Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men

Curated by Astria Suparak

This is the first major exhibition of the artist-activist group the Yes Men. Through impersonating representatives from big corporations and government organizations such as ExxonMobil, The World Trade Organization, McDonald’s, Halliburton, Dow Chemical, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, these culture-jamming activists have exposed dehumanizing business practices and enacted ethical “identity correction” since 1999. The Yes Men’s sociopolitical pranks at conferences, on television and on the web have been widely publicized, but never exhibited on this scale.In KEEP IT SLICK, the elaborate costumes, slapstick videos, outrageous posters and props will be exhibited alongside new works produced for this exhibition. The Yes Men will conduct a workshop imparting practical knowledge, with preview clips from their new feature length film to be released this fall, The Yes Men Fix the World. A full color catalogue and artist multiples will be available for purchase. After the premiere of this exhibition at PNCA, KEEP IT SLICK will tour to CMU and other venues nationally.This exhibition is co-produced by the Feldman Gallery at Pacific Northwest College of the Arts and the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, and is part of PICA’s TBA:08.

The Yes Men is part of PNCA’s 2007/08 Exhibition Series: Cultures in Conflict: The Redress of Art & Design. PNCA thanks the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and the Oregon Arts Commission for their generous support of Cultures in Conflict.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

EVAPORATION / PERCOLATION

Works by Lucinda Parker

Selected from the past 20 years of Lucinda Parker’s expansive artistic accomplishments, the exhibit also unveils her recent large-scale commission for a new Gerding Edlen Development project in Bellevue, WA. Through this exhibition of studies from the project and over 20 paintings and drawings, viewers will glimpse Parker’s process, progress, and passions. Lucinda Parker is an alumna of the College, class of 1966. The exhibit is held in connection with PNCA’s Alumni Weekend which will feature Parker as the Homecoming lecturer on Friday, October 3rd, 2008. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information about Alumni Weekend, please visit http://www.pnca.edu/about/alumni Photo Credit: Evaporation/Condensation/Precipitation/Percolation, 72×180” by Lucinda Parker. Commissioned by Gerding Edlen Development Company for Bellevue Towers, Bellevue, WA. Photograph by Jim Lommason

Ticket info: Opening reception October 2, 6-8pm. Free and open to the public.

Portland National College Fair

A representative from the PNCA admissions office will be available to answer questions about PNCA and the admissions/financial aid process.

Ticket info: this event is free and open to the public

Cincinnati National Portfolio Day

An admissions representative will be available to evaluate and offer advice on your portfolio.

Ticket info: this event is free and open to the public

Columbus National Portfolio Day

An admissions representative will be available to evaluate and offer advice on your portfolio.

Ticket info: this event is free and open to the public

Anchorage College Fair

A representative from the PNCA admissions office will be available to answer questions about PNCA and the admissions/financial aid process.

Clements High School College night

PNCA Admissions crew will be at this college fair which is open to all High School students in the Houston areaClements High School.4200 Elkins DriveSugar Land TX 77479

Ticket info: Free Event

Houston School for Performing and Visual Art

Portfolio Day

Special one day only Portfolio review day at HSPVA in Houston. This event is for students at HSPVA only.PNCA admissions crew will be in Houston for five days. Please contact the Admissions office at admissions@pnca.edu if you would like to schedule an interview in October.

Ticket info: Closed event

Austin Portfolio Day

NPDA Event

This National Portfolio day is sponsored by The School of Visual Art from NYC and is one of the largest portfolio days all year.Hilton Austin500 East 4th StreetAustin TX 78701Sat, Oct 11, 200811:00 am – 03:00 pm

Ticket info: Free Event

Dallas Portfolio Day

NPDA Event

PNCA Admissions crew will be on site to review portfolios at this Texas event. Renaissance Dallas-Richardson Hotel900 East Lookout DriveRichardson, TX 75082972-367-2000Sun, Oct 12, 200812:00 pm – 04:00 pm

Ticket info: Free Event

Idea Studio: Models of Critical Production

A series of discussions

Saul Ostrow is an art critic and Chair of Visual Arts and Technologies at The Cleveland Institute of Art. Trained as an artist, he is best known as a critic and curator, having curated over 80 exhibitions since 1985. He also writes for various arts publications and is art editor for BOMB Magazine as well as the editor for the book series Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Criticism, published by Routledge, UK.Thomas Zummer is a scholar, writer, curator and artist. He is currently completing a study on the history of reference-systems entitled Interessionary Technologies: Archive/Database/Interface. Zummer has curated exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Thread Waxing Space and the Katonah Museum of Art. He currently teaches in the Critical Studies Department at New York University.Both Ostrow and Zummer will also be part of a Caldera residency with a select group of PNCA’s MFA students.
October 13
Tom Zummer workshop | Commons | 4 pm – 5:30 pm

October 14
Saul Ostrow lecture | Commons |
2:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Tom Zummer workshop | Commons |
4 pm – 5:30 pm

October 15
Tom Zummer lecture | Commons |
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

October 16
Saul Ostrow lecture | Commons |
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Climbing PoeTree

Performance from Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman

Climbing PoeTree—artists and poets Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman—have sharpened their art as a tool for popular education, community organizing, and personal transformation. Climbing PoeTree uses their art to expose injustice, heal from violence, and generate vision to help us all imagine a more just and compassionate world. With roots in Haiti and Colombia, Garcia and Penniman reside in Brooklyn and tour around the globe on a mission to overcome destruction with creativity.

Doors open at 6:30 pm
Performance 7 pm — 10 pm

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Climbing PoeTree

Drive By Press

Drive by Press is a traveling van that is outfitted with a printing press and promotes the growth and democratization of art through printmaking. On October 16 and 17, Drive by Press will demonstrate relief and screenprinting, lecture on the history of printmaking, contemporary American printmaking, graduate programs in printmaking, and offer one-on-one critiques for the PNCA students. Drive by Press’s visit to PNCA is presented by the PNCA Printmaking Department with the support of the Oregon College of Art and Craft’s Book Art Department.

Times: 9am – 5pm

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Drive By Press

24 Hour Comics Day

Think you can produce a full-length comic book in a single 24 hour period?

What is a 24 Hour Comic?

It’s a 24 page comic completed in 24 hours, a challenge originally issued by Scott McCloud to Steve Bissette in 1990. Since then, 24 Hour Comics Day has become an annual event, observed by groups and individuals around the world.

To guarantee your spot at PNCA, send an email to Neal Skorpen (nskorpen@comcast.net) with your name, and the name and phone number of the person that will drive you home. All attendees must arrange to be picked up after the event and provide contact information for the driver. Hury, space is limited!

10 am on Saturday, October 18 to 10 am on Sunday, October 19

Thank you to the following sponsors: Backspace Cafe, Baja Fresh, Hot Lips Pizza, Rocco’s Pizza, Bridge City Comics, Bawls Guarana.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public. Space limited.

24 Hour Comics

Noontime Chat: Amanda Wojick

Visiting Artist

Artist Amanda Wojick creates fragile yet vibrant abstractions that all but transport the admirer to another realm. Holding dual MFA’s from Bard College and the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred, Wojick has lectured and exhibited widely, and was included in the 2003 and 2006 Portland Art Museum Oregon Biennials. She is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Oregon and is represented by Elizabeth Leach Gallery.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Amanda Wojick

Noontime Chat: Craig Baldwin

Visiting MFA Artist

Craig Baldwin is an American experimental filmmaker. He uses “found” footage from the fringes of popular consciousness as well as images from the mass media to undermine and transform the traditional documentary, infusing it with the energy of high-speed montage and a provocative commentary that targets subjects from intellectual property rights to rampant consumerism.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Halloween Festivities

All Hallow's Eve theme

All Hallow’s Eve is a Celtic event steeped in tradition that includes such things as; dressing up in an attempt to fool the spirits that’ve come back to visit for a night, big bonfires, reaping the harvests and much more. We’ll be celebrating up in the Student Lounge by making caramel apples, carving jack-o-lanterns, drinking cider and listening to some live music by Ghost To Falco http://www.myspace.com/ghosttofalcoYou’ll also have a chance to have your Tarot cards read by our own in house reader…Miss LeahJoin Student Services for some sticky sugary fun.

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Halloween Costume Parade

Ever wonder what the Dean of Student Services might wear for Halloween, or who that team of roller skaters in the cool T-Shirts are? You can find out.Join the folks of Student Services for a costume parade as we continue our Halloween celebrations. There will be prizes for the ‘best dressed’ and we want to see you there.

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