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Taylor Larson painting Window at the Window

Thrillist | 14 Museum Exhibits in Philly to Check Out Before They Disappear

Thrillist names 14 of the best museum exhibits in Philadelphia that should be viewed before they're gone, naming PAFA's 121st Annual Student Exhibit as number three on the list.
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wall of the museum exhibition Women in Motion

WHYY | From the vaults to the walls at PAFA, women artists are front and center

WHYY’s Priyanka Tewari reports on the legacy of women artists at PAFA, following a visit to the museum and curator interview.
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Matthew Stemler's sculpture Crossing the Coded Line

New Jersey Stage | MFA alum Matthew Stemler Co-Juries WWAC's Member Show

MFA alum Matthew Stemler co-juried the West Windsor Arts Council's Member Show: Horizon, as reported in the New Jersey Stage.
Alumni News
Darla Jackson sculpture A Dangerous Expedition

Sculpture Faculty Darla Jackson in Solo Exhibition at Talon Gallery

Sculpture faculty, Darla Jackson, is featured in a solo exhibition titled "Staring at the Sun" at Talon Gallery, an art gallery in Portland, OR showcasing new contemporary figurative and narrative art.
Nancy Bea Miller's painting "Red Onion"

Main Line News | Artist Nancy Bea Miller to display works at F.A.N. Gallery

The Main Line New reviews alum Nancy Bea Miller's solo exhibition at F.A.N. Gallery
Alumni News
BelleKim installation

An Interview with Belle Kim about her work in "Once Upon a Place" International Student Exhibition

Does your work in Once Upon a Place relate to your ideas for the Annual Student Exhibition (ASE)? The city where countless people, animals, objects, future, present, past intersect is the subject of my work and one that I have found myself deeply interested in. This form of installation art allows…
Stories
Portion of This Woman's Work in the Alumni Gallery

Brian James Spies (MFA ’12) Assembles Alumni for Shared Exploration of Gender in “This Woman’s Work”

PAFA’s Alumni Gallery is currently playing host to four graduates of its Master of Fine Arts program. Brian James Spies curated This Woman’s Work, which also features pieces by Sofya Mirvis, Daria Souvorova, and Ana Vizcarra Rankin. Spies’s body of work exploring gender first developed following the…
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Margaret Foster Richardson (1881-1945) A Motion Picture, 1912

6ABC | PAFA celebrates Women's History Month with 'Women in Motion', 'Joan Semmel' exhibits

Karen Rogers reports on two major exhibitions at PAFA celebrating women artists for this week's "6abc Loves the Arts." Women in Motion: 150 Years of Women's Artist Networks at PAFA charts the untold stories of women artists' networking, innovating and collaborating. Joan Semmel: Skin in the Game is…
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American+ displayed in gallery

Michael Coppage (MFA ’05) Confronts Centuries of Negativity with Resiliency in American+

American+, a touring solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Michael Coppage (MFA ’05), kicked off the new year in PAFA’s School of Fine Arts Gallery. A venue for alumni showcases, the 2710 square-foot gallery is the largest that American+ has been shown in so far, allowing Coppage to display…

Alumni News
Sally Ride Quarter Drawing

PAFA Alumni Design and Sculpt the Sally Ride Quarter for USMint

 Two PAFA alumni, designer Elana Haglar (MFA '07) and sculptor Phebe Hemphill (Sculpture '87), created the depiction of astronaut Dr. Sally Ride on a new quarter released this year. The artists are employed at the US Mint as "Artist Infusion Program" Designer and "Medallic Artist" respectively, and…
Alumni News
WURD host Nick Taliaferro interviewing Eric Pryor

Rewatch the WURD Radio Black History Month Broadcast at PAFA

WURD Radio has reshared the interviews from their Black History Month live broadcast at PAFA! Follow the link below to watch the full program and find more photos.

"Evening WURDs host Nick Taliaferro kicked off the event by interviewing Eric Pryor, PAFA’s first Black president in its 217-year…

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Peter Van Dyck painting

Trebuchet Magazine | The Way I See It. Presence, Realism, and the Artist in Physical Space: Peter van Dyck

The work of painting faculty, Peter Van Dyck, is explored in Trebuchet Magazine's latest issue, Process.

Van Dyck’s process brings whoever is watching into soft afternoons and empty streets touched with the light melancholy of contemplative solitude. Our eyes, following the graceful curves of…

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Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the United States’ first school and museum of fine arts. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, PAFA offers a world-class collection of American art, innovative exhibitions of historic and contemporary American art, and educational opportunities in the fine arts. The PAFA Museum aims to tell America's diverse story through art, expanding who has been included in the canon of art history through its collections, exhibitions, and public programs, while classes educate artists and appreciators with a deep understanding of traditions and the ability to challenge conventions. PAFA’s esteemed alumni include Mary Cassatt, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, William Glackens, Barkley L. Hendricks, Violet Oakley, Louis Kahn, David Lynch, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.