— Apr 18, 02:22 PM — 

Building Acquisition and Launch of Campaign Garner Attention

On the heels of PNCA’s highly successful Gala with the announcement of the acquisition of the main campus building and the launch of a fundraising campaign
The Oregonian featured a story on the College’s rising profile.

PNCA lands Goodman building, donations
Oregon art school gets three $1 million gifts
Monday, April 14, 2008
D.K. ROW
The Oregonian Staff
Less than a month after it snapped up, for free, a historic building through a special government-sponsored education transferral, the Pacific Northwest College of Art has completed another stunning coup.

During a gala for patrons and trustees Saturday at its Pearl District campus, Oregon’s flagship art college announced three historic developments that assure its future as a Pearl District arts force, events that also clarify and resolve several intriguing plotlines of the past year.

The college has reached an agreement with the family of the late Edith Goodman to buy the main building on its campus, a 65,000 square-foot structure that occupies the block between Northwest 12th and 13th avenues and Johnson and Kearney streets. The college also publicly launched a historic capital campaign targeting $32 million in pledges by the end of June 2009, when the college celebrates its centennial.

Read the full story at The Oregonian

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