Release date: 03/04/15
In remembrance of the legacy of Ken Shores, who passed away in 2014, an adapted version of an essay to accompany our 2008 exhibition Generations: Ken Shores appeared in the latest issue of Studio Potter.
Release date: 02/13/15
Portland, OR—February 13, 2015—Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents an exhibition of more than 200 works of Italian glass in the exhibition Living with Glass: The Ed Cauduro and Dane Nelson Collections which opens February 20 and runs through May 16, 2015.
Release date: 07/30/14
Portland, OR – June 30, 2014 – Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a grant from The Ford Family Foundation’s Art Acquisition Program in the amount of $11,000 toward the purchase of Transference, a kinetic glass and sound installation by glass artist, Andy Paiko, and sound artist, Ethan Rose. The Museum must raise the remaining $2,000 toward the price of the work through donations. Contributions to the purchase of this work can be made by phone 503-546-2654 or at the Museum.
Release date: 06/27/14
Release date: 04/10/14
Portland, OR – April 10, 2014 – Pacific Northwest College of Art President Tom Manley announced today that Namita Gupta Wiggers is stepping down as Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Craft, operated in partnership with PNCA. Wiggers served for 10 years at the Museum, including overseeing its move to the North Park Blocks and facilitating its partnership with PNCA.
Release date: 03/07/14
Portland, OR – March 7, 2014 – Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents Fashioning Cascadia: The Social Life of the Garment, an exhibition that draws from the experience of both designer and wearer to explore the culture of regional fashion, May 9 through October 11, 2014. Fashioning Cascadia: The Social Life of the Garment examines the design, production, circulation, use, and reuse of garments with works by eight Northwest fashion designers and collectives, including: Adam Arnold, Michael Cepress, Anna Cohen and Imperial Stock Ranch, Michelle Lesniak, Carole McClellan, The Portland Collection by Pendleton Woolen Mills, Liza Rietz, and Anna Telcs. Organized by Associate Curator Sarah Margolis-Pineo, the exhibition features spectacular finished garments alongside ephemera to illustrate the behind-the-scenes of the designer’s process.
Release date: 02/14/14
Portland, OR – February 14, 2014 – Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents the exhibition Portland Collects: British Ceramics February 28, 2014 – August 23, 2014. This exhibition, the first of its kind in Portland since 1951, mingles local and global perspectives by examining the relationship between objects and those who collect them. Curated by Nicole Nathan, Curator of Collections and Registrar, Museum of Contemporary Craft, the exhibition will feature approximately 50 works drawn primarily from local collections in the Portland metro area and will include works from the Museum’s permanent collection. British Ceramics will introduce the public to classic ceramic works by Dame Lucie Rie, Michael Cardew, Bernard Leach, and others. This is a unique opportunity to see these works, many of which have never before been publicly exhibited.
Release date: 01/08/14
Portland, OR – January 6, 2014 – Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents the group exhibition, This Is Not A Silent Movie: Four Contemporary Alaska Native Artists January 31, 2014 – April 19, 2014.
Release date: 09/27/13
Portland, OR – September 27, 2013 – The Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents The Tool at Hand, an exhibition for which 16 artists from Britain and the United States were invited to craft a work using only one tool. Curated by Ethan Lasser and organized by the Chipstone Foundation in partnership with the Milwaukee Art Museum The Tool at Hand will showcase these works, the tools that crafted them, and explanatory videos produced by each artist. The exhibition runs from October 3, 2013 through January 11, 2014.
Release date: 07/23/13
Portland, OR – July 23, 2013 – Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents Quality is Contagious: John Economaki and Bridge City Tool Works, a retrospective exhibition for this furniture maker turned heirloom-quality tool designer. A highly respected furniture maker until a severe allergy to wood dust ended his career, Economaki brings the same curiosity, creativity, practicality, and innovation that characterized his studio furniture practice to the creation of handtools for woodworkers. The exhibition, curated by Nicole Nathan in collaboration with Economaki, opens August 16, 2013 and runs through February 08, 2014. The exhibition will be accompanied by interactive programming in The Lab.
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