Museum Education

"Street View (Hoagiefest)" 2019 by Alex Da Corte Courtesy the Artist, Karma, NY and Sadie Coles HQ, London

Contemporary Pieces Force a Second Look in "Ancient History of the Distant Future"

At first look, an over-sized Wawa Hoagiefest donut might appear out-of-place in PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building. In the Rotunda "Street View (Hoagiefest)" by Alex Da Corte, a phototex of the artist’s hand clutching a Wawa donut is layered on the wall behind a painting by Thomas Birch. PAFA’s…
Perspectives
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Anatomy Academy: Graduate Symposium

FAA Stringing it together
Family Art Day

Stringing It Together

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Special Tours
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Director’s Tour of the American Landscape

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Art At Noon

The Allure and Power of Shiny Objects: Liza Lou

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Family Art Day

Ocean Without A Shore

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Landscapes Are Not Neutral

FAA- Ballet
Family Art Day

The Art of Ballet

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Drawing for Comics

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Family Art Day

Imaginary Miniature 3D Landscapes

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We are the Seeds: Panel and Performance

FAA Gellie Macro Prints
Family Art Day

Gellie Macro Prints

Landscape: Evening by Paul Weber

Critical Mass: Swarthmore Early Music Ensemble

FAA Etch and Flow
Family Art Day

Etch and Flow

Beth Kephart

Beth Kephart: Stories of the River

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Art At Noon

Mapping a Nation: Shaping the Early American Republic

FAA Seascape
Family Art Day

Floating Ink Seascapes

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Special Tours

The Art of Ed Emshwiller and Bill Viola

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Special Tours

We Drink The River

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Family Art Day

Accidental Characters

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Carl Smith: City Water, City Life

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Fantastical Landscapes with Encaustic

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese, for export to the American market, " Cup and saucer showing the Philadelphia Waterworks" (1825). Hard-paste porcelain with cobalt underglaze, decoration, and gilt. Cup: 2 5/8 x 4 3/8 x 3 5/8 in.; saucer: 1 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. | Image: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Transfer What? Transferware: A Hands-On Workshop

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2D Animation

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