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PAFA Acquires 

Ocean Without 

a Shore Video 

Installation by 

Bill Viola 

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News from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 

We’re Having a Party and Philadelphia is Invited! 

PAFA’s Party on the Plaza, Saturday, October 1 

PAFA’s long-awaited civic space Lenfest Plaza is now complete. 

This beautifully designed space unifies PAFA’s Historic 

Landmark Building and the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building into 

a spectacular Center City campus. It will serve as a destination 

for arts audiences and Pennsylvania Convention Center 

visitors, and provide a starting point for Philadelphia’s famed 

Museum Mile. 

In celebration of the grand opening of this new jewel in the 

City’s cultural landscape, please join us for PAFA’s Party on the 

Plaza. The party is scheduled to begin at noon and will last long 

into the night. The defining moment of the day’s festivities will 

be at sunset with the inaugural lighting of Paint Torch, a sculpture 

by world-renowned American artist Claes Oldenburg. 

The installation of Oldenburg’s towering 53-foot high sculpture 

in the form of an illuminated paintbrush will make Philadelphia 

home to four large-scale public sculptures by the artist, 

more than any other city in the world. 

PAFA will present works by other artists in a second space 

on the plaza for rotating displays. At the event, PAFA will unveil 

Grumman Greenhouse, a sculpture crafted from a decommissioned 

U.S. warfare aircraft by PAFA alumnus and Philadelphia 

artist Jordan Griska. 

“We look forward to welcoming the community to Lenfest 

Plaza to celebrate this new civic space and the works of 

public art that will enhance the city’s landscape,” says David 

R. Brigham, PAFA’s President and CEO. “The opening of the 

plaza gives PAFA an extraordinary opportunity to provide a 

new arts-focused gathering place that will invite visitors to our 

museum and school, while enhancing PAFA’s role as a cultural 

destination for regional and national visitors.” 

Designed by Philadelphia-based, internationally renowned 

landscape architecture firm OLIN, led by project architect and 

OLIN partner David A. Rubin, Lenfest Plaza will offer an inviting 

space for visitors to Philadelphia, city residents, students, museum 

goers and art lovers. The plaza design includes a stage, 

a three-part serpentine bench, mosaic pavers, a platform for 

temporary sculpture, plantings, displays, lighting, and tables for 

outdoor dining. “As an addition to Philadelphia’s urban fabric, 

Lenfest Plaza accomplishes so many significant goals in the 

continued positive growth of this great city,” says Rubin. 

PAFA’s Party on the Plaza will feature activities and entertainment 

for all ages. Below is the schedule of events: 

The Family Arts Festival: 12 - 6 p.m. 

The afternoon Family Arts Festival will include free art activities 

and other kid-friendly entertainment from noon until 6 p.m. 

PAFA will offer complimentary admission to the Historic Landmark 

Building and free museum tours; the museum’s doors will 

remain open until 5 p.m. Entertainment and a variety of food 

vendors will be on-site throughout the day. 

The Enlightenment: 6:30 - 7 p.m. 

As evening descends, visitors are invited to witness the 

lighting of Claes Oldenburg’s Paint Torch, a 53-foot paintbrush 

marking the start of Philadelphia’s Museum Mile, and the 

unveiling PAFA alumnus Jordan Griska’s sculpture Grumman 

Greenhouse. This is a free once in a lifetime event! Scheduled 

guests include Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, The Honorable 

Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, and 

Claes Oldenburg. 

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Faculty 

Spotlight: 

Dufala Brothers 

(Continued on page 12) 

Rendering courtesy of OLIN. 

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PAFA in 

Pictures 

fall 2011 

HERE 

What is the role of “place” in art? 

Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building 

October 22 – December 31, 2011 

Member Reception: Friday, October 21, 

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 

Occupying two floors of PAFA’s Hamilton Building, 

HERE is an exhibition that considers how “place” is not 

simply the geographic locality where an artist lives and 

works but also the juice of lived experience—the subject 

matter, material, concepts and freedoms that this space 

provides. Recognizing how place influences and infiltrates 

each artist’s work in diverse and complicated ways, 

HERE explores how a sense of place exists in the work of 

artists from six particular regions—Philadelphia, Cincinnati, 

Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Detroit and Kansas City. 

Continuing PAFA’s historical commitment to redefining 

what constitutes American art, HERE looks toward 

Jennifer Levonian, Still image from The Oven Sky (detail), 2011, Cut-out animation using watercolor and collage, Video 4 min 45 

sec, Music by Rachel Mason, Photo courtesy of the artist and Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia 

artists and curators who work in the regions, discussing 

how the work of art is saturated with the artist’s concrete 

experience of place, and giving voice to regionally based 

practices that disclose this influence in a variety of ways. 

For instance, in Scott Hocking’s works a sense of place 

can be found in the glimpses of Detroit that appear in his 

photographs, while in Arizona collective Postcommodity’s 

video installations it is found in references to Native American 

ritual and history. Kansas artist Michael Kruger refers 

to hippy culture in Lawrence, while North Carolina artist 

Glenda Wharton’s animated film paints childhood dreams 

that allude to the segregated South. In HERE, place appears 

in many guises, whether expressed directly in the 

freedoms a space affords, the subject matter it provides, 

or the material and conceptual needs that it satisfies. 

Selected by PAFA’s Curator of Contemporary Art, Julien 

Robson, and five guest curators, HERE challenges the 

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Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the 

Fine Arts (PAFA) is America’s first school and museum 

of fine arts. A recipient of the 2005 National Medal of 

Arts presented by the President of the United States, 

PAFA is a recognized national leader in fine arts education. 

Nearly every major American artist has taught, 

studied, or exhibited at the Academy. The institution’s 

world-class collection of American art continues to grow 

and provides what only a few other art institutions in 

the world offer: the rare combination of an outstanding 

museum and extraordinary faculty known for its commitment 

to students and for the stature and quality of its 

artistic work. 

David R. Brigham, President & Chief Executive Officer 

John J. Berg, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration 

Marsha Braverman, Executive Vice President of Marketing & Communication 

Jeffrey Carr, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs 

Melissa A. DeRuiter, Executive Vice President of Development 

Stanislaus Greidus, Vice President of Admissions & Financial Aid 

Harry Philbrick, The Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum 

Anne Stassen, Dean of Student Affairs 

Preview is published three times a year by PAFA for alumni, friends, 

faculty, staff, and students. 

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For comments or questions, contact Heike Rass, Public Relations Manager, at 

hrass@pafa.org. 

Board of Trustees 

Kevin F. Donohoe, Chair 

Herbert S. Riband, Jr., Esq., Vice Chair & Secretary 

Thomas N. Pappas, Vice Chair 

James C. Biddle, Vice Chair 

Thomas L. Bennett, CFA, Treasurer 

Anne E. McCollum, Assistant Secretary 

Roger H. Ballou, Assistant Treasurer 

Gerald P. Barth 

John B. Bartlett, Esq. 

Sally J. Bellet, Esq. 

Max N. Berry, Esq.* 

Karl E. Bupp 

Donald R. Caldwell, Chair Emeritus 

Ken Catanella, CIMA 

Charles E. Chase 

Lynn Nowicki Clarke* 

Jonathan L. Cohen* 

Monica Duvall-Dilella, M.D. 

Paulett Eberhart 

Robert A. Fisk 

John A. Fry 

Edward T. Harvey 

Anthony A. Ibargüen 

Marguerite Lenfest 

Francis J. Leto 

Winston I. Lowe, Esq. 

Honorary 

Dorrance H. Hamilton 

Emeritus 

Robert L. Byers, Sr. 

Barbara L. Greenfield, Chair, 

Emeritus Trustees 

Samuel J. Savitz 

William A. Slaughter, Esq. 

Richard E. Woosnam 

Frances M. Maguire* 

Frank Martucci* 

Francis P. Newell., Esq. 

James E. O’Neill, Esq. 

Steven K. Ritter 

Gretchen E. Roede 

Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq.* 

William Rulon-Miller 

Steven L. Sanders 

William H. Schorling, Esq. 

Alfred R. Shands, III* 

Carole Price Shanis 

Henry B. du P. Smith 

Martha McGeary Snider 

Julie D. Spahr 

Barbara A. Sylk 

Robert M. Turner 

Debora C. Zug 

*National Trustee 

Ex officio 

Al Gury, Faculty Representative 

James J. Lynes, President of 

Alumni Association 

Alicia A. Sterling, President of 

Women’s Board 

Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer 

City of Philadelphia 

Ahmeenah Young, President & CEO 

of the Pennsylvania Convention 

Center 

Photo: Susan Beard Design 

Photo: Hinda Schuman 

Letter from the President 

Lenfest Plaza is a reality. More 

than a decade ago, PAFA’s Board 

under the leadership of Donald 

Caldwell envisioned a pedestrian 

plaza that would unite our two buildings 

into a campus and serve as a 

destination. In 1999, an ordinance 

was drafted by City Councilman 

Darrell Clarke to close Cherry Street 

between Broad and Carlisle Streets. 

However, eliminating that short 

stretch of Cherry Street was not 

practical as long as it was a through street. In 2003, Gerry and 

Marguerite Lenfest made an extraordinary pledge of support 

for this project, making the project feasible if the street closure 

could be accomplished. 

The expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center 

closed Cherry Street on the east side of Broad, directly opposite 

PAFA. Now that Cherry was no longer an important artery, 

at the end of 2009 Councilman Clarke led his bill through City 

Council, which quickly approved the proposal. Throughout 

the process, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter gave his full 

support and the City added generous financial assistance to 

the project as part of its larger effort to enhance the pedestrian 

friendliness of Center City. 

PAFA’s Building Committee, chaired by Kevin Donohoe, 

mounted a design competition and the world renowned landscape 

architecture firm OLIN was chosen, with partner and 

Rome Prize-winning architect David Rubin leading the team. 

In a space just 200 by 40 feet, Rubin and his colleagues have 

created an elegant urban plaza that invites visitors to congre- 

gate, look at art, participate in arts programming, and enjoy 

fine dining. 

Also in 2009, the internationally famed sculptor Claes 

Oldenburg accepted PAFA’s invitation to create a site-specific 

work for Lenfest Plaza. His fifty-three-foot high Paint Torch is 

a brilliant solution, as it meets the ground with a brush handle 

that is just a foot in diameter at that point. The architectural 

scale is dramatic, while the slender profile keeps the plaza 

open and inviting. The giant paintbrush will become an icon for 

PAFA and the City. While the brush is a clear reference to our 

creative mission, the illuminated torch-bristles evoke Philadelphia’s 

role in the founding of our nation. 

At the west end of the Plaza, PAFA alumnus Jordan Griska 

(’08) will site the first temporary sculpture on the oval platform. 

His Grumann Greenhouse is a twenty-five foot high found 

object sculpture. Through its repurposing of a military aircraft 

and introduction of self-sustained plant environments, Griska 

creates a modern Cincinnatus metaphor of swords hammered 

into ploughshares. 

The Plaza will not really feel complete until October 1 when 

we dedicate it with the daylong celebration, PAFA’s Party 

on the Plaza. Ranging from family activities to a dedication 

ceremony, dinner, and dance party, we will serve the spectrum 

of our friends and patrons. I hope to see you there! 

David R. Brigham 

President & Chief Executive Officer 

PAFA Announces New Board Leadership 

The trustees of the Pennsylvania 

Academy of the Fine Arts 

announced after a dynamic and 

successful 15-year term, Donald 

R. Caldwell has stepped down as 

Chair of PAFA’s Board of Trustees 

on June 30, 2011, the end of 

the Academy’s fiscal year. He is 

succeeded by PAFA Trustee and 

Vice-Chair and Treasurer Kevin 

F. Donohoe, who assumed the 

Kevin F. Donohoe, PAFA Chair 

chairmanship on July 1, 2011. As 

Emeritus Chair, Mr. Caldwell will 

remain an active member of the Board, co-chairing Bacchanal 

2011, Philadelphia’s premier wine and auction event that has 

raised over $3 million to help fund student scholarships and 

education programs at PAFA. 

“Being involved in the growth of this remarkable institution 

has enriched my life in every aspect,” says Donald R. Caldwell. 

“As we move forward into a new era for PAFA, it is with the 

highest level of enthusiasm that I welcome Kevin Donohoe as 

my successor. He cares deeply about PAFA’s mission and is 

committed to the Academy’s continued leadership role in the 

cultural life of this community.” 

Founder and chairman of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, 

Inc., Donald R. Caldwell has been integral to PAFA’s ongoing 

growth and continued success, spearheading the Academy’s 

$35 million building and renovation campaign, as well as the 

$7.5 million Lenfest Plaza project. In 2006, Mr. Caldwell, on 

behalf of PAFA, teamed with the Philadelphia Museum of Art 

to raise $68 million for the purchase of Eakins’s Gross Clinic, 

currently on view in PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building. Under 

Mr. Caldwell’s direction, PAFA began its first program of liberal 

arts instruction, established a Chair and Department of Liberal 

Arts, and won State Department of Education approval of its 

first in-house Academy Bachelor of Fine Arts undergraduate 

degree program. 

“Donald Caldwell’s tenure as Board Chair spanned a period 

of remarkable expansion and change for the institution, “ says 

David R. Brigham, PAFA’s President & CEO. “Don directed 

PAFA on a transformative course to secure PAFA’s position as 

a cultural leader both regionally and nationally. We owe him an 

enormous debt of gratitude. We now look to Kevin Donohoe, 

who worked closely with Don, for leadership to meet the new 

challenges as we move forward.” 

Since joining PAFA’s Board of Trustees in 1991, Kevin F. 

Donohoe, CEO of The Kevin F. Donohoe Company, Inc., has 

served as Chair of the Finance as well as the Building and 

Facilities committees. As the Board’s Vice-Chair and Treasurer, 

Mr. Donohoe has been working closely with Mr. Caldwell over 

the last 15 years. In these capacities, he oversaw the renovation 

of PAFA’s Hamilton Building and put into place many of 

the policies that have strengthened the institution’s financial 

stability. Notably, PAFA has posted seven consecutive balanced 

budgets and maintained full employment throughout the 

recession. 

“Don’s stewardship marks a compelling chapter in PAFA’s 

history,” remarks Kevin Donohoe. “Following in his footsteps is 

a tremendous inspiration. I look forward to guiding the Board at 

a time of unprecedented strength and vitality, further expanding 

the Academy’s audience and reach.” 

Kevin Donohoe supports various civic and cultural nonprofit 

organizations. He is a Trustee of The Franklin Institute 

and serves as Chair of its Finance Committee, and is a former 

Board member of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Mr. Donohoe 

is a Board member of the Dragonfly Forest, a member of The 

Urban Land Institute, and The Philadelphia Presidents’ Organization, 

World Presidents’ Organization and Chief Executives’ 

Organization. He has served as an adjunct faculty member of 

the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. 

In addition, PAFA announced the re-election of Herbert S. 

Riband, Jr., Esq. as Vice Chair and Secretary and Thomas N. 

Pappas and James C. Biddle as Vice Chairs. Current trustee 

Thomas L. Bennett, CFA, has become Board Treasurer. Reelected 

for a new term and serving as officers are Roger H. 

Ballou, Assistant Treasurer and Anne E. McCollum, Assistant 

Secretary. 

Other trustees re-elected are Gerald P. Barth, Robert A. 

Fisk, John A. Fry, Marguerite Lenfest, William Rulon-Miller, Martha 

McGeary Snider, and Lynn Nowicki Clarke as a National 

trustee. 

PAFA welcomed eight new members to the Board of 

Trustees. They are: 

Karl E. Bupp – Executive Vice President, Henson Group 

Ken Catanella, CIMA – Senior Vice President-Investments 

Institutional Consultant, UBS Institutional Consulting, 

The Catanella Group 

Monica Duvall-DiLella, M.D. – Penn Family Care at 

St. Leonard Court 

Paulett Eberhart – President & CEO, CDI Corporation 

Edward T. Harvey – Senior Advisor, Dominus Capital, L.P. 

James E. O’Neill, Esq. – Attorney, Pachulski Stangg Ziel 

& Jones 

Steven K. Ritter – Partner, KPMG LLP 

Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq. – Partner, Sullivan & 

Cromwell, LLP (National Trustee)

Photo: Kira Perov 

PAFA Acquires Ocean Without a Shore Video Installation by Bill Viola 

Historic Landmark Building, Morris Gallery 

November 19, 2011 – Ongoing 

Curator: Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art 

PAFA is proud to 

announce the presentation 

of Ocean Without 

a Shore (2007), a 

major video installation 

by internationally 

acclaimed artist Bill 

Viola and a significant 

new addition to the 

museum’s collection. 

Exhibited in the United 

States for the first 

time, this masterpiece 

Bill Viola 

of the genre, can be 

viewed, admission 

free, from November 19th onward, in the Morris 

Gallery of PAFA’s Furness-Hewitt Building. 

Originally shown in the 15th century Church 

of the Oratorio San Gallo, in Venice, Italy, Ocean 

Without a Shore is a complete sensory environment 

that combines a reverence for the traditions 

of figuration and realism in Western art with new 

and cutting edge technology. Employing three 

large monitors, its imagery revolves around single 

figures emerging out of darkness. Approaching 

slowly from behind an invisible wall of rushing 

water, they appear hazy and ethereal in grainy 

gray tones, and as they come closer they touch 

the unseen barrier, making it visible as a powerful 

broken torrent. Stepping through this wall of water 

By Anna O. Marley, Curator of Historical 

American Art 

As a companion to the nationally touring 

2012 exhibition Henry Ossawa Tanner: 

Modern Spirit, PAFA and the University of 

California Press are proud to publish a major 

volume of essays with the same title, presenting 

a complex overview of the pioneering 

African American artist Henry O. Tanner 

(1859-1937), a student at the Pennsylvania 

Academy from 1879 to 1885. The most 

complete scholarly publication on Tanner, the 

book contains the work of scholars—French 

and American, senior and emerging, art his- 

they transform into full color, brought to life before 

us and made present and real only, after a while, 

to return into the void. Involving 24 people, this 

process repeats seamlessly. 

Inspired by the writings of Senegalese poet 

Birago Diop, Viola’s work takes its title from 

Andalusian Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi, who wrote, “The 

Self is an ocean without a shore. Gazing upon 

it has no beginning or end, in this world and the 

next.” A profound and moving work of art whose 

simple structure belies its complex conceptual 

underpinnings, Ocean Without a Shore expresses 

this sentient self and its manifold rites of passage. 

Bathing the viewer in a sensorium of light and 

sound, it inspires us to reflect upon fundamental 

ideas about love, hope, sorrow, anxiety, being, 

death, and regeneration. 

Talking about Ocean Without a Shore, Bill Viola 

states: “Presented as a series of encounters at 

the intersection between life and death, the video 

sequence documents a succession of individuals 

slowly approaching out of darkness and moving 

into the light in order to pass into the physical 

world. Once incarnate, however, all beings realize 

that their presence is finite and so they must 

eventually turn away from material existence to 

return from where they came. The cycle repeats 

without end.” 

The Morris Gallery is open during regular 

museum hours and is free to the public. 

PAFA Offers Most Complete 

Scholarly Publication to Date 

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit 

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), A Mosque in Cairo, 1897Oil on canvas, 9 ½ x 13 in., William M. 

Lewis, Jr. and Carol Sutton Lewis. Photo credit: Joshua Nefsky 

torical and interdisciplinary—who explore the many facets of Tanner’s life and career. 

Seeking to place Tanner in the context of other black artists, Olivier Meslay examines those 

black artists working in Paris before Tanner’s arrival while Richard Powell surveys the subsequent 

generations of African American artists whom Tanner impacted. Tanner’s expatriate experience is 

the focus of four essays: Marc Simpson’s intensive study of the painting that established Tanner’s 

international reputation, The Raising of Lazarus; Tyler Stovall’s interdisciplinary essay on African 

American expatriates in Parisian culture; Jean-Claude Lesage’s presentation of the deep influence 

upon Tanner’s work of his thirty-four years traveling and living in northern France; and Adrienne 

Childs’ discussion of Tanner’s unique perspective on North Africa. The catalogue also features 

chapters on Tanner and religion. Marcus Bruce explores the relationship of Tanner’s paintings 

and his religious identity, Robert Cozzolino considers Tanner’s religious imagery in the context 

of fin-de-siecle Symbolism in Europe, Hélène Valance analyzes Tanner’s “nocturnes” and their 

relation to contemporary innovations in science and technology, and Alan Braddock proposes 

Tanner’s navigation of the Judeo-Christian religious identity as “the beginning of the end of race.” 

In a section devoted to Tanner’s style and techniques, Michael Leja examines the relationship 

of Tanner’s paintings to mass visual culture, and scholars Brian Baade, Amber-Kerr Allison and 

Jennifer Giaccai of the Smithsonian Institution discuss the findings of the first technical study of 

Tanner’s experimentation with materials and methods. 

Edited and introduced by Anna O. Marley, the organizing curator of this retrospective, this lavish 

volume expands our understanding of Tanner’s place in art history, showing that his status as a 

painter was deeply influenced by his race but not decided by it. 

To purchase an advance copy of the catalogue for yourself or as a gift for a friend visit 

PORTFOLIO at the Pennsylvania Academy® in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. Retail prices: 

hard cover edition $65 ($58.50 for members), soft cover edition $39.95 ($35.96). You can also 

order online at www.pafa.org/shop. 

Bill Viola, Ocean Without a Shore, 2007, High-Definition color video triptych, two 65” plasma screens, one 103” screen mounted vertically, six loudspeakers (three pairs stereo sound), 

Room dimensions variable, Performer: Melina Bielefelt Photo: Kira Perov 

Hennessy Youngman & Nathaniel Snerpus 

Present: The Grand Manner 

Historic Landmark Building 

November 5, 2011 – February 4, 2012 

Curator: Julien Robson, 

Curator of Contemporary Art 

The Morris Gallery Program continues, wandering 

upstairs into the galleries of PAFA’s Furness-Hewitt 

Building, with Philadelphia based artist Jayson Musson’s 

presentation of a critical intervention by Hennessy 

Youngman and Nathaniel Snerpus. 

In The Grand Manner, Musson’s Hip-hop art commentator 

Hennessy Youngman—whose “Art Thoughtz” 

Hennessy Youngman 

videos have gone viral on the web—applies his sharp 

witted cultural analysis to artworks in PAFA’s collection. While viewers listen to Youngman’s 

take on American art history and art institutions, through both cell-phone self-guided 

tours and videos situated in the galleries, Musson will also arrange for his art critic-atlarge, 

Nathaniel Snerpus, to give a critical art historical perspective on both paintings and 

architecture. New large-scale didactic labels written by Snerpus will make works in the 

collection accessible to the broadest range of museum visitors. 

Although best known through his popular web presence as Hennessy Youngman, 

Jayson Musson has been previously visible in the public domain through a column called 

Black Like Me that he wrote during 2007 for Philadelphia Weekly. He recently presented 

his work in a solo show at Marginal Utility gallery in Philadelphia. Born in the Bronx, 

Musson studied at the University of the Arts, receiving a BFA in photography in 2002, and 

at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with an MFA in painting in 2011. 

Leading support is provided by the William Penn Foundation. 

PAFA’s special exhibitions in 2011-12 are supported by generous contributions from 

Max N. Berry, Esq, Donald R. Caldwell, and Jonathan L. Cohen. 

International Symposium: African-American Art 

and France: In Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Footsteps 

Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France 

November 9-10, 2011 

Using the career of Henry Ossawa Tanner as a starting point, this study day will explore 

the century-long history of African American art and France, asking how racial and cultural 

identities interplayed with transatlantic exchanges from fin-de-siècle cosmopolitanism into 

the post-colonial age. A panel of international speakers including Renée Ater, Anna Lafont, 

Richard Powell, Marc Simpson, Sarah Wilson, and Elvan Zabunyan will discuss the work of 

artists traveling to Paris specifically and France more generally. Call Monica Zimmerman, 

Assistant Director of Museum Education, at 215-972-2105. 

Organized by the Musée d’Orsay and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with 

funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art. 

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Photos: Linda Johnson Photos: Linda Johnson 

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USArtists American 

Fine Art Show and Sale 


Preview Gala: Thursday, September 22, 5 - 9 p.m. 

Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24, 

11 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily 

Sunday, September 25, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. 

At USArtists 2010, Paul Gratz, owner of Gratz Gallery & Conservation 

Studio, Doylestown, PA, discusses art with a client. 

The Women’s Board is sponsoring the 19th year of 

USArtists, the show and sale of over 2,000 works of 

American art, and the second year the show will be held 

at PAFA, making it the only major American art fair to be 

held within a museum. An overview of American art from 

colonial to contemporary, USArtists has long been considered 

a “must see” for serious collectors. Nearly 40 of 

the country’s most prestigious dealers are invited to bring 

their finest works. Selected dealers will present ten- 

minute talks as part of the ongoing effort to help develop 

new collectors’ knowledge and enrich the USArtists 

experience for all attendees. 

The Preview Gala launches the event on Thursday, 

September 22, 5 – 9 p.m. and New Collectors Night 

is Friday, September 23, 5:30 – 8 p.m. The Preview 

Gala attracts the most serious collectors as it offers the 

first opportunity to view and purchase from the dealers’ 

collections and includes an elegant cocktail reception and 

light buffet. If you are new to the world of fine art collecting, 

you can begin your journey at New Collectors Night. 

This event provides an opportunity to talk with the dealers 

while enjoying a light buffet and a Beer and Chocolate 

Tasting courtesy of Betty’s Speakeasy and Yards Brewing 

Company, both of Philadelphia. 

Tickets for the Preview Gala, New Collectors Night, and 

General Admission are available for purchase online at 

www.usartists.org or by phone (215-972-0550). 

Proceeds from USArtists support student scholarships 

at PAFA. 

Dealer Talks, free with general admission, take place 

Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24, at noon, 1, 2, 

3, and 4 p.m. 

For the first time, you can now find us on Facebook at 

facebook.com/usartistsfineart, and follow us on twitter 

@usartistsphilly. For more information and links to 

facebook and twitter, please visit www.usartists.org. 

Questions? Contact Patty Castner, Director of the 

Women’s Board: 215-972-0550 or pcastner@pafa.org. 

At USArtists 2010, Al Gury, Chair of the Department of Painting at PAFA, 

discusses painting processes with Audrey Hall and Tim Dixon of Dixon- 

Hall Fine Art, Phoenixville, PA. 

Photos: Barbara Katus 

From the Desk of the Museum Director 

This, to me, is still a very new desk 

- I have only had the pleasure of sitting 

at it since March 1st. Then I was 

still coming back and forth from New 

York; my family and I just settled into 

Philadelphia in June. In my brief tenure 

here I have learned a great deal 

about this amazing place, although 

I am acutely aware that, with more 

than 200 years of history, this is a 

learning process that will never end. 

Coming from a non-collecting 

museum focused exclusively on 

contemporary art there are many 

aspects of my job that are new to me, 

particularly the care, conservation, 

and growth of our amazing collection. 

More on that in a moment. What is 

familiar to me is the creative buzz that 

surrounds PAFA – my background 

is that of an artist turned educator 

turned curator turned administrator. 

At the heart of my career is a 

deep and profound respect for, and 

belief in, artists. Their creativity, often 

messy, sometimes too controlling, 

sometimes too loose, or too provocative, 

or perplexing, is at the core of PAFA’s founding, and its 

storied and sometimes perilous journey through the 19th, 20th, 

and now 21st century. PAFA is in a place of great strength 

now - thanks to the good work of my predecessor in this job, 

David Brigham, and the Board, faculty, and staff. 

We still have much to do. 

One of our challenges is also one of our greatest assets, our 

incredible Frank Furness building. Part gallery, part church, 

part factory, part greenhouse, our Historic Landmark Building is 

one of the greatest places on the planet in which to look at art. 

In the long term we look to the maintenance and restoration of 

our beloved building, particularly as the centenary of Furness’s 

death approaches in 2012. You can see from this view of the 

space above the gallery skylights (photo below left) what a 

The Attic, Historic Landmark Building, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine 

Arts, Philadelphia, 2009 

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1876 

Paul Metrinko, A Picture Contest, 2011, Oil on linen, 64 x 144”, Judith McGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy Annual Student Exhibition, 2011.7a&b 

complex building this is, with its mix of 19th and 20th century 

technologies. 

Our immediate challenge is to encourage more people to 

walk through our doors, which, to contemporary eyes, can 

seem small and uninviting. In time we’ll be unveiling new signage 

and banners to make our invitation clearer. Eventually we 

will be introducing art to the exterior of our building to make our 

presence as a place for art more pronounced. This is a return 

to how the building was in the 19th century, when a marble 

statue graced the plinth above our main entrance. 

Our collection continues to grow, and one of my first official 

duties was to select, along with my colleague Dean Jeffrey Carr 

the recipient of the Judith MacGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize, 

an annual purchase award from the Annual Student Exhibition. 

We settled on a two-panel painting by Paul Metrinko, A 

Picture Contest, which was painted on site on North Carlisle 

Street, at the back of the Hamilton building. From the first day 

I arrived here I watched Paul work on his large canvasses as 

the construction of our new Lenfest Plaza proceeded around 

him. Paul is, like so many of his peers here at PAFA, a talented 

and focused artist, which was plain to see as he worked and 

reworked sections of the canvas, moving figures and cars and 

fences and bicycles as his composition evolved. 

Not only did he create a wonderful painting, he marked 

a particular moment in the long life of PAFA’s continuing 

evolution. 

Please stop in and see for yourself! 

Harry Philbrick 

The Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum 

Photos: Frederick Gutekunst

Photo: Barbara Katus 

Now there are more reasons than ever to be a Member at PAFA! 

USArtists American Fine Art 

Show & Sale 


Friday, September 23 - Sunday, September 25 

Don’t forget, members receive complimentary 

admission to USArtists with their membership 

cards. 

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Architecture Tours 


Friday, September 23 and 

Saturday, September 24 at 3 p.m. daily 

Extend your USArtists: American Fine Art 

Show & Sale experience by exploring the 

architecture and newly expanded campus of 

the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 

Discover and learn about the beauty of the 

Historic Landmark Building, built in the 1870s 

by architects Frank Furness and George W. 

Hewitt, which is considered one of the finest 

surviving examples of Victorian Gothic 

architecture in America. This docent led tour 

will discuss the interior and exterior elements 

that make the building itself a work of art, while 

also comparing it to the early 20th century 

design of the Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building, 

which was originally erected as an automobile 

showroom and car storage facility. To register, 

please contact 215-972-2077 or rsvp@pafa.org. 

Your Support Can Make A Difference 

Support PAFA’s Community Outreach Programs 

through United Way 

As United Way Donor Option 

campaigns take place this fall, 

please consider supporting 

PAFA’s community outreach 

programs by directing your United Way gift to PAFA. 

Simply select donor choice number 14015. In 

serving the Greater Philadelphia Region, PAFA engages 

the public through a variety of public programs, some 

designed to enrich the already-interested and others 

aimed at engaging under-served audiences. 

Your support of PAFA’s wide range of public and 

community outreach programs for adults, children, and 

families is greatly appreciated. 

Make a 100% Tax-Deductible Gift to PAFA 

The generosity of members, volunteers, and donors 

is what has allowed PAFA to flourish through the years, 

and we rely on your support to ensure that the next 

generation will benefit from accessible, innovative, and 

inspiring art. We believe that art is significant in all peoples’ 

lives, and your support makes it possible for PAFA 

to offer critically acclaimed exhibitions, cutting-edge arts 

education, and to introduce thousands of children and 

adults to the arts each year through our many public 

education offerings. 

Photo: Sean Tucker 

Telling Tales Family Tour 


Sunday, October 16 at 1 p.m. 

Followed by Family Arts Academy at 2 p.m. 

Members and their families are invited to 

discover narrative paintings that tell stories 

taken from mythology, literature, American 

history, the imagination, and everyday life. Immediately 

following the tour, families are invited 

to participate in a related hands-on art activity 

in the studios as part of PAFA’s Family Arts 

Academy (appropriate for all ages). To register, 

please contact 215-972-2077 or rsvp@pafa.org. 

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HERE Members’ Reception 


Friday, October 21, 

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 

PAFA members and 

their friends are invited 

to a private preview of 

HERE, an exhibition 

presenting new work 

from contemporary 

artists from six regions 

around the United 

States, including 

Philadelphia. Refreshments and light food will 

be provided. 

This event is free for PAFA members, $10 

for pre-registered non-members, and $15 at 

the door. To register for this event, visit www. 

pafa.givezooks.com or contact the Membership 

Office at 215-972-2077 or membership@pafa.org. 

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PAFA After Dark: Season 2 

Members may reserve complimentary tickets 

for the PAFA After Dark 2011-2012 Series. 

Join us on Thursday, October 27 for PAFA 

After Dark: Homegrown and on Thursday, 

December 15 for PAFA After Dark: Collision 

Course. For additional information, please visit 

www.pafa.org/afterdark. 

To register, visit www.pafa.givezooks.com or 

contact the Membership Office at 215-972- 

2077 or membership@pafa.org. 

As we approach the end of the calendar year, 

please consider making a 100% tax-deductible 

gift to PAFA to help us reach our goals. Gifts of all 

sizes are important and help us in our mission to bring 

together artists and the public through exceptional 

teaching programs, a world-class collection of American 

art, major exhibitions, and widely accessible public 

programs. 

In addition to the enclosed gift envelope, we are 

pleased to offer the following giving options: 

By Mail 

Your contributions may be sent to: 

PAFA 

Attn: Development Department 

128 North Broad Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19102 

Online 

Visit www.pafa.org/support to make your secure 

gift online 

Gifts of Stock 

Please contact the Development Department at 

215-972-2077 or giving@pafa.org to arrange a 

stock transfer. 

For questions about ways to make a gift to PAFA, 

contact Cecily Macy, Director of Individual Giving at 

215-972-2597 or cmacy@pafa.org. 

Thank you for your support of PAFA! 

Photo: Colette Seidel 

Molten Mixer 

Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building 

Wednesday, November 2, 6 - 8 p.m. 

Exclusive event for Friend, Patron, and 

Benefactor members 

Learn more about PAFA’s dynamic sculpture 

program. John Greig, School of Fine Arts 

Sculpture Shop Manager, presents examples 

of bronze sculpture from the permanent collection 

in the Sculpture Study Center. Participants 

will then visit the School’s foundry to 

witness a live bronze pour. Light refreshments 

will be served. 

To register, please contact 215-972-2077 

or rsvp@pafa.org. This event is open to Friend, 

Patron, and Benefactor members. Space is 

limited. To upgrade your membership, contact 

the Membership Office at 215-972-2077 or 

membership@pafa.org. 

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18th Annual Holiday Student Print Sale 

and Exclusive Members’ Shopping 

Samuel M. V Hamilton Building 

Friday, December 2 

Members’ Shopping Hour, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. 

Print Sale, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. 

Enjoy an exclusive PAFA member shopping 

hour at PORTFOLIO at the Pennsylvania 

Academy®. Take advantage of your member 

discount, take care of your holiday shopping, 

and support PAFA! 

The same evening, The Printmaking Department 

offers holiday shoppers a unique opportunity 

with its 18th Annual Holiday Student 

Print Sale. The sale features cards, etchings, 

2010 Annual Holiday Student Print Sale 

lithographs, stamp prints, and woodcuts by 

PAFA students as well as demonstrations on 

different printmaking techniques by faculty. 

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PORTFOLIO Members’ Holiday Sale 


Sunday, November 27– Saturday, December 3 

In celebration of the holiday season, members 

receive an additional 10% discount in 

store when shopping in PORTFOLIO. Don’t 

forget – PORTFOLIO stays open until 8:30 

p.m. on Friday, December 2! 

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Give the Gift of PAFA 

Share the gift of PAFA membership this 

holiday season. Gift memberships are available 

at all levels and include a gift box and PAFA 

mug. Gift membersips may be purchased over 

the phone through the Membership Office at 

215-972-2077 or through the PAFA website 

at www.pafa.org/join. 

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Call for Volunteers! 

The Membership Office is looking for a 

group of enthusiastic individuals to serve as 

Membership Volunteers. This group is dedicated 

to providing service to all members and 

visitors in order to enhance the quality of their 

Museum experience. These volunteers sell 

memberships and assist Museum members 

with information at a variety of PAFA programs 

and special events. For more information, contact 

Marianne Maxwell, Membership Manager 

at 215-972-0522 or mmaxwell@pafa.org. 

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Stay in the Loop! 

Each month, PAFA’s electronic newsletter, 

E-Preview, contains the latest PAFA news and 

insider information. To start receiving news and 

event invitations electronically, simply send a 

request via e-mail to membership@pafa.org. 

Please note: PAFA does not share e-mails 

with third parties. 

PAFA’s Education Programs Receive 

EITC Designation Approval 

Companies Can Receive Tax Credit for Gifts to 

PAFA’s Education Programs 

The Educational Improvement Tax Credit program (EITC) 

recognizes companies that give back by supporting innovative 

educational programs that help students learn and succeed. Corporations 

making a contribution towards PAFA’s High School After 

School Studio Arts Program or its K-12 Academy Visit Program 

may be eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 75% of the contribution, 

up to $300,000 per taxable year. 

For more information on PAFA’s eligible education programs, 

or information on how to make a contribution through the EITC 

program, please contact Jessica Lynch, Director of External Affairs 

at 215-972-7639 or jlynch@pafa.org. 

Join PAFA’s Business Partners Program 

PAFA’s Business Partners program provides corporations and 

their employees with the opportunity to join other business leaders 

in demonstrating their commitment to one of the region’s greatest 

cultural resources. For a minimum contribution of $5,000 all 

Business Partners receive preferred pricing on Facilities Rentals 

(including a new happy hour rate), VIP invitations to year-round 

networking and entertainment opportunities, complimentary passes 

to PAFA for employees or entertaining clients, discounts on art 

purchases in the Alumni Sales Gallery, and year-round recognition. 

For more information, contact Jessica Lynch, Director of External 

Affairs, at jlynch@pafa.org or 215-972-7639. 

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Dan Miller Makes a Gift to 

PAFA’s Future 

PAFA alumnus and current Graduate Program Chair, 

Dan Miller, recently committed a planned gift to provide 

endowment funds in support of the Color Woodcut Purchase 

Prize at PAFA. Dan originally established the prize 

in 1986, which is awarded by the Printmaking Faculty 

for a color woodcut print that exhibits outstanding merit. 

Dan’s recent planned gift will ensure the longevity of this 

annual prize awarded during graduation ceremonies. 

PAFA is extremely grateful for this special support of its 

current and future students. 

Did you know that charitable planned gifts can achieve 

both estate tax and income tax savings, allowing you 

to leave assets to your heirs that in many cases are not 

subject to additional taxes? There are many ways a charitable 

planned gift can help your family achieve its financial 

and philanthropic goals, while supporting what matters to 

you most at PAFA. 

To learn more about how to include PAFA in your estate 

plans, or for a personalized illustration of how a charitable 

planned gift to PAFA could benefit you, please contact 

Melissa DeRuiter, Executive Vice President of Development, 

at 215-972-2002 or mderuiter@pafa.org. All 

conversations are kept in strict confidence. 

If you have included PAFA in your estate plans, please 

let us know so we may thank you and recognize you in 

PAFA’s planned giving society. 

PAFA Receives Major 

NEA Grant 

PAFA has been awarded an 

$80,000 grant from the National 

Endowment for the Arts supporting 

two of PAFA’s public engagement 

programs in 2011-2012: 

• Family Arts Academy, a program centered on 90 art 

making workshops for parents and children, held both 

here at PAFA and at community locations, and 

• Academy Visit program offering museum gallery tours 

on several themes for k-12 school groups. The grant 

also helps pay the cost of bus transportation and 

student admission for schools that could otherwise not 

afford those costs. 

These two PAFA programs served approximately 

15,000 individuals in 2010-11. 

Photos: Patricia Maunder 

Participants in Family Arts Academy’s “Creature feature” 

Workshop at PAFA last January. 

PAFA’s Peale Circle: Join Us! 

The Peale Circle is PAFA’s leadership level 

membership group (starting at $1,000) designed 

for American art enthusiasts and connoisseurs 

alike. The Peale Circle offers many 

membership privileges including special discounts, 

invitations to preview receptions before 

membership openings, and many unique events throughout 

the year that explore both historic and contemporary facets 

of American culture. See below for a listing of some of our 

upcoming events. 

Support from the Peale Circle helps PAFA achieve its mission 

to bring together artists and the public through exceptional 

teaching programs, a world-class collection of American art, 

major exhibitions, and widely accessible public programs. 

To join the Peale Circle or to upgrade your membership, 

please contact, Cecily Macy, Director of Individual Giving, at 

215-972-2597, cmacy@pafa.org, or visit www.pafa.org and 

click on Giving and Membership. We would love to welcome 

you as a new Peale Circle member this year! 

Upcoming Peale Circle Events 

HERE Preview Reception 


Friday, October 21, 2011, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 

President’s Dinner, 7:30 p.m. for Peale Circle members 

$2,500 and above 


Scott Hocking , Hephaestus and the Garden of the Gods, Snow, 2010, Archival Pigment Print / Site 

Specific Installationfrom the series Garden of the Gods, 2009-2010, Detroit 

Peale Circle members are invited for a champagne reception 

and private tour of HERE with PAFA’s Curator of Contemporary 

Art, Julien Robson before the members’ opening. Followed 

by the opening reception, Peale Circle members at the Horace 

Pippin Circle level and above are invited to the President’s 

Dinner. 

Chicago! 

Thursday, October 27, - Sunday, October 30, 2011 

(Additional fees apply) 

Join us in The Windy City for art, cuisine and culture! 

Experience private collections, insiders’ tours and sample 

superb cuisine. If you joined us in Seattle last year, you know 

this trip will be fantastic! 

PAFA Receives Two Major Grants for Tanner Exhibition 

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Entrance to the Casbah, 1912, Oil on wood pulp paper mounted 

on canvas, 32 x 26 in., Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN, 1914.02 

A Berks County Idyll 

Friday, November 18, 2011 (Additional fees apply) 

We will explore the county next door! Beginning with a 

continental breakfast at PAFA, we will travel to Reading for a 

private tour of the lovely Reading Public Museum, lunch and a 

private collection tour at the home of Marnie and Peter Carlino 

and a visit to the extraordinary private gallery of George Sullivan, 

dedicated to Annual Student Exhibition Cresson Award 

winners. 

Photo: Linda Johnson 

Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore, Opening Reception 


Friday, November 18, 2011, 6 - 8:30 p.m. 

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit, Preview Reception 


Friday, January 27, 2012, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 

Peale Circle members are invited for a champagne reception 

and private tour of Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit with 

PAFA’s Curator of Historical Art, Dr. Anna O. Marley before the 

members’ opening. 

Palm Beach Art Show 

(Additional fees apply) 

Friday, February 3 - Sunday, February 5, 2012 

The Exelon Foundation recently 

awarded PAFA a grant of $200,000, 

in support of the upcoming exhibition, 

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern 

Spirit, with an additional $50,000 from 

PECO, the local division of Exelon. The 

National Endowment for the Humanities 

awarded a grant of $250,000 towards 

this major retrospective of Tanner’s 

work, as well, which will support costs 

associated with the exhibition, related 

publications, and educational programming. 

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit 

will run from January 27 – April 15, 

2012, and bring together the artist’s 

greatest works for the first time in a 

generation. The exhibition will take 

Make an Even Greater Impact 

through Matching Gifts 

If your employer has a matching gifts program, your 

support of PAFA could be doubled or even tripled. 

Some companies will match contributions from retirees, 

spouses, and directors (past and present). Please see 

your employer’s human resources department for matching 

gift forms and additional information. 

viewers through Tanner’s upbringing; 

his success as an American expatriate 

artist at the highest levels of the 

international art; his role as a leader of 

an artist’s colony in rural France; his 

unique contributions in aid of American 

servicemen to the Red Cross efforts in 

WWI France; his modernist invigoration 

of religious painting; and the scientific 

and technical innovations of the artist’s 

oeuvre.

From the Desk of 

the Dean 

By Jeffrey Carr, Executive Vice President of 

Academic Affairs and Dean of the School 

PAFA is justifiably proud of the long list of distinguished 

graduates of its School. Our museum collections are full 

of them: historic figures such as Charles Demuth and 

Mary Cassatt, as well as recent stars such as Vincent 

Desiderio and Barkley L. Hendricks. 

One of the principle ways PAFA celebrates its alums 

is through exhibitions in our museum. This summer has 

seen a bumper crop of alums in the museum galleries. 

PAFA’s museum hosted a wonderful show of emerging 

artists titled Urbanism: Reimaging the Lived Environment. 

Alumni Steven and Billy Dufala and 2006 MFA graduate 

Amy Walsh exhibited in this show. Amy, who taught in our 

Post-Baccalaureate program last year, created a huge environment 

of cardboard and plastic walls, with peek holes 

that invite you into miniature urban interiors and rooftop 

vistas. The effect is mysterious, magical and evocative of 

nighttime walks in Philadelphia, and poetic glimpses into 

lighted interiors and darkened doorways. 

In the School Gallery, Gift of the Women’s Board was 

an exhibition of two 2010 graduates of the Masters 

program, Katie Dillon and Reza Ghanad. Recipients of 

the prestigious “One Year Out” award while students at 

PAFA, the two alums created an exhibition that demonstrated 

the range and quality of the work of our graduates. 

Reza’s work is a mad cap tour through an artist’s 

mind, with a visual overload of rich visual effects, arcane 

art historic allusion, and mixed media painting techniques. 

Katie Dillon Low exhibited a large hand-made boat that 

manages to be both funny and disturbing; a ship of fools 

metaphor with an empty table, the preparations for a long 

voyage, and an empty birdcage from which the dove 

has flown. 

The work of these five artists has all the hallmarks of 

what we want from our alums: a sense of craft, an appreciation 

of the complex traditions of the visual arts, and an 

extraordinary sense of visual and poetic imagination. We 

are very proud of our alums. They continue to embody the 

evolving traditions and cultural diversity of the fine arts 

in America. 

Photo: Bresner Studios 

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT 

The Dufala Brothers: Toilet tricycles, dumpster coffins and teaching at PAFA 

The Dufala Brothers leaning against their 20 Yard Dumpster Coffin. 

For the past seven years, Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala, known 

as the Dufala Brothers, have been working on cutting-edge collaborative 

art projects. PAFA alumni and faculty members since 

2009, they practice in a variety of media, including sculpture, 

theater, performance, music, digital media and drawing. The Dufala 

Brothers also investigate the human condition by repurposing 

industrial materials. As Andy Warhol used images of commercial 

objects to draw attention to an avaricious consumer culture, so 

the Dufala Brothers create start-to-finish object worlds, with a 

contemporaneity that urges the viewer to reclaim an increasingly 

besieged humanity. 

“When we see something that is wrong, unfair, counterproductive, 

wasteful and ridiculous, we want to initiate a dialogue,” 

says Steven, the middle child in a family of five boys. “We start to 

investigate, casting the net as wide as possible. Our role as artists 

is to monitor what’s going on, we are barometers of society.” 

“We like to work collectively,” adds Billy. “I jump on the bigpicture 

ideas and Steven examines the perimeters. We are each 

other’s sounding boards.” 

Both Dufala brothers graduated from PAFA’s Certificate 

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT 

Maureen Drdak: Beckoning Your Senses 

Rabindra Shakya and Maureen Drdak 

in Shakya Atelier. 

In 2006 artist Maureen 

Drdak traveled to Nepal, trekking 

to the remote kingdom of 

Lo Monthang in Upper Mustang 

(NOVA “Lost Treasures 

of Tibet”), an experience that 

changed her life, leading to 

her 2008 collaboration with 

composer Andrea Clearfield 

in the innovative Lung-Ta (The 

Windhorse), a convergence 

of Tibet-inspired dance 

(choreography by Manfred 

Fischbeck), painting and 

music. Lung-ta is the mythic 

horse that carries the prayers of aspirants—and the Tibetan 

Buddhist Dharma—heavenward. It visualizes an ancient yet sophisticated 

concept—that of the cosmic winds flowing through 

and energizing the body of man. Drdak contributed three huge 

prayer flags to the project, abstract variations on the wind 

horse, incorporating a prayer for world peace written especially 

for the project by a Senior Tibetan monk. 

Lung-Ta was commissioned by Philadelphia-based Network 

for New Music, which premiered the artistic collaboration in 

2009. “As a simultaneous performance and exhibition of dance 

music, and visual art, all your senses are beckoned,” says PAFA 

alum ’75 Maureen Drdak. “I’ve always felt a close relationship 

between music and visual art. Music reveals fragments 

and glimpses of physical form and strengthens a particular 

emotional force.” Lung-Ta will have its Midwest premiere at 

University of Chicago’s Rockefeller chapel in 2012. 

This spring, Drdak received a 2011-2012 Fulbright Award 

for Nepal, enabling her to return to Nepal to actualize her 

Prakriti Project, the first synthesis of painting and repoussé 

metal work. The Newars of Nepal are today’s masters of the 

repoussé form, and Drdak’s Prakriti Project presents a unique 

contribution to the vocabulary of the visual arts in furthering the 

dynamic expansion of cultural boundaries between Asia and 

the West. She will return to her studies with Rabindra Shakya, 

decendant of Kuber Singh Shakya, whose family’s artistic 

legacy and lineage dates from 1601 and was patronized by the 

Program. Billy Blaise Dufala graduated in 2003 with a Sculpture 

major. At the Academy he was awarded the Cresson Travel 

Scholarship, Valley National Gases Prize, The Alexander Prize, 

and Philadelphia Mayor’s Award. Steven Dufala graduated in 

2000 with a Printmaking major. He has been awarded PAFA’s 

Cuff/Sammak Prize for Abstract Painting, the Wolf Scholarship in 

Honor of Peter Paone, and the John R. Conner Printmaking Prize. 

Recent art projects have included toilets affixed to bicycles, 

an ice cream truck mashed with a military tank (for which they 

received the prestigious West Prize in 2009), and drawings of 

body parts intertwined and morphing into machines. Their 20 

Yard Dumpster Coffin was included in PAFA’s summer exhibition 

Urbanism: Reimagining the Lived Environment, the first piece 

of art work to be produced entirely through RAIR, the non-profit 

artist in residency program located within Revolution Recovery, a 

construction waste recycling facility in northeast Philadelphia. 

For the last two years the Dufala Brothers have been teaching 

courses at PAFA on found material techniques, which explore 

alternative methods to traditional art making practice, using 

Philadelphia’s abandoned material as a basis for students’ new 

work. As former Academy students, they bring unique insights 

and ideas to the teaching process. 

“I want to help the students navigate life at PAFA,” says Steven. 

“I remember it super well. We also want to expand their frame 

of reference. We’ve asked students to walk outside the building 

– a distance of at least five blocks – and work on a project. It’s 

necessary to constantly reinvestigate one’s relationship to one’s 

surrounding.” 

“It’s also important to prepare the students for life after PAFA,” 

he adds. “I believe the quality of life issue may be a challenge for 

them. Even though the students are adept at living with very little 

in the way of traditional comfort, the ability to put off a decent 

standard of living may not last forever, and it is an ingredient in a 

successful/sustainable art-making practice. 

Maureen Drdak, Lungta Triptych (detail), 2009, Image courtesy of the artist 

Malla kings of Nepal. 

Drdak connects deeply with the spiritual worldview of the 

cultures of the Himalayas. While embracing the uniqueness of 

these cultures, she also celebrates the inevitable bridging of 

historically and socially disparate elements. 

“Societies are rapidly changing, increasingly stretching 

the limits of communal connection,” says Drdak. “Art can be 

a powerful force for easing this dislocation; art can maintain 

meaningful cultural identity and be a positive force for selfdefinition, 

a grounding matrix enabling individuals to locate 

themselves within their societies, and their world.” 

Follow Drdak’s blog from Nepal at: www.maureendrdak.com 

The Dufala Brothers, Billy Blaise and Steven Dufala, posing in front 

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Congratulations Class of 2011 

On May 13, PAFA congratulated the graduating class of 

2011 in an afternoon ceremony in the rotunda of the Historic 

Landmark Building. The Academy recognized 41 Certificate 

program graduates, 23 Post-Baccalaureate graduates, 42 

MFA graduates, and 16 BFA graduates. 

Photos: Linda Johnson 

BFA Graduates 

Certificate Graduates 

Following the ceremony, the Academy opened the doors in 

the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building to the Annual Student Exhibition 

where families and friends could view the exceptional 

artistic accomplishments of our graduates. 

(Left to right, bottom to top) Blair Baskin, Barbara Greco-Potash, Alice Cathrall, Tiffany Holman, Mary Frances Ng, Laura 

Adams, Scott Cooper, Deborah Strong Napple, Maureen Moll, Rebecca Nehring, Hayley Barber, Christy Bottie Kitigawa, Liam 

Hodgson, Jake Barnhart, Alexis Grant, Shay Allen, Claire Sullivan, Devon Lee, Alana Cooksey, Ryan Pellak, Kevin McCullough, 

Colin Foley, Daniel Molnar, Cynthia Harvey, Katherine Koch, Stephenie Koniers, Scott Giblin, James Mueller, Ian Wagner, Jordan 

Shackleford, Nathan Durnin, Paul Metrinko, Joel Shambe, Christina Weaver, Evan Harrington, Jeffrey Giannone 

MFA Graduates 

(Left to right, bottom to top) Aubrey Levinthal, Annette Liska, Sarah Burns, Anna-Marie Moblard Meier, Kristen Apple, 

Stephen Kenny, Christopher Synicky, Lauren Garvey, Elizabeth Hamilton, Sarah Weber, Karen David, Jennifer Lingford, 

Matej Branc, James Erickson, Jessica Gamble, Michael Branca, Tyler Kline, Menaka Gopalan, Mary Coyle, Paula Cahill, 

Helen Troia-Shear, Katherine Wirick, Dganit Zauberman, Kirsten Fisher-Price, Jude Lang, Jerry Gordon, Olive Thomas, 

Diana Dodson, Eric Huckabee, Andrew Christensen, Ryan Buffington, Matthew Colaizzo, Derrick Quevado, Roman Serra, 

Skirmantas Pipas, Mark Goodson, Jason Bombaci, James Fisher, Edward Walsh 

(Left to right, bottom to top) Elizabeth Brown, Catherine Blinn, 

Elizabeth Serocki, Lindsay Robbins, Tara Wight, Katherine Koch, 

David Golas, Paul Metrinko 

Post-Bacc Graduates 

(Left to right, bottom to top) Julianne Kelley, Katrina Funk, Judy McGregor 

Caldwell, Justin Bean, Castine Dow, Catherine Hipple, Caroline Roosevelt, Maria 

Veksler, Susan Stromquist, Mariel Herring, Jessica Libor, Stephanie Smith, Kira 

Grennan, Cynthia Oswald, Avdo Babic, Katharine Kressler, Jonathan Hamburger, 

Jennifer Lightfoot, Matthew Smith, Ana Maria Gomez Lopez, Kevin Rhodes, Donald 

McPartland 

Photo: Patricia Maunder 

Family Arts Academy Offers 

FREE Family Programs on 

Sundays, October – December 

Join us on Sundays, from 2 - 3 p.m., starting October 9, 

for Family Arts Academy Workshops for all ages, levels of 

ability, and interests. Children, families, adults, seniors and 

groups are invited to view artworks in the museum galleries 

and create art projects in a studio space. 

Designed to offer fun museum experiences, workshops 

present opportunities for you to enjoy time together with 

family and friends while exploring and developing your 

creative spirit. They promote family engagement through 

providing a positive and nurturing environment for families 

to learn and create art together. All programs are held in 

the Historic Landmark Building located at 118 N. Broad 

Street. 

Programs are free for all students and their families 

in the Philadelphia School District’s public and charter 

schools. Programs are also free for PAFA members, 

reciprocal members and staff. Children 12 and under 

outside of the School District of Philadelphia are free with 

a general adult admission. 

The fall series of workshops will kick-off with a Family 

Arts Festival as part of PAFA’s Party on the Plaza event 

on Saturday, October 1, to celebrate the opening of the 

Lenfest Plaza. The Family Arts Festival will include free 

art activities and other family-friendly entertainment from 

noon until 5 p.m. 

NEW! 

PAFA Book Club 

“Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the 

marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and 

chucks us aside. Alas!” – D. H. Lawrence 

Are you one of those people who feel the power of art 

and literature in your bones? We are too. So beginning in 

the fall of 2011, PAFA’s new Pen and Paintbrush Club will 

read pieces of literature in conjunction with art on view 

at PAFA and then meet in the galleries once a month for 

lively conversation that sheds new light on old favorites. 

The debut season will focus on fiction, and both veteran 

and emerging readers are welcome to join us. If you’re 

already in a book club which might want to join us in our 

reading, the more the merrier! 

Discussion questions will be provided in conjunction 

with each book, relating it to the works on view in the 

galleries. The group will gather in the lobby of the Historic 

Landmark Building for discussion led by museum 

staff followed by a jaunt into the galleries to look at some 

art. Curiosity, opinions, and good humor are very much 

encouraged. Scheduled dates and books are: 

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Wednesday, October 5 

The Great Gatsby by 

F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Wednesday, November 3 

The Handmaid’s Tale by 

Margaret Atwood 

Wednesday, December 7 

Ballad of the Sad Cafe by 

Carson McCullers 

First Wednesday of each month from 3:30 – 5 p.m. 

Admission is free to members, but registration is required. 

Contact Monica Zimmerman at 215-972-2105 or 

mzimmerman@pafa.org

A New Season of PAFA After Dark 

Whether you’re a convert to the new nighttime festivities 

at PAFA or still sitting at home on Thursday nights 

wondering what all the fuss is about, it turns out you’re 

in luck. PAFA After Dark is back for its second season 

of surprising nights in the galleries with an eclectic mix 

of music, performances, cocktails, friends and of course 

– art. We’ll explore the lure of the local at October 27th’s 

kickoff event – Home Grown – with local craft brews, 

performances by artists from the HERE exhibition, and 

demonstrations by local green thumbs who keep our city 

beautiful. On December 15th, we’ll bring you Collision 

Course, a night of surprising overlaps where the permanent 

collection gets reinterpreted by local artist Hennessey 

Youngman, scavenger hunts turn up all sorts of 

artistic personality clashes, and young students fill the old 

building with artwork that’s all for sale. 

Still not convinced? Here are a few more reasons why 

you should join us for PAFA After Dark: 

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It’s fun, which is one of the last things on earth you can’t 

be allergic to. 

It’s free for members. Where else can you hear a 

concert or see a performance for absolutely no dollars? 

The galleries look different at night. They’re moody and 

atmospheric. They trade in mystery. 

The people-watching is exceptional. 

The people-listening is pretty fantastic too, and you just 

might learn something new. 

You love art and history and the adventure of learning 

about new things. After Dark is always a new adventure. 

We promise. 

PAFA After Dark takes place on select Thursdays from 

6 – 9 p.m. Tickets are free to members but reservations 

are required. (We are happy to note that we have been 

known to sell out this event, so reserve early!) 

Continuing Education Programs this Fall 

A Community of Dedicated Artists of All Ages and Skill Levels 

Juliette Aristides, Willow (detail), 2010, 22 x 17 in., charcoal on toned 

paper heightened with white 

Continuing Education at PAFA offers art classes and workshops 

for adults and high school students at all levels of ability. 

Whether you’re venturing into art for the first time, returning 

after a long absence or polishing your skills, we have something 

for you. Members at the “Friend” level and above receive 

a 10% tuition discount on regular courses and workshops! 

This fall semester choose from an amazing selection of 

classes, programs, and workshops. 

Master Class with Juliette Aristides: 

Classical Figure Drawing 

October 15 & 16 

Learn to draw the human figure accurately and confidently with 

Juliette Aristides, Director of The Classical Atelier at the Gage 

Academy of Fine Art in Seattle author of the Lessons in 

Classical Drawing, published by Watson-Guptill. 

Photos: Sean Tucker 

Guests enjoy recent work by PAFA’s students in the Certificate & BFA programs. 

PAFA After Dark: Wanderlust attendees listen to an artist talk by Ted Walsh (MFA ’11). 

Stuart Shils, Morning Light, Looking Down from Montecastello (detail), 2007, 13 x 11 1/4 in., oil on linen, Courtesy Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects Bill Scott, Spring Aquarium (detail), 2009, oil on canvas, 43 x 52 in., 

courtesy Hollis Taggert Galleries, New York 

Master Class with Stuart Shils and Bill Scott 

November 11, 12 & 13 

Learn approaches to painting that emphasize the sensuous yet 

thoughtful, abstract construction of space with renowned 

painters Bill Scott and Stuart Shils.. 

Alla Prima Painting Workshop with 

Christine Lafuente 

December 3 & 4 

Deepen your understanding of color harmony with Christine 

Lafuente. Explore palettes, experiment with principles of 

viscosity, and relate drawing concepts to color. 

Informed Perception: An Objective Approach to Aesthetic 

Appreciation with Christine Stoughton 

September 13 - December 13 

This course will introduce students to an objective method for 

appreciating art using the methods developed by John Dewey, 

Dr. Albert C. Barnes and Violette de Mazia. 

PAFA Welcomes over 

30 new docents! 

Photos: Sarah Holloran 

Ever wonder who gives all the tours to adult groups and 

our nearly 10,000 school children? It’s a docent, and after 

a year of training that included an American art history 

lecture series, paper assignments, presentations in the 

galleries, and multiple other curatorial walkthroughs and 

educational workshops, 37 new docents will graduate in 

September. The addition of this dedicated group of volunteers 

will double our docent program to over 70 active 

docents. This is the first class in five years and many were 

eager to join last summer. Although they’ve spent a great 

deal of time in our galleries and doing research on their 

own, their education does not end with graduation. All of 

PAFA’s volunteer guides have an exceptionally big task 

ahead of them this year, as they prepare to tour two major 

exhibitions, starting with HERE in the fall and culminating 

with Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit in the spring. 

Join us in congratulating them on all their hard work and 

consider stopping by for one of their regularly scheduled 

tours. 

Daily Tours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 11:30 & 

12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at 1 & 2 p.m. 

Or schedule a group tour by contacting tours@pafa.org 

or call 215-972-2069. 

Christine Lafuente, Lilies and Jelly Jar (detail), 2006, oil on linen, private collection 

PAFA at Historic Yellow Springs 

September 27 – November 12 

Enjoy PAFA classes on location in beautiful 

Chester County. 

Color Workshop with Al Gury 

October 29 

A focused look at color in art with Al Gury, Chair of the PAFA 

Painting Department, and author of Color for Painters: A Guide 

to Tradition and Practice. 

PAFA CE courses and workshops are eligible for Act 48 hours 

and New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development 

credit. For the complete summer schedule, visit 

www.pafa.edu/CE, call 215-972-7632 or e-mail 

continuinged@pafa.edu. 

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PAFA Collection 

Goes “LIVE” 

Beginning the first week of September, visitors to our 

website will be in for a big surprise. After two years of 

behind-the-scenes work we are excited to announce 

the arrival of our newly designed Collections portal and 

expanded access to our collection on our website. 

With the generous grant from The Albert M. Greenfield 

Foundation, we were able to purchase a collections 

database system called MIMSY XG. Jennifer Johns, our 

data entry coordinator has been entering information into 

MIMSY about each object in the collection and Barbara 

Katus, our photo archivist has been photographing the 

work. MIMSY simply takes the place of file cabinets and 

lives on the museum staff’s computers. Internally, the staff 

has access to about 9,000 object records and they use 

MIMSY for creating exhibitions, educational tours, and to 

track loans in/out to name a few daily activities. Externally, 

Jennifer has been working with NetReach, our website 

designers to connect the data in MIMSY to our website 

for expanded public access. 

Right now visitors to our on-line collection have access 

to fewer than 1,000 objects from our more than 15,000 

works. Objects are only searchable by artist, medium, 

date and keyword and only paintings, works on paper and 

sculpture are present. It was our goal using the Greenfield 

grant to allow the public not only access to more works 

in our collection but to expand search capabilities for 

research, teaching, and visiting purposes. 

Now visitors to the Collections portal will be greeted 

with a stream-lined and visually dynamic portal. They will 

have close to 7,000 objects to view, not only paintings, 

works on paper and sculpture but decorative arts, ephemera 

and architecture as well. The number of searchable 

objects will grow weekly. Users will have greatly expanded 

search capabilities. You will now be able to search not 

only by artist, date, medium, and keyword, but by subject, 

gender, collection, and accession number. Another special 

feature will be the ability to find out what is on view 

in the galleries and what is out on loan. Descriptions of 

works have been included and more will be added as the 

project goes along. 

We are committed to making our collection assessable 

to the widest possible audience. We are proud of this first 

big step in that direction and hope you enjoy it as much 

as we do. 

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PAFA in Pictures 

Below is a selection of events that took place over the past few months, which celebrate the vibrancy of the school and museum. 

PAFA Trustee and Drexel University President John A. Fry with Dr. Richard V. 

Homan, President and Annenberg Dean of Drexel University College of Medicine 

at the Anatomy/Academy reception. Drexel University College of Medicine 

was a major sponsor of the exhibition. 

PAFA Alumnae Amy Walsh (MFA ‘06), strikes a pose in front of her work 

featured in Urbanism: Reimagining the Lived Environment. 

2011 Travel Scholarship Winners 

(from L-R): President, David Brigham, Lindsay Robbins (BFA ’11, Cert ’12), 

Jimmy Bellew (Cert ’12), Ryan Pellak (Cert ’11), Dan Molnar (Cert ’11), Nicole 

Michaud (Cert ’12), Christina Weaver (Cert ’11, BFA ’12), Dean, Jeffrey Carr. 

Guests were invited to spend an evening with artist Faith Ringgold on May 

18. Ms. Ringgold stands next to her quilt titled We Came to America, from the 

series; “The American Collection” 




Photo: Ed Poletti 

Alumnus S. Zachery Martin (MFA ‘09), with his work Mediation on Water, 

which was on view in the PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery show titled Water As The 

Source. 

Friends gather to look at Katie Dillon Low’s work at the opening of Katie Dillon 

Low & Reza Ghanad in the Fisher Brooks Gallery of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton 

Building. 

Nicole Michaud (Cert ’12) posed in front of her wall at the 2011 Annual 

Student Exhibition. 

The construction of the Plaza took place throughout the long summer months.

HERE: What is the role of “place” in art? 

(Continued from page 1) 

idea of “regionalism” as an unfashionable term that references only the 

parochial or the provincial, and highlights, instead, the fact that many communities 

have begun to place greater importance on how history and place 

define them in a globalized world. By presenting a diverse range of compelling 

artistic practices seen through the eyes of curators who live and work 

in the regions, HERE provides a platform for artists from six regions and 

opens a broader discussion about what regionalism can mean to American 

art today. 

Artists represented in the exhibition are: Lewis Colburn, Jennifer Levonian, 

Megawords,Tim Portlock / Michael Krueger, Erika Nelson, Aaron Storck, 

Whoop Dee Doo / Bunk News, Paul Coors, Terence Hammonds, Katie 

Parker and Guy Michael Davis / Liz Cohen, Scott Hocking, Chido Johnson, 

Abigail Newbold / Elsewhere Collaborative, Harrison Haynes, Stacy-Lynn 

Waddell, Glenda Wharton / Sue Chenoweth, Postcommodity, Aaron Rothman, 

and Gregory Sale. 

The exhibition curators are: Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art 

at PAFA; Christopher Cook, Director and Curator at the Salina Art Center, 

Salina, Kansas; Mark Harris, Director of the School of Art at the University 

of Cincinnati; Rebecca Hart, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the 

Detroit Institute of Arts; Claire Schneider, Independent Curator; and Teka 

Selman, Assistant Director of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary 

Arts at Duke University 

The William Penn Foundation is the presenting sponsor of 

HERE. Support for the HERE catalogue is provided by the 

Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation. 

PAFA’s special exhibitions in 2011-12 are supported by 

generous contributions from Max N. Berry, Esq, Donald R. Caldwell, and Jonathan L. Cohen. 

Photo: Barbara Katus 

Photo: Tom Crane 

Michael Krueger, Night Falls, 2011, Colored pencil on paper, 40 x 30 in., Photo courtesy the artist 



Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape Show 

Now on View in PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery 

On view in PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery through October 23 is Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape 

Show. This group exhibition features works by Alton Bowman, Philip Cohn, Beth Clark, Kevin Broad, Paul 

Metrinko, John Pacer, Andrea Packard, Ben Pines, Sunny Ra, Judith Thomas, Elizabeth Wilson, and Julie Zahn. 

The PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery celebrates the work by 12 artists who studied at the Academy from 1946- 

2011. The Academy has a long history of artists who were inspired and influenced by landscape including 

representation in its permanent collection by alumni Louis Sloan, Thomas Dougherty, and T. Alexander Harrison. 

This exhibition focuses on work of varying perspectives and subjects from around the country. On view will be 

Alton Bowman’s Wildflower Desk, reflecting his involvement in restoring and building marquetry furniture and 

his passion for preservation of the native prairies in his hometown of Flower Mound, Texas. Andrea Packard 

builds her piece, Dreaming of Redon, from collected papers and fabrics using memory and her reference for 

nature. 

Paul Metrinko, Philip Cohn, and Elizabeth Wilson employ a romantic and sensual approach to their subjects. 

Metrinko, who is the recipient of the PAFA Purchase Prize for 2011, uses his paint to transform a dumpster into 

a beautiful, colorful form. Cohn romanticizes the Philadelphia Waterworks with idyllic figures basking on the 

grass. Wilson uses light, color, and form to create atmosphere of calm and solitary reflection. 

Sunny Ra, Judith Thomas, and Beth Clark use memory and their medium to make unique landscapes that 

transcend place and delve into the psychological and emotional. Passion for color is evident in most of these 

artists’ works; however, Julie Zahn’s print and Ben Pines’s oil paintings exude a mysterious quality as well. And, 

John Pacer’s Falling Sky, is playful and somber at the same time. Kevin Broad explores the balance between 

color and shape to create a beautiful new reality. 

Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape Show was juried by Bill Scott, a painter and printmaker who lives 

in Philadelphia. Mr. Scott studied at PAFA in the 1970s and has been teaching there since 2006. He is represented 

by the Hollis Gallery, New York, where he will have a solo exhibition in fall 2011. Pat Stewart is Adjunct 

Associate Professor in Liberal Arts at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Ms. Stewart teaches courses on 

20th century and contemporary art and has published several articles. 

PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery is located in the Historic Landmark Building, 118 North Broad Street. 

Judith Thomas, 2002-07, Cromarty (detail), 2010, 7.5 x 13.5 in., oil 

THE FinE ART oF EnTERTAininG – ouR SPACE 

iS THE PLACE FoR youR nExT SPECiAL EvEnT! 

ACCOMMODATIONS... 

Two venues in one – a choice of elegant landmark or lofty contemporary space. 

LOCATION... 

Across Broad Street from the Pennsylvania Convention Center and within walking 

distance of Philadelphia’s many premier hotels. 

CATERING... 

PAFA has an exclusive caterer, Jimmy Duffy & Sons. 

TOURS... 

Museum Docents are available to lead tours of our galleries. 

EVENT ENHANCEMENT... 

PAFA student artists are available for hire during your event. 

PORTFOLIO... 

Our store in the Hamilton Building offers a unique shopping experience. 

YOUR RENTAL FEE DOLLARS... 

Help fulfill PAFA’s mission of educating tomorrow’s artists. 

DISCOUNTS... 

Available to PAFA Business Partners, and special rates for non-profit organizations 

and conventions. 

To book your next event contact Judi Garst at 215-972-1609 

or jgarst@pafa.org. 

How To Reach PAFA 

215-972-7600 

www.pafa.org | www.pafa.edu 


118 North Broad Street on the Avenue of the Arts 


128 North Broad Street on the Avenue of the Arts 

Adult Group Tours 

215-972-2069 

Alumni Sales Gallery 

215-972-4187 

Business Partners Program 

215-972-7639 

Continuing Education 

215-972-7632 

Development 

215-972-2077 

Facility Rentals 

215-972-1609 

Family Programs 

215-972-2061 

Library 

215-972-2030 

Membership 

215-972-2077 

Museum Front Desk 

215-972-2060 

PAFA Supply Store 

215-972-2035 

Portfolio at the Pennsylvania 

Academy® 

215-972-2075 

School Admissions 

215-972-7625 

Volunteer 

Opportunities 

215-972-2020 

Women’s Board 

215-972-0550 

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PAFA INFORMATION 

Museum Hours 

Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Admission 

Admission to Permanent Collection 

Adults $10, Seniors (60+) & Students with I.D. 

$8; Youth (13 - 18) $6; Child (12 and under, 

excluding groups) FREE 

Admission to Special Exhibitions 

(includes Permanent Collection) 

Adults $15, Seniors (60+) & Students with I.D. 

$12; Youth (13 - 18) $10; Child (12 and under, 

excluding groups) FREE 

FREE for members. Morris Gallery exhibitions 

and ground floor of Historic Landmark Building 

are free. 

Portfolio at the Pennsylvania 

Academy® 

Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Members receive a 10% discount. 

Academy Café 

Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Membership 

Members enjoy free admission and other benefits. 

For information: 215-972-2077 or 

www.pafa.org/membership 

Tours 

Docent Tours meet in the lobby of the Museum. 

Please check in with the front desk on the day of 

your visit for specific details. 

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:30 a.m. and 

12:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 1 and 2 p.m. 

Tours are free with admission. 

To arrange a group tour for adults, seniors and 

school groups, call 215-972-2069. 

Website 

www.pafa.org www.pafa.edu 

Bacchanal Wine Gala and 

Auction, The Art of the Vine 


Saturday, November 12 

Photo: David Hershey 

On Saturday, November 12, 2011 for the 13th consecutive 

year, PAFA will host the Bacchanal Wine Gala and Auction in 

its contemporary Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. With over 

350 guests in attendance, this year’s event, The Art of the 

Vine, will include wine tastings and silent and live auctions 

of unique items and travel destinations. Hugh Hildesley of 

Sotheby’s New York will once again serve as auctioneer for 

the evening. 

The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of 

PAFA’s Thomas Jefferson Award to this year’s honorees, The 

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and its chairman, Patrick J. 

Stapleton, III. 

Following a multi-course dinner prepared by a surprise 

celebrity chef, everyone is invited to join Bacchanal’s favorite 

band, Firefly, to dance the night away! 

Proceeds from Bacchanal support PAFA’s student scholarships 

and PAFA’s wide range of community education programs. 

Since the event’s inception in 1999, over $3.5 million 

has been raised for art education. 

For more information, or to purchase your ticket, please 

contact Erin Herz, Director of Development Events, at 

eherz@pafa.org , 215-972-2103 or visit www.pafa.org. 

Facility Rentals 

Our outstanding Historic Landmark Building and 

Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building provide elegant 

and dramatic settings for entertaining employees, 

guests, and clients at gala dinners, luncheons, 

wedding receptions or meetings. For information: 

215-972-1609 or rentals@pafa.org. 

Transportation 

The Museum is near the Market East and 

Suburban train stations, SEPTA bus and trolley 

stops, and PATCO’s High Speed Line. For SEPTA 

information: 215-580-7800 or www.septa.org. 

Discounted parking is available at adjacent Parkway 

Corporation parking lots. Tickets must be 

validated at the Museum front desk. 

Academic Programs 

The Academy offers a four-year Certificate, 

Academy BFA, BFA in conjunction with the 

University of Pennsylvania, Post-Baccalaureate, 

and MFA. For information: 215-972-7625 or 

admissions@pafa.edu. 

Accessibility 

The Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building is accessible 

from Broad Street. An accessible entrance to the 

Historic Landmark Building is located at Cherry 

and Burns Streets. The Burns Street Elevator 

provides access to the Gallery Floor. Visitors can 

access this entrance by pushing the call button at 

the bottom of the front stairs of the Museum, or 

at the corner of Cherry and Burns; Security staff 

will meet the caller. Wheelchairs are available, 

and restrooms are accessible. Guided tours are 

available for people with physical or mental disabilities, 

upon request. 

n Sign language interpreters are available for all 

programs with prior arrangements. 

n Listening enhancement systems are available 

upon request. For information: 215-972-2069. 

Volunteers 

Volunteers receive free, unlimited admission to 

the Museum and discounts in both the Academy 

Café and Shop. For information: 215-972-2020. 

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128 N. Broad Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19102 

Summer FUNdamentals Art Camp 

Making a Difference for 27 Years 

Summer FUNdamentals 

Art Camp has offered 

enriching, creative 

experiences for campers 

in PAFA’s beautiful 

galleries and art studios 

for the past 27 years. 

This year 675 campers 

enjoyed 24 different art 

camps sessions, such as 

Drawing, Painting, Basic 

Animation, Photography, 

Comic Books, Circus 

Arts, Wearable Art and 

much more. 

Many campers have 

returned year after year 

Felicity Hicks enjoying a drawing class this 

past summer. 

and have gone on to pursue art careers. Felicity Hicks has attended 

PAFA Summer camps and weekend classes and workshops for the 

past seven years. In 2004 she was diagnosed with an Occipital 

Tumor. Her family’s main concern was for her safety and recovery of 

her eyesight and motor skills. PAFA was recommended by the guidance 

counselor from her school. She believed that being involved in 

art would help her recover focus and balance. 

The experience turned out to benefit Felicity beyond comprehension. 

Each year she excelled with rigorous enthusiasm in drawing, 

painting, sculpting and cartooning. Her creativity was nurtured and 

consequently she demonstrated artistic ability to the highest standard. 

In 2009 she applied to The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush and 

CHAD (Charter High School of Architecture and Design). Felicity 

had advanced level artwork for her two portfolios for admission. She 

was accepted into both schools and now attends The Arts Academy 

at Benjamin Rush. Her grandmother, Marge Hicks, reports that Judy 

Ringold and her staff have supported and encouraged Felicity for 

the past seven years and Felicity was fortunate to have been taught 

by such great instructors. “Our greatest thanks to Judy and PAFA 

for preparing Felicity for her future in fine arts.” 

Photo: Judy Ringold 

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Torch Club: 7 - 10 p.m. 

Torch Club, a patron cocktail reception and dinner 

inside PAFA’s Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building will kick 

off later in the evening (Cocktails and Dinner $175 for 

Patrons, $250 for Benefactors). 

After Party: 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. 

For those who are ready to kick it up a notch, there 

will be an After Hours dance party with cash bar ($20 

in advance or $25 at the door, PAFA students are 

FREE). Fabulous and delicious food trucks will be available 

for late night snacks! 

PAFA looks forward to a wonderful turnout and 

thanks Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, the City of 

Philadelphia, and the many other supporters for their 

generosity in making the plaza come to fruition. 

For more information on this event, contact Erin Herz, 

Director of Development Events at 215- 972- 2103 or 

eherz@pafa.org 

PAFA’s Party on the Plaza is made possible in part by the contributions 

of these generous sponsors: Land Rover Jaguar Main Line, The Philadelphia 

Inquirer, Anthropologie, Dick Blick Art Materials, Brown-Forman, and 

WXPN’s Kids Corner.

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