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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

PAFA Alumna Wins Smithsonian Prize  

Njideka Akunyili Crosby is 2014 winner of Smithsonian 
American Art Museum's James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize

PHILADELPHIA (November 25, 2014) - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) alumna Njideka Akunyili Crosby on Tuesday was named the 2014 winner of…

PAFA Presents The Artist's Garden:
American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920

On view February 13 – May 24, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (November 24, 2014) — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920. On…

PAFA's Annual Student Print Sale Turns 21! 

A popular tradition for creative holiday shoppers, offering hundreds
of works by emerging student artists, priced under $150

PHILADELPHIA (November 12, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the 21st Annual Student Print Sale on Friday…

PAFA presents A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life

On view through April 12, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (November 7, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life, on view through April 12. The exhibition brings together nearly 90 works from…

PAFA Hosts The Review Panel Philadelphia on November 12 

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

PHILADELPHIA (November 2, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the third season of The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series of panel…

PAFA’s 16th Annual Bacchanal Wine Gala and Auction Brings 
Jean-Charles Boisset to Philadelphia

Gala and auction to raise over $550,000 to support student scholarships 

PHILADELPHIA (October 31, 2014) - For the sixteenth consecutive year, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will host…