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3/9/2009 Anna O. Marley Joins PAFA as Curator of Historical American Art On March 2, Anna O. Marley joined PAFA as the Curator of Historical American Art. Marley is a scholar of American art and material culture from the colonial era to 1945. Read more »

2/10/2009 PAFA Announces Two-Day Symposium on George Tooker to Take Place March 20-21 In conjunction with the exhibition George Tooker: A Retrospective, PAFA will be hosting a two-day symposium entitled, “New Perspectives on George Tooker.” The symposium will take place on March 20 and 21, 2009. Read more »

12/18/2008 PAFA's Morris Gallery Becomes Home to Contemporary Video Art PAFA will begin the 2009 season by reconfiguring the Morris Gallery into a black box for a series of six single channel video works that integrate music and film in diverse ways. Read more »

3/9/2009

Anna O. Marley Joins PAFA as Curator of Historical American Art

On March 2, Anna O. Marley joined PAFA as the Curator of Historical American Art. Marley is a scholar of American art and material culture from the colonial era to 1945.

PAFA Announces Two-Day Symposium on George Tooker to Take Place March 20-21

In conjunction with the exhibition George Tooker: A Retrospective, PAFA will be hosting a two-day symposium entitled, “New Perspectives on George Tooker.” The symposium will take place on March 20 and 21, 2009.

PAFA's Morris Gallery Becomes Home to Contemporary Video Art

PAFA will begin the 2009 season by reconfiguring the Morris Gallery into a black box for a series of six single channel video works that integrate music and film in diverse ways.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Contemporary Video Art February 3 - August 2, 2009 PAFA began the 2009 season by reconfiguring the Morris Gallery into a black box for a series of six single channel video works that integrate music and film in diverse ways. The videos shown in the Gallery further develop its role and reputation as an important venue for supporting the best contemporary art.

Public Treasures/Private Visions: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Private Collections June 16 - September 30, 2009 In appreciation for a group of paintings that PAFA is lending next year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is reciprocating with paintings from the Hudson River School.

Elizabeth Osborne: The Color of Light June 26 - September 20, 2009 Long recognized by critics and her peers as one of the most innovative and daring Philadelphia-based artists of the last forty years, Elizabeth Osborne has tirelessly explored the psychologically-charged space between abstraction and realism.

Sidney Goodman: Man in the Mirror June 26 - September 20, 2009 Sidney Goodman is among the most important American figurative painters of the post-World War II era. The exhibition is the first major presentation of Goodman's works on paper, and will consist of 50 large and small scale works.

2009 PAFA Alumni Invitational: Legacies June 26 - September 20, 2009 This exhibition honors twelve prominent former students of Elizabeth Osborne and Sidney Goodman: Bo Bartlett, Michael Bartmann, Vincent Desiderio, Stephen Estock, Barry Goldberg, Kate Javens, Edgar Jerins, Kate Kaman, Ruslan Khais, Elena Peteva, Anne Seidman, Wade Schuman.

Contemporary Video Art

February 3 - August 2, 2009

PAFA began the 2009 season by reconfiguring the Morris Gallery into a black box for a series of six single channel video works that integrate music and film in diverse ways. The videos shown in the Gallery further develop its role and reputation as an important venue for supporting the best contemporary art.

Public Treasures/Private Visions: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Private Collections

June 16 - September 30, 2009

In appreciation for a group of paintings that PAFA is lending next year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is reciprocating with paintings from the Hudson River School.

Elizabeth Osborne: The Color of Light

June 26 - September 20, 2009

Long recognized by critics and her peers as one of the most innovative and daring Philadelphia-based artists of the last forty years, Elizabeth Osborne has tirelessly explored the psychologically-charged space between abstraction and realism.

Sidney Goodman: Man in the Mirror

June 26 - September 20, 2009

Sidney Goodman is among the most important American figurative painters of the post-World War II era. The exhibition is the first major presentation of Goodman's works on paper, and will consist of 50 large and small scale works.

2009 PAFA Alumni Invitational: Legacies

June 26 - September 20, 2009

This exhibition honors twelve prominent former students of Elizabeth Osborne and Sidney Goodman: Bo Bartlett, Michael Bartmann, Vincent Desiderio, Stephen Estock, Barry Goldberg, Kate Javens, Edgar Jerins, Kate Kaman, Ruslan Khais, Elena Peteva, Anne Seidman, Wade Schuman.