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Philadelphia native and PAFA alumnus Barkley L. Hendricks will be a co-recipient of the CAA's Artist Award for Distinguished Body of Work at the association’s annual conference.

PAFA's Art-at-Lunch series of talks on American art and culture take place every Wednesday from Noon to 1 p.m.

PAFA's Printmaking Department will offer holiday shoppers a unique opportunity with its Annual Holiday Student Print Sale, scheduled for Friday, December 4, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

For the eleventh consecutive year, on November 14, 2009, PAFA hosted the Bacchanal! Wine Auction and Gala. With over 320 guests, the event celebrated the wines and food of Chile and raised $405,000 in support of student scholarships for PAFA students.

In conjunction with the exhibition Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, PAFA will be hosting a curator talk entitled "An Eye for Humor: Barkley L. Hendricks’ Excellent Adventure" and a daylong symposium entitled, “The Evolution of the Cool.”