Course General Description

The General Fine Arts major offers you a broad exposure to the studio arts with a focus on materials and processes. This program supports artists who would like to explore widely while developing competencies in multiple studio arts practices. While each undergraduate program at PNCA offers a freedom in determining one’s academic path, the GFA program offers maximum flexibility as it permits you to select your core studio courses across studio art practices in departments including Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking as well as electives across the college. In addition, you’ll take two theory and practice classes which help you situate your work in a larger contemporary and historical context.

School General Description

PNCA is the only art and design college located in one of the most progressive cities in the United States. For all of its one hundred-plus years, PNCA has nurtured the talent in its students for radically reimagining everything, transforming the lives of our students and everyone they touch. Our studios and galleries continue to give rise to a vibrant community of innovators and culture-makers who shape the cultural landscape. The artists of the Museum Art School, later Pacific Northwest College of Art, have shaped the visual arts landscape of the region for more than one hundred years. They have become the teachers, professional artists, gallery owners, and art museum curators who have filled the galleries and molded young artists while making Portland the visual arts mecca that it is.