School of Fine Arts

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Family Programs

Family Art Day

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Family Programs

Family Art Day

A mother and daughter stand smiling in front of a metallic backdrop, with the young girl sporting a rainbow painted on her forehead, suggesting they’re enjoying a fun face-painting event.
Family Programs

Family Art Day

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Family Programs

Family Art Day

Student painting
Continuing Education

Early Bird Discount

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A vibrant repeating textile pattern in red, cyan, and off-white shows interlocking geometric motifs with stylized human faces featuring red lips and spiky halo-like hair, gray corset- or armor-like forms, and circular sunburst shapes with pink, organic-looking centers.

Threaded Currents

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School of Fine Arts Gallery: Gift of the Women’s Board
Tuttleman Sculpture Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Madison Greiner in her studio surrounded by her oil paintings.
Open Studio Night

Open Studio Night

A butterdish.

30% Cyber Monday Sale at PAFA's Museum Store

Buck Race Car

30% Black Friday Sale at PAFA's Museum Store

Jon Redmond
Visiting Artist Program

Jon Redmond

Robert Pruitt
Visiting Artist Program
Online

Robert Pruitt

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Member Program

Pressed Impressions: Inside PAFA’s Printmaking Studio

Peter Van Dyck
Exhibition Reception

Why This Academy: An Exhibition of Artwork by PAFA Faculty

Peter Van Dyck

Why this Academy: An Exhibition of Artwork by PAFA Faculty

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School of Fine Arts Gallery: Gift of the Women’s Board
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Leigh Werrell
Visiting Artist Program

Leigh Werrell

Hamilton exterior

PAFA and Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and Architecture Announce New Partnership

Philadelphia, PA — September 12, 2025 — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Beginning October 15, Tyler will lease space in PAFA’s Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building, expanding academic…

Press Release
John Greig with others working.
PAFA Shop Memberships

Build Your Own Painting Surface: Wood Shop for Painters

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People standing in an art gallery talking.
Special Events

Art After Dark Happy Hour 

Oil painting titled Garden Before Nancy’s House by Rose Naftulin

PAFA Celebrates 75 Years of Leadership and Legacy: Honoring the Women’s Committee at the 2025 Diamond Jubilee

PHILADELPHIA, PA — September 2, 2025 — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) proudly announces the Diamond Jubilee Celebration honoring the 75th Anniversary of the Women’s Committee, held on September 28, 2025. Since its founding in 1950 the Women’s Committee has played a transformative…

Press Release
RA Friedman
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Advanced Portrait Drawing Workshop (In-Person) with RA Friedman

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Kassem Amoudi
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Color Matters Workshop (Online) with Kassem Amoudi

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James Toogood
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Water, Water, Everywhere: How to Paint Water in All Media (In-Person) with James Toogood

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Colleen O'Donnell
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | The Figure in Clay Workshop (In-Person) with Colleen O'Donnell

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Frederic Kaplan
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Painting Metal and Glass Workshop (In-Person) with Frederic Kaplan

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