School of Fine Arts

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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Linda Gist
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Nature in Autumn: Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits in Watercolor (In-Person) with Linda Gist

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RA Friedman
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Portrait in Pencil Workshop (In-Person) with RA Friedman

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James Toogood, Mixed Emotions
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Watercolor Workshop (In-Person) with James Toogood

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torso sculpture
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | The Torso in Clay Workshop (In-Person) with Morgan Dummitt

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Printmaking
PAFA Shop Memberships

Intro to Stencil Screen Printing + September Membership

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

Diamond Jubilee: 75th Anniversary of PAFA’s Women’s Committee

Thomas Crawford’s sculpture “Peri at the Gates of Paradise” covered in protective plastic sheeting during construction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

The Philadelphia Inquirer | A last look at PAFA before all is zipped and spiffed up

"Some say that the greatest piece of art in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the building itself — PAFA’s lavish Victorian structure at Broad and Cherry Streets.

These days, much of its interior is unrecognizable.

PAFA’s grand staircase inside the 1876 building remains…

In the News
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Student Life

Low-Residency MFA Graduation

Elizabeth Osborne

In This Academy: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection

Walter & Leonore Annenberg Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
(dis)Continuity
Exhibition Reception

(dis)Continuity: The Annual Thesis Exhibition for PAFA's Low-Residency MFA

Kristina Bickford
Visiting Artist Program

Kristina Denzel Bickford

Omid Shekari
Visiting Artist Program
Online

Omid Shekari

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Open Studio Night

Summer Low-Residency MFA Open Studio Night

People in the galleries
Continuing Education

Continuing Education Annual Juried Student Exhibition Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony

Matthew Fields
Visiting Artist Program

Matthew Fields

Keith Leitner
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Color Temperature in Painting Workshop (In-Person) with Keith Leitner

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Roger Chavez
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Experimental Drawing Techniques Workshop (In-Person) with Roger Chavez

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Kassem Amoudi
Continuing Education
Online

Weekend Workshop | Spontaneous Abstraction Workshop (Online) with Kassem Amoudi

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Stephanie Beck
Visiting Artist Program
Online

Stephanie Beck

Frederic Kaplan
Continuing Education

Weekend Workshop | Ease into Oil Painting (In-Person) with Frederic Kaplan

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HLB
Special Tours

PAFA Outside/Inside Tour: Uncover the Art & Architecture of America's First Art School and Museum

 

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