Alumni Accomplishments

Since 1805, using the aesthetic traditions of the British Royal Academy and the beaux-arts schools of Europe combined with the age-old relationship of master and apprentice, the Academy has produced alumni who have shaped the history of American art. Among them: Bo Bartlett, Cecilia Beaux, Arthur B. Carles, Mary Cassatt, Vincent Desiderio, Thomas Eakins, Elizabeth Osborne and Henry Ossawa Tanner. Since 1991, graduates of the Master of Fine Arts program have gone on to pursue careers in the arts in Philadelphia, across the nation and internationally, garnering prestigious awards such as the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award and Pew Fellowship Grants. To find out more, read the Alumni Newsletter.