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Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Benjamin West, 1771-72, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Gift of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harrison, Jr. Collection)

Re-Framing American Art/History: Whose History?

October 6, 2020

In the museum galleries

Free & Reduced Admission Days

Frontline Worker Preview Days

September 3, 2020–September 6, 2020

King Vulture (bird), Turbaco, New Grenada (condor), 1830. Titian Ramsey Peale, from American Philosophical Society library

One Year on the Magdalena River: Titian Ramsay Peale II in Colombia

October 14, 2020

Columbia Glacier Lines of Recession 1980-2005, 51”x60, 2011

Art and the Climate Crisis

September 23, 2020

SECOND LINE Scratchboard, 16 x 20,Kate Samworth

Artist and Illustrator: Kate Samworth

September 9, 2020

ASE works on display.

Annual Student Exhibition

Annual Student Exhibition Member Preview

September 11, 2020

Edna Cooke Shoemaker illustration

Edna Cooke Shoemaker

August 19, 2020

Exterior of PAFA's Historic Landmark Building.

Member Preview Days

September 6, 2020

Exterior of PAFA's Historic Landmark Building.

Member Preview Days

September 5, 2020

Exterior of PAFA's Historic Landmark Building.

Member Preview Days

September 4, 2020

Exterior of PAFA's Historic Landmark Building.

Member Preview Days

September 3, 2020

Book cover of Restless Enterprise: The Art and Life of Eliza Pratt Greatorex

Centennial Woman: Eliza Greatorex

August 12, 2020

Nicholas Lokhoff, Russian Painter Living in Florence Violet Oakley

The Life of Nicholas Lokhoff

August 26, 2020

Instructor Toni Rosati with his prints

Continuing Education

History of the Printed Image

Dynamite, Edna Andrade, Estate of Edna Andrade, courtesy of Locks Gallery, Philadelphia

Movement and Mindfulness

staircase in the historic landmark building

PAFA Board Action Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

Today, PAFA Board’s Executive Committee announced the creation of a special committee to recommend changes that will ensure that PAFA is a truly diverse and inclusive learning environment.

July 1, 2020

Instructor Stuart Shils with his paintings

Continuing Education

Reframing the Ordinary with Stuart Shils

July 10, 2020–July 12, 2020

HLB wall texture

An Apology and a Commitment to the PAFA Community

President & CEO, Dr. David R. Brigham, follows up on his June 20 message to the PAFA community.

June 25, 2020

Image of the Mastodon

Peale, Humboldt, and the Mastodon

Benjamin Franklin, David Martin, 1767

The Visual Context of Benjamin Franklin

exterior view of PAFA campus

A Message from PAFA President & CEO Dr. David R. Brigham

PAFA President & CEO, Dr. David R. Brigham, writes to address the concerns expressed by some members of our PAFA community, which were outlined in a news article published by Billy Penn.

June 20, 2020

Sanford Bigger's Many Waters (2019)

Notes on the Politics of Representation in Black Art History

Din Avec la Main Dans le Miroir, Mickalene Thomas, 2008

The History of African American Art | The Contemporary Scene: African-American Art and the Diaspora

We Came to America, from the series; "The American Collection" Faith Ringgold, 1997

The History of African American Art | The Black Arts Movement: Art and Politics

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