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The buzz of creativity at PNCA is intensified by frequent public events and infusions of guest artists. The College’s four galleries and lofty Swigert Commons host established artists and emerging risk-takers alike, enabling students to meet and learn from the international and local artists who mold the shape of arts and culture today. You’ll be immersed in workshops, exhibitions, and talks by renowned artists, designers, writers, performers, and creative professionals.

List of visiting artists at PNCA:

2007

Regina Silveira, printmaker
Jens Hoffman, curator
Joseph del Pesco, curator/printmaker
Heike Kuehn, author/critic
Larry Rinder, art criticism (Dean at CCA)
Richard Rezac, sculptor/drafting
Art Chantry, graphic design
Tahni Holt, dance/performance
Ladies of Gee’s Bend, textile collective
Dinh Q. Le, video/mixed media artist
Larry Bamburg, artist
Gudio Van der Werve, video artist
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, artist
Arnold Kemp, artist
Scott McCloud, author/comic artist
Trina Robbins, graphic novelist
Dryden Goodwyn, video/animation (London’s Slade School)
Sue Coe
Trisha Brown, Performer/Dance
Carl Giegold
Julie Orser

2006

Taylor Mac, Performer
Craig Smith, Artist
Bruce Charlesworth, Photographer
Pablo Helguera, Artist
James Yarker, Artistic Director of Stan’s Café
Chandra Bocci, Artist
Gilbert Neri, Artist
Beth Campbell, Artist
Mika Tajima
Laurie Anderson, Multimedia & Performance Artist
Heidi Cody, Graphic Designer / Visual Artist
Karrie Jacobs, Design Critic/journalist
Randy Gragg, Critic/journalist
Packard Jennings, Artist
Mark Russell, Curator in performance
Matthew Day Jackson
Guillermo Gomez – Pena, Writer & Performance Artist
Ray Beldner, Artist
Chris Riley, Strategic Planner in Advertising
Sonam Phuntsok, Painter
Pablo Helguera, artist
Lucien Samaha, Photographer
Teruo Kurosaki, Designer, Founder, Idee, Japan
John Jay, Executive Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy
Howard Lichter, Creative Director, Nike Design Studio Tokyo
Nathan Sherman, Marc DeBernardis, Rob Marzinsky and Ian McMahon – ceramic artists
Laleh Mehran, Installation & Video Artist
Patrick Rock – Artist residency intermedia
Leonard White – Artist residence sculpture
Jennifer Gately, Curator

2005

Lara Lima, Performer, Intermedia Artist
Marcio Botner, Interactive & Video Artist
Thiago Roccha Pitta, Mulitmedia Artist
Marssares, Performance & Sound Artist
Ernesto Neto, Installation Artist
Jenene Nagy Sculpture Artist in Residence
Mark Lakeman, Architect and Community Activist
Wayne Koestenbaum, Writer/Poet
Mary Mattingly- Video and Multimedia artist
Luciano Mariussi – installation/video artist
Brad Cloepfil, Allied Works Architecture
Hans Weigand, artist
The Beehive Design Collective
Buster Simpson, Artist
Greil Marcus, Pop Culture Critic
Pippo Lionni, Digital Artist
Beth Ann Gerstein, Executive director of The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston
Charles Goldman, sculptor
Ed Carpenter, Sculptor & Infrastructure Designer
Fei Disbrow, Intermedia Artist
Lone Twin, Performance Artists

2004

Axel Lieber
Robert and Shana Parke Harrison, Photographer
Michael Curry, Production Designer
Jerry Saltz, Village Voice Art Critic
Alfredo Jaar, Installation Artist
Ed Martin, Photographer, Cinematographer
Paul Kaiser, Digital Artist/Motion Capture Dance
Allyn Massey, Installation & Video Artist
Esther Podemski, Filmmaker, Painter
Karyn Olivier, Installation Artist
Stuart Horodner, curator,
Joe Biel, artist

2003

Alfred Leslie, Artist, Filmmaker
Barbara Pollack, Artist, critic
Saul Ostrow, Artist, Critic & Educator
Barry Sanders, Writer
Tim Lachenmeier, Balloonist
Mark Meadows, Interactive Designer
Paul Ramirez Jonas, Artist
Alois Kronschlaeger, artist
Bently Spang, artist
Frantiska and Tim Gilman, artists

2002

Jason Rogenes, Painter
Michael DeJong, Painter
Sarah Biemiller, Sculptor
Pat Oleszko, Performance

Continued list of visiting artists:
Alison Safford, Artist
Arnold Mesches, Painter & Writer
Amos Latteier, Artist, Performer, & Sculptor
Andrew H. Glasgow, Curator, Craftsperson
Bill Cone, Designer, PIXAR
Brenda Mallory, Sculptor
Brook Le Van, “Green” Designer & Sustainability Expert
Carl Horn, Editor, Dark Horse Comics
Chris Rauschenberg, Photographer & Gallery Owner
Cris Moss, Curator & Artist
DK Roe, Critic
David Carson, Graphic Designer
Dieter Kranzlein, Sculptor
Don Seastrum, Color Theorist
Frank Fantauzzi, Performative Architect
Frederick Bunsen, Painter and Printmaker
George Johanson, Faculty Emeritus, Painter
Hideki Kimura, Printmaker
Hifana* of Wieden + Kennedy TokyoLab, Breakbeat DJ Duo
Howard Lichter, Creative Director, Nike Design Studio Tokyo
Harrell Fletcher, Artist
David Humphrey, Artist
John Jasperse, Choreographer
John Torreano, artist
Kate Bernheimer, Writer
Katy Asher, Artist
Ken Butler, Instrument Artist & Performer
Kenny Scharf, Painter
Kevin Fletcher, Printmaker & Photographer
Kristy Edmunds, Artist, Curator
Katherine Kanjo, Curator
Lidia Yuknavitch, Writer & Editor
Miranda July
M.K. Guth, Intermedia Artist
Marty Schnapf, Painter & Installation Artist
Matthew Carter, Typographer
Mel Chin, Sculptor
Michael O’Malley, Video Artist & Sculptor
Mobilivre, Bookmobile Project
Oki Sato, Principal, Nendo, Japan
Cynthia Pachikara, Video artist
Pablo de Ocampo, Fillmmaker & Installation Artist
Paola Antonelli, Curator, Architecture & Design, MoMA
Patrick Califia, Writer & Gender Radical
Patti Warashina, Ceramic Sculptor
Roberto Sifuentes, Performance Artist
Robynne Raye, Graphic Designer
Ruth Ludwin, Storyteller
Shawn Wolfe, Illustrator
Sohrab Vossoughi, Industrial Designer
Spike Brant, Rock & Roll Lighting Designer
Tahni Holt, Choreographer & Performer
William Benton, Poet