Do you create art with code? Do you love Processing, openFrameworks, or Javascript? Does the idea of a depth camera, a projector, and some GLSL code make you want to know more? There are tons of us doing some amazing things in town, and we get together once a month to share our ideas and show off our projects.

Join the MFA AC+D Program for a robust lecture series, designed to engage with prominent visiting artists, designers, and critics working at the intersection of art, craft and design.

All lectures are free + open to the public.

Come out for a collaborative screen printing event to create imagery to honor Dia de Muertos, alongside our partners from the Mexican community in Portland!

Come out for a collaborative screen printing event to create imagery to honor Dia de Muertos, alongside our partners from the Mexican community in Portland!

Every year when the MFA Visual Studies students who attended the Caldera Residency return from Sisters, Oregon they host a conversation for the PNCA community where they share their experiences and insights gained from a week away from Portland.

Artist Peter Chamberlain will be talking about the Aesthetic Surplus Kompany (A.S.K.) and the importance of understanding and focusing on process.

Come out to celebrate the history and traditions of Dia de Muertos at PNCA on First Thursday, November 1st! Por segundo año consecutivo, PNCA abre sus puertas para celebrar el Día de muertos.

Ryan Griffis and Sarah Ross, Brian Holmes and Alejandro Meitin, Sarah Lewison and duskin! drum, Claire Pentecost, and Sara Siestreem

Thinking about going to art school? Our Open House for prospective students is for you. Come see the campus, learn about programs, and meet members of the PNCA community.

Calling all PNCA and Museum Art School Alumni! We hope you’ll join us for your PNCA Reunion Saturday, November 10th for an evening of community, conversation, memories, and celebration. Maybe it’s been one year since you walked across the stage at graduation. Maybe it’s been fifty. Perhaps you thought your PNCA days were over? Well, we’re here to tell you that school is back in session! Get ready for another PNCA party, more art walks, and classes (minus the homework) at this year’s Alumni Reunion. You can expect drinks, dinner, performances, and more to honor and celebrate YOU, our Alumni community. Best of all, it’s free for 2018 graduates!

Join the MFA AC+D Program for a robust lecture series featuring prominent artists, designers, and critics working at the intersection of art, craft and design.

The MFA in Visual Studies program in collaboration with Disjecta Contemporary Arts Center is excited to welcome the Disjecta 2018-19 Curator in Residence, Suzy Halajian, as part of the 2018 Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

The MFA in Visual Studies program is excited to welcome artist and musician Becca Albee for a lecture on their work and practice as part of the 2018 Visiting Artist Lecture Series.