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Event graphic with three bio photos of the soloists. On the left is a photo of Willa Finck, who is light-skinned with long brown wavy hair and the neck of the violin is resting on the right shoulder. On the right is a bio photo of Bob Cafaro who is light skinned with short brown wavy hair, holding the neck of a cello. Bob is posing outdoors with a lake in the background. The far right image of a portrait of Ren Martin-Doike taken from above> Ren is a very fair-skinned person with straight black hair.

Sunday Serenades: Ren Martin-Doike

Event graphic with three bio photos of the soloists. On the left is a photo of Willa Finck, who is light-skinned with long brown wavy hair and the neck of the violin is resting on the right shoulder. On the right is a bio photo of Bob Cafaro who is light skinned with short brown wavy hair, holding the neck of a cello. Bob is posing outdoors with a lake in the background. The far right image of a portrait of Ren Martin-Doike taken from above. Ren is a very fair-skinned person with straight black hair.

Sunday Serenades - Bob Cafaro

Event graphic with three bio photos of the soloists. On the left is a photo of Willa Finck, who is light-skinned with long brown wavy hair and the neck of the violin is resting on the right shoulder. On the right is a bio photo of Bob Cafaro who is light skinned with short brown wavy hair, holding the neck of a cello. Bob is posing outdoors with a lake in the background. The far right image of a portrait of Ren Martin-Doike taken from above> Ren is a very fair-skinned person with straight black hair.

Sunday Serenades - Willa Finck

Photograph of HLB grand staircase and Washington Foyer.
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Making A Landmark

Photograph of HLB grand staircase and Washington Foyer.
Special Tours

Making A Landmark

Photograph of HLB grand staircase and Washington Foyer.
Special Tours

Making A Landmark

Anna Bogatin Ott standing in front of a painting hung on the wall.

“I just want to share beauty and be who I am…” | Art as Experience with Anna Bogatin Ott

Anna Bogatin Ott shares her journey and inspiration, reflecting on her painting "Everglades," influenced by her visit to Everglades National Park after emigrating from the Soviet Union. Her work, now in PAFA's permanent collection, marks her transition from drawing to painting. Bogatin Ott…
Stories
A composite of two color photographs showing aspects of architecture at the Masonic Temple and PAFA. The photo on the left shows the elaborate front entrance of the Masonic Temple, an the photo on the right is an interior of the Historic Landmark Building showing the Washington Foyer.
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Signs, Symbols & Architecture - Tour and Rooftop Reception

Graphic with title of event in green and rainbow letters featuring a duo-tone (pink & white) photographic portrait of a muscular person wearing a sculptured flower crown made mostly of sunfowers covering most of their face but a showing the mouth and beard.
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Flowers Empower PRIDE - What's Your Flower?

Photo of 122nd Annual Student Exhibition Preview Party
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Member Tour: Annual Student Exhibition

Photo of 122nd Annual Student Exhibition Preview Party
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Member Tour: Annual Student Exhibition

Graphic with movie title, and info set against a closeup image of one hand holding a small paintbrush and a second hand holding a small shallow container. The image is toned with blues and greens.

Screening: Nothing in the Way of Beauty

Sofia Sierra ASE Image
Art At Noon
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Celebrate the ASE: Undergraduate Students

Annie Thompson ASE Installation
Art At Noon
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Celebrate the ASE: Graduate Students

CE Opening Reception

Continuing Education Annual Juried Student Exhibition

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School of Fine Arts Gallery: Gift of the Women’s Board
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Maggie Bosco (MFA 2023), Arch on Broad, 2023, 48 x 60 in., oil on linen, photographed by Adrian Cubillas.

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Opens its Annual Student Exhibition, Showcasing nearly 1000 Student Artworks

PHILADELPHIA – May 3, 2024 - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) opens its 123rd Annual Student Exhibition (ASE), a capstone exhibition celebration of the Academy’s student artists. A unique chance to view and purchase works by the art world’s emerging talents, ASE opens with the Previe…

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Image: Miriam Schapiro, Renewal, 1995, Mixed media collage of acrylic and fabric on canvas, Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter
Art At Noon
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Miriam Schapiro: Patterns of Influence

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
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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'

 

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