Past Events

PICA has bought exciting and innovative programs to Portland throughout the years. Below is a list of the most recent events.

Luis Camnitzer

PSU Art & Social Practice MFA Lecture Series

Mon . Jan 23 . 7:30 pm

Luis Camnitzer is a conceptual artist whose work uses language and diverse mediums to explore power and commodification.

Caroline Woolard - Live Remote Webcast

PSU Art & Social Practice MFA Lecture Series

Mon . Jan 30 . 6:30 pm

Caroline Woolard is the founder of the OurGoods and Trade School barter networks, and an artist whose work focuses on exchange and economy.

Matt Connors

PSU Studio Art MFA Lecture Series

Wed . Feb 1 . 7 pm

Matt Connors is an abstract artist interested in post-painterly concerns of the painting as an object.

Josette Melchor - Live Remote Webcast

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Feb 6 . 7:30 pm

Josette Melchor is the Executive Director and co-founder of Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, dedicated to art and digital culture.

Center for Land Use Interpretation

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Feb 13 . 7:30 pm

The Center for Land Use Interpretation is an organization interested in understanding and reflection our human interaction with the earth's surface.

Axel Void - Live Streaming Webcast

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Feb 20 . 7:30 pm

Axel Void is a musician, painter, and street artist living in Spain and working around the world.

Jennifer West

PSU Studio Art MFA Lecture Series

Wed . Feb 22 . 7 pm

Jennifer West makes 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm films by manipulating the film celluloid to a level of performance.

Jim Goldberg

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Feb 27 . 7:30 pm

Jim Goldberg is a photographer who blends image and text in experimental storytelling.

Nina Katchadourian

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Apr 2 . 7:30 pm

Nina Katchadourian works across photography, sculpture, video and sound in projects that reflect language, nature, and everyday systems.

Wendy White

PSU Studio Art MFA Lecture Series

Wed . Apr 4 . 7 pm

Wendy White is a painter living and working in New York.

Design 99

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Apr 9 . 7:30 pm

Design 99 investigates new models of art and architectural practice within their Detroit community.

Opening Party and Reception

Fri . Apr 13 . 6 pm

Celebrate the opening of our new home with artist Glen Fogel and the whole PICA community.

Glen Fogel Artist Salon

Sat . Apr 14 . 2 pm

Artist Glen Fogel discusses his new installation with curator Kristan Kennedy.

La Toya Ruby Frazier - Live Webcast

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Apr 16 . 7:30 pm

La Toya Ruby Frazier makes photos an videos in collaboration with her family that transcend the traditional objectivity of the documentary form.

Borderland Collective (Live Streaming Webcast)

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Apr 23 . 7:30 pm

Borderland Collective is a Texas-based social art project that explores geographic and sociocultural boundaries.

Low Lives 4

Networked_Performance_Festival

Fri . Apr 27 . 5:30 pm

Linda Hutchins, Future Death Toll, Austin Adkins, and Robert Tyree perform live for a steaming online international performance festival.

Low Lives 4

Networked_Performance_Festival

Sat . Apr 28 . 12 pm

Linda Hutchins, Future Death Toll, Austin Adkins, and Robert Tyree perform live for a steaming online international performance festival.

Slanguage

PSU Social Practice Lecture Series

Mon . Apr 30 . 7:30 pm

An artist collective based on education, community-building, and interactive exhibitions.

Big Art Group Lecture

Tues . May 15 . 7 pm

Artistic Director Caden Manson discusses the company's blend of high and low technology and marginal and mainstream culture.