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BUILD YOUR LIFELONG PRACTICE
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THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART OFFER THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP YOUR CREATIVE VOICE WHILE BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE THAT WILL FIT INTO YOUR LIFE POST-GRADUATION.
PNCA artists are characterized by a willingness to experiment and push boundaries to create work that makes a statement. Here, you will find a culture of socially engaged creatives with an interdisciplinary mindset. We are a highly collaborative campus and foster a community of mutual support among students who inspire and challenge one another. Elevate your craft, reimagine what art can be, and create work that gives voice to what matters to you. Join the PNCA community to engage with your work and the creative work that shapes society. HALLIE FORD SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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MFA IN PRINTMAKING
THEN: THE PRINTING PRESS REVOLUTIONIZED SOCIETY. NOW: PNCA PRINTMAKERS ARE CONTINUING TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE ART OF PRINTING.
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If you are a traditional printmaker or one who uses modern equipment and techniques, our program offers the space to develop your unique creative practice. Our interdisciplinary program allows you to experiment across mediums while honing your printmaking skills. Whether you aspire to create fine art prints or become a master printer, our MFA program will equip you with the skills and expertise needed to meet your goals.
WHY PNCA? Professional Grade Facilities: We offer our students one of the largest and best-equipped academic printmaking studios in the country. Watershed Center: The Watershed Center for Fine Art Publishing and Research is the professional development extension of the printmaking program at PNCA. Meet visiting artists, find unique professional experiences, build community connections, and work alongside printmaking professionals. Mentorship: One-on-one mentorships give students the opportunity to learn from innovative creators and professional printmakers to expand their creative practice.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT RAY ZILL
FACULTY HIGHLIGHT YOSHIHIRO KITAI
MFA ’25
Chair of Printmaking
Ray Zill is a printmaker and librarian who prioritizes textured printing methods such as letterpress. Drawing on her own experience with losing her sight, she creates work that can be experienced and appreciated by those who rely on touch. She works as a librarian for the art college at Evergreen State College and, in addition to her work as an artist, is pursuing research in bookmaking, independent publishing, and disability justice.
Yoshihiro Kitai is a printmaker with a background in ceramics and drawing. His prints mix a Western style of abstraction with a Japanese style of metal leafing, conceptually focusing on his perspective as a foreigner in the U.S. His work can be found in public and private collections including Oregon Health and Science University and Nomura Bank in London, England.
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MFA IN VISUAL STUDIES We know that innovative art emerges by turning imagination into reality. In this program, you will have the resources and support to explore and experiment with interdisciplinary creative expression using various mediums from painting and sculpture to digital and emerging media.
Interdisciplinary Approach: Students can choose to focus on a specific medium or incorporate a variety of mediums into their work, including painting, installation, performance, ceramics, photography, printmaking, sculpture, sound, video, and emerging media.
Develop your critical eye, use art to communicate new ideas and perspectives, and join a close-knit creative community where students collaborate and push one another to take risks and deepen their practice.
Experiential Learning: In addition to studio practice and critique seminars, students have opportunities for hands-on learning through exhibitions, fellowships, residencies, and travel.
WHY PNCA? Facilities & Private Studios: All students have private studios for the length of their program and access to all our labs, studios, shops, tools, and galleries. Faculty & Mentors: Get one-on-one artistic and professional guidance from working artists and passionate educators, including PNCA faculty, visiting artists, and guest scholars.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT CLAIRE FRANCES SPAULDING
MFA/MA ’25
Claire Frances Spaulding is a multidisciplinary visual artist who blends environmental criticism into her craft. During her time at PNCA, she attended a studio residency in Vermont, participated in numerous Oregon and California group exhibitions, and attended conferences across the country. Upon graduation, she had a solo exhibition scheduled with Well Well Projects, a creative hub in Portland.
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earned him fellowships from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Ucross Foundation, and grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation and Maine Arts Commission.
EMILY GINSBURG
Co-Chair of Visual Studies Emily Ginsburg is an intermedia visual artist who has exhibited work nationally and internationally. Her work has earned grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council and residencies at Siena Art Studio, Vermont Studio Center, and SACI in Florence. She is widely published and has had her work reviewed by publications such as Oregon Arts Watch and The Portland Mercury.
GARRICK IMATANI
Co-Chair of Visual Studies Garrick Imatani is a visual artist whose work incorporates sculpture, installation, performance, and print. He has exhibited and performed at arts institutions around the world, from New York to Moscow. His work has Erin Fox ’25 HALLIE FORD SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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MA IN CRITICAL STUDIES with today’s most pressing issues, including those related to race, gender, class, and sexuality.
WHY PNCA? Research: The ability to explore a diverse range of subjects, including: • Feminism • Queer Theory • Critical Race Theory • Post-Colonialism • Cultural Studies • Environmental Criticism While the Critical Studies program considers the role and impact of art on society, it delves beyond art to other aspects of society, culture, and history. You will develop analytic and research skills that can be applied to many professional fields and help you stand out as a candidate in the job market. In the Critical Studies program, students adopt an interdisciplinary approach to examining our place in the world. Students engage deeply 8
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Travel & Professional Development: Critical Studies students can travel to residencies, present at conferences, and attend workshops and writing retreats throughout the two year program. The Thesis: Written under the guidance of a mentor in their final year, Critical Studies students develop a topic that relates to their specific area of academic interest and can take the form of a paper, research project, or hybrid option.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT ASHLEY HOLLAN
FACULTY HIGHLIGHT SHAWNA LIPTON
MA ’21
Chair of Critical Studies
Ashley Hollan is a scholar and professor who has owned a law firm with a focus on entertainment law and criminal defense. She has worked with Live Nation as an artist rights consultant and associate counsel. As a freelance creative, business, and legal consultant, she works with all types of professionals including documentary producers, touring artists, visual and alternative artists, and business leaders.
Shawna Lipton received her Ph.D. in Literature and Cultural Theory from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research and teaching interests include critical writing, visual studies, pedagogy, and professional practices. She has received a Tinsley Helton Dissertation Fellowship and was awarded Best Short Documentary at the United Nations Film Festival.
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LOW-RESIDENCY MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING Build a writing practice that fits into your life with a program that combines the scope of an MFA with the intense focus of an artist residency. Our MFA program treats literary arts as interdisciplinary experimentation and innovation. We invite our students to engage with a variety of mediums, forms, and materials, to cross between languages and genres, and to merge the creative and the theoretical. This is writing as studio art.
WHY PNCA? The Residency: Low-Residency Creative Writing students gather in Portland for intensive 10-day residencies twice a year. During this time, students will immerse themselves into the PNCA and Portland writing scene. They also have access to every lab, studio, tool, and resource at PNCA. 10
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Fonograf Editions/PNCA Partners: Through PNCA’s partnerships with Fonograf Editions, and many independent publishers and literary organizations, students have the opportunity to collaborate with published writers and members of the Portland literary scene. • Write Around Portland (WRAP) • Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) • Word Virus Books • Portland Poetry Confluence • Nationale Powell’s City of Books: The largest independent bookstore in the world… enough said. Faculty & Mentors: LRCW students work with our diverse and interdisciplinary faculty through workshops, residencies, and one on one mentorship.
OUR FACULTY Alejandro de Acosta + Stephanie Adams-Santos + Jess Arndt + Jennifer S. Cheng + Matt Hart + Sara Jaffe + LaTanya McQueen + Megan Milks + Lara Mimosa Montes + Poupeh Missaghi + Vi Khi Nao + Jay Ponteri + Emilly Prado + Brandon Shimoda + Dao Strom + Asiya Wadud
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT R. STRANGER
MFA ’24
R. Stranger is a creative writer whose multimedia practice incorporates visual art into their written work. PNCA’s approach to writing as studio art allowed them to utilize resources across campus and connect with faculty members in different departments to develop a unique practice. They have tabled zines at PNCA’s Symposium and the Form.a Art Press Fair at Oregon Contemporary and featured work at Lightbox Photographic Gallery’s New Visionaries exhibit.
FACULTY HIGHLIGHT JAY PONTERI
Chair of Low-Residency Creative Writing Jay Ponteri is a creative nonfiction writer who teaches memoir classes at Literary Arts in addition to his work at PNCA. His book Wedlocked received an Oregon Book Award and two of his essays have earned notable mentions in Best American Essay Anthologies. He is an active member of the Portland literary scene as the founder of Show:Tell, The Workshop for Teen Artists and Writers which is part of the Independent Publishing Resource Center’s summer programming.
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LOW-RESIDENCY MFA IN VISUAL STUDIES
Experience the depth of an MFA and the rigor of an artist residency with an interdisciplinary program that supports a wide range of mediums. Created for working professionals and those whose personal responsibilities prohibit them from relocating full-time, Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies (LRVS) students develop self-discipline and a creative practice that fits in with 12
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their daily life. As a result, they end the program with a practice that is sustainable long after graduation
WHY PNCA? The Residency: LRVS students gather at PNCA for a seven week summer residency where they have access to every lab, tool, and workstation on
campus. Each week, students engage in seminars, critiques with visiting artists, technical workshops, and focused studio time in their personal studio space. The Low-Residency Model: Lowresidency students have a more flexible schedule, working in their home studio during the school year and coming to campus in the summer. Mentors & Faculty Support: Students are paired with a mentor artist from our international network in a oneon-one partnership that fosters a personalized experience. Along with faculty, mentors offer feedback and guidance and keep low-residency students connected to the program.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT JOE BUN KEO
MFA ’23
Joe Bun Keo is a multimedia visual artist. He has received a Real Art Award and a solo exhibition at Real Art Ways and is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Emerging Recognition from the Connecticut Office of Arts. His work often features found objects and focuses on unpacking intergenerational trauma.
FACULTY HIGHLIGHT RYAN PIERCE
Chair of Low-Residency Visual Studies Ryan Pierce is a multidisciplinary artist whose paintings, prints, and experimental artist books draw on ecological theory, literature, and folk art. His work has earned grants from the Joan Mitchell and San Francisco Foundations and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission. He was co-founder of Signal Fire, a group that facilitated wilderness residencies and retreats for artists of all disciplines, and was the founding director of Wide Open Studios, Signal Fire’s arts and ecology field program.
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DUAL MA/MFA
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Blend your creative practice with incisive critical analysis while earning your MA in Critical Studies and your MFA in either Printmaking or Visual Studies. Engage in academic research and push your creative practice and identity as an artist. The dual degree program combines the best of your academic and creative pursuits by joining a thriving, supportive community to engage in meaningful discussions and grow your practice.
WHY PNCA? Facilities & Private Studios: Dual students have private studios for all three years plus access to all PNCA labs, studios, shops, and galleries. Faculty & Mentors: Receive support from professional artists and critical thinkers through our dedicated faculty and one-on-one mentorship in your studio.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT ELLA MARTINI
MFA/MA ’25
Ella Martini is a visual artist and scholar whose work emphasizes femininity and gender dynamics in online spaces. Her scholarly writing focuses on the role of teen girls and queer youth in shaping the queer emo subculture in the 2000s. She also creates zines and HTML websites based on online fandoms.
FACULTY EMILY GINSBURG GARRICK IMATANI YOSHIHIRO KITAI SHAWNA LIPTON
Elevate Your Career in Academia: The dual degree program gives you experience in both critique and creative practice, setting you up for a career as a full-time professor. Get ahead in your career and establish yourself early with just one additional year of schooling. Kobey Bonin ’27 HALLIE FORD SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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LABS, SHOPS, STUDIOS, + TECHNOLOGY
IMAGINE IT. MAKE IT. As a PNCA student, you will have access to everything – every lab, tool, and studio on campus. We mean it when we say we support multidisciplinary work and creative exploration. Use any or all of our spaces and resources to bring your vision to life.
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OUR CREATIVE SPACES
• Laser cutters
Want some time to lock in, focus, and be alone with your thoughts and your art? Graduate students at PNCA get their own studio space to create and work on projects.
• Structure sensor 3D scanner
• Animated Arts Lab
• Letterpress and book arts lab with wood type, metal type, and polymer plate options
• Documentation Studio • Lighting Studio • Painting Studios • Photography Lab • Print Production Center • Sound Lab • Student Galleries • Tech Checkout • Wacom Lab
GLASS BUILDING
Home of PNCA’s 3D workshops including: • Woodshop • Metals Shop • Soft Sculpture Studio • Sewing Room
• 3D printers • Cintiq drawing tablets • Zed depth sensing camera
GILKEY CENTER FOR PRINTMAKING
• Lithography stone and plate • Exposure room and darkroom lab for multiple print processes • Intaglio and relief presses with traditional aquatint box and ferric acid for copper plate etching • Publication studio with multiple risograph machines • Digital Print Studio with large format inkjet printer • 3D printers, laser cutter, vinyl cutter • Print archive • Screenprinting stations with both traditional and vacuum tables • Exposure unit • Yardage and fabric printing table
• Ceramics Studio
• Paper making room
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB
• 5x10 ft relief press
• Print publishing space
Elevate your creative work with emerging technology such as:
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Kobey Bonin ’27
Dane Wells ’27
Erin Fox ’25
Lucas Cantoni Jose ’24
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Ray Zill ’25
Grace Hartley ’26
Sean O’Connor ’28
Harmony Eberhardt ’26
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WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN THE STUDIO… THERE ARE NO IVORY TOWERS HERE
spend in Portland will enrich your practice and give you the opportunity to build your creative network.
PNCA is a vital part of Portland’s creative community and culture. Hosting and participating in public programs is integral to our mission of promoting social engagement among the community and helping our students connect their creative work to cultural impact.
Portland provides a welcoming setting to engage with fellow artists, designers, critics, curators, performers, and many other people in the creative space.
From guest lectures to student exhibitions, PNCA welcomes the public to campus throughout the year.
WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHAT YOU CREATE There’s a reason Portland is one of the most creative cities in the country. Portland’s DIY culture and collaborative community make it the ideal place to develop a meaningful creative practice. Whether you choose to be on campus full time or decide to go with a lowresidency program, the time you
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FIRST THURSDAY
First Thursday Art Walks facilitate cultural connection and vitalize Portland’s local businesses and craftspeople. Along with our neighbors throughout the North Park Blocks, PNCA welcomes members of the community to engage with Portland’s art and culture. These events are an integral part of Portland’s identity as a center of creativity.
THINGS TO DO & PLACES TO GO IN PDX • Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall • Literary Arts • Oregon Contemporary • Portland Art Museum
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art • Portland’5 Centers for the Arts • Powell’s City of Books • Rose Festival Art Show
SYMPOSIUM One of our biggest – open to the public! – events of the year. Each year’s Symposium is centered around a timely theme about the role of art in society. Creative professionals and critics from around the world participate in panels, give lectures, lead workshops, and engage in discussions about the importance of creative work in shaping the world around us.
GET EXPERIENCE AT THE FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM
academia, a Teaching Assistantship can help you develop your approach as an educator.
JOIN YOUR FELLOWS Students in every program are eligible to apply for a fellowship (as long as they reside in the Portland Metro Area). Fellowships give you the opportunity to gain professional experience and support your education. Curatorial Fellows collaborate with the Gallery Director and the BFA Galleries Coordinator to curate, schedule, and maintain PNCA’s campus gallery spaces. Writers Fellows promote and cultivate the literary arts across PNCA’s graduate programs and act as a representative and advocate for the Low-Residency Creative Writing program beyond campus.
Teaching Assistantships offer graduate students the opportunity to gain teaching experience and build their resume. As a teaching assistant, you will work alongside a member of PNCA’s faculty while they teach their BFA course at the 100, 200, or 300 level. If you’re planning to leverage your Master’s education into a career in HALLIE FORD SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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FIND YOUR PLACE AT PNCA MARK YOUR CALENDAR HALLIE FORD SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Application Opens: September 1 Priority Deadline: January 15 Low-Residency Application Closes: May 1 Full-Time Application Closes: August 2
LOW-RESIDENCY CREATIVE WRITING (WINTER) Priority Deadline: October 15 Application Closes: November 30
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS • Online application • Transcripts and letters of recommendation • Program-specific requirements like Portfolios *See our website for a full list of program requirements Start your application
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SEE PNCA IN PERSON A campus visit is the best way to find out if PNCA is the right fit for you. Tour our labs and studios, chat with current students, and meet with members of our admissions team to get answers to all of your questions. Schedule a campus visit
FUND YOUR EDUCATION In addition to assistantships and fellowships, graduate students at PNCA have the opportunity to finance their degree with scholarships. Many of our programs offer merit scholarships based on academic and artistic achievement. Merit scholarships are awarded based on the strength of your admission application – no separate application is required! Be sure to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to maximize your financial aid. HALLIE FORD SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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Get more information about graduate studies at PNCA. Schedule a chat with the Graduate Admissions Team. Julie Noyes Assistant Director of Recruitment Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies pnca-gradadmissions@willamette.edu 503.821.8975 24 PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART
PNCA Main Campus 511 NW Broadway Portland, Oregon 97209
go.willamette.edu/graduate-info