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Pacific Northwest
College of Art, Portland
About
Founded in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in an independent
college of design and visual arts with a ratio of 12 students for every
faculty member. The college offers a Bachelor of Arts in general fine
arts, painting, sculpture, illustration, printmaking,
photography and communication design. In 2011 the PNCA announced their
Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Collaborative Design. The college also offers
an MFA in Applied Craft & Design as well
as Visual Studies. It works in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary
Craft (MoCC), a vibrant gallery representing crafts
and craft artists from across America working in ceramics, glass, metal,
fiber, wood and mixed media.
Annual Tuition Fee: $25,890.
Contact Information
Address: Pacific Northwest College of Art,
1241 NW Johnson St., Portland, OR 97209
Phone: 503-226-4391
Email: admissions@pnca.edu
Website: www.pnca.edu
Portland State
University, School of Fine and Performing Arts, Portland
About
The School of Fine and Performing Arts at Portland State University has
4 departments: Art, Architecture, Music and Theater Arts. The School has
over 125 teaching faculty and works with 2200 students every year, creating
the careers of artists, film makers, musicians, dancers, actors and architects.
The Arts Department offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Studio Art
Practice; Bachelor of Arts or Sciences in Studio Art Practice (BA/BS)
with majors in drawing, painting, graphic
art, sculpture and art practices; and Bachelor of Arts or Sciences
in Art Education (BA/BS). Also offered are BA/BS in Graphic Design and
BA in Art History. Possible graduate qualifications are a MFA in Contemporary
Art Practice; MFA in Art and Social Practice and a Masters in Art Education.
The Department of Art is located close to the Portland Institute for Contemporary
Art, Portland Art Museum, Northwest Film Center, and important galleries
and design firms.
Annual Tuition Fee: State residents $3,631
per semester and non-residents $11,694 per semester.
Contact Information
Address: Portland State University,
1825 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97201
Phone: 503-725-3000
Email: admissions@pdx.edu
Website: www.pdx.edu
Reed College of Art,
Portland
About
Reed was founded in 1908 as a nonsectarian college and it has the fourth
highest percentage of graduates in America that go on to earn PhDs. The
Art Department at Reed College comprises Studio Art and Art History. Four
art historians teach courses in western and non western fine
art ranging from antiquity to contemporary, and 3 artists on faculty
teach courses in various types of art including:
painting, drawing, calligraphy, sculpture,
printmaking, photography, digital media and artist’s books. Former
pupils and art alumni have gone onto varied careers as artists (painters,
sculptors, photographers, printmakers, ceramists, furniture making, video
and film makers, tattooists, comic book artists, calligraphers, graphic
and book designers), art historians, teachers, museum and gallery directors
and curators, art conservators, architects and NASA designers.
Annual Tuition Fee: $39,700.
Contact Information
Address: Reed College,
3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199
Phone: 503-771-1112
Email: admission@reed.edu
Website: www.reed.edu
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