Public Education & Engagement

Al Gury posing with a group of students with artwork in the background

Celebrating 30 Years of PAFA's After-School Studio Arts Program

PAFA celebrates the 30th anniversary of the After-School Studio Arts Program, highlighting its impact on underserved youth in Philadelphia by providing free, accessible art education and fostering a supportive community for young artists to thrive.
Perspectives
Black Eyed Susan, Rana Roosevelt. 2024. Acrylic, 18"x24". Courtesy of the artist
Family Programs

In Bloom: Annual Youth Council Pop-up Show

Composite of four photos in a grid of exterior and interior photos the PAFA's Historic Landmark Building and the Masonic Temple
Special Tours
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Art, Architecture and the Dream of Democracy Tour & Social

an extreme close up of face of the wood sculpture, "Portrait of Richanda"
Art on Broad

Conserving Sculpture w/ Adam Jenkins

Photo of three women sitting in a gallery. The woman closest to the camera has dark hair with a short pony-tail and is wearing a black top. She is holding an open notebook and a pencil, looking up and away from the camera.
Art on Broad

Sketching Sculpture

A graphic image with a black line drawing of a head with a red amorphous shape near the ear. The title "Curavture of the Mind" wrapping around the head in a circle. At the base of are typed words white on black bands: "EMBODIED POETICS" "FINDING JOY IN THE FORM"
Art on Broad

Curvature of the Mind

Photo of Misty Sol, a Black woman wearing a scarf, gesturing with the palms of her hands facing each other, and speaking with a smile.
Art on Broad

Dynamize The Figure w/ Misty Sol

banner image of red, orange, and green imitating rising sun

Collaborative Exhibition “Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America” Extended Beyond October 2023

To commemorate the exhibition, the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have published an exhibition catalogue that will be released September 2023.

PHILADELPHIA – The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the…

Press Release
families in the rotunda galleries listening to a tour
Family Art Day

Celebrate Community

2 kids making print
Family Art Day

Spooky Art Adventures

family members making art
Family Art Day

Welcome Back!

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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Opens Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden, the First Comprehensive Retrospective of African American Sculptor John Rhoden

PHILADELPHIA – Aug 29, 2023 - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) celebrates 20th century African American sculptor John Rhoden (1916-2001) with the exhibition, Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden, the first comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s work. The exhibition…

Press Release
4 students looking at artwork in an exhibition.

Summer Academy Exhibition Reception

Composite of two images: John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910), The Freedman, 1863, bronze, and Letitia Huckaby (b. 1972), "Ms. Jocelyn", 2022, Pigment print on fabric with embroidery.
Art At Noon
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An Emancipation Conversation

Graphic for Rising Sun Tour
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Painting of a young person holding scissors up to their hair in a ponytail. They have several different nametag stickers on their shirt with the names crossed out. The figure is purple and the background is a bright blue.

Forging Identity

eight people smile in museum gallery six students and two teachers

Artist Saya Woolfalk's Center for Experimental Ethnography Class Displays in Museum Rotunda

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Artist in her studio working on three clay figures, each about 16 inches tall.

Art 21 Screening and Dream House Tour

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Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

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Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

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Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

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Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Composite image with portrait of Dr. Davina Two Bears, and archival black and white images of the Old Leupp Boarding School.

Stories of Survival on Navajo Reservation: Old Leupp Boarding School and Japanese Isolation Center

Composite image with portrait of Manuel Alejandro Vasquez, and images of women smiling at a table with food

Stories of Indigenous Immigrants: The Sun, the Moon and What We Carry!

 

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