Exhibition | Stray Fires

MFA in Visual Studies First Year Student Exhibition

July 10-August 8
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Disjecta
8371 N Interstate Ave.
Opening reception July 10, 6-10 pm

Come see the work of the First Year students in PNCA’s MFA in Visual Studies program.

Featuring work by: Lindsay Aucoin, Ray Anthony Barrett, Eryck Boucher, Katie Dunbar, Daniel J. Glendening, Gia Goodrich, Bryson Hansen, Carl Klimt, Elizabeth Malaska, Ruta M. Perzynska, Tyler Stuart, Samantha Wall, Michael Welsh

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Gallery Conversation | Collaborations & Dialogues

Jordan Schnitzer, James Reid and Christy Wyckoff

July 12, 6:00 pm
Feldman Gallery + Project Space
1241 NW Johnson St.

Master printer James Reid and collector Jordan Schnitzer will hold a panel discussion with PNCA’s Christy Wyckoff on working with artists to realize finished pieces in multiple print techniques.

Image: John Baldessari, Noses & Ears, Etc.: One Face (Three Versions)..., 2006, 11 color screenprint

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn

Ceramic Works 5000 BCE - 2010 CE

July 15-October 30
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-6 pm
Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 NW Davis St.

This exhibition of internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei features his iconoclastic use of Neolithic vessels, blue-and-white Qing and Yuan dynasty replicas, and a work that consists of one ton of “sunflower seeds” crafted from porcelain. This artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States makes its West Coast debut at Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn has been organized by Arcadia University Art Gallery and supported by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibition Initiative. Curated by Richard Torchia & Gregg Moore.

Ticket info: Free to Museum members; $3 general public.

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Exhibition | Collaborations

Works from Advanced Printmaking Studio: Collaboration

July 23-August 1
The Corner Gallery at PNCA Main Campus Building
1241 NW Johnson St.
Opening Reception: July 23, 3-4:30 pm

Come see the results of PNCA’s two-week Intensive Print Workshop. The 13 participants in the class and exhibition include PNCA print faculty members, students and local artists.

Working in printmaking media, they have explored a range of collaborative strategies. Projects include wooden type broadsides, group drawings, collaborative prints and a deck of cards designed by the group.

Featuring work by: Abra Ancliffe, Zachary Combs, Laurie Danial, Carla Deal, Christine Donna, Yoshi Kitai, Caroline Locher-Stein, Palmarin Merges, Tom Prochaska, Junko Sato and Margot Voorhies Thompson, plus workshop co-instructors James Reid from Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles and PNCA Print Department Chair Christy Wyckoff.

Ticket info: Free and open to the public.

Parents and Kids Inventor's Workshop

with Inna Alesina

July 24, 10 am-12 pm
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 NW Davis St.

Parents and kids learn to use everyday objects to think outside the box in a creative, hands-on workshop. Inna Alesina, co-author with Ellen Lupton of Exploring Materials: Creative Design for Everyday Objects, leads this engaging and interactive session.

Inna Alesina is an independent product designer and a faculty member in the environmental design department at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). In addition to the workshop, Exploring Materials will be on sale through The Gallery for $35.

Suitable for ages 6 and up.

Ticket info: Free with adult admission $3 and pre-registration.

RSVP to iwatson [at] pnca [dot]edu