Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

ART OUT LOUD: PCC Art Student Exhibition 24/25

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DATES OF EVENTS:

• Paragon Gallery Exhibition Dates: May 7th – May 28th
• Helzer Gallery Exhibition Dates – May 5th- June 7th
• North View Gallery Exhibition Dates– May 12th – June 7th

 

• Paragon Arts Gallery Award Ceremony and Reception: May 28th 5-7pm
• Paragon Arts Gallery Guest Juror: Sheyam Ghieth
• Paragon Gallery Hours:
  • Wednesdays – Fridays, 12 – 7 pm, Saturdays, 12 – 5 pm
  • 24/7 view at 815 N. Killingsworth, Portland, OR 97217

•  All events are free and open to the public.

PORTLAND, OR — The Helzer Gallery, North View Gallery, and Paragon Gallery at Portland Community College are pleased to present our fifth college wide student art show — Art Out Loud: PCC Art Student Exhibition 24/25. This year our guest jurors are Jess Nickel, Sheyam Ghieth and Jamin London Tinsel for the Helzer, Paragon and North View galleries, respectively.  Students have selected the gallery where their work will show and opening dates and award ceremonies are specific to each participating gallery.

Art Out Loud, Portland Community College’s 5th Annual college-wide art student exhibition features student art made across the PCC District in PCC’s three art galleries, during a time when the arts and humanities are facing unprecedented challenges. The arts at Portland Community College are also experiencing cuts that will inevitably impact the equitable access to art that our students currently have. But PCC students are passionate and resilient. They have spent this past year making art that speaks openly about their struggles, fears, joys and even the beauty that they still find in the world around them. Art Out Loud amplifies the diverse voices of PCC students and honors their commitment to education and their deep engagement with the arts.

Please join us in celebrating the many students who have taken Art classes at PCC this past year and are raising their voices about the things that matter to them.

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 Guest Juror:

Sheyam Ghieth is a queer Egyptian multimedia art liberator and propagandist, working to connect the dots of our creativity and our liberation. As a writer, designer and illustrator, Sheyam is the author of “عكس الحرام / The Opposite of Haram: A Queer Muslim Manifesto”, co-author and illustrator of “MASK UP, We Need You: Palestinian Solidarity, Covid-19, and the Struggle for Liberation,” “COVID is a LABOR ISSUE” and “FLOOD: Print Propaganda in Practice.”

Working as an artist and graphic designer, their work has been seen on TV shows like Ramy, The Americans, and Orange Is The New Black, and in group shows in Portland, NYC and Rome. They are also known for producing and co-directing the award-winning web series BROTHERS about a group of trans masc friends in Brooklyn. As an organizer, they are a co-founder of Creators for Gaza, a mutual-aid network connecting artists and amplifiers with Palestinian families surviving the genocide.

 

About Paragon Arts Gallery:

Paragon Arts Gallery is an educational showcase committed to exhibiting work of high artistic quality. Our versatile gallery is located at 815 North Killingsworth, at PCC’s Cascade Campus. Mindful of our role as a member of the Humboldt community, we are especially committed to engaging community members in our space.

About the PCC Art Galleries:

Portland Community College is home to four art galleries: the North View Gallery, the Paragon Arts Gallery, the Helzer Gallery and the Southeast Gallery, each located on one of our four comprehensive campuses in Portland, Oregon. The Art Galleries are dedicated to supporting education and community building through the arts.