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PAFA's 114th Annual Student Exhibition:
A Celebration of Tradition and the Emerging Artists of Today 
 

PHILADELPHIA (April 17, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents its 114th Annual Student Exhibition, May 15 - June 7, in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building at 128 North…

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PAFA Appoints Clint Jukkala As New Dean of the School of Fine Arts

PHILADELPHIA (April 7, 2015) -- Clint Jukkala has been named as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' new Dean of the School of Fine Arts. Jukkala, who has been the Chair of Graduate Programs at PAFA since fall 2013, will start…

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PAFA Hosts The Review Panel Philadelphia on April 8

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


PHILADELPHIA (March 27, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announces the final line-up of the season for The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series of…

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PAFA Announces Preview Party
for 114th Annual Student Exhibition

Thursday, May 14, 2015, 4 - 8:30 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA (March 23, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will kick off the 114th Annual Student Exhibition (ASE) with a Preview Party, hosted by PAFA's Women's Board, on…

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PAFA Opens New and Improved Museum Café 

Tableau at PAFA features later evening hours and a larger menu,
created by STARR Restaurants Catering Group

PHILADELPHIA (March 6, 2015) - Visitors to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  (PAFA) are in for a tasty surprise: a new full-service café with an…

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PAFA Announces 2015 Fine Arts Venture Fund Recipients

Over $22,000 awarded to PAFA students to advance their artistic goals

PHILADELPHIA (February 23, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the PAFA Fine Arts Venture Fund for 2015.

The Venture…

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PAFA Hosts Annual Open Studio Night: Friday, February 20  

For one night only, visitors and art collectors get an up-close look

into the creative process of the next generation of art stars

PHILADELPHIA (February 12, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is hosting its annual Open

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PAFA Hosts The Review Panel Philadelphia on February 18

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

PHILADELPHIA (February 10, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announces the first line-ups for 2015 of The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series…

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PAFA Students Opening Gallery for Emerging Artists

MFA students at PAFA, seeing a void in Philadelphia's current gallery scene, working to fill the gap with AUTOMAT, opening in April  

PHILADELPHIA (January 30, 2015) -- A group of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) students haven't yet…

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PAFA Receives $1 Million Gift for Scholarships

The James J. & Frances M. Maguire Scholarship for Artistic Excellence is the largest scholarship gift from a single donor in PAFA's history

PHILADELPHIA (January 7, 2015) - A $1 million gift from The Maguire Foundation, longtime supporters of the…

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About PAFA

Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the United State's first school and museum of fine arts. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, PAFA offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the fine arts, innovative exhibitions of historic and contemporary American art, and a world-class collection of American art. 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.