PNCA, with the support of auction house Bonhams & Butterfields, is pleased to hold its Benefit Art Auction, featuring a cocktail reception along with a professional auction of fine art including work by: Jay Backstrand, Louis Bunce, Philippe Halsman, George Johanson, Wolf Kahn, Mel Katz, Martin Kersels, and Thomas Struth, among many others.

Tickets are $75. All proceeds benefit scholarships at PNCA. Call 503.821.8882 to purchase tickets or for more information.

PNCA Benefit Art Auction
Tuesday February 16, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
The Nines Hotel, 525 S.W. Morrison St.

Learn more.

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.

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.

Please join us for the Friday, February 26th event.

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

Read the full press release for more details.

See coverage and response to the announcement on the Etsy Storque blog.

Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now features 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 New York-based Exit Art’s Curatorial Incubator Program, 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 for social change 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 organizations.

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 the 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 from September 20 – December 6, 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).”

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Learn more about Signs of Change.

Image courtesy of Exit Art Gallery.

Hammer was briefly PNCA Director from July 1981 – May 1982. He abruptly decided to leave in October 1981 (just three months after he arrived), and returned to New England to become Director of the Hartford School of Art at the University of Hartford.

Read a Hartford Courant piece about Hammer.

Follow the adventure of PNCA students in Senegal, or discover Brittany, France with PNCA Junior Brennan Broome.

Junior Brennan Broome spends Spring 2010 at Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France, as part of PNCA’s Global Studios. Join Brennan, a student in PNCA’s Intermedia department, throughout the semester as he becomes well-versed in the French language, shines through conceptual studio intensives and engages in site seminars throughout Europe.

Follow his blog.

Five PNCA students’ blog about Global Studios: Dakar, Senegal as they experience an intensive “urban setting” in western Africa, led by PNCA Assistant Professor Painting/Drawing, Modou Dieng. The group will engage contemporary art from Africa, along with global issues in the religions, arts, cinema, music, history, language and politics, lectures, museum and artist studio visits, and through participation in community events.

Follow the Senegal blogs.

The MFA in Applied Craft and Design is a joint degree program offered by PNCA and Oregon College of Art and Craft.

Arthur Hash, Graduate Lecture Series
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Leong is an artist, former architect, sculptor, and furniture maker. His highly intricate and inspiring one-of-a-kind wood boxes have been enthusiastically acquired and are in numerous museum collections. Often inspired by ancient or legendary civilizations, 
Leong’s work displays a flamboyant sense of shape, surprise and presentation.

The MFA in Applied Craft and Design is a joint degree program offered by PNCA and Oregon College of Art and Craft. The lecture is part of the College’s Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture series.

Learn more about Po Shun Leong.

Read a review of the book Po Shun Leong Art Boxes.

Image courtesy of the artist.