1241 N.W. Johnson Street
Portland, OR 97209

Pacific Northwest College of Art, located in Portland, Oregon, offers a variety of arts programs for both undergraduate students, graduate students and more. BFA programs include painting, printmaking, photography, communication design and others. The Masters of Fine Art is a two-year program offering numerous disciplines. certificate programs are also available in areas such as Graphic Design and moving image arts.

Pacific Northwest College of Art was founded in 1909 and is located in the cultural city of Portland. The campus faculties a Pacific covers a span of about 95,000 square feet and consists of several buildings, studios, art galleries and more that students can take advantage of. Among them include the Manuel Izquiredo Sculpture Gallery, the Charles Voorhies Fine Arts Library and others. The Charles Voorhies Library has collection of more than 11,000 items for including electronic art databases, a history of video art collection, special collections and more.

Student at Pacific Northwest College of Art can also take advantage of many organizations and student clubs on campus including the print club, yoga, the student council and more. Additionally, the city of Portland has numerous recreations, cultural and historical attractions alike. The Portland Pearl District offers numerous cafes, restaurants, galleries and more. Some attractions include the Museum of Contemporary Craft and the Portland art Museum. Portland also offers many recreational activities such as year round skiing, acres of forests and much more. Portland was also named by Outside magazine one of "The 10 Greatest Places to Live."

Quick Facts:

Pacific Northwest College of Art offers financial aid to students including a variety of scholarships to new and continuing students. One scholarship includes The Dorothy Lemelson Scholarship.

There are upwards of 400 Bachelor of Fine arts students at Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Students can take advantage of small class sizes from expert faculty with a student to teach ratio of about 12 students to one.

Hands-on facilities students have access to the 3-D studios which includes a wood shop, ceramics lab, welding lab and a Macintosh computer lab.

Pacific Northwest College of Art offers a unique Youth Arts Program which provides art classes for youth in lower income neighborhoods and public schools. Additionally, undergraduate students can take advantage of the opportunity to serve as a teaching assistant through the program.

The Pacific Northwest College of Art is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design and The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.



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