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PAFA Docent Tour: "Faith and Family"

PAFA docents recently had a chance to take a tour of Faith and Family. Inspired by the World Meeting of Families 2015 and the historic visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia, Faith and Family is PAFA's first online Collections Focus, yet these works are also on view in the galleries currently. Anna…
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Painting Major's Homemade Paints Gain Popularity

Liza Samuel recently demonstrated her process for making oil-based paint, as a large group of students crowded around to watch. Her formulas have become the go-to paints for many fellow students—and teachers—at PAFA.
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PAFA Hosts Fourth Season of The Review Panel Philadelphia

PAFA Hosts Fourth Season of The Review Panel Philadelphia

"The highlight of formal art criticism in Philadelphia" - theartblog.org

 

PHILADELPHIA (September 30, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the fourth season of The Review Panel Philadelphia, an annual series of four…

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PAFA Presents Mia Rosenthal: Paper Lens

PAFA Presents Mia Rosenthal: Paper Lens

Exhibition of new drawings marks return of PAFA’s Morris Gallery program

October 9, 2015 - January 3, 2016

PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2015) – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to present Mia Rosenthal: Paper Lens, an exhibition of a…

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Arcmanoro Niles '13: Finding His Place In PAFA's History

“PAFA was a very exciting environment where I was able to figure out and develop a type of critical thinking that is applicable to many aspects of life, not just painting."
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PAFA Alumnus Maxfield Parrish Honored with Historical Marker

PAFA Alumnus Maxfield Parrish Honored with Historical Marker

PAFA alumnus' marker dedicated at The Curtis,
home of Parrish's stunning glass mosaic Dream Garden

Dedication: Wednesday, September 16, 11 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA (September 16, 2015) – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is thrilled to…

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PAFA Announces New Acquisitions to Permanent Collection

PAFA Announces New Acquisitions to Permanent Collection

Works by Lynch, Bierstadt, de Haas, Moran, Bradford, Coe, Maisel
join PAFA's esteemed collection of American art 
 

PHILADELPHIA (September 11, 2015) – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is thrilled to announce a diverse array of new…

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Traction Company Artists Offer Advice to New PAFA Students

PAFA’s community of faculty, students and alumni came together this week to kick off a new school year at an assembly that served up encouragement, ideas, advice – and lunch, of course – to new and returning graduate and undergraduate students. The first assembly of the 2015-2016 academic year was…
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PAFA Announces New Additions To Its Development Team

PAFA Announces New Additions To Its Development Team

PHILADELPHIA (August 10, 2015) – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to announce two new appointments to its Development team -- Elizabeth Racheva as Vice President of Major Gifts and Paula Shargel Green as Vice President of…

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PAFA Receives Major NEH Grant for Archives Collections Storage

PHILADELPHIA (July 29, 2015) – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is delighted to announce that it will be the recipient of a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) Implementation Grant will be in the…

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PAFA Presents Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis

PAFA Presents Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis

Major Retrospective of Influential 20th Century Artist
November 13, 2015 - April 3, 2016

PHILADELPHIA (July 13, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis (1909-1979), the first comprehensive…

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PAFA Welcomes New Board of Trustee Members

PAFA Welcomes New Board of Trustee Members

PHILADELPHIA (July 6, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to welcome three new resident trustees, two new national trustees and a new ex-officio member to its board of trustees. The new members of the board were elected…

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About PAFA

Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the United States’ first school and museum of fine arts. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, PAFA offers a world-class collection of American art, innovative exhibitions of historic and contemporary American art, and educational opportunities in the fine arts. The PAFA Museum aims to tell America's diverse story through art, expanding who has been included in the canon of art history through its collections, exhibitions, and public programs, while classes educate artists and appreciators with a deep understanding of traditions and the ability to challenge conventions. PAFA’s esteemed alumni include Mary Cassatt, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, William Glackens, Barkley L. Hendricks, Violet Oakley, Louis Kahn, David Lynch, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.