFA in Applied Craft and Design Studios @ The Bison Building, 421 NE 10th Ave. and Glisan Street
Arthur Hash is a jewelry designer and craftsman whose work comes from a commitment to participate in the contemporary
exploration of what jewelry is and can be, while retaining the sense of elegance and beauty found in the long tradition of body
adornment. His recent work has incorporated waterjet cutting and rapid prototyping to make one-off art jewelry pieces.
The MFA in Applied Craft and Design is a joint degree program offered by PNCA and Oregon College of Art and Craft.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
6:30 pm –
8:00 pm
MFA in Applied Craft and Design Studios @ The Bison Building, 421 NE 10th Ave. and Glisan Street
+ Click to zoom
Starting Tuesday, January 26
Gestures of Resistance
January 26 – June 26, 2010
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
Gestures of Resistance focuses on craft actions in contemporary practice: works that use craft to agitate for change. Through a series of seven artist residencies, open conversations and a study center, the exhibition is a timely examination of what it means to create, to have personal agency, and to counter drives towards productivity and consumption through craft. Focusing on action, process and dialogue, the exhibition unfolds over its five-month tenure. For a complete list of visiting artists and open-residency dates please visit www.MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org.
Ticket info: General: $3 Students (13+): $2 Seniors (62+): $2 Free to: Children 12 and under Pacific Northwest College of Art faculty, staff and students Museum of Contemporary Craft members Free for all the first Thursday of every month
Event runs:
Tue, Jan 26 –
Sat, Jun 26
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
+ Click to zoom
Craft Conversation: Gestures of Resistance
Tuesday, January 26, 6:30 pm
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
Join co-curators Judith Leemann (Faculty member, Massachusetts College of Art and Design) and Shannon Stratton (Director, Three Walls, Chicago) for an open discussion about the thinking behind this practice-driven exhibition. Dialogue will address how the exhibition relates to contemporary art practices, craft as an action and agent for change, and the connections to and differences from social practice.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
6:30 pm –
8:00 pm
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
+ Click to zoom
Thursday, January 28
MFA in Applied Craft and Design Lecture: Po Shun Leong
Thursday, January 28, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
MFA in Applied Craft and Design Studios, Bison Building, 421 NE 10th Ave. and Glisan Street
The MFA in Applied Craft and Design program welcomes Po Shun Leong, an artist, former architect, sculptor, and furniture maker. His highly intricate and inspiring one-of-a-kind wood boxes have been enthusiastically acquired and are in numerous museum collections. Often inspired by ancient or legendary civilizations,
Leong’s work displays a flamboyant sense of shape, surprise and presentation.
The MFA in Applied Craft and Design is a joint degree program offered by PNCA and Oregon College of Art and Craft.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
6:30 pm –
8:00 pm
MFA in Applied Craft and Design Studios, Bison Building, 421 NE 10th Ave. and Glisan St.
+ Click to zoom
Follow Us On...
Continuing Events
The following exhibits have already started and are still on display at the PNCA:
• Informing Tradition
From: Thu, Nov 19
To: Sat, Jan 9
• Informing Tradition
From: Tue, Dec 1
To: Sat, Jan 9
• Elusive Matter
From: Tue, Dec 1
To: Sat, Jan 16
• Depravities of War & American Qur’an
Selections from Sandow Birk's work
From: Thu, Nov 5
To: Fri, Jan 8
• Transference
From: Thu, Nov 19
To: Sat, Jan 9
• Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
From: Thu, Dec 3
To: Fri, Jan 29
News FeedPNCA Bloggers
PNCA bloggers offer the freshest, most authentic take on our unique art school experience. Whether its a student posting gorgeous photography from a summer in Prague, or a faculty member documenting his journey building a memorable floating art installation, our bloggers always share the essence of creative life.
|