Emerging | PCC Art Student Exhibition 25/26
May 13 - June 13, 2026
Opening Reception with Improv student performances:
Wednesday, May 13, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Award Ceremony and Reception with Juror C. Meier:
Saturday, June 13, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 8-4pm
The North View Gallery is pleased to present our annual student art show — Emerging: PCC Art Student Exhibition 2025/2026, curated by guest juror C. Meier, artist and curator at Blue Sky Gallery.
Emerging features art made by students who have taken art classes across the PCC District and chose to have their work shown in the North View Gallery. At a time when the arts at PCC are experiencing cuts that are impacting equitable student access, our students are deepening their engagement with the arts and furthering their commitment to the education they deserve.
The works in this year’s art student exhibition are diverse in terms of medium, process, concept and narrative. Many students created projects that stretched themselves both technically and conceptually, with some taking multiple terms to complete their pieces. In a year when the arts and humanities continue to be devalued and underfunded, both federally and locally, the work emerging from PCC art studios stands as a testament to the resilience, ingenuity and passion of our students at Portland Community College.
Please join us in celebrating the many students who have taken art classes at PCC this past year and have had the courage to emerge as artists and share their voices with our community.
About the Guest Juror:
C. Meier is a non-binary artist and curator based in Portland, OR. Their art practice explores materiality, reveling in the hybridization of processes including drawing and photographic methods. They earned their MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2017) and BFA in Studio Art from Pacific Lutheran University (2004). Meier has exhibited at Solas Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, Mana Contemporary (Chicago), Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Filter Space, The Neon Heater, among others, and their work is part of the Permanent Collection of Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA). Meier co-curated the 2017 exhibition re:collection at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (MoCP), and curated the 2023 exhibition Size Matters for Medium Photo, San Diego. Professional roles include Curatorial Assistant (2015-2017) and Collections Manager/ Registrar (2018-2020) at the MoCP, Studio Assistant to Barbara Kasten (2019-2020), and Exhibitions Director (2021 – current), at Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts.
Funding for awards was generously provided by HARTS (The Humanities and Arts Initiative) along with the Art Student Supplies Fund through the I Heart Art project and the Associated Students of Portland Community College (ASPCC).
About the PCC Art Galleries:
Portland Community College is home to three art galleries: the North View Gallery, the Paragon Arts Gallery, and the Helzer Gallery, each located on one of our comprehensive campus locations in Portland, Oregon. The Art Galleries are dedicated to supporting education and community building through the arts.
The North View Gallery is open Monday – Friday 8am-4pm and Saturdays by appointment. We are located on the Sylvania Campus 12000 SW 49th Avenue in CT 214 behind the Bookstore.