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PAFA Presents Over 30 Programs and Free Sunday Admission in Conjunction with Beyond The Paint: Philadelphia’s Mural Arts

PAFA Presents Over 30 Programs and Free Sunday Admission

in Conjunction with Beyond The Paint: Philadelphia’s Mural Arts

PHILADELPHIA (February 6, 2014) – In conjunction with the special exhibition, Beyond the Paint: Philadelphia’s Mural Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents…

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PAFA Hosts PAFA in Bloom, April 4–6

PAFA Hosts PAFA in Bloom, April 4–6

National Floral Designers Transform Historic Landmark Building

With Over 60 Blooming Masterpieces

Preview Reception: April 3, 5:30-9:00 p.m.

 

PHILADELPHIA (January 23, 2014) – The galleries of PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building will burst into bloom this April during…

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PAFA Curator of Historical American Art, Dr. Anna Marley, Elected Co-Chair of Association of Historians of American Art

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Anna Marley, Curator of Historical American Art, has been elected the next Co-Chair of the Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA).
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About PAFA

Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is America's first school and museum of fine arts. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, PAFA offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the fine arts, innovative exhibitions of historic and contemporary American art, and a world-class collection of American art. 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.