— 19 August 10 —

Feldman Gallery + Project Space to Host Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books in conjunction with TBA:10

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August 19, 2010

CONTACT:
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503 821 8959

Becca Biggs, Director of Communications and Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
bbiggs@pnca.edu 971 255 5511

Feldman Gallery + Project Space to Host Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books in conjunction with TBA:10
Exhibition to include investigative collaboration with Portland’s Renaissance couple Lisa Radon and Tim DuRoche.

Exhibition | Sorted Books featuring work by Nina Katchadourian
Curated by Mack McFarland
September 2 – October 23, 2010

Opening Reception
Thursday, September 2, 6:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery, 1241 NW Johnson St.

PORTLAND, OR – August 19, 2010 – The Feldman Gallery + Project Space at Pacific Northwest College of Art welcomes Nina Katchadourian for an exhibition in conjunction with Portland Institute of Contemporary Art’s Time-Based Art Festival 2010.

Since 1993, Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books project has taken place in locations ranging from private homes to specialized public collections. After sifting through a library of books, Katchadourian selects particular titles and groups these books into clusters so that the titles can be read in sequence. Taken as a whole, the clusters examine each particular collection’s focus, idiosyncrasies, and inconsistencies—a portrait of that library’s holdings.

In an essay prepared by exhibition curator Mack McFarland, he states that:

“Despite what may seem causal and random, Katchadourian’s selections and arrangements are quite considered, …she intends for the dissected and rearranged text, or in her case the rearranged library, to sustain a unique connection to its owner. …For instance, the book sorting entitled Reference was generated from the library of a gallery director and former eye surgeon turned photographer. The titles that arose read Dyslexia/October 57/October 75.”

For the exhibit in the Feldman Gallery + Project Space, Katchadourian is working with a local family to whom books are of prime importance. Writer/musician Tim DuRoche and artist/writer Lisa Radon, along with their children Oskar, 16, Molly, 15, and Neville, 11, are sorting their own libraries, combining books from their individual collections to create a family self-portrait. The resulting book stacks are shown on shelves in the Project Space.

In connection with Nina Katchadourian’s exhibit Sorted Books, the Feldman Gallery will host an evening of cut-up, found, and sound poems. As curator Mack McFarland notes of Katchadourian’s project, “The pithy results of Katchadourian’s sortings, (such as What is Art?/Close Observation), and their origins from a quotidian database, brings to mind delicately deliberate and condensed versions of cut-up poetry, which originated with the Romanian poet and provocateur Tristan Tzara.” The evenings theatrics will be organized by poet and man about town mARK oWEn, and will include offerings from Lisa Radon, Jesse Malmed, Tony Christy, Morgan A. Ritter, Leo Daedalus, Bethany Ides, David Abel and many others.

About Nina Katchadourian
Nina Katchadourian was born in Stanford, California and grew up spending summers in the Finnish archipelago, where she still lives part of each year. Her work encompasses photography, sculpture, video and sound and has been exhibited domestically and internationally at places such as PS1/MoMA, the Serpentine Gallery, New Langton Arts, Artists Space, SculptureCenter, and the Turku Art Museum. She is the recipient of grants from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation. Katchadourian is represented by Sara Meltzer Gallery in New York and Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco.

About Feldman Gallery + Project Space
The Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space is dedicated to the work of national and international contemporary artists. Mounting six exhibits a year for eight-week runs, visiting artists are invited to lecture or participate in student workshops and studio visits, and each show culminates in a First Thursday opening and a Gallery Talk given by the artist and open to the public. Students participate in all aspects of the show, from details of curation to logistics of installation. Through Philip Feldman Gallery exhibitions and events, PNCA collaborates with other art institutions such as the Cooley Gallery at Reed College, and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Coming up at the Feldman Gallery + Project Space are exhibits from Jungjin Lee, Cassandra C. Jones and Critical Art Ensemble.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its nine Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 26 July 10 —

Feldman Gallery to Host M5 Exhibition Featuring Collaboration with Brooklyn’s Minus Space

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 26, 2010

CONTACT:
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503 821 8959

Becca Biggs, Director of Communications and Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
bbiggs@pnca.edu 971 255 5511

Feldman Gallery to Host M5 Exhibition Featuring Collaboration with Brooklyn’s Minus Space
Curator Jeff Jahn brings together contemporary works from Brooklyn alongside historically important Portland artists

Exhibition | M5
Curated by Jeff Jahn
August 1-22, 2010

Opening Reception
Thursday, August 5, 6:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery, 1241 NW Johnson St.

PORTLAND, OR – July 26, 2010 – M5 explores the intersections and mutual interests of five artists who have exhibited at Brooklyn’s Minus Space; Don Voisine, Patricia Zarate, Steve Karlik, Nancy White and Rossana Martinez, combined with two of the Northwest’s most historically relevant abstract practitioners Francis Celentano and Mel Katz.

“The connection between these artists is direct since Katz was once Karlik’s professor and Celentano is a pioneer of the Op Art movement first coined in the 1960s, though perceptual art has existed prior and since. Also, since so many Portland artists are interested in these ideas surrounding minimalism, perceptual and reductive art practices I felt it was valuable to expose these two groups to one another,” says Jeff Jahn, curator of the exhibition.

Minus Space is an international web platform, itinerant international curatorial program and Brooklyn alternative space who in 2008 had its five-year retrospective at P.S.1. Curator Jeff Jahn is co-founder of PORT, an online catalyst of critical discourse focused on contemporary art in Portland. Jahn is a curator, cultural historian, critic and artist who has been published and exhibited internationally.

About Minus Space
MINUS SPACE is a platform for reductive art on the international level. We value art, ideas, and collaboration.

Reductive art is generally characterized by its use of plainspoken materials, monochromatic or limited color, geometry and pattern, repetition and seriality, precise craftsmanship and intellectual rigor. Reductive art is inclusive and pluralistic in its approach, including geographic location, age, gender, medium, artistic strategy and content of work.

In addition to our comprehensive web site, we operate a project space in Brooklyn where we mount solo and group exhibitions of pioneering emerging and established American and international artists. Our project space is the only venue of its kind in the United States, and one of only a handful of comparable spaces on the international level dedicated to reductive art.

MINUS SPACE was founded by artists Matthew Deleget and Rossana Martinez in 2003.


About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its nine Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 24 June 10 —

ZGF Sponsorship to Shape Design Initiatives at PNCA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2010

CONTACT
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art + Museum of Contemporary Craft
503.821.8959 | lmiller@pnca.edu

Ann Hudner, VP Communications & Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art + Museum of Contemporary Craft
503.821.8894 | ahudner@pnca.edu

ZGF Sponsorship to Shape Design Initiatives at PNCA

PORTLAND, OR – June 24, 2010 – Pacific Northwest College of Art is pleased to announce a new partnership with ZGF Architects LLP as part of its Centennial Campaign for PNCA+FIVE, a $32 million effort to raise funds for capital, public exhibitions, scholarships and endowment. The campaign, now in its final phase, has raised more than $31 million to date.

As part of the agreement, ZGF will join the College’s Corporate Partners Program as a Visionary Circle member ($20,000 and above) and will be recognized as Presenting Sponsor for PNCA’s 2010-11 Visiting Artist Lecture Series. With a slate of nearly 30 visiting speakers from the world of design and architecture, the lecture series enhances the educational experience of PNCA students and brings renowned artists, designers and thinkers to Portland. Lectures are free and open to the public.

The 2010-11 Visiting Artist Lecture Series includes such renowned speakers as Bryan Bell, recipient of the Progressive Architecture Award in 1986 and founder of Design Corps; Lew Oliver, an Atlanta-based designer and founder and CEO of Whole Town Solutions, a firm focusing on sustainable design and neighborhood and town quality; and Trisha Donnelly, a well-known New York conceptual artist whose work incorporates a variety of media including video, sound, photographs, drawings, and performance.

ZGF leaders will also work closely with PNCA as the College further develops BFA and MFA programs in design, as well as design exhibitions with the Museum of Contemporary Craft, which entered into a partnership with PNCA in July 2009. ZGF leaders and employees will take part on an ongoing basis as speakers and advisors, and as members of PNCA’s advisory council on innovation and design.

“We are tremendously excited about this partnership with ZGF, which will help to fuel PNCA’s momentum as one of the fastest growing colleges of art and design in the nation,” said Tom Manley, President of Pacific Northwest College of Art. “ZGF’s support and involvement will have a direct impact on students, and will also contribute to our efforts to make PNCA a school of influence, shaping trends in art, design and culture, in Portland and beyond.”

ZGF Managing Partner Bob Packard noted that, “We see this as a synergistic collaboration that complements ZGF’s global perspective and benefits our designers. ZGF is proud to support the PNCA in this lecture series and in training the next generation of designers.”

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 10 June 10 —

Feldman Gallery + Project Space to Host Monsters of Web Comics 2.0

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 10, 2010

CONTACT:
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503 821 8959

Becca Biggs, Director of Communications and Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
bbiggs@pnca.edu 971 255 5511

Feldman Gallery + Project Space to Host Monsters of Web Comics 2.0
Exhibition presented in conjunction with the PNCA Summer Graphic Novel Intensive

Exhibition | Monsters of Web Comics 2.0
June 21 – July 25, 2010

Opening Reception
Thursday, July 8, 6:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery Project Space, 1241 NW Johnson St.

PORTLAND, OR – June 10, 2010 – The Feldman Gallery + Project Space invites curator Andrew Farago to explore the digital revolution in the exhibition Monsters of Webcomics 2.0. This showcase of some of the best and boldest work published on the World Wide Web runs the gamut from four-panel comic strips to full-length graphic novels and includes comedy, autobiography, drama, history, science fiction and sociopolitical commentary.

Including work by Kate Beaton, Phil and Kaja Foglio, Dorothy Gambrell, Shaenon K. Garrity, Jenn Manley Lee, Dylan Meconis, Erika Moen, Chris Onstad, Spike aka Charlene Trotman and Dirk Tiede, the exhibition represents just a small fraction of the comics available online today. Dicebox, by Jenn Manley Lee, a science-fiction graphic novel, follows a year in the lives of two female migrant workers, Griffen and Molly, as they journey from planet to planet. Genre-busting narratives such as these are impossible to categorize among existing comic book stereotypes. Girl Genius
by Phil and Kaja Foglio, is a “gaslamp fantasy” about the adventures of mad scientist Agatha Heterodyne that began as a periodical-style comic book but has moved to online publishing to attract a larger audience. The accessibility of online content for readers and the artists’ ability to distribute their work with greater ease contributes to the flourishing diversity of webcomics today.

Andrew Farago is the Curator of San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum. He has overseen more than 50 exhibitions of original cartoon and comic art, on subjects from political cartoons to superheroes to Disney animation. He has written for Marvel Comics, The Comics Journal, The Comics Reporter, Animation World Network and is the author of the upcoming Looney Tunes Treasury from Insight Editions.

This exhibition supports the Summer Graphic Novel Intensive program offered through PNCA’s Continuing Education Program. The six-day Graphic Novel Intensive Workshop will focus on basic ideas of character development and move into strategies for experimental narrative with participants also examining the foundations of creating comics and graphic novels.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its nine Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 1 June 10 —

Feldman Gallery to Host Collaborations & Dialogues: Selections from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Print Collection

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June 1, 2010

CONTACT:
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503 821 8959

Becca Biggs, Director of Communications and Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
bbiggs@pnca.edu 971 255 5511

Feldman Gallery to Host Collaborations & Dialogues: Selections from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Print Collection, curated by James Reid, Gemini G.E.L. Master Printer
Exhibition to feature fine art multiples printed by James Reid in conjunction with PNCA Advanced Printmaking Studio

Exhibition | Collaborations & Dialogues: Selections from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Print Collection
June 21 – July 25, 2010

Gallery Talk | Collaborations & Dialogues: Selections from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Print Collection
Featuring Master Printer James Reid in conversation with collector Jordan D. Schnitzer, moderated by Christy Wyckoff, Printmaking Department Chair
Monday, July 12, 6:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery, 1241 NW Johnson St.

Opening Reception
Thursday, July 8, 6:00 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery, 1241 NW Johnson St.

PORTLAND, OR – June 1, 2010 – The Feldman Gallery at Pacific Northwest College of Art is proud to present an exhibition of selected prints from the collection of art patron and collector Jordan D. Schnitzer. The works were each produced at Gemini G.E.L. by Master Printer James Reid in collaboration with prominent contemporary artists Ellsworth Kelly, John Baldessari, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra and Robert Gober, among others. Gemini G.E.L. is an artists’ workshop and publisher of limited edition prints and sculptures founded in 1966 in Los Angeles.

James Reid, also the curator of the exhibition, draws attention to his role as technician, printer and collaborator in the creation of these works by featuring the most challenging pieces or those that demonstrate a strong, shared effort with the artist. Ellsworth Kelly is an avid collaborator with over 300 editions produced with Gemini G.E.L. to date, and is thereby well represented with a number of pieces in the exhibition. A highlight among the Kelly prints in the Schnitzer collection, The River (2003) is a major work that embodies the creative and communicative symbiosis that exists between the artist and the printer. The River is formidable in its epic scale at over nine feet in length. The editioned work is composed of a 12-color lithograph mounted on aluminum and features rough, darkly streaked textures that flow with starts and stops across its surface.

Another significant collaborative effort is exemplified in John Baldessari’s God Nose (2007), a cast aluminum, three-color relief piece that hangs suspended from the ceiling. The work is hand painted and profiles a flesh-toned nose floating at its center, surrounded by blue skies and three-dimensional clouds bobbing in its periphery. This edition, along with The River, demonstrates the range of processes that are employed in a printmaking studio such as Gemini G.E.L. and the technical diversity of its collaborative efforts.

A gallery conversation led by James Reid and Jordan Schnitzer takes place at the Feldman Gallery on Monday, July 12 at 6:00 pm. James Reid is also a guest instructor for Advanced Printmaking Studio: Collaboration that takes place July 12-July 23. The intensive workshop, led by Reid and PNCA Printmaking Department Chair Christy Wyckoff, uses printmaking to explore a variety of collaborative strategies from one-on-one to experimental group projects.

This program is supported by the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its nine Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 18 May 10 —

PNCA Spring 2010 Commencement to Advance 86 Graduates and Grant Two Honorary Degrees

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CONTACT:
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503 821 8959

Becca Biggs, Director of Communications and Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
bbiggs@pnca.edu 971 255 5511

PNCA Spring 2010 Commencement to Advance 86 Graduates and Grant Two Honorary Degrees

PORTLAND, OR — May 18, 2010 — Pacific Northwest College of Art will proudly confer degrees to the graduating class of 2010 at the Commencement Ceremony to be held on May 23 at Tiffany Center. The class of 2010 includes 71 Bachelor of Fine Arts undergraduates working in eight different disciplines and 15 Master of Fine Arts graduates in Visual Studies. PNCA President Emerita Sally C. Lawrence will deliver the commencement address. Lawrence and the late artist Thelma Johnson Streat will be awarded Doctor of Art Honoris Causa Degrees to honor their individual accomplishments and affiliations with PNCA.

Sally Lawrence is celebrated on behalf of her long professional association with the College, which spanned 20 years, beginning in 1981. Her era as President of PNCA was initiated the same year that the College’s name was changed from the Museum Art School to Pacific Northwest College of Art and was highlighted by the 1998 move to PNCA’s present campus in the Pearl District.

Thelma Johnson Streat (1911-1959) was a painter, dancer, designer and educator, internationally known in the mid-twentieth century for her visual and performance art. She is an early alumna of the College having taken classes at Pacific Northwest College of Art, then known as the Museum Art School, during 1934-35. She began her professional career as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist at San Francisco’s Pickle Factory, and worked with muralist Diego Rivera who became one of her most ardent supporters. Streat went on to be the first African-American woman to have her work in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The PNCA graduating class of 2010 presents their Thesis Exhibitions in three locations from May 23-June 26. The Thesis Exhibition represents a culmination of each student’s study that demonstrates a significant body of independent creative work. BFA students will show their work in both PNCA Swigert Commons and PNCA Cornelia and William T.C. Stevens Studios. The MFA Exhibition will take place at the Goldsmith Building in Old Town. All three buildings will host a special First Thursday event to present the exhibition to the public on June 3, 6-9 pm.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its nine Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 11 May 10 —

PNCA’s 8th Annual Gala “Constellation of Creativity” Soars Beyond Forecasted Goals

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Contact:
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503 821 8959

Ann Hudner, VP of Communications and Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
ahudner@pnca.edu 971 255 5518

PNCA’s 8th Annual Gala “Constellation of Creativity” Soars Beyond Forecasted Goals

PORTLAND, OR—May 11, 2010—On Saturday, May 8, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) held its 8th annual Gala, coined by Portland Monthly as the “swingingest art party in Portland!” PNCA’s Constellation of Creativity raised $385,000, far surpassing the College’s anticipated goal of $300,000. Together with the College’s recent Benefit Art Auction with Bonhams and Butterfields, this year PNCA raised more than a half million dollars. The Centennial Campaign for PNCA+FIVE, a $32 million effort to raise funds for PNCA’s main campus building, endowment funds, scholarships and special projects is anticipated to end successfully by June 30, the close of the College’s current fiscal year. The Campaign was launched in January 2004 and was strengthened by the late Hallie Ford whose gift of $15 million in 2007 established PNCA’s Ford Institute of Visual Education (FIVE).

Dorothy Lemelson and Carol Smith-Larson, both longtime and dedicated supporters of the College, served as Honorary Co-Chairs. Visionary Sponsors for PNCA’s Constellation of Creativity included: Dorothy Lemelson, Georgia Leupold-Marshall, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Al Solheim, AWS Real Estate and ZGF. Further support was provided by Luminary Sponsors Kathleen Lewis and US Bank, and Studio Circle sponsors included Boora Architects, First Independent Wealth Management, Peraim and Kartar Khalsa, Selby & Douglas Key, LAIKA, Douglas Macy, and Miller Nash. Other sponsors included The Boeing Company and Wieden+ Kennedy.

Event co-chairs were PNCA board members Jason Saunders and David Savinar, and Museum of Contemporary Craft board member Georgia Erdenberger. A host committee of more than 70 community members was involved in planning. Kimberly Howard, trust manager for Oregon Cultural Trust, served as mistress of ceremonies.

A highlight of the evening was the announcement that Dorothy Lemelson, longtime PNCA benefactor and chairman of the Lemelson Foundation, will provide in her estate plans two major gifts to the College. She founded the Lemelson Foundation with her husband, Jerry, one of the world’s most prolific inventors.

“PNCA is indeed fortunate to have visionary women like Dolly Lemelson among our key supporters. Just as Hallie Ford’s gift is transforming the future of the College – and the City – Dolly’s philanthropy looks forward, and embodies her commitment to nurturing future generations of artists, innovators, and thinkers,” said Tom Manley, PNCA president.

“Thanks to Dolly’s remarkable generosity, the College is now well-positioned to meet our campaign goals within the coming weeks,” added Manley.

PNCA’s Constellation of Creativity featured site-specific art and light installations by PNCA student artists and reflected the evening’s theme—PNCA’s extensive presence throughout the city of Portland through its satellite art galleries, studio spaces, and the Museum of Contemporary Craft make up a constellation of creativity.

Students in the Master of Fine Arts in Applied Craft & Design program, which is offered jointly by PNCA and Oregon College of Art and Craft, created a custom bar, cloud installations, and mobile lighting and structures. The 2010 PNCA Gala was the first official large public event at The Leftbank Annex, Portland’s new premier event location. The event included many of Portland’s finest creative minds, including Lee Kelley ’59, chair of the Centennial Campaign for PNCA+FIVE, Brad Cloepfil, Lisa Strausfeld, Malia Jensen ’89, Elizabeth Leach, Thomas Lauderdale, and Lucinda Parker ’66 along with special guests Congressman Earl Blumenauer; Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler; Nick Fish, Commissioner, City of Portland, who also sits on the Oregon Cultural Trust board; and David Bragdon, Metro Council President.

More than 375 guests enjoyed signature cocktails, interactive video footage of students making art, a delicious meal by renowned chef Larry Grimes of Art of Catering, and signature wine pairings donated by local vineyards including Rex Hill and Carabella Vineyard. Entertainment was provided by the Blue Cranes and dancing to soul music by DJ Drew Groove.

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About PNCA
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts. With the recent addition of FIVE: the Ford Institute for Visual Education, the College is enhanced through visiting artists, representing the most accomplished artists, designers, and creative thinkers from around the world. The innovative programs of PNCA+FIVE serve as an incubator for new programming at the College and establish collaborative relationships between students, international artists and the region’s vital art, design and business communities. The College offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Communication Design, General Fine Arts, Illustration, Intermedia, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture. PNCA is the only school of art in the Pacific Northwest to offer graduate education in art and design, now offering two MFA programs. The first, an MFA in Visual Studies and the second, an MFA in Applied Craft and Design, was developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft. For more information on PNCA’s Public Programming, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 23 April 10 —

Museum of Contemporary Craft Awarded Largest Exhibition Grants in 73 Year History

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April 22, 2010

CONTACT
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art + Museum of Contemporary Craft
503.821.8959 | lmiller@pnca.edu

Becca Biggs, Director of Communications
Pacific Northwest College of Art + Museum of Contemporary Craft
503.821.8892 | bbiggs@pnca.edu

Museum of Contemporary Craft Awarded Largest Exhibition Grants in 73 Year History
Whiteman Foundation and WESTAF Grants to support exploration of work by artists Betty Feves and Laurie Herrick

PORTLAND, OR—April 22, 2010—Museum of Contemporary Craft (MoCC) is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded the two largest exhibition grants in the institution’s history. The Museum will receive over $150,000 in awards from the Whiteman Foundation and the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) to support touring exhibitions that highlight the work of Betty Feves and Laurie Herrick, two Pacific Northwest women artists significant to the history of American Craft.

The Whiteman Foundation has awarded MoCC a 1:1 challenge grant of $105,000 to develop Generations: Betty Feves, the cornerstone exhibition of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary celebration in 2012. This retrospective features the work of the late Betty Feves (1918-1985), a Pendleton, Oregon-based ceramicist, musician and educator. Feves’ work was exhibited throughout the country and internationally, including exhibitions at MoMA. Her efforts helped broaden the role of ceramics from a strictly functional medium to more artistic and expressive forms. Feves exhibited and taught workshops at what is now MoCC. She received the Governor’s Award in 1977 for contributions in ceramics and music. Opening in March 2012, this historical retrospective will offer a contemporary context through which Feves’ contributions to art and craft in the region will be examined.

The second grant, a $50,000 matching challenge from WESTAF, is in support of the exhibition Laurie Herrick: Weaving Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Influential weaver and designer-craftsman Laurie Herrick (1908-1995) taught classes in the textiles program at Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) from 1958-1979, conducted weaving workshops throughout the nation, and was a leader and board member in regional and national guilds. The retrospective exhibition is scheduled to open March 2011 and will feature selected works of her best-known weaving styles drawn from public and private collections. An online website will provide open access to selected weaving patterns, accompanied by a place for weavers across the globe to upload images of their own interpretations of Herrick’s designs. A series of resident artists will create their own works using Herrick’s designs and patterns as inspiration. Their artwork will be exhibited alongside Herrick’s to illuminate weaving as a vital, contemporary practice.

“We are pleased to receive such tremendous support, allowing us to showcase the impact these craftspeople had on the visual arts of the Pacific Northwest. These exhibitions present regional history in new formats that bring together a range of generations and craft practices. The support of these foundations allows us to honor the vital role that women had in the founding and development of the Museum,” says Namita Wiggers, curator of Museum of Contemporary Craft.

These grants are the first to be awarded by the Whiteman Foundation and WESTAF to Museum of Contemporary Craft and will provide for the development of traveling exhibitions, public programming, website development and publications that support the strong history of craft in Oregon.

About Museum of Contemporary Craft
Committed to the advancement of craft since 1937, Museum of Contemporary Craft (MoCC) in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art is one of Oregon’s oldest cultural institutions. Centrally located in Portland’s Pearl District, the Museum is nationally acclaimed for its curatorial program and is a vibrant center for investigation and dialogue, expanding the definition of craft and the way audiences experience it.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft. PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 8 April 10 —

PNCA Embraces the Hybrid-Moving Image and Launches New Contemporary Animated Arts Program

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April 8, 2010

CONTACT
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503.821.8959

Ann Hudner, VP Communications + Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
ahudner@pnca.edu 503.821.8894

PNCA Embraces the Hybrid-Moving Image and Launches New Contemporary Animated Arts Program

PORTLAND, OREGON – April 8, 2010 – Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to announce that the College has approved a new Contemporary Animated Arts BFA program, the first of its kind in the United States, to begin in the Fall 2010 semester.

Contemporary Animated Arts embraces the hybrid-moving image by combining fine art practice and digital technologies. At a time when the boundaries between live action, animation, painting, photography, illustration and design are dissolving, an interdisciplinary fine art approach encourages students to re-imagine and create frame-based work for multiple platforms. Contemporary Animated Arts embraces theory and practice while supporting research, risk taking and collaborative practice. The interdisciplinary approach inherent in contemporary moving image arts leads students to construct images from many sources including: live action, models, photography, objects and textures.

Contemporary Animated Arts engages students from diverse practices—photography, sculpture, illustration, painting and animation—with a focus on composing serial frames as a means to express an idea through structure, pace and rhythm and the interplay between image and sound. Further studies provide in-depth opportunities for informed research and creative exploration in making and presenting moving images as single and multi-channel works in a range of screening environments.

Department Chair Rose Bond says of the new program, “Contemporary Animated Arts will reinforce moving image education through research and practice, with the aim of creating artists, innovators and directors who explore the potentials of narrative. This unique course of study will advance a new generation of multi-disciplinary artists.“

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 17 March 10 —

Pacific Northwest College of Art Presents Internationally Respected Journalists and Design Critics Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck as PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residents

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 17, 2010

CONTACT
Ann Hudner
VP of Communications and Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
ahudner@pnca.edu 774.264.0852

Leslie Miller
External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503.821-8959

Pacific Northwest College of Art Presents Internationally Respected Journalists and Design Critics Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck as PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residents

Portland, OR–March 17, 2010–Pacific Northwest College of Art is proud to host internationally respected journalists and design critics, Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck, who will visit Portland as part of the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program. During their visit, Lasky and Beck will participate in three public events including a Bright Lights Discussion in collaboration with Portland Monthly; 3BY10 Series with the IDSA Oregon Chapter/Art Institute of Portland and a Personal Design in Green Space celebration at Cyan PDX.

The cultural residency program is a collaborative initiative, established by Gerding Edlen Development and Pacific Northwest College of Art to bring prominent artists, designers, writers and social activists to Portland and the Pacific Northwest. The program serves to enhance community interactions and contribute to the ongoing development of relationships that build upon and strengthen the cultural vibrancy of Portland. Along with Gerding Edlen, the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program is supported with the assistance of Design Within Reach-Portland Studio, Pendleton Woolen Mills, Powell’s Books and Tin House.

Julie Lasky is Editor of Change Observer, a channel of Design Observer devoted to the many dimensions of design for social innovation, developed by Winterhouse Institute with support from Rockefeller Foundation. Reporting upon design strategies aimed globally at improving health, education, housing and the environment, Change Observer not only identifies important people and projects related to design for social change; it also assesses their effectiveness through investigative reports by renowned journalists.

Lasky was editor-in-chief of I.D. until 2009. Prior to that, she was editor-in-chief of Interiors magazine, which she led to several national honors, and managing editor of Print magazine. A widely published writer and critic, Lasky has contributed to The New York Times, Metropolis, Dwell, Eye, Slate, the National Scholar and NPR, as well as Design Observer.

Ernest Beck is a New York-based freelance writer and editor. In addition to contributing to Change Observer, Beck covers topics including business, globalization, personal finance, sustainability, and real estate, as well as design and innovation for media outlets including Businessweek.com, MSNmoney.com and The New York Times. He writes about the business of art and design for publications including Art & Auction, Architect, Worth and Print. Beck also served as Editorial Director for the 2009 Aspen Design Summit.

During their visit, in addition to many introductions ranging from Wieden and Kennedy, Ziba, Caldera Innovation Lab to Mercy Corps, conversations with members of the faculty and students at Pacific Northwest College of Art and University of Oregon, and a discussion with Mayor Adams, Lasky and Beck will also participate in 3 public discussions:

Monday, March 29, 6:00 pm
Social Innovation-The Designer’s Voice
A Conversation with Julie Lasky, Editor of Change Observer, and Ernest Beck, Journalist and Editorial Director of 2009 Aspen Design Summit
Bright Lights: Discussion on the City
Jimmy Mak’s, 221 Northwest 10th Avenue

The 2009 Aspen Design Summit brought non-profit organizations, decision makers, corporate leaders and design experts to focus on solutions to problems that challenge the quality of life.

AIGA and the Winterhouse Institute partnered with Change Observer to report on Design Summit’s presentations, including such projects as Hale County Rural Poverty Project, Center for Disease Control and Healthy Aging, Sustainable Food and Childhood Obesity, and the Mayo Clinic’s program for Rural Health Care Delivery.

In conversation with Portland Monthly editor-in-chief Randy Gragg, Ernest Beck and Julie Lasky will discuss the dialog that ensued between the Summit and Change Observer, the role criticism can play in evaluating the effectiveness of these programs, bringing voice to projects that address the impediments to human dignity and achievement faced by real people.

The public programming featuring Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck is presented as part of the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program, a collaborative initiative, established by Gerding Edlen Development and Pacific Northwest College of Art.

The Bright Lights series is presented by Portland Monthly magazine.

Wednesday, March 31, 6:00 PM
3BY10 IDSA Series: “Design and Social Change–What are the critical questions?”
A Conversation with Julie Lasky, Editor of Change Observer and former Editor in Chief of I.D. magazine, along with Ernest Beck, an award winning journalist and Editorial Director of 2009 Aspen Design Summit
Design Within Reach, Portland Studio
1200 Northwest Everett Street (NW 11th and Everett)

Launched in the summer of 2009, Change Observer’s goal is to monitor and report on developments in the burgeoning area of design and social change —people and projects, ideas and initiatives. Join Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck for a discussion on areas of significance that they have observed and their reflection on the critical conversations that designers and design educators need to engage?

Moderated by Carl Alviani and presented with Art Institute of Portland and Industrial Design Society of America Oregon Chapter

The public programming featuring Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck is presented as part of the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program, a collaborative initiative, established by Gerding Edlen Development and Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Friday, April 2, 6:00 pm
Personal Design in Green Space / Cyan PDX
1720 Southwest 4th Avenue

Featuring Julie Lasky, Editor of Change Observer and former Editor in Chief of I.D. magazine, along with Ernest Beck, an award winning journalist and Editorial Director of 2009 Aspen Design Summit.

The event will highlight select apartments showcasing the multiple and imaginative ways that residents have organized space, color, art and furniture to reflect their personal tastes. Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck, PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residents will tour the apartments and will award prizes to the top three apartment interior spaces. Lasky and Beck will be joined by local architects and designers for the tour and will be part of a discussion of design, sustainability and individual style.

The public programming featuring Julie Lasky and Ernest Beck is presented as part of the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program, a collaborative initiative, established by Gerding Edlen Development and Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Along with Gerding Edlen, the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program is supported with the assistance of Design Within Reach-Portland Studio, Pendleton Woolen Mills, Powell’s Books and Tin House.

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— 16 March 10 —

Feldman Gallery + Project Space Hosts The Great Recession with New Work by Michael Mandiberg

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 16, 2010

Contact
Leslie Miller | External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu | 503.821.8959

Mack McFarland | Feldman Gallery + Project Space
mmcfarland@pnca.edu | 503.821.8969

Feldman Gallery + Project Space Hosts The Great Recession with
New Work by Michael Mandiberg

Exhibition | The Great Recession
April 1 – May 27, 2010

Artist Talk | The Great Recession
Featuring artist Michael Mandiberg
Wednesday, March 31, 6:30 pm
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 720 NW Davis St.

First Thursday Opening | Thursday, April 1, 6:30 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery + Project Space, 1241 NW Johnson St.

PORTLAND, OREGON – March 16, 2010 – PNCA hosts The Great Recession, an exhibition of new work by Michael Mandiberg, exploring the psychic implications of this most recent burp by the American economy, late capitalism, gold hoarding and the end of an empire. Mandiberg employs thematically linked sculptures, videos and images to investigate these issues that are so prevalent in modern life.

On view at the Feldman Gallery, FDIC Insured is an installation of logos of 250 FDIC-insured failed banks, laser-engraved into the covers of get-rich-quick investment guides bought from the dollar rack at the Strand Bookstore in New York City. Since the beginning of the Great Recession, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has taken control of over 200 failed or failing banks. The government has bailed out, or brokered forced sales of, a number of major financial institutions. The logos of these failed banks disappear from our memory. They disappear from the clutter of the visual landscape. They are even erased from the Internet and its many archives. This daunting archive is a memorial to these banks, their failure and the failure of their aesthetics of hope, strength and perseverance.

Mandiberg says of his work: “I am an appropriationist at heart. I derive visual inspiration from the Internet, conceptual art, design, the end of print and the dying American empire. My work is both formal and poetic. I use words and symbols as tools to provoke reflection on our society and its effluvia.”

Also on view, In A Crisis is a short semi-narrative video about the mystery of hiding things and the return to a previous era of private hoarding. The main sequence features an anonymous well-dressed man digging up a hole in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, putting a gold bar into the hole and then covering it with dirt. This long sequence is intercut with shots of people hiding forms of capital, placing objects into a safety deposit box, prying up and hammering down floorboards, locking their valuables in a home safe or slipping something under a mattress. The artist will publish an edition of Pirate Maps that indicate where the gold bar is buried. Anyone is welcome to hunt for it.

Mandiberg’s past works vary from web applications concerning environment impact to conceptual performances regarding subjectivity. He is well known for performance and e-commerce projects such as Shop Mandiberg, in which he marketed and sold all of his possessions. Additionally, he is a founding member of Eyebeam’s Sustainability Research Group. Through this forum, he has spearheaded collaborations such as the Eco-Vis Design Challenge, and the critically praised Feedback exhibition. He created the highly visible, retroreflective Bright Bike that Treehugger.com called “obnoxiously bright.” He was born and raised in Portland, and now rides his bicycle around his adopted home of Brooklyn.

In conjunction with The Great Recession, Mandiberg will give a lecture on Wednesday, March 31 at 6:30 pm in the Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft on the works on view as well as his other projects.

About Michael Mandiberg

Michael Mandiberg is an artist, programmer, designer and educator. His work has been exhibited at such venues as the New Museum for Contemporary Art in New York City, Ars Electronica Center in Linz, ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany, and Transmediale Festival, Berlin. His work has been featured in such books as Tribe and Jana’s New Media Art, Blais and Ippolito’s At the Edge of Art, and Greene’s Internet Art. He is a recipient of grants, residencies and fellowships from Eyebeam, Rhizome.org, Turbulence.org/Jerome Foundation, The Banff Centre, and the City University of New York. An Assistant Professor of Design and Digital Media at the College of Staten island/CUNY, he is currently a Senior Fellow at Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology. Raised in Portland, Oregon, he lives in Brooklyn.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art

Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 2 March 10 —

PNCA Announces Affiliation with Princess Grace Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 2, 2010

CONTACT
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu 503.821.8959

Ann Hudner, VP Communications + Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art
ahudner@pnca.edu 503.821.8894

PNCA Announces Affiliation with Princess Grace Foundation
A Significant Recognition as the College Moves Towards Developing A BFA in Contemporary Animated Arts

PORTLAND, OREGON – March 2, 2010 – Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to announce that the College was recently appointed to nominate undergraduate students for the Princess Grace Film Award, joining the company of Cal Arts, Bard, Brown, Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia, Stanford, Tisch NYU, and RISD.

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging talent in theater, dance, and film by awarding scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. PNCA’s affiliation with the Princess Grace Foundation was made possible in part by PNCA faculty member Rose Bond, who was herself awarded a 1989 Graduate Film Scholarship and in 2008 the Princess Grace Statue Award for her advancement in the field of film.

PNCA is moving forward to develop a new BFA program in Contemporary Animated Arts. This interdisciplinary program will be the first of its kind in the United States and will provide a platform to expand the boundaries of moving image work.

Rose Bond currently produces work using digital animation technology to create site-specific installations that challenge traditional perceptions of animation. She recently returned from presenting at Animated Exeter, the longest running animated film festival in the United Kingdom. Her installation Broadsided! incorporated hand drawn sequences, innovative sound design, and theatrical lighting that transformed the historic Exeter Castle windows into a stage for her nuanced spectacle. Read more in Untitled Magazine.

The curriculum being developed for PNCA’s Contemporary Animated Arts program offers a framework for students to re-imagine and create frame-based work that is supported and enriched by research, risk-taking and collaborative practice. PNCA is excited to pave the way for future advancements in the field of hybrid media and Contemporary Animated Arts at PNCA.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 16 February 10 —

PNCA Welcomes Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D. to Deliver 2010 Alfred Edelman Lecture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 16, 2010

CONTACT
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
lmiller@pnca.edu, 503.821.8959

Becca Biggs, Director of Communications
Pacific Northwest College of Art
bbiggs@pnca.edu, 503.821.8892

PNCA Welcomes Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D. to Deliver 2010 Alfred Edelman Lecture
Founding Father of the Organic Seed Movement

Alfred Edelman Lecture: Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D.
“Ecosanity, Ongoing Discoveries About Life”
Tuesday, March 2, 6:30 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons
1241 NW Johnson Street
Free and open to the public

PORTLAND, OR – February 16, 2010 – Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is proud to present molecular biologist and public domain plant breeder Alan M. Kapuler Ph.D., to deliver the 2010 Edelman Lecture on Tuesday, March 2, 6:30 pm. Kapuler is the President of Peace Seeds and the Co-Founder and retired Research Director of Seeds of Change, one of the world’s leading providers of organic seeds.

Kapuler is widely considered the founding father of the organic seed movement. He has been saving seeds and breeding plants for over 30 years from his farm in Corvallis, Oregon. His philosophy remains at the heart of the current discussion on where our food comes from and how it is produced. Peace Seeds promotes public domain plant breeding in an effort to protect plant diversity. Kapuler describes the Peace Seeds catalog as a “manual for conserving the plant gene-pool of planet Earth.”

In speaking of the goals of the annual lecture in memory of her father, Jeana Edelman says, “Science, nature, craft and design were the overarching principles that my father imbued in his teachings. Ideas, interactions, diverse points of view, all interesting–some provocative, some catalytic–all contribute to an active intellectual life.”

In addition to Kapuler’s accomplishments in the work of “de-hybridizing hybrids” and disseminating a diverse collection of heirloom varieties, he holds a doctorate in molecular biology from Rockefeller University where he worked with nucleic acids authority A.M. Michelson and apprenticed at the lab of future Nobel Prize winner Howard Temin.

“Heritage seeds are essential to our heart chakra. They are important not just because they produce a high quality crop or grow fast, but because they carry the message of the people. They are important for the same reason life is important,” says Kapuler.

Motivated by the social revolution of the late 1960s and discouraged by the work of his peers, who were then developing lethal viruses to be used by the government, Kapuler left his promising career on the East Coast to relocate to Oregon in his green van with little more than $1000. It was the simple farm life that Kapuler found in Corvallis that led him to utilize his skills and knowledge of genetics in the garden. This connection with the earth is what keeps Kapuler dedicated to the preservation of traditional crops.

About The Alfred Edelman Lecture
When the late Portland architect and photographer, Alfred Edelman, taught three-dimensional design at PNCA he challenged his students to consider the principles of engineering, kinetics, physics and other subjects seemingly dissimilar to art. In doing so he brought the outside world into his classroom. Founded by Carol Edelman, the Alfred Edelman Lecture was created to enhance the student’s understanding of the visual world by presenting timeless and/or unique ways to examine and manipulate three-dimensional space; and to be a catalyst for lively discussions in the classroom at PNCA.

About PNCA
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 11 February 10 —

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Awards Museum of Contemporary Craft $40,000 Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 11, 2010

CONTACT
Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist
Pacific Northwest College of Art + Museum of Contemporary Craft
503.821.8959 | lmiller@pnca.edu

Ann Hudner, VP Communications & Public Programs
Pacific Northwest College of Art + Museum of Contemporary Craft
503.821.8894 | ahudner@pnca.edu

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Awards Museum of Contemporary Craft $40,000 Grant

PORTLAND, OR – February 11, 2010 – Museum of Contemporary Craft is pleased to announce that the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awarded the Museum with a $40,000 Arts and Culture Grant. The grant supports Museum of Contemporary Craft’s integration with the Pacific Northwest College of Art by providing funds to build capacity in the areas of fundraising, audience development, and memberships.

“We are grateful to the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation for their generous support, helping to strengthen the relationship of the College and Museum as we continue forward in our integration,“ said Tom Manley, president of Pacific Northwest College of Art.

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s latest grants continue to demonstrate the Foundation’s focus on supporting asset-building initiatives that promote long-term economic stability. “Clearly, even in challenging times, audiences find value and meaning in the creative work being developed and presented in our communities,” said Susan Coliton, vice president of The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.

About Museum of Contemporary Craft
Committed to the advancement of craft since 1937, Museum of Contemporary Craft (MoCC) in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art is one of Oregon’s oldest cultural institutions. Centrally located in Portland’s Pearl District, the Museum is nationally acclaimed for its curatorial program and is a vibrant center for investigation and dialogue, expanding the definition of craft and the way audiences experience it.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft. PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 5 February 10 —

Pacific Northwest College of Art and Etsy Join Forces to Support and Advocate for the DIY|Craft Movement in the Pacific Northwest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2010

Contact:
Ann Hudner, VP Communications + Public Programs, PNCA
ahudner@pnca.edu 503.821.8894

Leslie Miller, External Relations Specialist, PNCA
lmiller@pnca.edu 503.821.8959

Vanessa Bertozzi, Etsy
vanessa@etsy.com

Pacific Northwest College of Art and Etsy Join Forces to Support and Advocate for the DIY|Craft Movement in the Pacific Northwest

PORTLAND, OR – Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) and Etsy.com today announce their intentions to develop an ongoing relationship to foster opportunities and offer support for the local Do-It-Yourself|craft community. This new relationship — the first ongoing commitment for Etsy with a school of art and design — seems appropriate in Portland, Oregon, nationally recognized as the hub of American DIY youth culture enriched by PNCA’s vibrant student body and alumni community.

Serving as a home base for Etsy in support of their local efforts, PNCA will host Etsy Craft Labs this spring. These events are an open invitation to the Portland community-at-large for a day of making, to celebrate the excitement of creativity and craft. Etsy Labs programming brings to life Etsy.com’s mission to connect local communities through hands-on learning.

Etsy and PNCA will also work directly with a group of local artists — the Portland Etsy Team — to host bi-monthly meetings at the College’s Museum of Contemporary Craft. These sessions will provide a regular series of discussions culled from the vast collection of online Etsy professional development tutorials, augmented by the expertise of local artists, designers, crafters and entrepreneurs. This roundtable series will be developed by the Portland Etsy Team, in collaboration with Etsy and PNCA to foster entrepreneurial skills in the local makers’ community.

To kick-off this new relationship, Etsy, PNCA and the Portland Etsy Team will host an “I Heart Art” meet and greet at PNCA on Friday, February 26. This public event brings together the PNCA student body, the Portland Etsy Team, members of the Guild Council Program from the Museum of Contemporary Craft, and the thriving local arts and crafts community of Portland.

I Heart Art: Portland – Friday, February 26th @ 6:30 pm
Hosted by Etsy.com, Portland Etsy Team, Pacific Northwest College of Art & Museum of Contemporary Craft

Connecting Portland’s Vibrant Community of Makers

Swigert Commons
Pacific Northwest College of Art
1241 Northwest Johnson Street
Free and open to the public

About PNCA
Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programming that connects students to a global perspective in the visual arts. The College offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Communication Design, Illustration, Intermedia, General Fine Arts, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture. In addition, the College offers a mentor-based MFA in Visual Studies and a new joint MFA in Applied Craft and Design with Oregon College of Art and Craft. PNCA has the oldest continuously running community arts education program in the Northwest. PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural programming through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and visiting artists from around the world in conjunction with its Ford Institute for Visual Education (FIVE).

About Etsy
Etsy is the world’s most vibrant handmade marketplace. Currently, there are 5 million items for sale on Etsy from 250,000 sellers. As of January, 2010, Etsy had 675 million page views per month and 4 million members worldwide. We connect consumers with independent creators and designers to find the very best in handmade goods, while providing these artists with the technology and information they need to start and grow their own businesses. Etsy’s community members actively support one another in the shared goal of offering alternatives to mass-produced objects. We work to highlight the true value of handmade goods and their creators and encourage awareness of the social and environmental implications of production and consumption. We created Etsy to reconnect producer and consumer, and swing the pendulum back to a time when we bought our bread from the baker, food from the farmer, and shoes from the cobbler.

I Heart Art: Portland is a pilot program that Etsy hopes to replicate in other communities, connecting local Etsy Teams and members with art schools, museums, and other like-minded organizations and individuals.

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— 29 January 10 —

Pacific Northwest College of Art Announces Focused Institutional Accreditation Self-Study With Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2010

Contact:
Becca Biggs, Director of Communications, Pacific Northwest College of Art
bbiggs@pnca.edu 503-821-8892

Pacific Northwest College of Art Announces Focused Institutional Accreditation Self-Study With Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

PORTLAND, OR – Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is currently conducting a focused institutional self-study for the College’s regional accreditation agency the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). The self-study will focus on the MFA in Visual Studies program including student achievement as well as the MFA in Visual Studies’ impact on the College’s programs, students and infrastructure as a whole.

PNCA will be hosting an accreditation evaluation team from NWCCU for an on-site visit from May 3-5, 2010. PNCA currently holds an accredited status from NWCCU that was reaffirmed on the basis of a Regular Interim Evaluation Report in fall 2007. The PNCA community and public are invited to send comments regarding the College directly to the Commission. Comments will be considered in the institution’s evaluation for accreditation and signed comments will be forwarded, as received, to the institution, evaluation committee and the Commission. Comments can be sent directly to NWCCU at the following address: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, 8060 165th Avenue NE, Suite 100, Redmond, WA 98052-3981, phone (425) 558-4224.

Public comments must be received no later than April 3, 2010. Instructions to obtain a copy of the Commission Policy on Public Notification and Third Party comments Regarding Full-Scale Evaluations can be found on the Commission’s website (www.nwccu.org) or by contacting the Commission office at (425) 558-4224.

About Pacific Northwest College of Art

Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 21 January 10 —

Feldman Gallery + Project Space Hosts West Coast Premiere of Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2010

Contact
Becca Biggs | Director of Communications
PNCA and MoCC
bbiggs@pnca.edu | 503.821.8892

Mack McFarland | Feldman Gallery + Project Space
mmcfarland@pnca.edu | 503.821.8969

Feldman Gallery + Project Space Hosts West Coast Premiere of Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now

Exhibition | Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now
February 4 – March 19, 2010

Curator Talk | Signs of Change
Featuring Curators Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee
Wednesday, February 3, 12:30 p.m.
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.

First Thursday Opening | Thursday, February 4, 6:30 p.m.
PNCA Main Campus Building, Feldman Gallery + Project Space, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.

PNCA hosts the West Coast premiere of Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now, featuring hundreds of posters, photographs, moving images, audio clips, and ephemera that bring to life over 40 years of activism, political protest, and campaigns for social justice. Curated by Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee as part of Exit Art’s Curatorial Incubator, this important and timely exhibition surveys the creative work of dozens of international social movements.

Organized thematically, the exhibition presents the creative outpourings of social movements, such as those for Civil Rights and Black Power in the United States; democracy in China; anti-apartheid in Africa; squatting in Europe; environmental activism and women’s rights internationally; and the global AIDS crisis, as well as uprisings and protests, such as those for indigenous control of lands; against airport construction in Japan; and student and worker revolution in France. The exhibition also explores the development of powerful counter-cultures that evolve beyond traditional politics and create distinct aesthetics, life-styles, and social organization.

Although histories of political groups and counter-cultures have been written, and political and activist shows have been held, this exhibition is a groundbreaking attempt to chronicle the artistic and cultural production of these movements. Signs of Change offers a chance to see relatively unknown or rarely seen works, and is intended to not only provide a historical framework for contemporary activism, but also to serve as an inspiration for the present and the future.

Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now is an exhibition produced by Exit Art, NY, and was the inaugural project of its Curatorial Incubator Program. The program expands Exit Art’s commitment to young and emerging curators and scholars in contemporary art, by giving material, financial, and human resources to developing curatorial talent. Working with Exit Art directors and staff, fellows curate large-scale exhibition projects, learn fundraising, develop outreach and educational programs, and co-publish a catalogue. Signs of Change was presented at Exit Art in 2008 and traveled to the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, and the Arts Center of the Capital Region (co-presented with the Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY).
In conjunction with Signs of Change, PNCA presents a selection of video screenings, focusing on women’s activist movements. Screenings are co-presented and hosted by In Other Words Women’s Books and Resources, 8 N.E. Killingsworth St., Portland, Oregon.

Signs of Change Video Screenings

Tuesday, February 16, 7 p.m.
Stronger Than Before

This film documents the militant actions and creative activities of the Women’s Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in Seneca, New York in 1983. Although the Boston Women’s Video Collective was formed specifically to document this encampment, they continued producing video projects after it closed. (1983, 27:00 minutes, the Boston Women’s Video Collective, courtesy of the Boston Women’s Video Collective)

Uku Hamba ‘Ze/To Walk Naked

After an exhausting fight to procure housing, a group of women in Soweto, South Africa built a settlement of makeshift shacks. When police tried to evict them with bulldozers and dogs, the women defiantly stripped naked in a peaceful protest against the destruction of their homes. This unconventional action gained massive media attention and caught the attention of filmmakers who documented the struggle in “Uku Hamba ‘Ze / To Walk Naked.” (1995, 12:00 minutes, Jaqueline Maingard, Sheila Meintjes and Heather Thompson, courtesy of Third World Newsreel)

Tuesday, February 23, 7 p.m.
Carry Greenham Home

“Carry Greenham Home” is an on-the-ground look at the activities of the Greenham Common Women’s Encampment. The film focuses not just on the women’s anti-nuclear and anti-military actions, but also on the feminist practices on which their lives were based. (1984, 66:00 minutes, Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson, courtesy of Women Make Movies)

About Pacific Northwest College of Art

Since its founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connect students to a global perspective in the visual arts and design. In addition to its eight Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, PNCA offers graduate education with an MFA in Visual Studies, as well as an MFA in Applied Craft and Design developed in collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural life through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and internationally recognized visiting artists, designers and creative thinkers. With the support of PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education), the College has a partnership with the nationally acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Craft. For more information, visit www.pnca.edu.

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— 30 October 09 —

PNCA Hosts "Children's Creativity: Why the Visual Arts Matter," a Symposium Examining the Role of Creativity in Childhood Development

PNCA partners with the Creative Advocacy Network (CAN), Oregon Psychoanalytic Center and the Oregon Art Association to present Children’s Creativity: Why the Visual Arts Matter, taking place Wednesday, November 11 through Saturday, November 14. This symposium runs in conjunction with the exhibition Imagine: 100 Years of Work From PNCA’s Children’s Art Archives, which lasts November 11 – December 1.

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— 11 September 09 —

Galleries Throughout Portland Feature PNCA Artists in October 2009 as Part of College Centennial Celebration

Beginning first Thursday, October 1, galleries throughout Portland will collaborate to present a large-scale display of work by dozens of Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) faculty, alumni and faculty emeriti. In honor of the College’s centennial academic year, Portland’s urban core will overflow with this significant recognition of PNCA’s long legacy by some of the foremost retail art galleries in the city including Augen, Elizabeth Leach and Fourteen30 Contemporary.

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— 20 August 09 —

Pacific Northwest College of Art and Museum of Contemporary Craft Announce a Formal Integration Under a Joint Operations Agreement

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), and the Museum of Contemporary Craft (MoCC), today announce the formal adoption of a joint operations agreement concluding nine months of deliberations and due diligence to develop the organizational and financial structure necessary to formalize the relationship.

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