Public Education & Engagement

winter tree postcard
Family Art Day
Online

Virtual Family Arts Academy - Winter Special

drawing of trees
Family Art Day
Online

Virtual Family Arts Academy - Tree of Thanks Sculpture

Cornelia Van Auken Chapin, Giant Frog, carved 1937, photographed ca. 1939. Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers, 1929-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Art At Noon
Online

Cornelia Van Auken Chapin and her Giant Frog

Center, Joan Semmel, 2002
Art At Noon
Online

Skin In the Game

Flower Diary: Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door
Art At Noon
Online

The Determined Life of Mary Hiester Reid

Over Flow (#1392) Emmi Whitehorse
Special Tours

Linger and Flow

hallowing craft
Family Art Day
Online

Virtual Family Arts Academy - Trick or Treat Extravaganza!

child showing his artwork
Family Art Day
Online

Virtual Family Arts Academy - Welcome Back

Elena Peteva, Turmoil and Silence charcoal on paper 30" x 28" 2021
Online

Creativity, Collectives, and PAFA

two heads
Online

Philadelphia Animation Ensemble

Image of Anna Russel Jones
Art At Noon
Online

Anna Russell Jones: The Art of Design

Shoog McDaniel
Visiting Artist Program
Online

Shoog McDaniel

Eloisa Guanlao
Visiting Artist Program
Online

Eloisa Guanlao

Catalina Ouyang 
Visiting Artist Program
Online

Catalina Ouyang

Nash Glynn, Self Portrait
Visiting Artist Program
Canceled
Online

Nash Glynn

Rochelle Dinkin, Elements of Surprise
Online

Artist Survival Strategies

Coxcomb by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1931/
Special Tours

Women In Motion

Marie Watt, Skywalker/Skyscraper (Allegory), 2012
Special Tours

Taking Space

Picnic at Bedford Hills, Florine Stettheimer

After Hours Access: "Women in Motion" Toast, Tour, and Book Signing

Identity & Masks, 2015-16, by Chenlin Cai (Courtesy of the artist)
Online

Seeing the Story: A Conversation on Contemporary Illustration

screengrab of the Philadelphia Animation Ensemble projected onto the Historic Landmark building
Online

Picture Consequences: A Conversation

Clarity Haynes, with her painting "Janie" (left), at the “Taking Space:

The Philadelphia Inquirer | For ‘Taking Space’ at PAFA, women artists are as monumental as they want to be

Megan Voeller reviews Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale for The Inquirer, in a piece that artist Clarity Haynes made her "feel seen and understood." Read about the generation-spanning artists and works, including Haynes, Deborah Willis, Faith Ringgold, Ana Mendieta…

In the News
Mirror Talk, Candy Alexandra
Online

Taking Back Space

Study for "Din avec la main dans le miroir" Mickalene Thomas, 2008
Special Tours
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