Priority deadline: February 1, 2016
PNCA
511 NW Broadway
Portland, OR 97209
New for fall 2017, the MFA in Collaborative Design program at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is now structured especially for students who wish to continue working while expanding skill-sets and networks through late afternoon and evening classes with faculty drawn from Portland’s professional creatives.
We’re assembling a cohort of early and mid-career designers, entrepreneurs, and activists who want to take their understanding, approach, and skills to a new level. Students come from backgrounds in art and design, liberal arts, science, policy, technology, engineering, journalism, and business, with a wide variety of life experience. It’s how we build our diverse team and the sum of the team members’ experiences that makes the difference. Applicants are passionate about making a significant impact in the world. We’re passionate about enabling change-makers.
We offer a structured, yet flexible, curriculum that takes participants through current and emerging knowledge sets, including systems thinking, problem identification, stakeholder engagement, scenario planning, collaboration, visual facilitation, brainstorming, design research, rapid prototyping, cultural entrepreneurship, and more.
Together, participants incubate, accelerate, and launch initiatives that address “wicked problems”—social, economic, and environmental—at various scales.
For more information, contact Chair, Peter Schoonmaker, [email protected] or visit pnca.edu
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Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at PNCA
For over 100 years, Pacific Northwest College of Art has served as a creative center for artists and designers with an educational philosophy that emphasizes individualized curricula, independent inquiry, and cross-disciplinary exchange. The graduate programs of PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies are designed to support students as they grow and define a sustainable, engaged, and dynamic practice that will continue to evolve years after graduation. PNCA’s graduate programs are rooted in meaningful faculty-student relationships and close community, enhanced with mentors drawn from greater Portland, and expanded further still with visiting artists, curators, and scholars. Located in the heart of Portland, PNCA is in the center of a progressive and affordable urban center known for its independent spirit, innovative mindset, and creative industries.
