The Black Market Type & Print Shop

Curated by Joseph del Pesco

The Black Market Type & Print Shop starts with a collection of 30 type-fonts extracted from the artwork of well-known of artists. Scanned and converted into working computer fonts, these letter forms are available for use by visitors to the exhibition via a free print shop. Visitors are obliged to use the types in at least part of their design. Through this process the visual language of contemporary art is subtly distributed beyond the gallery through street-level ephemera such as rock-show flyers and for-sale notices.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Store for a Month

John Brodie opens “Store For a Month” in June.The project, loosely based on Claes Oldenburg’s “Store” from 1961, will feature over 60 artists, including many Pacific Northwest College of Art alumni.Store for a Month will be an art object and “product” store that includes a working studio for the Proprietor (Brodie) and Store artists to make works on-site, although many works will be made in advance. It will feature art and products specifically made for the project by over 60 of the region’s best and brightest artists. While the emphasis is on 3D art objects and sculpture, some 2D work will be included. Participating artists include: Holly Andres, Carl Annala, Josh Arseneau, Gordon Barnes, Philippe Blanc, John Brodie, James Boulton, Calvin Ross Carl ’08, Benjamin Alexander Clark, David Corbett, Kerry Davis, Shelby Davis, Melia Donovan, Cary Doucette, Arcy Douglass, Anna Fidler, Danridge Geiger ’08, Ellen George, Nathan Gibson, Damien Gilley, Jennifer Gleach, Kate Greiner, Anne Greenwood, Cecilia Hallinan, Henry Ham, Stephen Hayes, Jesse Hayward, Sean Healy, Harvest Henderson, Scott Wayne Indiana, Philip Iosca, Susan Klein, Kristan Kennedy, Cynthia Lahti, Gabriel Liston, Rhoda London, Joe Macca, Victor Maldonado, Pete McCracken, Trevor McGee, Cris Moss, Angela Muldoon, Aaron Murray, Jenene Nagy , Giles Neale, Jim Neidhardt, TJ Norris, Melody Owen, Dhani Rosa, Jack Dingo Ryan, Paige Saez ’09, Blair Saxon-Hill, Richard Schemmerer, Crystal Schenk, Heidi Schwegler, Scrappers, Ashley Sloan, Josh Smith, Sika Stanton, Storm Tharp, Annette Thurston, Joe Thurston, Marie Watt, and Kathan Zerzan.

Store for a Month

First Thursday Reception

BFA and MFA Thesis Exhibitions

Pacific Northwest College of Art announces its biggest exhibitions of the year with a First Thursday reception on June 4 beginning at 6:00pm.PNCA will honor the work of over 65 students graduating with their Bachelor of Fine Arts and the inaugural year honoring 14 graduates of PNCA’s Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies program.The BFA and MFA Thesis Exhibitions open May 24, 2009 following the Commencement Ceremony and run through June 28 in both the PNCA Swigert Commons and Gallery 214, located at 1241 NW Johnson Street, and the Stevens Studios, located on NW Johnson and 15th Avenue.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

PNCA at 100

Exhibition at Portland Art Museum

The Portland Art Museum will celebrate the centennial of Pacific Northwest College of Art, formerly known as the Museum Art School, with an exhibit featuring works by over a dozen of PNCA’s faculty and alumni. Curating the exhibit is Bruce Guenther, the museum’s chief curator of modern and contemporary art.The exhibition will take place in the Collins Gallery and Schnitzer Sculpture Court and will be accompanied by an illustrated publication.