Events + Exhibitions Calendar
Starting Tuesday, December 1
Depravities of War and American Qur’an
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:
Tue, Dec 1 –
Thu, Dec 31
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery + Project Space, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.
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Little Gods
Hybrid Gallery, Indigo @ Twelve | West, 430 S.W. 13th Ave. Gallery hours: 6–8 p.m. Thursday; 5–8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Through December 11.
An investigation into the magic of objects, concepts, and notions that we invest with special meaning: talismans and charms, lucky articles, measurements, numbers, clocks, calendars, schedules, and routines. From what we know there are no real singularities in the universe. Let us therefore bring back the little gods.
Featured PNCA artists: Chris Bodven, Katie Harral, Liz Harris, Chad Hinman, Shelley Jordon, Tabitha Knight, Alison Loader, Joey Lusterman, Akira Nakamura, Jeff Richardson, Jessie Weitzel, and Cecilia Westerberg.
Little Gods was co-taught by Paul Vester, Experimental Animation Program Co-Director, California Institute for the Arts and Rose Bond, PNCA Intermedia Department Faculty during PNCA’s Boundary Crossings: An Institute in Contemporary Animated Arts in July 2009.
The Hybrid Gallery is part of an ongoing relationship between PNCA and Gerding Edlen Development, a leading developer of LEED-certified sustainability projects.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event runs:
Tue, Dec 1 –
Fri, Dec 11
Hybrid Gallery, Indigo @ Twelve | West, 430 S.W. 13th Ave.
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Elusive Matter
November 19, 2009 - January 16, 2010
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:
Tue, Dec 1 –
Sat, Jan 16
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
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Transference
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 members Free for all the first Thursday of every monthTicket info: Please see above.
Event runs:
Tue, Dec 1 –
Thu, Dec 31
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
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Informing Tradition
This holiday gift-giving season, 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. 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:
Tue, Dec 1 –
Sat, Jan 9
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
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Wednesday, December 2
Artist Talk featuring Sandow Birk
1 – 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 2 | PNCA Feldman Gallery + Project Space, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.
In conjunction with the exhibition of Depravities of War and American Qur’an in the Feldman Gallery + Project Space, artist Sandow Birk will discuss his work. Birk is a well-traveled graduate of the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design. Frequently developed as expansive, multi-media projects, his works have dealt with contemporary life in its entirety. With an emphasis on social issues, frequent themes of his past work have included inner city violence, graffiti, political issues, travel, war, and prisons, as well as surfing and skateboarding.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
1:00 pm –
2:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery + Project Space, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.
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Starting Thursday, December 3
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
The printmaking department is proud to present 12 woodcuts by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka from his series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.
Yoshitoshi was the most influential and prolific print artist of the Meiji period (1868-1912) in Japan. With his prints, Yoshitoshi attempted to preserve the ancient culture of Japan as it was confronted by the arrival of Western culture represented by the "Black Ships" of Admiral Perry.
Yoshitoshi's masterpiece, One Hundred Aspects of the Moon is a series of 100 woodcuts which explore Japanese and Chinese history, literature and folklore using the moon as a unifying motif. The series was a huge success and each print was sold out on the day it was released to the public.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event runs:
Thu, Dec 3 –
Fri, Jan 29
PNCA Main Campus Building, Print Gallery, 1241 N.W. Johnson Street
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Exhibition Opening: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
PNCA's Print Gallery Presents Work by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
The PNCA Printmaking Department is proud to present 12 woodcuts by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka from his series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, opening December 3 in the PNCA Printmaking Gallery, located just off the northwest corner of the Swigert Commons.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
6:00 pm –
8:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Print Gallery, 1241 N.W. Johnson Street
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Saturday, December 5
Meet the Artists: Informing Tradition
In The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, meet artists from Informing Tradition. 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.
Featuring artists David Piper and Richey Bellinger.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
2:00 pm –
3:00 pm
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
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Starting Thursday, December 10
Holiday Art Sale
11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, December 10–11; 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday, December 12 PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.
Featuring one-of-a-kind artwork, crafts, clothing and more, PNCA’s Holiday Art Sale is a great opportunity to get quality gifts handmade by Pacific Northwest College of Art students. From fine art prints, paintings, and sculpture to hand-crafted adornments, the sale transforms the College’s Commons into a showcase of outstanding holiday gifts.
Event runs:
Thu, Dec 10 –
Sat, Dec 12
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.
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MFA in Visual Studies Lecture: Laura Parnes
6:30pm Thursday, December 10 | The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
Laura Parnes’ videos and installations are informed by traditions and genres in both narrative film and video art, and seek to blur the lines between conventions of story telling and experimentation. Her most recent work, “Blood and Guts in High School” was named in the Village Voice as a top-10 experimental film/video for 2005. She has taught at New York University and The New School. She joined Bennington faculty in fall of 2004. She has screened and exhibited her work widely in the US and internationally.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
6:30 pm –
7:30 pm
Lab at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis. St.
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Saturday, December 12
Meet the Artists: Informing Tradition
In The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, meet artists from Informing Tradition. 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. This talk featues artists Sam Morgan, Barb Campbell, Wally Schwab, and Kowkie Durst.
Ticket info: Free and open to the public.
Event times:
2:00 pm –
3:00 pm
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
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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
• Imagine: 100 Years of Work from PNCA's Children's Art Archives
From: Wed, Nov 11
To: Tue, Dec 1
• 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
• Fall Focus
From: Mon, Nov 30
To: Fri, Dec 4
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