PNCA : exposure : news

Quick Links

News

Press Releases

PNCA News

Announcements, Exhibitions and Campus Events

— 3 July 08 —

pdXPLORE: Designing Portland's Form

pdXPLORE is an interactive multi-media exhibit and symposia exploring Portland’s future. Are we ready for the changes coming to Portland in this new century? What shape will our city take over the next 50 or 100 years? What is essential about Portland? What do Portlanders believe in, and what is our DNA? What are the fundamental urban patterns and design principles at work here?

All events are at PNCA, 1241 NW Johnson. Free and open to the public.

Exhibition: July 8 – 27
What are our hopes and dreams? How can we build our city to realize them? Five designers, architects, urban designers and landscape architects have been working for over a year to probe these questions. Co-sponsored by PNCA and Elizabeth Leach Gallery.

Panel Discussion: July 8 | 6pm
The five designers and architects who created pdXPLORE speak about their work. Panelists include: Rudy Barton, Carol Mayer-Reed, Michael McCulloch, Richard Potestio and William Tripp.

PNCA+FIVE Idea Studio – In The Round: Collective Leadership: July 22 | 6pm
A PNCA+ Five Idea Studio with Portland Mayor Elect Sam Adams, leading elected officials and city planners address the challenges facing Portland and their vision for the future. Join some of the region’s most engaging leaders as they take a creative look at Portland’s urban landscape and ask how our unique history can inform the future. The discussion is a continuation of the dialogues that began with five designers and resulted the pdXPLORE, the interactive multi-media exhibiton on display in PNCA’s Swigert Commons.

Panelists: Same Adams, City Council Member and Mayor Elect of Portland; David Bragdon, President of Metro; Tom Hughes, Mayor of Hillsboro; Gil Kelly, Director of Planning Bureau, City of Portland; Robert Liberty, Metro Councilor; Alice Rouyere, Executive Manager for the City of Gresham; moderated by Thom Watters.

Special thanks to Elizabeth Leach, Rudy Barton, Carol Mayer-Reed, Michael McCulloch, Richard Potestio and William Tripp.

Filed under: news | public programming

* * *

— 2 July 08 —

PNCA Instructor Shows Work at Froelick Gallery

PNCA faculty member Victor Maldonado’s Social Studies opens at Froelick Gallery, 714 NW Davis St. | First Thursday reception” July 3 | 5-8pm.

Filed under: home | news_sidebar

* * *

— 2 July 08 —

pdXPLORE Exhibit Imagines A Future Portland

Writer Brian Libby explores the ideas that will change the way we think about Portland in “PDXplore” Exhibit Imagines A Future Portland. PDXPLORE, through lively debate, installations and discussions with invited guests will create compelling visions of our future. Read full article

Filed under: home | public programming

* * *

— 2 July 08 —

Group Show at Upper Playground

PNCA alum Justin Gorman ’08 and long-time collaborator Caleb Freese are part of the group show, Seven, at Upper Playground.

Filed under: | alumni

* * *

— 2 July 08 —

Holiday Hours

All PNCA buildings will be closed on Friday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. We will continue normal summer hours, 9am -6pm, on Saturday, July 5.

Filed under: home | news_sidebar

* * *

— 30 June 08 —

Finding Folklore

MFA student Chelsea Heffner is back home in southern Rhode Island for the summer. While there, Heffner will be working on her “Finding Folklore”, a collaborative project celebrating the lives and tales of local people in South County, Rhode Island. Read more in the article ‘Finding Folklore’ in her backyard

Filed under: home | admissions

* * *

— 26 June 08 —

Graphic Novel Intensive

PNCA’s Graphic Novel Intensive is a unique, innovative study of comics, graphic novel writing and publishing, focusing on the relationship of images and words in storytelling and narrative. Read more about the GNI in Apocalypse Nerd | Portland Mercury

Filed under: home | public programming

* * *

— 26 June 08 —

Footprints along the River

Linda Wysong, who has been part of the South Waterfront Artist in Residence program will have her final tours of Footprints along the River part of Backyard Conversations, this Thursday and Saturday.
PERFORMANCE TOURS
Th June 26th, 5 pm | Sat June 28th, 11 am
CLOSING RECEPTION
Sat June 28th, 8-10 pm

Filed under: home | news_sidebar

* * *

— 20 June 08 —

Note to Self

PNCA faculty member Kurt Hollomon will be featured in the upcoming book An Illustrated Life by Danny Gregory. The book is previewed in the August issue of HOW magazine, which is on newstands, and in the PNCA library.

Filed under: home

* * *

— 17 June 08 —

Podcast: Shiro Nakane

Listen to a podcast of Shiro Nakane’s lecture and read PORT’s review of the event which calls his introduction to the Japanese garden “extraordinary.”

Filed under: home | idea studio forum

* * *

— 17 June 08 —

PNCA Meets Metropolis

Metropolis magazine has run an exclusive online feature on Editor in Chief, Susan Szenasy’s commencement speech at PNCA.

Filed under: home | news_sidebar

* * *

— 17 June 08 —

Intensely Graphic

There’s still time to sign up for PNCA’s Continuing Education graphic novel intensive June 21-29, featuring instruction from Matt Madden, Peter Bagge, Jessica Abel and Daniel Duford, the week-long course is intended for adult artists looking to get their stories closer to publication and is tied to several events throughout the city in the month of June.

Filed under: home

* * *

— 17 June 08 —

The Praise Keeps Pouring In

ARTnews recently reviewed MK Guth and other artists’ work in the 2008 Biennial calling the work in the Armory, “this biennial’s best surprise.”

Filed under: home

* * *

— 17 June 08 —

Backyard Conversations

PNCA faculty member and South Waterfront Artist in Residence for the month of June, Lynda Wysong, examines the nature of place and the concept of the neighborhood this month on the waterfront.

Filed under: home | public programming

* * *

— 17 June 08 —

Podcast: Green with Envy

Listen to a podcast of the PNCA+FIVE Idea Studio which took place May 23. Green with Envy: How Innovative is PDX in its Quest for a Sustainable City? featured a panel discussion on the present and future of Portland led by Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief of Metropolis magazine.

Filed under: home | idea studio forum

* * *

— 16 June 08 —

PNCA+FIVE Idea Studios Series Continues June 16

From the classic beauty of Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto to the contemplative Tenshin-en gardens of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, landscape architect Shiro Nakane understands both the value of tradition and the importance of living your moment in history.

Filed under: home | public programming

* * *

— 16 June 08 —

Unwin-Dunraven Literary Ecclesia

PNCA faculty member Bethany Ides (née Wright) is a poet, performance-installation artist, teacher & independent curator based in Portland. Her latest project, the Unwin-Dunraven Literary Ecclesia kicks off with a reading Thursday, June 19 at 7pm.

Filed under: home

* * *

— 13 June 08 —

Going Out with a Bang

PNCA proudly presents the Senior Exhibition, a collection of thesis work by newly graduated Seniors, including Justin Gorman, who was recently reviewed by ultra pdx.

Filed under: home | public programming

* * *

— 11 June 08 —

Through the Looking Glass

Translations and Discoveries, presented in conjunction with Bullseye Gallery, is now open in the Feldman.

Filed under: home | feldman

* * *

— 11 June 08 —

Bragging Rights

The ‘Bard of Barking,’ Billy Bragg, captivated a crowded house at PNCA Saturday evening, June 7. If you missed the show, check out LA-based KCRW’s in-studio session with him, and keep an eye out on pnca.edu for video and audio from the event.

Filed under: home | idea studio forum

* * *

← Older news •