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image of the print "Philadelphia Pachamama" by Kukuli Velarde, an 11-color lithograph on paper.

Kukuli Velarde en conversación con Justine Ditto sobre Philadelphia Pachamama

Event graphic with pink retro type reading: Flowers Empower Floral Workshop with Marvin Edwards and Marcellus.

Flowers Empower Floral Workshop

Anne Minich, Vermillion, 1991, mixed media including polychrome wood and metal, 29 ¾ x 20 x 1 ¾

Making Strange: Sacred Imagery and the Self

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Walter & Leonore Annenberg Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Air: 5 a. m. by Jennifer Bartlett
Member Program

Member Tour: Artists as Cultivators

Installation view of Artists as Cultivators looking through a doorway to the Washington Foyer and another doorway

River Towns Magazine | Birthplace of the American Art Museum

River Towns Magazine | Spring 2024
"Birthplace of the American Art Museum" By Patti Zielinski

"The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in Philadelphia, holds a dual distinction as America’s first art school and first museum of fine arts. Inside the museum, visitors will find a world-class…

In the News
Stencil on linen with pulp paint depicting a specimen.

William Villalongo: Myths and Migrations

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Fisher Brooks Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
image of the print "Philadelphia Pachamama" by Kukuli Velarde, an 11-color lithograph on paper.

Kukuli Velarde and Justine Ditto on 'Philadelphia Pachamama'

Installation view of sculptures by John Rhoden

'Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden' Closes April 7 at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) enters the final 10 days of Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden, the first major retrospective celebrating the legacy of Rhoden, a visionary sculptor whose work continues to inspire generations. The exhibition’s final day is Sunday, April 7…

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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is First Cultural Organization in Philadelphia to Join Free Bloomberg Connects App

PHILADELPHIA – March 22, 2024 - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has launched a new digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. PAFA is the first cultural organization in Philadelphia, and one of hundreds around the world…

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Vacation Garden Variation Ruth Fine ARTIST Ruth Fine DATE OF BIRTH (b. 1941) DATE 1967 MEDIUM Color lithograph, ed. 5/5 DIMENSIONS 15 3/4 x 20 in. (40.005 x 50.8 cm.)

Cultivators: Ruth Fine and Allan L. Edmunds In Conversation

Color photograph of John Rhoden posing by a public art sculpture in front of the entrance to the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Inquirer | One of John Rhoden’s Philadelphia sculptures is lost forever. Thankfully, another isn’t.

"You might not know much about John Rhoden’s Nesaika, but you have walked past it every time you have passed Seventh and Arch Streets. The 9-footbronze sculpture, which stands outside the African American Museum in Philadelphia, was dedicated on June 10, 1976, by Mayor Frank L. Rizzo.

Eight days…

In the News
event graphic with a photo of Lori McAlister holding a standing pose on the sidewalk on a bridge featuring decorative iron balustrades and high above a large river and green river banks. Lori has long blond hair and is wearing white jeans and a blue sleeveless top.
Museum After Hours

Yoga in PAFA's Rotunda: From the Outside In with Lori McAlister

event graphic with a photo of Eunmi Chang sitting crosslegged in a leotard in a circle of Tibetan Singing Bowls and crystal bowls and holding a bowl up with one hand at head-height.
Museum After Hours

Yoga in PAFA's Rotunda: Flow and Harmonic Vibrations with Eunmi Chang

Oil on canvas painting featuring buildings in industrial Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Revealed: Unpacking the Attic

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Fisher Brooks Gallery
Frances M. Maguire Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
event title graphic with light rose colored type reading "Yoga in PAFA's Rotunda fea. Dave Hem" against a black background. A close cropped photo of Dave Hem without a shirt and a tattooed right arm, in a praying pose.
Museum After Hours

YOGA in PAFA's Rotunda: 3rd Eye Max with Dave Hem

Kiki Smith (American, b. Germany 1954) and John Coletti (American), Light Trail (detail), 2012, a portfolio of 12 prints by Kiki Smith in handmade paper with hand screened paper pulp, polymer intaglio, chine collé, and gold leaf, with a silkscreened poem by John Coletti, 8 ½ x 11 inches each. Edition of 11. Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.
Brodsky Center at PAFA

Open Studio Night at the Brodsky Center at PAFA

Photo of a a team of five people handling heavy equipment to pour molten bronze into molds. Behind the team stand five people looking intently at the pour in front of them.
Special Tours

Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden

Three teenaged students examining the artwork of a peer

Summer Academy In-person Open House 2024

Photo of a a team of five people handling heavy equipment to pour molten bronze into molds. Behind the team stand five people looking intently at the pour in front of them.
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Rhoden's Bronze: Tour & Live Pour

Acrylic on canvas painting in various bright colors depicting a boy holding grapes, a goat, flowers, and the fruit that the boy is weighing.

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

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Fisher Brooks Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Black Eyed Susan, Rana Roosevelt. 2024. Acrylic, 18"x24". Courtesy of the artist
Family Programs

In Bloom: Annual Youth Council Pop-up Show

View of a wooden sculpture on display in an art gallery with a person in the background.

¡Presente! Media | PAFA digitizes 5,000 archives of African-American sculptor John Rhoden

Némesis Mora attended the John Rhoden Catalogue Launch and Symposium and wrote an article for ¡Presente! Media:

"In a remodeled four-story building at 23 Cranberry Street in Brooklyn, New York, 20th-century African-American sculptor John Rhoden lived with his wife, Richanda Rhoden, from the 1960s…

In the News
Hubert Davis, Spring in the Coal Regions, 1944, oil on canvas, 26” x 36”, 1945.2.

Layers of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Appalachian Environment

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Walter & Leonore Annenberg Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
No Synthetic Colors
Member Program

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