School News

9/16/2009 *Read what David Lynch has to say to the LA Times* about his time at PAFA**

6/11/2009 PAFA: Community of Artists, a film by John Thorton Watch this on

6/5/2009 Graduate selected to be in DCCA MFA Biennial Joseph Lozano, an '09 graduate of the Masters of Fine Arts program, was one of only six artists selected to exhibit in The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA) 2009 MFA biennial exhibition, Rule 10 for the MFA 5 + 1. Read more »

3/30/2009 See Academy Professor Scott Noel on

3/2/2009 PAFA Graduates The Dufala Brothers Win National West Prize PAFA graduates Billy and Steven Dufala, known as artists as The Dufala Brothers, were awarded this year’s prestigious West Prize, given by the West Collection of Oaks, PA. Read more »

1/27/2009 Student Zoo Poster Contest Winner Announced

1/9/2009 PAFA and Philadelphia Zoo To Announce Winner of Poster Contest Commemorating Zoo's 150th Anniversary On Thursday, January 15, 2009, PAFA and the Philadelphia Zoo will join together at a special reception to announce the winner of a PAFA student poster competition commemorating the Zoo’s 150^th anniversary. Read more »

12/30/2008 John Moore's 2008 Commencement Address

10/29/2008 Certificate Students Win Frank C. Wright Jr. Scholarship Njideka Akunyili (Certificate, 3rd year) and Lane Davis (Certificate, 3rd year) have been awarded the 2008 Frank C. Wright Jr. Scholarship from the American Artists Professional League. Read more »

6/13/2008 PAFA Graduates Awarded Pew Fellowships in the Arts PHILADELPHIA— Of more than 300 applicants, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts graduates Anne Seidman and Mauro Zamora are two of four painters and twelve artists total to be awarded Pew Fellowships in the Arts. Both painters, Seidman and Zamora received $60,000 each, the largest such grants in the country for which individual artists can apply. Read more »

9/16/2009

Read what David Lynch has to say to the LA Times about his time at PAFA

6/11/2009

PAFA: Community of Artists, a film by John Thorton
Watch this on

6/5/2009

Graduate selected to be in DCCA MFA Biennial

Joseph Lozano, an '09 graduate of the Masters of Fine Arts program, was one of only six artists selected to exhibit in The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA) 2009 MFA biennial exhibition, Rule 10 for the MFA 5 + 1.

3/30/2009

See Academy Professor Scott Noel on

3/2/2009

PAFA Graduates The Dufala Brothers Win National West Prize

PAFA graduates Billy and Steven Dufala, known as artists as The Dufala Brothers, were awarded this year’s prestigious West Prize, given by the West Collection of Oaks, PA.

1/27/2009

Student Zoo Poster Contest Winner Announced

1/9/2009

PAFA and Philadelphia Zoo To Announce Winner of Poster Contest Commemorating Zoo's 150th Anniversary

On Thursday, January 15, 2009, PAFA and the Philadelphia Zoo will join together at a special reception to announce the winner of a PAFA student poster competition commemorating the Zoo’s 150^th anniversary.

12/30/2008

John Moore's 2008 Commencement Address

10/29/2008

Certificate Students Win Frank C. Wright Jr. Scholarship

Njideka Akunyili (Certificate, 3rd year) and Lane Davis (Certificate, 3rd year) have been awarded the 2008 Frank C. Wright Jr. Scholarship from the American Artists Professional League.

6/13/2008

PAFA Graduates Awarded Pew Fellowships in the Arts

PHILADELPHIA— Of more than 300 applicants, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts graduates Anne Seidman and Mauro Zamora are two of four painters and twelve artists total to be awarded Pew Fellowships in the Arts. Both painters, Seidman and Zamora received $60,000 each, the largest such grants in the country for which individual artists can apply.

PAFA Press Releases

3/12/2010 PAFA Alumnus and Sculpture Faculty Member Shane Stratton Selected for Fulbright Award Shane Stratton, a PAFA alumnus and member of the sculpture faculty has been selected for a Fulbright Scholar Grant for research in Istanbul, Turkey. Read more »

3/5/2010 The Women’s Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Hosts the Preview Party of the 109th Annual Student Exhibition The Women’s Board Preview Party launches PAFA's 109^th Annual Student Exhibition. Presented by Bollinger Insurance, the Preview Party is a benefit to support student scholarship funding at PAFA and will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Read more »

3/4/2010 Philagrafika Artists to Appear at PAFA Renowned artists and printmakers Christiane Baumgartner and Kiki Smith are scheduled to appear at PAFA as part of Philagrafika 2010, the international festival that celebrates the role of print as a vital force in contemporary art. Read more »

3/3/2010 PAFA Now Accepting Nominations For 2nd Annual Art Teacher Award for Excellence PAFA will now be accepting nominations for the 2nd annual "PAFA Art Teacher Award for Excellence." Nominations are due by the close of business day on Monday, April 19, 2010. Read more »

2/24/2010 Landscape Architect Selected for PAFA's Lenfest Plaza With City Council having passed legislation approving the closure of Cherry Street between North Broad and Carlisle Streets PAFA has selected the internationally renowned landscape architecture firm OLIN to design the public plaza that will be developed immediately on that site. Read more »

3/12/2010

PAFA Alumnus and Sculpture Faculty Member Shane Stratton Selected for Fulbright Award

Shane Stratton, a PAFA alumnus and member of the sculpture faculty has been selected for a Fulbright Scholar Grant for research in Istanbul, Turkey.

3/5/2010

The Women’s Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Hosts the Preview Party of the 109th Annual Student Exhibition

The Women’s Board Preview Party launches PAFA's 109^th Annual Student Exhibition. Presented by Bollinger Insurance, the Preview Party is a benefit to support student scholarship funding at PAFA and will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

3/4/2010

Philagrafika Artists to Appear at PAFA

Renowned artists and printmakers Christiane Baumgartner and Kiki Smith are scheduled to appear at PAFA as part of Philagrafika 2010, the international festival that celebrates the role of print as a vital force in contemporary art.

3/3/2010

PAFA Now Accepting Nominations For 2nd Annual Art Teacher Award for Excellence

PAFA will now be accepting nominations for the 2nd annual "PAFA Art Teacher Award for Excellence." Nominations are due by the close of business day on Monday, April 19, 2010.

2/24/2010

Landscape Architect Selected for PAFA's Lenfest Plaza

With City Council having passed legislation approving the closure of Cherry Street between North Broad and Carlisle Streets PAFA has selected the internationally renowned landscape architecture firm OLIN to design the public plaza that will be developed immediately on that site.