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Welcome to PAFA's press room. Current press releases are listed below in chronological order, beginning with our most recent news.

Members of the working press and other professional organizations who would like to join our media list or request further information or images should contact:

Heike Rass
Public Relations & Advertising Manager
215-972-2031
hrass@pafa.org

7/19/2010 PAFA’s Bacchanal! to Celebrate Pinot Noir on November 13, 2010 12th Annual Wine Gala and Auction Supports Student Scholarships Philadelphia – For the twelfth consecutive year, on November 13, 2010, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will host the Bacchanal! Wine Gala and Auction. Read more »

7/8/2010 PAFA Announces Claes Oldenburg Sculpture Commission for Lenfest Plaza Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has commissioned world-renowned artist Claes Oldenburg to create a new public artwork for its Lenfest Plaza. Read more »

6/23/2010 PAFA Welcomes New Board of Trustee Members Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) welcomes five new members to its Board of Trustees. Read more »

6/11/2010 PAFA Showcases Seminal Flag Painting by Celebrated Artist Jasper Johns Philadelphia, PA – This summer, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will feature *JASPER JOHNS: FLAG, one of Johns’ most sensuously painted flags in a single-object exhibition, on view June 26 through September 12.* Read more »

5/21/2010 PAFA and Philadelphia School District Present Art Teacher Award for Excellence Wednesday, May 26, 12 - 2 p.m. - To celebrate the achievement of teachers who enrich their students’ lives through art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) have named this year’s recipient of the “PAFA Art Teacher Award for Excellence. Read more »

5/12/2010 PAFA Task Force Formed to Look at Convention Center and Museum Mile Expansion With the construction of the Convention Center’s new addition well under way and renowned landscape architecture firm OLIN selected for PAFA’s Lenfest Plaza, a task force has been formed to discuss regional growth opportunities related to the completion of these exciting new civic spaces. Read more »

4/28/2010 PAFA’s Morris Gallery Kicks off New Season with Roxana Pérez-Méndez: Este Es Mi Pais May 22 - September 26, 2010 The new Morris Gallery season begins with an installation project Este Es Mi Pais by Philadelphia based artist Roxana Pérez-Méndez. Read more »

4/23/2010 Class Being Formed To Train New Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Docents Wednesday, June 2 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. PAFA is hosting a Meet and Greet Tea for candidates wishing to learn more about, and apply to, the Docent Program. Docents are volunteer tour guides who interpret works of art and lead tours for a diverse audience of adults, families and school students. Read more »

4/20/2010 “Walk for Peace: Walk for Lost Dreams” on Saturday, May 22 PAFA Encourages Walkers to Remember Young Lives Lost to Senseless Violence May 22, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. PAFA and its friends are hosting Walk for Peace: Walk for Lost Dreams, a one-mile walk through Center City. This event is being held for the second year, to sustain PAFA's poignant and worthwhile program, Lost Dreams on Canvas, in which Philadelphia-area artists paint portraits of children who were innocent victims of violence. Read more »

4/19/2010 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to Join in Association of Art Museum Directors Celebration of International Museum Day on May 18th 2010 PAFA announced today that it will offer free admission and a 10% discount at PORTFOLIO, its Museum Shop on Tuesday, May 18, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) celebration of International Museum Day. Read more »

7/19/2010

PAFA’s Bacchanal! to Celebrate Pinot Noir on November 13, 2010

12th Annual Wine Gala and Auction Supports Student Scholarships

Philadelphia – For the twelfth consecutive year, on November 13, 2010, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will host the Bacchanal! Wine Gala and Auction.

7/8/2010

PAFA Announces Claes Oldenburg Sculpture Commission for Lenfest Plaza

Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has commissioned world-renowned artist Claes Oldenburg to create a new public artwork for its Lenfest Plaza.

6/23/2010

PAFA Welcomes New Board of Trustee Members

Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) welcomes five new members to its Board of Trustees.

6/11/2010

PAFA Showcases Seminal Flag Painting by Celebrated Artist Jasper Johns

Philadelphia, PA – This summer, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will feature JASPER JOHNS: FLAG, one of Johns’ most sensuously painted flags in a single-object exhibition, on view June 26 through September 12.

5/21/2010

PAFA and Philadelphia School District Present Art Teacher Award for Excellence

Wednesday, May 26, 12 - 2 p.m. - To celebrate the achievement of teachers who enrich their students’ lives through art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) have named this year’s recipient of the “PAFA Art Teacher Award for Excellence.

5/12/2010

PAFA Task Force Formed to Look at Convention Center and Museum Mile Expansion

With the construction of the Convention Center’s new addition well under way and renowned landscape architecture firm OLIN selected for PAFA’s Lenfest Plaza, a task force has been formed to discuss regional growth opportunities related to the completion of these exciting new civic spaces.

4/28/2010

PAFA’s Morris Gallery Kicks off New Season with Roxana Pérez-Méndez: Este Es Mi Pais

May 22 - September 26, 2010 The new Morris Gallery season begins with an installation project Este Es Mi Pais by Philadelphia based artist Roxana Pérez-Méndez.

4/23/2010

Class Being Formed To Train New Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Docents

Wednesday, June 2 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. PAFA is hosting a Meet and Greet Tea for candidates wishing to learn more about, and apply to, the Docent Program. Docents are volunteer tour guides who interpret works of art and lead tours for a diverse audience of adults, families and school students.

4/20/2010

“Walk for Peace: Walk for Lost Dreams” on Saturday, May 22 PAFA Encourages Walkers to Remember Young Lives Lost to Senseless Violence

May 22, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. PAFA and its friends are hosting Walk for Peace: Walk for Lost Dreams, a one-mile walk through Center City. This event is being held for the second year, to sustain PAFA's poignant and worthwhile program, Lost Dreams on Canvas, in which Philadelphia-area artists paint portraits of children who were innocent victims of violence.

4/19/2010

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to Join in Association of Art Museum Directors Celebration of International Museum Day on May 18th 2010

PAFA announced today that it will offer free admission and a 10% discount at PORTFOLIO, its Museum Shop on Tuesday, May 18, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) celebration of International Museum Day.