[9] After the Pietro Belluschi designed home of the museum opened in 1932, the school moved into the upper floors of the building.

[10] In 1981, the school changed its name to Pacific Northwest College of Art in order to reflect its independence from the museum.

[11] Manley proposed a plan to the school's board in 2004 to expand the college and move towards Portland's North Park Blocks.

[12] As part of its move to the Old Town area, the college sold its main building in the Pearl District in 2013 for $11.75 million.

[13] The school secured $20 million in loans from the Portland Development Commission in November 2013 to fund the renovations.

[4] As of February 2015, PNCA's main campus building, known as the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design, is located at 511 NW Broadway in northwest Portland, in the Pearl District.

[10][20] Designed by architect Thomas Robinson, the project cost $7.3 million to build the modernistic structure.

It consists of individual MFA studios surrounded by communal wood, metal, sculpture, plaster, ceramics, and fiber facilities.

CCAC is directed by Mack McFarland and has exhibited artists including Wangechi Mutu,[23] Cauleen Smith,[24] James Rosenquist, and David Horvitz.

[16] After the $30 million in renovations were complete in February 2015, the building was renamed as the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design.

[31] The continuing education program at that time served approximately 1,450 students part-time each year.

Notable faculty include: Global Studios offers off-campus educational opportunities within the United States and abroad.