PNCA
1241 NW Johnson St.
Portland, OR 97209
Graduate programs in the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, are now accepting applications for fall 2015. To learn more click here.
MFA in Collaborative Design
MFA in Visual Studies
Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies
MA in Critical Theory + Creative Research
MFA in Print Media
*MFA in Applied Craft + Design (offered jointly with Oregon College of Art and Craft)
MFA in Visual Studies
Making art in the present tense, MFA in Visual Studies students respond to the art world’s constant evolution with rigorous creative and critical investigation. Independent inquiry and close mentorships drive PNCA’s uncommonly flexible and challenging program, enlivened by the nonstop energy of Portland’s creative community and visiting artists from around the globe.
Applications due: February 1, 2015
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MFA in Collaborative Design
Celebrating creative practices that require collaborative, experimental, and interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving, the MFA in Collaborative Design invites students to take an entrepreneurial and critical approach to addressing “wicked” problems such as resource depletion, emerging technologies, climate change, and global demographic shifts.
Applications due: February 1, 2015
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Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies
Rooted in critical investigation and rigorous creative practice, the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies is strategically designed to be both generalist and flexible in nature. Over three eight-week summer sessions and two short winter retreats, this program spans three to four years, and is ideal for artists, teachers, and other art professionals with an active studio practice who need to maintain other life or professional responsibilities.
Applications due: January 16, 2015
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MA in Critical Theory and Creative Research
The MA in Critical Theory and Creative Research is an accelerated, seminar-based program at the crossroads of art, theory, and research. Through rigorous training in critical theory, research design and methods, cultural and institutional critique, and ethics, students develop skills and modes of thinking that cross the boundaries between the visual and verbal, linear and nonlinear, digital and analog, theory and practice.
Applications due: February 1, 2015
MFA in Print Media
The Master of Fine Arts in Print Media is a flexible 60-credit program that facilitates a unique studio practice that is both independent and collaborative. Print Media’s Lab is seen as an epicenter of intense making, professional collaboration, and creativity, crossing pathways into industry, research, commercial applications, education, and the broad fields of fine art and design. Print Media supports the idea that a print can be an image, object, or take on site-specific concerns.
Applications due: February 1, 2015
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Joint MFA in Applied Craft + Design
The MFA in Applied Craft and Design fosters a forward-thinking model of art and design education that gives students access to the resources of both PNCA and Oregon College of Art and Craft. The unique two-year program merges the highest level of craft with design practice and entrepreneurial strategies. The program is designed for students eager to explore the fusion of tradition, innovation, and practice with design theory and hands-on making.
Applications due: February 1, 2015
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About Pacific Northwest College of Art
As Oregon’s flagship college of art and design since 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art has helped shape the state’s visual arts landscape for more than a century. Now, PNCA is embarking on its boldest venture yet by establishing the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design as an anchor for the College’s vision of a new campus home on Portland’s North Park Blocks.
