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<strong>In</strong> <strong>This</strong> <strong>Issue</strong>:<br />
3<br />
PAFA Acquires<br />
Ocean Without<br />
a Shore Video<br />
<strong>In</strong>stallation by<br />
Bill Viola<br />
preview<br />
News from <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
We’re Having a Party and Philadelphia is <strong>In</strong>vited!<br />
PAFA’s Party on <strong>the</strong> Plaza, Saturday, October 1<br />
PAFA’s long-awaited civic space Lenfest Plaza is now complete.<br />
<strong>This</strong> beautifully designed space unifies PAFA’s Historic<br />
Landmark Building and <strong>the</strong> Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building into<br />
a spectacular Center City campus. It will serve as a destination<br />
for arts audiences and <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> Convention Center<br />
visitors, and provide a starting point for Philadelphia’s famed<br />
Museum Mile.<br />
<strong>In</strong> celebration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> grand opening <strong>of</strong> this new jewel in <strong>the</strong><br />
City’s cultural landscape, please join us for PAFA’s Party on <strong>the</strong><br />
Plaza. The party is scheduled to begin at noon and will last long<br />
into <strong>the</strong> night. The defining moment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> day’s festivities will<br />
be at sunset with <strong>the</strong> inaugural lighting <strong>of</strong> Paint Torch, a sculpture<br />
by world-renowned American artist Claes Oldenburg.<br />
The installation <strong>of</strong> Oldenburg’s towering 53-foot high sculpture<br />
in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> an illuminated paintbrush will make Philadelphia<br />
home to four large-scale public sculptures by <strong>the</strong> artist,<br />
more than any o<strong>the</strong>r city in <strong>the</strong> world.<br />
PAFA will present works by o<strong>the</strong>r artists in a second space<br />
on <strong>the</strong> plaza for rotating displays. At <strong>the</strong> event, PAFA will unveil<br />
Grumman Greenhouse, a sculpture crafted from a decommissioned<br />
U.S. warfare aircraft by PAFA alumnus and Philadelphia<br />
artist Jordan Griska.<br />
“We look forward to welcoming <strong>the</strong> community to Lenfest<br />
Plaza to celebrate this new civic space and <strong>the</strong> works <strong>of</strong><br />
public art that will enhance <strong>the</strong> city’s landscape,” says David<br />
R. Brigham, PAFA’s President and CEO. “The opening <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
plaza gives PAFA an extraordinary opportunity to provide a<br />
new arts-focused ga<strong>the</strong>ring place that will invite visitors to our<br />
museum and school, while enhancing PAFA’s role as a cultural<br />
destination for regional and national visitors.”<br />
Designed by Philadelphia-based, internationally renowned<br />
landscape architecture firm OLIN, led by project architect and<br />
OLIN partner David A. Rubin, Lenfest Plaza will <strong>of</strong>fer an inviting<br />
space for visitors to Philadelphia, city residents, students, museum<br />
goers and art lovers. The plaza design includes a stage,<br />
a three-part serpentine bench, mosaic pavers, a platform for<br />
temporary sculpture, plantings, displays, lighting, and tables for<br />
outdoor dining. “As an addition to Philadelphia’s urban fabric,<br />
Lenfest Plaza accomplishes so many significant goals in <strong>the</strong><br />
continued positive growth <strong>of</strong> this great city,” says Rubin.<br />
PAFA’s Party on <strong>the</strong> Plaza will feature activities and entertainment<br />
for all ages. Below is <strong>the</strong> schedule <strong>of</strong> events:<br />
The Family <strong>Arts</strong> Festival: 12 - 6 p.m.<br />
The afternoon Family <strong>Arts</strong> Festival will include free art activities<br />
and o<strong>the</strong>r kid-friendly entertainment from noon until 6 p.m.<br />
PAFA will <strong>of</strong>fer complimentary admission to <strong>the</strong> Historic Landmark<br />
Building and free museum tours; <strong>the</strong> museum’s doors will<br />
remain open until 5 p.m. Entertainment and a variety <strong>of</strong> food<br />
vendors will be on-site throughout <strong>the</strong> day.<br />
The Enlightenment: 6:30 - 7 p.m.<br />
As evening descends, visitors are invited to witness <strong>the</strong><br />
lighting <strong>of</strong> Claes Oldenburg’s Paint Torch, a 53-foot paintbrush<br />
marking <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia’s Museum Mile, and <strong>the</strong><br />
unveiling PAFA alumnus Jordan Griska’s sculpture Grumman<br />
Greenhouse. <strong>This</strong> is a free once in a lifetime event! Scheduled<br />
guests include Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, The Honorable<br />
Michael A. Nutter, Mayor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> City <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia, and<br />
Claes Oldenburg.<br />
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Faculty<br />
Spotlight:<br />
Dufala Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
(Continued on page 12)<br />
Rendering courtesy <strong>of</strong> OLIN.<br />
10<br />
PAFA in<br />
Pictures<br />
fall 2011<br />
HERE<br />
What is <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> “place” in art?<br />
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building<br />
October 22 – December 31, 2011<br />
Member Reception: Friday, October 21,<br />
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.<br />
Occupying two floors <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s Hamilton Building,<br />
HERE is an exhibition that considers how “place” is not<br />
simply <strong>the</strong> geographic locality where an artist lives and<br />
works but also <strong>the</strong> juice <strong>of</strong> lived experience—<strong>the</strong> subject<br />
matter, material, concepts and freedoms that this space<br />
provides. Recognizing how place influences and infiltrates<br />
each artist’s work in diverse and complicated ways,<br />
HERE explores how a sense <strong>of</strong> place exists in <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong><br />
artists from six particular regions—Philadelphia, Cincinnati,<br />
Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Detroit and Kansas City.<br />
Continuing PAFA’s historical commitment to redefining<br />
what constitutes American art, HERE looks toward<br />
Jennifer Levonian, Still image from The Oven Sky (detail), 2011, Cut-out animation using watercolor and collage, Video 4 min 45<br />
sec, Music by Rachel Mason, Photo courtesy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> artist and Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia<br />
artists and curators who work in <strong>the</strong> regions, discussing<br />
how <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> art is saturated with <strong>the</strong> artist’s concrete<br />
experience <strong>of</strong> place, and giving voice to regionally based<br />
practices that disclose this influence in a variety <strong>of</strong> ways.<br />
For instance, in Scott Hocking’s works a sense <strong>of</strong> place<br />
can be found in <strong>the</strong> glimpses <strong>of</strong> Detroit that appear in his<br />
photographs, while in Arizona collective Postcommodity’s<br />
video installations it is found in references to Native American<br />
ritual and history. Kansas artist Michael Kruger refers<br />
to hippy culture in Lawrence, while North Carolina artist<br />
Glenda Wharton’s animated film paints childhood dreams<br />
that allude to <strong>the</strong> segregated South. <strong>In</strong> HERE, place appears<br />
in many guises, whe<strong>the</strong>r expressed directly in <strong>the</strong><br />
freedoms a space affords, <strong>the</strong> subject matter it provides,<br />
or <strong>the</strong> material and conceptual needs that it satisfies.<br />
Selected by PAFA’s Curator <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Art, Julien<br />
Robson, and five guest curators, HERE challenges <strong>the</strong><br />
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2<br />
Founded in 1805, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> (PAFA) is America’s first school and museum<br />
<strong>of</strong> fine arts. A recipient <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2005 National Medal <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Arts</strong> presented by <strong>the</strong> President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United States,<br />
PAFA is a recognized national leader in fine arts education.<br />
Nearly every major American artist has taught,<br />
studied, or exhibited at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>. The institution’s<br />
world-class collection <strong>of</strong> American art continues to grow<br />
and provides what only a few o<strong>the</strong>r art institutions in<br />
<strong>the</strong> world <strong>of</strong>fer: <strong>the</strong> rare combination <strong>of</strong> an outstanding<br />
museum and extraordinary faculty known for its commitment<br />
to students and for <strong>the</strong> stature and quality <strong>of</strong> its<br />
artistic work.<br />
David R. Brigham, President & Chief Executive Officer<br />
John J. Berg, Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> Finance and Administration<br />
Marsha Braverman, Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> Marketing & Communication<br />
Jeffrey Carr, Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> Academic Affairs<br />
Melissa A. DeRuiter, Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> Development<br />
Stanislaus Greidus, Vice President <strong>of</strong> Admissions & Financial Aid<br />
Harry Philbrick, The Edna S. Tuttleman Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum<br />
Anne Stassen, Dean <strong>of</strong> Student Affairs<br />
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Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees<br />
Kevin F. Donohoe, Chair<br />
Herbert S. Riband, Jr., Esq., Vice Chair & Secretary<br />
Thomas N. Pappas, Vice Chair<br />
James C. Biddle, Vice Chair<br />
Thomas L. Bennett, CFA, Treasurer<br />
Anne E. McCollum, Assistant Secretary<br />
Roger H. Ballou, Assistant Treasurer<br />
Gerald P. Barth<br />
John B. Bartlett, Esq.<br />
Sally J. Bellet, Esq.<br />
Max N. Berry, Esq.*<br />
Karl E. Bupp<br />
Donald R. Caldwell, Chair Emeritus<br />
Ken Catanella, CIMA<br />
Charles E. Chase<br />
Lynn Nowicki Clarke*<br />
Jonathan L. Cohen*<br />
Monica Duvall-Dilella, M.D.<br />
Paulett Eberhart<br />
Robert A. Fisk<br />
John A. Fry<br />
Edward T. Harvey<br />
Anthony A. Ibargüen<br />
Marguerite Lenfest<br />
Francis J. Leto<br />
Winston I. Lowe, Esq.<br />
Honorary<br />
Dorrance H. Hamilton<br />
Emeritus<br />
Robert L. Byers, Sr.<br />
Barbara L. Greenfield, Chair,<br />
Emeritus Trustees<br />
Samuel J. Savitz<br />
William A. Slaughter, Esq.<br />
Richard E. Woosnam<br />
Frances M. Maguire*<br />
Frank Martucci*<br />
Francis P. Newell., Esq.<br />
James E. O’Neill, Esq.<br />
Steven K. Ritter<br />
Gretchen E. Roede<br />
Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq.*<br />
William Rulon-Miller<br />
Steven L. Sanders<br />
William H. Schorling, Esq.<br />
Alfred R. Shands, III*<br />
Carole Price Shanis<br />
Henry B. du P. Smith<br />
Martha McGeary Snider<br />
Julie D. Spahr<br />
Barbara A. Sylk<br />
Robert M. Turner<br />
Debora C. Zug<br />
*National Trustee<br />
Ex <strong>of</strong>ficio<br />
Al Gury, Faculty Representative<br />
James J. Lynes, President <strong>of</strong><br />
Alumni Association<br />
Alicia A. Sterling, President <strong>of</strong><br />
Women’s Board<br />
Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia<br />
Ahmeenah Young, President & CEO<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> Convention<br />
Center<br />
Photo: Susan Beard Design<br />
Photo: Hinda Schuman<br />
Letter from <strong>the</strong> President<br />
Lenfest Plaza is a reality. More<br />
than a decade ago, PAFA’s Board<br />
under <strong>the</strong> leadership <strong>of</strong> Donald<br />
Caldwell envisioned a pedestrian<br />
plaza that would unite our two buildings<br />
into a campus and serve as a<br />
destination. <strong>In</strong> 1999, an ordinance<br />
was drafted by City Councilman<br />
Darrell Clarke to close Cherry Street<br />
between Broad and Carlisle Streets.<br />
However, eliminating that short<br />
stretch <strong>of</strong> Cherry Street was not<br />
practical as long as it was a through street. <strong>In</strong> 2003, Gerry and<br />
Marguerite Lenfest made an extraordinary pledge <strong>of</strong> support<br />
for this project, making <strong>the</strong> project feasible if <strong>the</strong> street closure<br />
could be accomplished.<br />
The expansion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> Convention Center<br />
closed Cherry Street on <strong>the</strong> east side <strong>of</strong> Broad, directly opposite<br />
PAFA. Now that Cherry was no longer an important artery,<br />
at <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> 2009 Councilman Clarke led his bill through City<br />
Council, which quickly approved <strong>the</strong> proposal. Throughout<br />
<strong>the</strong> process, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter gave his full<br />
support and <strong>the</strong> City added generous financial assistance to<br />
<strong>the</strong> project as part <strong>of</strong> its larger effort to enhance <strong>the</strong> pedestrian<br />
friendliness <strong>of</strong> Center City.<br />
PAFA’s Building Committee, chaired by Kevin Donohoe,<br />
mounted a design competition and <strong>the</strong> world renowned landscape<br />
architecture firm OLIN was chosen, with partner and<br />
Rome Prize-winning architect David Rubin leading <strong>the</strong> team.<br />
<strong>In</strong> a space just 200 by 40 feet, Rubin and his colleagues have<br />
created an elegant urban plaza that invites visitors to congre-<br />
gate, look at art, participate in arts programming, and enjoy<br />
fine dining.<br />
Also in 2009, <strong>the</strong> internationally famed sculptor Claes<br />
Oldenburg accepted PAFA’s invitation to create a site-specific<br />
work for Lenfest Plaza. His fifty-three-foot high Paint Torch is<br />
a brilliant solution, as it meets <strong>the</strong> ground with a brush handle<br />
that is just a foot in diameter at that point. The architectural<br />
scale is dramatic, while <strong>the</strong> slender pr<strong>of</strong>ile keeps <strong>the</strong> plaza<br />
open and inviting. The giant paintbrush will become an icon for<br />
PAFA and <strong>the</strong> City. While <strong>the</strong> brush is a clear reference to our<br />
creative mission, <strong>the</strong> illuminated torch-bristles evoke Philadelphia’s<br />
role in <strong>the</strong> founding <strong>of</strong> our nation.<br />
At <strong>the</strong> west end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Plaza, PAFA alumnus Jordan Griska<br />
(’08) will site <strong>the</strong> first temporary sculpture on <strong>the</strong> oval platform.<br />
His Grumann Greenhouse is a twenty-five foot high found<br />
object sculpture. Through its repurposing <strong>of</strong> a military aircraft<br />
and introduction <strong>of</strong> self-sustained plant environments, Griska<br />
creates a modern Cincinnatus metaphor <strong>of</strong> swords hammered<br />
into ploughshares.<br />
The Plaza will not really feel complete until October 1 when<br />
we dedicate it with <strong>the</strong> daylong celebration, PAFA’s Party<br />
on <strong>the</strong> Plaza. Ranging from family activities to a dedication<br />
ceremony, dinner, and dance party, we will serve <strong>the</strong> spectrum<br />
<strong>of</strong> our friends and patrons. I hope to see you <strong>the</strong>re!<br />
David R. Brigham<br />
President & Chief Executive Officer<br />
PAFA Announces New Board Leadership<br />
The trustees <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
announced after a dynamic and<br />
successful 15-year term, Donald<br />
R. Caldwell has stepped down as<br />
Chair <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees<br />
on June 30, 2011, <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s fiscal year. He is<br />
succeeded by PAFA Trustee and<br />
Vice-Chair and Treasurer Kevin<br />
F. Donohoe, who assumed <strong>the</strong><br />
Kevin F. Donohoe, PAFA Chair<br />
chairmanship on July 1, 2011. As<br />
Emeritus Chair, Mr. Caldwell will<br />
remain an active member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Board, co-chairing Bacchanal<br />
2011, Philadelphia’s premier wine and auction event that has<br />
raised over $3 million to help fund student scholarships and<br />
education programs at PAFA.<br />
“Being involved in <strong>the</strong> growth <strong>of</strong> this remarkable institution<br />
has enriched my life in every aspect,” says Donald R. Caldwell.<br />
“As we move forward into a new era for PAFA, it is with <strong>the</strong><br />
highest level <strong>of</strong> enthusiasm that I welcome Kevin Donohoe as<br />
my successor. He cares deeply about PAFA’s mission and is<br />
committed to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s continued leadership role in <strong>the</strong><br />
cultural life <strong>of</strong> this community.”<br />
Founder and chairman <strong>of</strong> Cross Atlantic Capital Partners,<br />
<strong>In</strong>c., Donald R. Caldwell has been integral to PAFA’s ongoing<br />
growth and continued success, spearheading <strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s<br />
$35 million building and renovation campaign, as well as <strong>the</strong><br />
$7.5 million Lenfest Plaza project. <strong>In</strong> 2006, Mr. Caldwell, on<br />
behalf <strong>of</strong> PAFA, teamed with <strong>the</strong> Philadelphia Museum <strong>of</strong> Art<br />
to raise $68 million for <strong>the</strong> purchase <strong>of</strong> Eakins’s Gross Clinic,<br />
currently on view in PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building. Under<br />
Mr. Caldwell’s direction, PAFA began its first program <strong>of</strong> liberal<br />
arts instruction, established a Chair and Department <strong>of</strong> Liberal<br />
<strong>Arts</strong>, and won State Department <strong>of</strong> Education approval <strong>of</strong> its<br />
first in-house <strong>Academy</strong> Bachelor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> undergraduate<br />
degree program.<br />
“Donald Caldwell’s tenure as Board Chair spanned a period<br />
<strong>of</strong> remarkable expansion and change for <strong>the</strong> institution, “ says<br />
David R. Brigham, PAFA’s President & CEO. “Don directed<br />
PAFA on a transformative course to secure PAFA’s position as<br />
a cultural leader both regionally and nationally. We owe him an<br />
enormous debt <strong>of</strong> gratitude. We now look to Kevin Donohoe,<br />
who worked closely with Don, for leadership to meet <strong>the</strong> new<br />
challenges as we move forward.”<br />
Since joining PAFA’s Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees in 1991, Kevin F.<br />
Donohoe, CEO <strong>of</strong> The Kevin F. Donohoe Company, <strong>In</strong>c., has<br />
served as Chair <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Finance as well as <strong>the</strong> Building and<br />
Facilities committees. As <strong>the</strong> Board’s Vice-Chair and Treasurer,<br />
Mr. Donohoe has been working closely with Mr. Caldwell over<br />
<strong>the</strong> last 15 years. <strong>In</strong> <strong>the</strong>se capacities, he oversaw <strong>the</strong> renovation<br />
<strong>of</strong> PAFA’s Hamilton Building and put into place many <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> policies that have streng<strong>the</strong>ned <strong>the</strong> institution’s financial<br />
stability. Notably, PAFA has posted seven consecutive balanced<br />
budgets and maintained full employment throughout <strong>the</strong><br />
recession.<br />
“Don’s stewardship marks a compelling chapter in PAFA’s<br />
history,” remarks Kevin Donohoe. “Following in his footsteps is<br />
a tremendous inspiration. I look forward to guiding <strong>the</strong> Board at<br />
a time <strong>of</strong> unprecedented strength and vitality, fur<strong>the</strong>r expanding<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s audience and reach.”<br />
Kevin Donohoe supports various civic and cultural nonpr<strong>of</strong>it<br />
organizations. He is a Trustee <strong>of</strong> The Franklin <strong>In</strong>stitute<br />
and serves as Chair <strong>of</strong> its Finance Committee, and is a former<br />
Board member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Free Library <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia. Mr. Donohoe<br />
is a Board member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dragonfly Forest, a member <strong>of</strong> The<br />
Urban Land <strong>In</strong>stitute, and The Philadelphia Presidents’ Organization,<br />
World Presidents’ Organization and Chief Executives’<br />
Organization. He has served as an adjunct faculty member <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Wharton School <strong>of</strong> Business at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>.<br />
<strong>In</strong> addition, PAFA announced <strong>the</strong> re-election <strong>of</strong> Herbert S.<br />
Riband, Jr., Esq. as Vice Chair and Secretary and Thomas N.<br />
Pappas and James C. Biddle as Vice Chairs. Current trustee<br />
Thomas L. Bennett, CFA, has become Board Treasurer. Reelected<br />
for a new term and serving as <strong>of</strong>ficers are Roger H.<br />
Ballou, Assistant Treasurer and Anne E. McCollum, Assistant<br />
Secretary.<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r trustees re-elected are Gerald P. Barth, Robert A.<br />
Fisk, John A. Fry, Marguerite Lenfest, William Rulon-Miller, Martha<br />
McGeary Snider, and Lynn Nowicki Clarke as a National<br />
trustee.<br />
PAFA welcomed eight new members to <strong>the</strong> Board <strong>of</strong><br />
Trustees. They are:<br />
Karl E. Bupp – Executive Vice President, Henson Group<br />
Ken Catanella, CIMA – Senior Vice President-<strong>In</strong>vestments<br />
<strong>In</strong>stitutional Consultant, UBS <strong>In</strong>stitutional Consulting,<br />
The Catanella Group<br />
Monica Duvall-DiLella, M.D. – Penn Family Care at<br />
St. Leonard Court<br />
Paulett Eberhart – President & CEO, CDI Corporation<br />
Edward T. Harvey – Senior Advisor, Dominus Capital, L.P.<br />
James E. O’Neill, Esq. – Attorney, Pachulski Stangg Ziel<br />
& Jones<br />
Steven K. Ritter – Partner, KPMG LLP<br />
Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq. – Partner, Sullivan &<br />
Cromwell, LLP (National Trustee)
Photo: Kira Perov<br />
PAFA Acquires Ocean Without a Shore Video <strong>In</strong>stallation by Bill Viola<br />
Historic Landmark Building, Morris Gallery<br />
November 19, 2011 – Ongoing<br />
Curator: Julien Robson, Curator <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Art<br />
PAFA is proud to<br />
announce <strong>the</strong> presentation<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ocean Without<br />
a Shore (2007), a<br />
major video installation<br />
by internationally<br />
acclaimed artist Bill<br />
Viola and a significant<br />
new addition to <strong>the</strong><br />
museum’s collection.<br />
Exhibited in <strong>the</strong> United<br />
States for <strong>the</strong> first<br />
time, this masterpiece<br />
Bill Viola<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> genre, can be<br />
viewed, admission<br />
free, from November 19th onward, in <strong>the</strong> Morris<br />
Gallery <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s Furness-Hewitt Building.<br />
Originally shown in <strong>the</strong> 15th century Church<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Oratorio San Gallo, in Venice, Italy, Ocean<br />
Without a Shore is a complete sensory environment<br />
that combines a reverence for <strong>the</strong> traditions<br />
<strong>of</strong> figuration and realism in Western art with new<br />
and cutting edge technology. Employing three<br />
large monitors, its imagery revolves around single<br />
figures emerging out <strong>of</strong> darkness. Approaching<br />
slowly from behind an invisible wall <strong>of</strong> rushing<br />
water, <strong>the</strong>y appear hazy and e<strong>the</strong>real in grainy<br />
gray tones, and as <strong>the</strong>y come closer <strong>the</strong>y touch<br />
<strong>the</strong> unseen barrier, making it visible as a powerful<br />
broken torrent. Stepping through this wall <strong>of</strong> water<br />
By Anna O. Marley, Curator <strong>of</strong> Historical<br />
American Art<br />
As a companion to <strong>the</strong> nationally touring<br />
2012 exhibition Henry Ossawa Tanner:<br />
Modern Spirit, PAFA and <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong><br />
California Press are proud to publish a major<br />
volume <strong>of</strong> essays with <strong>the</strong> same title, presenting<br />
a complex overview <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pioneering<br />
African American artist Henry O. Tanner<br />
(1859-1937), a student at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong> from 1879 to 1885. The most<br />
complete scholarly publication on Tanner, <strong>the</strong><br />
book contains <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> scholars—French<br />
and American, senior and emerging, art his-<br />
<strong>the</strong>y transform into full color, brought to life before<br />
us and made present and real only, after a while,<br />
to return into <strong>the</strong> void. <strong>In</strong>volving 24 people, this<br />
process repeats seamlessly.<br />
<strong>In</strong>spired by <strong>the</strong> writings <strong>of</strong> Senegalese poet<br />
Birago Diop, Viola’s work takes its title from<br />
Andalusian Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi, who wrote, “The<br />
Self is an ocean without a shore. Gazing upon<br />
it has no beginning or end, in this world and <strong>the</strong><br />
next.” A pr<strong>of</strong>ound and moving work <strong>of</strong> art whose<br />
simple structure belies its complex conceptual<br />
underpinnings, Ocean Without a Shore expresses<br />
this sentient self and its manifold rites <strong>of</strong> passage.<br />
Bathing <strong>the</strong> viewer in a sensorium <strong>of</strong> light and<br />
sound, it inspires us to reflect upon fundamental<br />
ideas about love, hope, sorrow, anxiety, being,<br />
death, and regeneration.<br />
Talking about Ocean Without a Shore, Bill Viola<br />
states: “Presented as a series <strong>of</strong> encounters at<br />
<strong>the</strong> intersection between life and death, <strong>the</strong> video<br />
sequence documents a succession <strong>of</strong> individuals<br />
slowly approaching out <strong>of</strong> darkness and moving<br />
into <strong>the</strong> light in order to pass into <strong>the</strong> physical<br />
world. Once incarnate, however, all beings realize<br />
that <strong>the</strong>ir presence is finite and so <strong>the</strong>y must<br />
eventually turn away from material existence to<br />
return from where <strong>the</strong>y came. The cycle repeats<br />
without end.”<br />
The Morris Gallery is open during regular<br />
museum hours and is free to <strong>the</strong> public.<br />
PAFA Offers Most Complete<br />
Scholarly Publication to Date<br />
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit<br />
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), A Mosque in Cairo, 1897Oil on canvas, 9 ½ x 13 in., William M.<br />
Lewis, Jr. and Carol Sutton Lewis. Photo credit: Joshua Nefsky<br />
torical and interdisciplinary—who explore <strong>the</strong> many facets <strong>of</strong> Tanner’s life and career.<br />
Seeking to place Tanner in <strong>the</strong> context <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r black artists, Olivier Meslay examines those<br />
black artists working in Paris before Tanner’s arrival while Richard Powell surveys <strong>the</strong> subsequent<br />
generations <strong>of</strong> African American artists whom Tanner impacted. Tanner’s expatriate experience is<br />
<strong>the</strong> focus <strong>of</strong> four essays: Marc Simpson’s intensive study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> painting that established Tanner’s<br />
international reputation, The Raising <strong>of</strong> Lazarus; Tyler Stovall’s interdisciplinary essay on African<br />
American expatriates in Parisian culture; Jean-Claude Lesage’s presentation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> deep influence<br />
upon Tanner’s work <strong>of</strong> his thirty-four years traveling and living in nor<strong>the</strong>rn France; and Adrienne<br />
Childs’ discussion <strong>of</strong> Tanner’s unique perspective on North Africa. The catalogue also features<br />
chapters on Tanner and religion. Marcus Bruce explores <strong>the</strong> relationship <strong>of</strong> Tanner’s paintings<br />
and his religious identity, Robert Cozzolino considers Tanner’s religious imagery in <strong>the</strong> context<br />
<strong>of</strong> fin-de-siecle Symbolism in Europe, Hélène Valance analyzes Tanner’s “nocturnes” and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
relation to contemporary innovations in science and technology, and Alan Braddock proposes<br />
Tanner’s navigation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Judeo-Christian religious identity as “<strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> race.”<br />
<strong>In</strong> a section devoted to Tanner’s style and techniques, Michael Leja examines <strong>the</strong> relationship<br />
<strong>of</strong> Tanner’s paintings to mass visual culture, and scholars Brian Baade, Amber-Kerr Allison and<br />
Jennifer Giaccai <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Smithsonian <strong>In</strong>stitution discuss <strong>the</strong> findings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first technical study <strong>of</strong><br />
Tanner’s experimentation with materials and methods.<br />
Edited and introduced by Anna O. Marley, <strong>the</strong> organizing curator <strong>of</strong> this retrospective, this lavish<br />
volume expands our understanding <strong>of</strong> Tanner’s place in art history, showing that his status as a<br />
painter was deeply influenced by his race but not decided by it.<br />
To purchase an advance copy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> catalogue for yourself or as a gift for a friend visit<br />
PORTFOLIO at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>® in <strong>the</strong> Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. Retail prices:<br />
hard cover edition $65 ($58.50 for members), s<strong>of</strong>t cover edition $39.95 ($35.96). You can also<br />
order online at www.pafa.org/shop.<br />
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),<br />
Room dimensions variable, Performer: Melina Bielefelt Photo: Kira Perov<br />
Hennessy Youngman & Nathaniel Snerpus<br />
Present: The Grand Manner<br />
Historic Landmark Building<br />
November 5, 2011 – February 4, 2012<br />
Curator: Julien Robson,<br />
Curator <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Art<br />
The Morris Gallery Program continues, wandering<br />
upstairs into <strong>the</strong> galleries <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s Furness-Hewitt<br />
Building, with Philadelphia based artist Jayson Musson’s<br />
presentation <strong>of</strong> a critical intervention by Hennessy<br />
Youngman and Nathaniel Snerpus.<br />
<strong>In</strong> The Grand Manner, Musson’s Hip-hop art commentator<br />
Hennessy Youngman—whose “Art Thoughtz”<br />
Hennessy Youngman<br />
videos have gone viral on <strong>the</strong> web—applies his sharp<br />
witted cultural analysis to artworks in PAFA’s collection. While viewers listen to Youngman’s<br />
take on American art history and art institutions, through both cell-phone self-guided<br />
tours and videos situated in <strong>the</strong> galleries, Musson will also arrange for his art critic-atlarge,<br />
Nathaniel Snerpus, to give a critical art historical perspective on both paintings and<br />
architecture. New large-scale didactic labels written by Snerpus will make works in <strong>the</strong><br />
collection accessible to <strong>the</strong> broadest range <strong>of</strong> museum visitors.<br />
Although best known through his popular web presence as Hennessy Youngman,<br />
Jayson Musson has been previously visible in <strong>the</strong> public domain through a column called<br />
Black Like Me that he wrote during 2007 for Philadelphia Weekly. He recently presented<br />
his work in a solo show at Marginal Utility gallery in Philadelphia. Born in <strong>the</strong> Bronx,<br />
Musson studied at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>, receiving a BFA in photography in 2002, and<br />
at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> where he graduated with an MFA in painting in 2011.<br />
Leading support is provided by <strong>the</strong> William Penn Foundation.<br />
PAFA’s special exhibitions in 2011-12 are supported by generous contributions from<br />
Max N. Berry, Esq, Donald R. Caldwell, and Jonathan L. Cohen.<br />
<strong>In</strong>ternational Symposium: African-American Art<br />
and France: <strong>In</strong> Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Footsteps<br />
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France<br />
November 9-10, 2011<br />
Using <strong>the</strong> career <strong>of</strong> Henry Ossawa Tanner as a starting point, this study day will explore<br />
<strong>the</strong> century-long history <strong>of</strong> African American art and France, asking how racial and cultural<br />
identities interplayed with transatlantic exchanges from fin-de-siècle cosmopolitanism into<br />
<strong>the</strong> post-colonial age. A panel <strong>of</strong> international speakers including Renée Ater, Anna Lafont,<br />
Richard Powell, Marc Simpson, Sarah Wilson, and Elvan Zabunyan will discuss <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong><br />
artists traveling to Paris specifically and France more generally. Call Monica Zimmerman,<br />
Assistant Director <strong>of</strong> Museum Education, at 215-972-2105.<br />
Organized by <strong>the</strong> Musée d’Orsay and <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> with<br />
funding from <strong>the</strong> Terra Foundation for American Art.<br />
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Photos: Linda Johnson Photos: Linda Johnson<br />
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USArtists American<br />
<strong>Fine</strong> Art Show and Sale<br />
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building<br />
Preview Gala: Thursday, September 22, 5 - 9 p.m.<br />
Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24,<br />
11 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily<br />
Sunday, September 25, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.<br />
At USArtists 2010, Paul Gratz, owner <strong>of</strong> Gratz Gallery & Conservation<br />
Studio, Doylestown, PA, discusses art with a client.<br />
The Women’s Board is sponsoring <strong>the</strong> 19th year <strong>of</strong><br />
USArtists, <strong>the</strong> show and sale <strong>of</strong> over 2,000 works <strong>of</strong><br />
American art, and <strong>the</strong> second year <strong>the</strong> show will be held<br />
at PAFA, making it <strong>the</strong> only major American art fair to be<br />
held within a museum. An overview <strong>of</strong> American art from<br />
colonial to contemporary, USArtists has long been considered<br />
a “must see” for serious collectors. Nearly 40 <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> country’s most prestigious dealers are invited to bring<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir finest works. Selected dealers will present ten-<br />
minute talks as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ongoing effort to help develop<br />
new collectors’ knowledge and enrich <strong>the</strong> USArtists<br />
experience for all attendees.<br />
The Preview Gala launches <strong>the</strong> event on Thursday,<br />
September 22, 5 – 9 p.m. and New Collectors Night<br />
is Friday, September 23, 5:30 – 8 p.m. The Preview<br />
Gala attracts <strong>the</strong> most serious collectors as it <strong>of</strong>fers <strong>the</strong><br />
first opportunity to view and purchase from <strong>the</strong> dealers’<br />
collections and includes an elegant cocktail reception and<br />
light buffet. If you are new to <strong>the</strong> world <strong>of</strong> fine art collecting,<br />
you can begin your journey at New Collectors Night.<br />
<strong>This</strong> event provides an opportunity to talk with <strong>the</strong> dealers<br />
while enjoying a light buffet and a Beer and Chocolate<br />
Tasting courtesy <strong>of</strong> Betty’s Speakeasy and Yards Brewing<br />
Company, both <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia.<br />
Tickets for <strong>the</strong> Preview Gala, New Collectors Night, and<br />
General Admission are available for purchase online at<br />
www.usartists.org or by phone (215-972-0550).<br />
Proceeds from USArtists support student scholarships<br />
at PAFA.<br />
Dealer Talks, free with general admission, take place<br />
Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24, at noon, 1, 2,<br />
3, and 4 p.m.<br />
For <strong>the</strong> first time, you can now find us on Facebook at<br />
facebook.com/usartistsfineart, and follow us on twitter<br />
@usartistsphilly. For more information and links to<br />
facebook and twitter, please visit www.usartists.org.<br />
Questions? Contact Patty Castner, Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Women’s Board: 215-972-0550 or pcastner@pafa.org.<br />
At USArtists 2010, Al Gury, Chair <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Painting at PAFA,<br />
discusses painting processes with Audrey Hall and Tim Dixon <strong>of</strong> Dixon-<br />
Hall <strong>Fine</strong> Art, Phoenixville, PA.<br />
Photos: Barbara Katus<br />
From <strong>the</strong> Desk <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum Director<br />
<strong>This</strong>, to me, is still a very new desk<br />
- I have only had <strong>the</strong> pleasure <strong>of</strong> sitting<br />
at it since March 1st. Then I was<br />
still coming back and forth from New<br />
York; my family and I just settled into<br />
Philadelphia in June. <strong>In</strong> my brief tenure<br />
here I have learned a great deal<br />
about this amazing place, although<br />
I am acutely aware that, with more<br />
than 200 years <strong>of</strong> history, this is a<br />
learning process that will never end.<br />
Coming from a non-collecting<br />
museum focused exclusively on<br />
contemporary art <strong>the</strong>re are many<br />
aspects <strong>of</strong> my job that are new to me,<br />
particularly <strong>the</strong> care, conservation,<br />
and growth <strong>of</strong> our amazing collection.<br />
More on that in a moment. What is<br />
familiar to me is <strong>the</strong> creative buzz that<br />
surrounds PAFA – my background<br />
is that <strong>of</strong> an artist turned educator<br />
turned curator turned administrator.<br />
At <strong>the</strong> heart <strong>of</strong> my career is a<br />
deep and pr<strong>of</strong>ound respect for, and<br />
belief in, artists. Their creativity, <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
messy, sometimes too controlling,<br />
sometimes too loose, or too provocative,<br />
or perplexing, is at <strong>the</strong> core <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s founding, and its<br />
storied and sometimes perilous journey through <strong>the</strong> 19th, 20th,<br />
and now 21st century. PAFA is in a place <strong>of</strong> great strength<br />
now - thanks to <strong>the</strong> good work <strong>of</strong> my predecessor in this job,<br />
David Brigham, and <strong>the</strong> Board, faculty, and staff.<br />
We still have much to do.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> our challenges is also one <strong>of</strong> our greatest assets, our<br />
incredible Frank Furness building. Part gallery, part church,<br />
part factory, part greenhouse, our Historic Landmark Building is<br />
one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> greatest places on <strong>the</strong> planet in which to look at art.<br />
<strong>In</strong> <strong>the</strong> long term we look to <strong>the</strong> maintenance and restoration <strong>of</strong><br />
our beloved building, particularly as <strong>the</strong> centenary <strong>of</strong> Furness’s<br />
death approaches in 2012. You can see from this view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
space above <strong>the</strong> gallery skylights (photo below left) what a<br />
The Attic, Historic Landmark Building, <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fine</strong><br />
<strong>Arts</strong>, Philadelphia, 2009<br />
<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>, Philadelphia, 1876<br />
Paul Metrinko, A Picture Contest, 2011, Oil on linen, 64 x 144”, Judith McGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize from <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Annual Student Exhibition, 2011.7a&b<br />
complex building this is, with its mix <strong>of</strong> 19th and 20th century<br />
technologies.<br />
Our immediate challenge is to encourage more people to<br />
walk through our doors, which, to contemporary eyes, can<br />
seem small and uninviting. <strong>In</strong> time we’ll be unveiling new signage<br />
and banners to make our invitation clearer. Eventually we<br />
will be introducing art to <strong>the</strong> exterior <strong>of</strong> our building to make our<br />
presence as a place for art more pronounced. <strong>This</strong> is a return<br />
to how <strong>the</strong> building was in <strong>the</strong> 19th century, when a marble<br />
statue graced <strong>the</strong> plinth above our main entrance.<br />
Our collection continues to grow, and one <strong>of</strong> my first <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />
duties was to select, along with my colleague Dean Jeffrey Carr<br />
<strong>the</strong> recipient <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Judith MacGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize,<br />
an annual purchase award from <strong>the</strong> Annual Student Exhibition.<br />
We settled on a two-panel painting by Paul Metrinko, A<br />
Picture Contest, which was painted on site on North Carlisle<br />
Street, at <strong>the</strong> back <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hamilton building. From <strong>the</strong> first day<br />
I arrived here I watched Paul work on his large canvasses as<br />
<strong>the</strong> construction <strong>of</strong> our new Lenfest Plaza proceeded around<br />
him. Paul is, like so many <strong>of</strong> his peers here at PAFA, a talented<br />
and focused artist, which was plain to see as he worked and<br />
reworked sections <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> canvas, moving figures and cars and<br />
fences and bicycles as his composition evolved.<br />
Not only did he create a wonderful painting, he marked<br />
a particular moment in <strong>the</strong> long life <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s continuing<br />
evolution.<br />
Please stop in and see for yourself!<br />
Harry Philbrick<br />
The Edna S. Tuttleman Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum<br />
Photos: Frederick Gutekunst
Photo: Barbara Katus<br />
Now <strong>the</strong>re are more reasons than ever to be a Member at PAFA!<br />
USArtists American <strong>Fine</strong> Art<br />
Show & Sale<br />
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building<br />
Friday, September 23 - Sunday, September 25<br />
Don’t forget, members receive complimentary<br />
admission to USArtists with <strong>the</strong>ir membership<br />
cards.<br />
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Architecture Tours<br />
Historic Landmark Building<br />
Friday, September 23 and<br />
Saturday, September 24 at 3 p.m. daily<br />
Extend your USArtists: American <strong>Fine</strong> Art<br />
Show & Sale experience by exploring <strong>the</strong><br />
architecture and newly expanded campus <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>.<br />
Discover and learn about <strong>the</strong> beauty <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Historic Landmark Building, built in <strong>the</strong> 1870s<br />
by architects Frank Furness and George W.<br />
Hewitt, which is considered one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> finest<br />
surviving examples <strong>of</strong> Victorian Gothic<br />
architecture in America. <strong>This</strong> docent led tour<br />
will discuss <strong>the</strong> interior and exterior elements<br />
that make <strong>the</strong> building itself a work <strong>of</strong> art, while<br />
also comparing it to <strong>the</strong> early 20th century<br />
design <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building,<br />
which was originally erected as an automobile<br />
showroom and car storage facility. To register,<br />
please contact 215-972-2077 or rsvp@pafa.org.<br />
Your Support Can Make A Difference<br />
Support PAFA’s Community Outreach Programs<br />
through United Way<br />
As United Way Donor Option<br />
campaigns take place this fall,<br />
please consider supporting<br />
PAFA’s community outreach<br />
programs by directing your United Way gift to PAFA.<br />
Simply select donor choice number 14015. <strong>In</strong><br />
serving <strong>the</strong> Greater Philadelphia Region, PAFA engages<br />
<strong>the</strong> public through a variety <strong>of</strong> public programs, some<br />
designed to enrich <strong>the</strong> already-interested and o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
aimed at engaging under-served audiences.<br />
Your support <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s wide range <strong>of</strong> public and<br />
community outreach programs for adults, children, and<br />
families is greatly appreciated.<br />
Make a 100% Tax-Deductible Gift to PAFA<br />
The generosity <strong>of</strong> members, volunteers, and donors<br />
is what has allowed PAFA to flourish through <strong>the</strong> years,<br />
and we rely on your support to ensure that <strong>the</strong> next<br />
generation will benefit from accessible, innovative, and<br />
inspiring art. We believe that art is significant in all peoples’<br />
lives, and your support makes it possible for PAFA<br />
to <strong>of</strong>fer critically acclaimed exhibitions, cutting-edge arts<br />
education, and to introduce thousands <strong>of</strong> children and<br />
adults to <strong>the</strong> arts each year through our many public<br />
education <strong>of</strong>ferings.<br />
Photo: Sean Tucker<br />
Telling Tales Family Tour<br />
Historic Landmark Building<br />
Sunday, October 16 at 1 p.m.<br />
Followed by Family <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> at 2 p.m.<br />
Members and <strong>the</strong>ir families are invited to<br />
discover narrative paintings that tell stories<br />
taken from mythology, literature, American<br />
history, <strong>the</strong> imagination, and everyday life. Immediately<br />
following <strong>the</strong> tour, families are invited<br />
to participate in a related hands-on art activity<br />
in <strong>the</strong> studios as part <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s Family <strong>Arts</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong> (appropriate for all ages). To register,<br />
please contact 215-972-2077 or rsvp@pafa.org.<br />
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HERE Members’ Reception<br />
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building<br />
Friday, October 21,<br />
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.<br />
PAFA members and<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir friends are invited<br />
to a private preview <strong>of</strong><br />
HERE, an exhibition<br />
presenting new work<br />
from contemporary<br />
artists from six regions<br />
around <strong>the</strong> United<br />
States, including<br />
Philadelphia. Refreshments and light food will<br />
be provided.<br />
<strong>This</strong> event is free for PAFA members, $10<br />
for pre-registered non-members, and $15 at<br />
<strong>the</strong> door. To register for this event, visit www.<br />
pafa.givezooks.com or contact <strong>the</strong> Membership<br />
Office at 215-972-2077 or membership@pafa.org.<br />
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PAFA After Dark: Season 2<br />
Members may reserve complimentary tickets<br />
for <strong>the</strong> PAFA After Dark 2011-2012 Series.<br />
Join us on Thursday, October 27 for PAFA<br />
After Dark: Homegrown and on Thursday,<br />
December 15 for PAFA After Dark: Collision<br />
Course. For additional information, please visit<br />
www.pafa.org/afterdark.<br />
To register, visit www.pafa.givezooks.com or<br />
contact <strong>the</strong> Membership Office at 215-972-<br />
2077 or membership@pafa.org.<br />
As we approach <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> calendar year,<br />
please consider making a 100% tax-deductible<br />
gift to PAFA to help us reach our goals. Gifts <strong>of</strong> all<br />
sizes are important and help us in our mission to bring<br />
toge<strong>the</strong>r artists and <strong>the</strong> public through exceptional<br />
teaching programs, a world-class collection <strong>of</strong> American<br />
art, major exhibitions, and widely accessible public<br />
programs.<br />
<strong>In</strong> addition to <strong>the</strong> enclosed gift envelope, we are<br />
pleased to <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>the</strong> following giving options:<br />
By Mail<br />
Your contributions may be sent to:<br />
PAFA<br />
Attn: Development Department<br />
128 North Broad Street<br />
Philadelphia, PA 19102<br />
Online<br />
Visit www.pafa.org/support to make your secure<br />
gift online<br />
Gifts <strong>of</strong> Stock<br />
Please contact <strong>the</strong> Development Department at<br />
215-972-2077 or giving@pafa.org to arrange a<br />
stock transfer.<br />
For questions about ways to make a gift to PAFA,<br />
contact Cecily Macy, Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>In</strong>dividual Giving at<br />
215-972-2597 or cmacy@pafa.org.<br />
Thank you for your support <strong>of</strong> PAFA!<br />
Photo: Colette Seidel<br />
Molten Mixer<br />
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building<br />
Wednesday, November 2, 6 - 8 p.m.<br />
Exclusive event for Friend, Patron, and<br />
Benefactor members<br />
Learn more about PAFA’s dynamic sculpture<br />
program. John Greig, School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Sculpture Shop Manager, presents examples<br />
<strong>of</strong> bronze sculpture from <strong>the</strong> permanent collection<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Sculpture Study Center. Participants<br />
will <strong>the</strong>n visit <strong>the</strong> School’s foundry to<br />
witness a live bronze pour. Light refreshments<br />
will be served.<br />
To register, please contact 215-972-2077<br />
or rsvp@pafa.org. <strong>This</strong> event is open to Friend,<br />
Patron, and Benefactor members. Space is<br />
limited. To upgrade your membership, contact<br />
<strong>the</strong> Membership Office at 215-972-2077 or<br />
membership@pafa.org.<br />
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18th Annual Holiday Student Print Sale<br />
and Exclusive Members’ Shopping<br />
Samuel M. V Hamilton Building<br />
Friday, December 2<br />
Members’ Shopping Hour, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.<br />
Print Sale, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.<br />
Enjoy an exclusive PAFA member shopping<br />
hour at PORTFOLIO at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong>®. Take advantage <strong>of</strong> your member<br />
discount, take care <strong>of</strong> your holiday shopping,<br />
and support PAFA!<br />
The same evening, The Printmaking Department<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers holiday shoppers a unique opportunity<br />
with its 18th Annual Holiday Student<br />
Print Sale. The sale features cards, etchings,<br />
2010 Annual Holiday Student Print Sale<br />
lithographs, stamp prints, and woodcuts by<br />
PAFA students as well as demonstrations on<br />
different printmaking techniques by faculty.<br />
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PORTFOLIO Members’ Holiday Sale<br />
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building<br />
Sunday, November 27– Saturday, December 3<br />
<strong>In</strong> celebration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> holiday season, members<br />
receive an additional 10% discount in<br />
store when shopping in PORTFOLIO. Don’t<br />
forget – PORTFOLIO stays open until 8:30<br />
p.m. on Friday, December 2!<br />
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Give <strong>the</strong> Gift <strong>of</strong> PAFA<br />
Share <strong>the</strong> gift <strong>of</strong> PAFA membership this<br />
holiday season. Gift memberships are available<br />
at all levels and include a gift box and PAFA<br />
mug. Gift membersips may be purchased over<br />
<strong>the</strong> phone through <strong>the</strong> Membership Office at<br />
215-972-2077 or through <strong>the</strong> PAFA website<br />
at www.pafa.org/join.<br />
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Call for Volunteers!<br />
The Membership Office is looking for a<br />
group <strong>of</strong> enthusiastic individuals to serve as<br />
Membership Volunteers. <strong>This</strong> group is dedicated<br />
to providing service to all members and<br />
visitors in order to enhance <strong>the</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
Museum experience. These volunteers sell<br />
memberships and assist Museum members<br />
with information at a variety <strong>of</strong> PAFA programs<br />
and special events. For more information, contact<br />
Marianne Maxwell, Membership Manager<br />
at 215-972-0522 or mmaxwell@pafa.org.<br />
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Stay in <strong>the</strong> Loop!<br />
Each month, PAFA’s electronic newsletter,<br />
E-Preview, contains <strong>the</strong> latest PAFA news and<br />
insider information. To start receiving news and<br />
event invitations electronically, simply send a<br />
request via e-mail to membership@pafa.org.<br />
Please note: PAFA does not share e-mails<br />
with third parties.<br />
PAFA’s Education Programs Receive<br />
EITC Designation Approval<br />
Companies Can Receive Tax Credit for Gifts to<br />
PAFA’s Education Programs<br />
The Educational Improvement Tax Credit program (EITC)<br />
recognizes companies that give back by supporting innovative<br />
educational programs that help students learn and succeed. Corporations<br />
making a contribution towards PAFA’s High School After<br />
School Studio <strong>Arts</strong> Program or its K-12 <strong>Academy</strong> Visit Program<br />
may be eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 75% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> contribution,<br />
up to $300,000 per taxable year.<br />
For more information on PAFA’s eligible education programs,<br />
or information on how to make a contribution through <strong>the</strong> EITC<br />
program, please contact Jessica Lynch, Director <strong>of</strong> External Affairs<br />
at 215-972-7639 or jlynch@pafa.org.<br />
Join PAFA’s Business Partners Program<br />
PAFA’s Business Partners program provides corporations and<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir employees with <strong>the</strong> opportunity to join o<strong>the</strong>r business leaders<br />
in demonstrating <strong>the</strong>ir commitment to one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> region’s greatest<br />
cultural resources. For a minimum contribution <strong>of</strong> $5,000 all<br />
Business Partners receive preferred pricing on Facilities Rentals<br />
(including a new happy hour rate), VIP invitations to year-round<br />
networking and entertainment opportunities, complimentary passes<br />
to PAFA for employees or entertaining clients, discounts on art<br />
purchases in <strong>the</strong> Alumni Sales Gallery, and year-round recognition.<br />
For more information, contact Jessica Lynch, Director <strong>of</strong> External<br />
Affairs, at jlynch@pafa.org or 215-972-7639.<br />
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Dan Miller Makes a Gift to<br />
PAFA’s Future<br />
PAFA alumnus and current Graduate Program Chair,<br />
Dan Miller, recently committed a planned gift to provide<br />
endowment funds in support <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Color Woodcut Purchase<br />
Prize at PAFA. Dan originally established <strong>the</strong> prize<br />
in 1986, which is awarded by <strong>the</strong> Printmaking Faculty<br />
for a color woodcut print that exhibits outstanding merit.<br />
Dan’s recent planned gift will ensure <strong>the</strong> longevity <strong>of</strong> this<br />
annual prize awarded during graduation ceremonies.<br />
PAFA is extremely grateful for this special support <strong>of</strong> its<br />
current and future students.<br />
Did you know that charitable planned gifts can achieve<br />
both estate tax and income tax savings, allowing you<br />
to leave assets to your heirs that in many cases are not<br />
subject to additional taxes? There are many ways a charitable<br />
planned gift can help your family achieve its financial<br />
and philanthropic goals, while supporting what matters to<br />
you most at PAFA.<br />
To learn more about how to include PAFA in your estate<br />
plans, or for a personalized illustration <strong>of</strong> how a charitable<br />
planned gift to PAFA could benefit you, please contact<br />
Melissa DeRuiter, Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> Development,<br />
at 215-972-2002 or mderuiter@pafa.org. All<br />
conversations are kept in strict confidence.<br />
If you have included PAFA in your estate plans, please<br />
let us know so we may thank you and recognize you in<br />
PAFA’s planned giving society.<br />
PAFA Receives Major<br />
NEA Grant<br />
PAFA has been awarded an<br />
$80,000 grant from <strong>the</strong> National<br />
Endowment for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> supporting<br />
two <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s public engagement<br />
programs in 2011-2012:<br />
• Family <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>, a program centered on 90 art<br />
making workshops for parents and children, held both<br />
here at PAFA and at community locations, and<br />
• <strong>Academy</strong> Visit program <strong>of</strong>fering museum gallery tours<br />
on several <strong>the</strong>mes for k-12 school groups. The grant<br />
also helps pay <strong>the</strong> cost <strong>of</strong> bus transportation and<br />
student admission for schools that could o<strong>the</strong>rwise not<br />
afford those costs.<br />
These two PAFA programs served approximately<br />
15,000 individuals in 2010-11.<br />
Photos: Patricia Maunder<br />
Participants in Family <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s “Creature feature”<br />
Workshop at PAFA last January.<br />
PAFA’s Peale Circle: Join Us!<br />
The Peale Circle is PAFA’s leadership level<br />
membership group (starting at $1,000) designed<br />
for American art enthusiasts and connoisseurs<br />
alike. The Peale Circle <strong>of</strong>fers many<br />
membership privileges including special discounts,<br />
invitations to preview receptions before<br />
membership openings, and many unique events throughout<br />
<strong>the</strong> year that explore both historic and contemporary facets<br />
<strong>of</strong> American culture. See below for a listing <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> our<br />
upcoming events.<br />
Support from <strong>the</strong> Peale Circle helps PAFA achieve its mission<br />
to bring toge<strong>the</strong>r artists and <strong>the</strong> public through exceptional<br />
teaching programs, a world-class collection <strong>of</strong> American art,<br />
major exhibitions, and widely accessible public programs.<br />
To join <strong>the</strong> Peale Circle or to upgrade your membership,<br />
please contact, Cecily Macy, Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>In</strong>dividual Giving, at<br />
215-972-2597, cmacy@pafa.org, or visit www.pafa.org and<br />
click on Giving and Membership. We would love to welcome<br />
you as a new Peale Circle member this year!<br />
Upcoming Peale Circle Events<br />
HERE Preview Reception<br />
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building<br />
Friday, October 21, 2011, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.<br />
President’s Dinner, 7:30 p.m. for Peale Circle members<br />
$2,500 and above<br />
Historic Landmark Building<br />
Scott Hocking , Hephaestus and <strong>the</strong> Garden <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gods, Snow, 2010, Archival Pigment Print / Site<br />
Specific <strong>In</strong>stallationfrom <strong>the</strong> series Garden <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gods, 2009-2010, Detroit<br />
Peale Circle members are invited for a champagne reception<br />
and private tour <strong>of</strong> HERE with PAFA’s Curator <strong>of</strong> Contemporary<br />
Art, Julien Robson before <strong>the</strong> members’ opening. Followed<br />
by <strong>the</strong> opening reception, Peale Circle members at <strong>the</strong> Horace<br />
Pippin Circle level and above are invited to <strong>the</strong> President’s<br />
Dinner.<br />
Chicago!<br />
Thursday, October 27, - Sunday, October 30, 2011<br />
(Additional fees apply)<br />
Join us in The Windy City for art, cuisine and culture!<br />
Experience private collections, insiders’ tours and sample<br />
superb cuisine. If you joined us in Seattle last year, you know<br />
this trip will be fantastic!<br />
PAFA Receives Two Major Grants for Tanner Exhibition<br />
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Entrance to <strong>the</strong> Casbah, 1912, Oil on wood pulp paper mounted<br />
on canvas, 32 x 26 in., Art Museum <strong>of</strong> Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN, 1914.02<br />
A Berks County Idyll<br />
Friday, November 18, 2011 (Additional fees apply)<br />
We will explore <strong>the</strong> county next door! Beginning with a<br />
continental breakfast at PAFA, we will travel to Reading for a<br />
private tour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lovely Reading Public Museum, lunch and a<br />
private collection tour at <strong>the</strong> home <strong>of</strong> Marnie and Peter Carlino<br />
and a visit to <strong>the</strong> extraordinary private gallery <strong>of</strong> George Sullivan,<br />
dedicated to Annual Student Exhibition Cresson Award<br />
winners.<br />
Photo: Linda Johnson<br />
Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore, Opening Reception<br />
Historic Landmark Building<br />
Friday, November 18, 2011, 6 - 8:30 p.m.<br />
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit, Preview Reception<br />
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building<br />
Friday, January 27, 2012, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.<br />
Peale Circle members are invited for a champagne reception<br />
and private tour <strong>of</strong> Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit with<br />
PAFA’s Curator <strong>of</strong> Historical Art, Dr. Anna O. Marley before <strong>the</strong><br />
members’ opening.<br />
Palm Beach Art Show<br />
(Additional fees apply)<br />
Friday, February 3 - Sunday, February 5, 2012<br />
The Exelon Foundation recently<br />
awarded PAFA a grant <strong>of</strong> $200,000,<br />
in support <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> upcoming exhibition,<br />
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern<br />
Spirit, with an additional $50,000 from<br />
PECO, <strong>the</strong> local division <strong>of</strong> Exelon. The<br />
National Endowment for <strong>the</strong> Humanities<br />
awarded a grant <strong>of</strong> $250,000 towards<br />
this major retrospective <strong>of</strong> Tanner’s<br />
work, as well, which will support costs<br />
associated with <strong>the</strong> exhibition, related<br />
publications, and educational programming.<br />
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit<br />
will run from January 27 – April 15,<br />
2012, and bring toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> artist’s<br />
greatest works for <strong>the</strong> first time in a<br />
generation. The exhibition will take<br />
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viewers through Tanner’s upbringing;<br />
his success as an American expatriate<br />
artist at <strong>the</strong> highest levels <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
international art; his role as a leader <strong>of</strong><br />
an artist’s colony in rural France; his<br />
unique contributions in aid <strong>of</strong> American<br />
servicemen to <strong>the</strong> Red Cross efforts in<br />
WWI France; his modernist invigoration<br />
<strong>of</strong> religious painting; and <strong>the</strong> scientific<br />
and technical innovations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> artist’s<br />
oeuvre.
From <strong>the</strong> Desk <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Dean<br />
By Jeffrey Carr, Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong><br />
Academic Affairs and Dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> School<br />
PAFA is justifiably proud <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> long list <strong>of</strong> distinguished<br />
graduates <strong>of</strong> its School. Our museum collections are full<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m: historic figures such as Charles Demuth and<br />
Mary Cassatt, as well as recent stars such as Vincent<br />
Desiderio and Barkley L. Hendricks.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> principle ways PAFA celebrates its alums<br />
is through exhibitions in our museum. <strong>This</strong> summer has<br />
seen a bumper crop <strong>of</strong> alums in <strong>the</strong> museum galleries.<br />
PAFA’s museum hosted a wonderful show <strong>of</strong> emerging<br />
artists titled Urbanism: Reimaging <strong>the</strong> Lived Environment.<br />
Alumni Steven and Billy Dufala and 2006 MFA graduate<br />
Amy Walsh exhibited in this show. Amy, who taught in our<br />
Post-Baccalaureate program last year, created a huge environment<br />
<strong>of</strong> cardboard and plastic walls, with peek holes<br />
that invite you into miniature urban interiors and ro<strong>of</strong>top<br />
vistas. The effect is mysterious, magical and evocative <strong>of</strong><br />
nighttime walks in Philadelphia, and poetic glimpses into<br />
lighted interiors and darkened doorways.<br />
<strong>In</strong> <strong>the</strong> School Gallery, Gift <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Women’s Board was<br />
an exhibition <strong>of</strong> two 2010 graduates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Masters<br />
program, Katie Dillon and Reza Ghanad. Recipients <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> prestigious “One Year Out” award while students at<br />
PAFA, <strong>the</strong> two alums created an exhibition that demonstrated<br />
<strong>the</strong> range and quality <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> our graduates.<br />
Reza’s work is a mad cap tour through an artist’s<br />
mind, with a visual overload <strong>of</strong> rich visual effects, arcane<br />
art historic allusion, and mixed media painting techniques.<br />
Katie Dillon Low exhibited a large hand-made boat that<br />
manages to be both funny and disturbing; a ship <strong>of</strong> fools<br />
metaphor with an empty table, <strong>the</strong> preparations for a long<br />
voyage, and an empty birdcage from which <strong>the</strong> dove<br />
has flown.<br />
The work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se five artists has all <strong>the</strong> hallmarks <strong>of</strong><br />
what we want from our alums: a sense <strong>of</strong> craft, an appreciation<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> complex traditions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> visual arts, and an<br />
extraordinary sense <strong>of</strong> visual and poetic imagination. We<br />
are very proud <strong>of</strong> our alums. They continue to embody <strong>the</strong><br />
evolving traditions and cultural diversity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fine arts<br />
in America.<br />
Photo: Bresner Studios<br />
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT<br />
The Dufala Bro<strong>the</strong>rs: Toilet tricycles, dumpster c<strong>of</strong>fins and teaching at PAFA<br />
The Dufala Bro<strong>the</strong>rs leaning against <strong>the</strong>ir 20 Yard Dumpster C<strong>of</strong>fin.<br />
For <strong>the</strong> past seven years, Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala, known<br />
as <strong>the</strong> Dufala Bro<strong>the</strong>rs, have been working on cutting-edge collaborative<br />
art projects. PAFA alumni and faculty members since<br />
2009, <strong>the</strong>y practice in a variety <strong>of</strong> media, including sculpture,<br />
<strong>the</strong>ater, performance, music, digital media and drawing. The Dufala<br />
Bro<strong>the</strong>rs also investigate <strong>the</strong> human condition by repurposing<br />
industrial materials. As Andy Warhol used images <strong>of</strong> commercial<br />
objects to draw attention to an avaricious consumer culture, so<br />
<strong>the</strong> Dufala Bro<strong>the</strong>rs create start-to-finish object worlds, with a<br />
contemporaneity that urges <strong>the</strong> viewer to reclaim an increasingly<br />
besieged humanity.<br />
“When we see something that is wrong, unfair, counterproductive,<br />
wasteful and ridiculous, we want to initiate a dialogue,”<br />
says Steven, <strong>the</strong> middle child in a family <strong>of</strong> five boys. “We start to<br />
investigate, casting <strong>the</strong> net as wide as possible. Our role as artists<br />
is to monitor what’s going on, we are barometers <strong>of</strong> society.”<br />
“We like to work collectively,” adds Billy. “I jump on <strong>the</strong> bigpicture<br />
ideas and Steven examines <strong>the</strong> perimeters. We are each<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r’s sounding boards.”<br />
Both Dufala bro<strong>the</strong>rs graduated from PAFA’s Certificate<br />
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT<br />
Maureen Drdak: Beckoning Your Senses<br />
Rabindra Shakya and Maureen Drdak<br />
in Shakya Atelier.<br />
<strong>In</strong> 2006 artist Maureen<br />
Drdak traveled to Nepal, trekking<br />
to <strong>the</strong> remote kingdom <strong>of</strong><br />
Lo Monthang in Upper Mustang<br />
(NOVA “Lost Treasures<br />
<strong>of</strong> Tibet”), an experience that<br />
changed her life, leading to<br />
her 2008 collaboration with<br />
composer Andrea Clearfield<br />
in <strong>the</strong> innovative Lung-Ta (The<br />
Windhorse), a convergence<br />
<strong>of</strong> Tibet-inspired dance<br />
(choreography by Manfred<br />
Fischbeck), painting and<br />
music. Lung-ta is <strong>the</strong> mythic<br />
horse that carries <strong>the</strong> prayers <strong>of</strong> aspirants—and <strong>the</strong> Tibetan<br />
Buddhist Dharma—heavenward. It visualizes an ancient yet sophisticated<br />
concept—that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cosmic winds flowing through<br />
and energizing <strong>the</strong> body <strong>of</strong> man. Drdak contributed three huge<br />
prayer flags to <strong>the</strong> project, abstract variations on <strong>the</strong> wind<br />
horse, incorporating a prayer for world peace written especially<br />
for <strong>the</strong> project by a Senior Tibetan monk.<br />
Lung-Ta was commissioned by Philadelphia-based Network<br />
for New Music, which premiered <strong>the</strong> artistic collaboration in<br />
2009. “As a simultaneous performance and exhibition <strong>of</strong> dance<br />
music, and visual art, all your senses are beckoned,” says PAFA<br />
alum ’75 Maureen Drdak. “I’ve always felt a close relationship<br />
between music and visual art. Music reveals fragments<br />
and glimpses <strong>of</strong> physical form and streng<strong>the</strong>ns a particular<br />
emotional force.” Lung-Ta will have its Midwest premiere at<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Chicago’s Rockefeller chapel in 2012.<br />
<strong>This</strong> spring, Drdak received a 2011-2012 Fulbright Award<br />
for Nepal, enabling her to return to Nepal to actualize her<br />
Prakriti Project, <strong>the</strong> first syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> painting and repoussé<br />
metal work. The Newars <strong>of</strong> Nepal are today’s masters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
repoussé form, and Drdak’s Prakriti Project presents a unique<br />
contribution to <strong>the</strong> vocabulary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> visual arts in fur<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>the</strong><br />
dynamic expansion <strong>of</strong> cultural boundaries between Asia and<br />
<strong>the</strong> West. She will return to her studies with Rabindra Shakya,<br />
decendant <strong>of</strong> Kuber Singh Shakya, whose family’s artistic<br />
legacy and lineage dates from 1601 and was patronized by <strong>the</strong><br />
Program. Billy Blaise Dufala graduated in 2003 with a Sculpture<br />
major. At <strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> he was awarded <strong>the</strong> Cresson Travel<br />
Scholarship, Valley National Gases Prize, The Alexander Prize,<br />
and Philadelphia Mayor’s Award. Steven Dufala graduated in<br />
2000 with a Printmaking major. He has been awarded PAFA’s<br />
Cuff/Sammak Prize for Abstract Painting, <strong>the</strong> Wolf Scholarship in<br />
Honor <strong>of</strong> Peter Paone, and <strong>the</strong> John R. Conner Printmaking Prize.<br />
Recent art projects have included toilets affixed to bicycles,<br />
an ice cream truck mashed with a military tank (for which <strong>the</strong>y<br />
received <strong>the</strong> prestigious West Prize in 2009), and drawings <strong>of</strong><br />
body parts intertwined and morphing into machines. Their 20<br />
Yard Dumpster C<strong>of</strong>fin was included in PAFA’s summer exhibition<br />
Urbanism: Reimagining <strong>the</strong> Lived Environment, <strong>the</strong> first piece<br />
<strong>of</strong> art work to be produced entirely through RAIR, <strong>the</strong> non-pr<strong>of</strong>it<br />
artist in residency program located within Revolution Recovery, a<br />
construction waste recycling facility in nor<strong>the</strong>ast Philadelphia.<br />
For <strong>the</strong> last two years <strong>the</strong> Dufala Bro<strong>the</strong>rs have been teaching<br />
courses at PAFA on found material techniques, which explore<br />
alternative methods to traditional art making practice, using<br />
Philadelphia’s abandoned material as a basis for students’ new<br />
work. As former <strong>Academy</strong> students, <strong>the</strong>y bring unique insights<br />
and ideas to <strong>the</strong> teaching process.<br />
“I want to help <strong>the</strong> students navigate life at PAFA,” says Steven.<br />
“I remember it super well. We also want to expand <strong>the</strong>ir frame<br />
<strong>of</strong> reference. We’ve asked students to walk outside <strong>the</strong> building<br />
– a distance <strong>of</strong> at least five blocks – and work on a project. It’s<br />
necessary to constantly reinvestigate one’s relationship to one’s<br />
surrounding.”<br />
“It’s also important to prepare <strong>the</strong> students for life after PAFA,”<br />
he adds. “I believe <strong>the</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> life issue may be a challenge for<br />
<strong>the</strong>m. Even though <strong>the</strong> students are adept at living with very little<br />
in <strong>the</strong> way <strong>of</strong> traditional comfort, <strong>the</strong> ability to put <strong>of</strong>f a decent<br />
standard <strong>of</strong> living may not last forever, and it is an ingredient in a<br />
successful/sustainable art-making practice.<br />
Maureen Drdak, Lungta Triptych (detail), 2009, Image courtesy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> artist<br />
Malla kings <strong>of</strong> Nepal.<br />
Drdak connects deeply with <strong>the</strong> spiritual worldview <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
cultures <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Himalayas. While embracing <strong>the</strong> uniqueness <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>se cultures, she also celebrates <strong>the</strong> inevitable bridging <strong>of</strong><br />
historically and socially disparate elements.<br />
“Societies are rapidly changing, increasingly stretching<br />
<strong>the</strong> limits <strong>of</strong> communal connection,” says Drdak. “Art can be<br />
a powerful force for easing this dislocation; art can maintain<br />
meaningful cultural identity and be a positive force for selfdefinition,<br />
a grounding matrix enabling individuals to locate<br />
<strong>the</strong>mselves within <strong>the</strong>ir societies, and <strong>the</strong>ir world.”<br />
Follow Drdak’s blog from Nepal at: www.maureendrdak.com<br />
The Dufala Bro<strong>the</strong>rs, Billy Blaise and Steven Dufala, posing in front<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir work, Heap, 2011<br />
Photo: Bresner Studios<br />
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Congratulations Class <strong>of</strong> 2011<br />
On May 13, PAFA congratulated <strong>the</strong> graduating class <strong>of</strong><br />
2011 in an afternoon ceremony in <strong>the</strong> rotunda <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Historic<br />
Landmark Building. The <strong>Academy</strong> recognized 41 Certificate<br />
program graduates, 23 Post-Baccalaureate graduates, 42<br />
MFA graduates, and 16 BFA graduates.<br />
Photos: Linda Johnson<br />
BFA Graduates<br />
Certificate Graduates<br />
Following <strong>the</strong> ceremony, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> opened <strong>the</strong> doors in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building to <strong>the</strong> Annual Student Exhibition<br />
where families and friends could view <strong>the</strong> exceptional<br />
artistic accomplishments <strong>of</strong> our graduates.<br />
(Left to right, bottom to top) Blair Baskin, Barbara Greco-Potash, Alice Cathrall, Tiffany Holman, Mary Frances Ng, Laura<br />
Adams, Scott Cooper, Deborah Strong Napple, Maureen Moll, Rebecca Nehring, Hayley Barber, Christy Bottie Kitigawa, Liam<br />
Hodgson, Jake Barnhart, Alexis Grant, Shay Allen, Claire Sullivan, Devon Lee, Alana Cooksey, Ryan Pellak, Kevin McCullough,<br />
Colin Foley, Daniel Molnar, Cynthia Harvey, Ka<strong>the</strong>rine Koch, Stephenie Koniers, Scott Giblin, James Mueller, Ian Wagner, Jordan<br />
Shackleford, Nathan Durnin, Paul Metrinko, Joel Shambe, Christina Weaver, Evan Harrington, Jeffrey Giannone<br />
MFA Graduates<br />
(Left to right, bottom to top) Aubrey Levinthal, Annette Liska, Sarah Burns, Anna-Marie Moblard Meier, Kristen Apple,<br />
Stephen Kenny, Christopher Synicky, Lauren Garvey, Elizabeth Hamilton, Sarah Weber, Karen David, Jennifer Lingford,<br />
Matej Branc, James Erickson, Jessica Gamble, Michael Branca, Tyler Kline, Menaka Gopalan, Mary Coyle, Paula Cahill,<br />
Helen Troia-Shear, Ka<strong>the</strong>rine Wirick, Dganit Zauberman, Kirsten Fisher-Price, Jude Lang, Jerry Gordon, Olive Thomas,<br />
Diana Dodson, Eric Huckabee, Andrew Christensen, Ryan Buffington, Mat<strong>the</strong>w Colaizzo, Derrick Quevado, Roman Serra,<br />
Skirmantas Pipas, Mark Goodson, Jason Bombaci, James Fisher, Edward Walsh<br />
(Left to right, bottom to top) Elizabeth Brown, Ca<strong>the</strong>rine Blinn,<br />
Elizabeth Serocki, Lindsay Robbins, Tara Wight, Ka<strong>the</strong>rine Koch,<br />
David Golas, Paul Metrinko<br />
Post-Bacc Graduates<br />
(Left to right, bottom to top) Julianne Kelley, Katrina Funk, Judy McGregor<br />
Caldwell, Justin Bean, Castine Dow, Ca<strong>the</strong>rine Hipple, Caroline Roosevelt, Maria<br />
Veksler, Susan Stromquist, Mariel Herring, Jessica Libor, Stephanie Smith, Kira<br />
Grennan, Cynthia Oswald, Avdo Babic, Katharine Kressler, Jonathan Hamburger,<br />
Jennifer Lightfoot, Mat<strong>the</strong>w Smith, Ana Maria Gomez Lopez, Kevin Rhodes, Donald<br />
McPartland<br />
Photo: Patricia Maunder<br />
Family <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Offers<br />
FREE Family Programs on<br />
Sundays, October – December<br />
Join us on Sundays, from 2 - 3 p.m., starting October 9,<br />
for Family <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Workshops for all ages, levels <strong>of</strong><br />
ability, and interests. Children, families, adults, seniors and<br />
groups are invited to view artworks in <strong>the</strong> museum galleries<br />
and create art projects in a studio space.<br />
Designed to <strong>of</strong>fer fun museum experiences, workshops<br />
present opportunities for you to enjoy time toge<strong>the</strong>r with<br />
family and friends while exploring and developing your<br />
creative spirit. They promote family engagement through<br />
providing a positive and nurturing environment for families<br />
to learn and create art toge<strong>the</strong>r. All programs are held in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Historic Landmark Building located at 118 N. Broad<br />
Street.<br />
Programs are free for all students and <strong>the</strong>ir families<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Philadelphia School District’s public and charter<br />
schools. Programs are also free for PAFA members,<br />
reciprocal members and staff. Children 12 and under<br />
outside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> School District <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia are free with<br />
a general adult admission.<br />
The fall series <strong>of</strong> workshops will kick-<strong>of</strong>f with a Family<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> Festival as part <strong>of</strong> PAFA’s Party on <strong>the</strong> Plaza event<br />
on Saturday, October 1, to celebrate <strong>the</strong> opening <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Lenfest Plaza. The Family <strong>Arts</strong> Festival will include free<br />
art activities and o<strong>the</strong>r family-friendly entertainment from<br />
noon until 5 p.m.<br />
NEW!<br />
PAFA Book Club<br />
“Oh literature, oh <strong>the</strong> glorious Art, how it preys upon <strong>the</strong><br />
marrow in our bones. It scoops <strong>the</strong> stuffing out <strong>of</strong> us, and<br />
chucks us aside. Alas!” – D. H. Lawrence<br />
Are you one <strong>of</strong> those people who feel <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> art<br />
and literature in your bones? We are too. So beginning in<br />
<strong>the</strong> fall <strong>of</strong> 2011, PAFA’s new Pen and Paintbrush Club will<br />
read pieces <strong>of</strong> literature in conjunction with art on view<br />
at PAFA and <strong>the</strong>n meet in <strong>the</strong> galleries once a month for<br />
lively conversation that sheds new light on old favorites.<br />
The debut season will focus on fiction, and both veteran<br />
and emerging readers are welcome to join us. If you’re<br />
already in a book club which might want to join us in our<br />
reading, <strong>the</strong> more <strong>the</strong> merrier!<br />
Discussion questions will be provided in conjunction<br />
with each book, relating it to <strong>the</strong> works on view in <strong>the</strong><br />
galleries. The group will ga<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> lobby <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Historic<br />
Landmark Building for discussion led by museum<br />
staff followed by a jaunt into <strong>the</strong> galleries to look at some<br />
art. Curiosity, opinions, and good humor are very much<br />
encouraged. Scheduled dates and books are:<br />
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Wednesday, October 5<br />
The Great Gatsby by<br />
F. Scott Fitzgerald<br />
Wednesday, November 3<br />
The Handmaid’s Tale by<br />
Margaret Atwood<br />
Wednesday, December 7<br />
Ballad <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sad Cafe by<br />
Carson McCullers<br />
First Wednesday <strong>of</strong> each month from 3:30 – 5 p.m.<br />
Admission is free to members, but registration is required.<br />
Contact Monica Zimmerman at 215-972-2105 or<br />
mzimmerman@pafa.org
A New Season <strong>of</strong> PAFA After Dark<br />
Whe<strong>the</strong>r you’re a convert to <strong>the</strong> new nighttime festivities<br />
at PAFA or still sitting at home on Thursday nights<br />
wondering what all <strong>the</strong> fuss is about, it turns out you’re<br />
in luck. PAFA After Dark is back for its second season<br />
<strong>of</strong> surprising nights in <strong>the</strong> galleries with an eclectic mix<br />
<strong>of</strong> music, performances, cocktails, friends and <strong>of</strong> course<br />
– art. We’ll explore <strong>the</strong> lure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> local at October 27th’s<br />
kick<strong>of</strong>f event – Home Grown – with local craft brews,<br />
performances by artists from <strong>the</strong> HERE exhibition, and<br />
demonstrations by local green thumbs who keep our city<br />
beautiful. On December 15th, we’ll bring you Collision<br />
Course, a night <strong>of</strong> surprising overlaps where <strong>the</strong> permanent<br />
collection gets reinterpreted by local artist Hennessey<br />
Youngman, scavenger hunts turn up all sorts <strong>of</strong><br />
artistic personality clashes, and young students fill <strong>the</strong> old<br />
building with artwork that’s all for sale.<br />
Still not convinced? Here are a few more reasons why<br />
you should join us for PAFA After Dark:<br />
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It’s fun, which is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last things on earth you can’t<br />
be allergic to.<br />
It’s free for members. Where else can you hear a<br />
concert or see a performance for absolutely no dollars?<br />
The galleries look different at night. They’re moody and<br />
atmospheric. They trade in mystery.<br />
The people-watching is exceptional.<br />
The people-listening is pretty fantastic too, and you just<br />
might learn something new.<br />
You love art and history and <strong>the</strong> adventure <strong>of</strong> learning<br />
about new things. After Dark is always a new adventure.<br />
We promise.<br />
PAFA After Dark takes place on select Thursdays from<br />
6 – 9 p.m. Tickets are free to members but reservations<br />
are required. (We are happy to note that we have been<br />
known to sell out this event, so reserve early!)<br />
Continuing Education Programs this Fall<br />
A Community <strong>of</strong> Dedicated Artists <strong>of</strong> All Ages and Skill Levels<br />
Juliette Aristides, Willow (detail), 2010, 22 x 17 in., charcoal on toned<br />
paper heightened with white<br />
Continuing Education at PAFA <strong>of</strong>fers art classes and workshops<br />
for adults and high school students at all levels <strong>of</strong> ability.<br />
Whe<strong>the</strong>r you’re venturing into art for <strong>the</strong> first time, returning<br />
after a long absence or polishing your skills, we have something<br />
for you. Members at <strong>the</strong> “Friend” level and above receive<br />
a 10% tuition discount on regular courses and workshops!<br />
<strong>This</strong> fall semester choose from an amazing selection <strong>of</strong><br />
classes, programs, and workshops.<br />
Master Class with Juliette Aristides:<br />
Classical Figure Drawing<br />
October 15 & 16<br />
Learn to draw <strong>the</strong> human figure accurately and confidently with<br />
Juliette Aristides, Director <strong>of</strong> The Classical Atelier at <strong>the</strong> Gage<br />
<strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> Art in Seattle author <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lessons in<br />
Classical Drawing, published by Watson-Guptill.<br />
Photos: Sean Tucker<br />
Guests enjoy recent work by PAFA’s students in <strong>the</strong> Certificate & BFA programs.<br />
PAFA After Dark: Wanderlust attendees listen to an artist talk by Ted Walsh (MFA ’11).<br />
Stuart Shils, Morning Light, Looking Down from Montecastello (detail), 2007, 13 x 11 1/4 in., oil on linen, Courtesy Steven Harvey <strong>Fine</strong> Art Projects Bill Scott, Spring Aquarium (detail), 2009, oil on canvas, 43 x 52 in.,<br />
courtesy Hollis Taggert Galleries, New York<br />
Master Class with Stuart Shils and Bill Scott<br />
November 11, 12 & 13<br />
Learn approaches to painting that emphasize <strong>the</strong> sensuous yet<br />
thoughtful, abstract construction <strong>of</strong> space with renowned<br />
painters Bill Scott and Stuart Shils..<br />
Alla Prima Painting Workshop with<br />
Christine Lafuente<br />
December 3 & 4<br />
Deepen your understanding <strong>of</strong> color harmony with Christine<br />
Lafuente. Explore palettes, experiment with principles <strong>of</strong><br />
viscosity, and relate drawing concepts to color.<br />
<strong>In</strong>formed Perception: An Objective Approach to Aes<strong>the</strong>tic<br />
Appreciation with Christine Stoughton<br />
September 13 - December 13<br />
<strong>This</strong> course will introduce students to an objective method for<br />
appreciating art using <strong>the</strong> methods developed by John Dewey,<br />
Dr. Albert C. Barnes and Violette de Mazia.<br />
PAFA Welcomes over<br />
30 new docents!<br />
Photos: Sarah Holloran<br />
Ever wonder who gives all <strong>the</strong> tours to adult groups and<br />
our nearly 10,000 school children? It’s a docent, and after<br />
a year <strong>of</strong> training that included an American art history<br />
lecture series, paper assignments, presentations in <strong>the</strong><br />
galleries, and multiple o<strong>the</strong>r curatorial walkthroughs and<br />
educational workshops, 37 new docents will graduate in<br />
September. The addition <strong>of</strong> this dedicated group <strong>of</strong> volunteers<br />
will double our docent program to over 70 active<br />
docents. <strong>This</strong> is <strong>the</strong> first class in five years and many were<br />
eager to join last summer. Although <strong>the</strong>y’ve spent a great<br />
deal <strong>of</strong> time in our galleries and doing research on <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
own, <strong>the</strong>ir education does not end with graduation. All <strong>of</strong><br />
PAFA’s volunteer guides have an exceptionally big task<br />
ahead <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m this year, as <strong>the</strong>y prepare to tour two major<br />
exhibitions, starting with HERE in <strong>the</strong> fall and culminating<br />
with Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit in <strong>the</strong> spring.<br />
Join us in congratulating <strong>the</strong>m on all <strong>the</strong>ir hard work and<br />
consider stopping by for one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir regularly scheduled<br />
tours.<br />
Daily Tours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 11:30 &<br />
12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at 1 & 2 p.m.<br />
Or schedule a group tour by contacting tours@pafa.org<br />
or call 215-972-2069.<br />
Christine Lafuente, Lilies and Jelly Jar (detail), 2006, oil on linen, private collection<br />
PAFA at Historic Yellow Springs<br />
September 27 – November 12<br />
Enjoy PAFA classes on location in beautiful<br />
Chester County.<br />
Color Workshop with Al Gury<br />
October 29<br />
A focused look at color in art with Al Gury, Chair <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> PAFA<br />
Painting Department, and author <strong>of</strong> Color for Painters: A Guide<br />
to Tradition and Practice.<br />
PAFA CE courses and workshops are eligible for Act 48 hours<br />
and New Jersey Department <strong>of</strong> Education Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Development<br />
credit. For <strong>the</strong> complete summer schedule, visit<br />
www.pafa.edu/CE, call 215-972-7632 or e-mail<br />
continuinged@pafa.edu.<br />
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PAFA Collection<br />
Goes “LIVE”<br />
Beginning <strong>the</strong> first week <strong>of</strong> September, visitors to our<br />
website will be in for a big surprise. After two years <strong>of</strong><br />
behind-<strong>the</strong>-scenes work we are excited to announce<br />
<strong>the</strong> arrival <strong>of</strong> our newly designed Collections portal and<br />
expanded access to our collection on our website.<br />
With <strong>the</strong> generous grant from The Albert M. Greenfield<br />
Foundation, we were able to purchase a collections<br />
database system called MIMSY XG. Jennifer Johns, our<br />
data entry coordinator has been entering information into<br />
MIMSY about each object in <strong>the</strong> collection and Barbara<br />
Katus, our photo archivist has been photographing <strong>the</strong><br />
work. MIMSY simply takes <strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> file cabinets and<br />
lives on <strong>the</strong> museum staff’s computers. <strong>In</strong>ternally, <strong>the</strong> staff<br />
has access to about 9,000 object records and <strong>the</strong>y use<br />
MIMSY for creating exhibitions, educational tours, and to<br />
track loans in/out to name a few daily activities. Externally,<br />
Jennifer has been working with NetReach, our website<br />
designers to connect <strong>the</strong> data in MIMSY to our website<br />
for expanded public access.<br />
Right now visitors to our on-line collection have access<br />
to fewer than 1,000 objects from our more than 15,000<br />
works. Objects are only searchable by artist, medium,<br />
date and keyword and only paintings, works on paper and<br />
sculpture are present. It was our goal using <strong>the</strong> Greenfield<br />
grant to allow <strong>the</strong> public not only access to more works<br />
in our collection but to expand search capabilities for<br />
research, teaching, and visiting purposes.<br />
Now visitors to <strong>the</strong> Collections portal will be greeted<br />
with a stream-lined and visually dynamic portal. They will<br />
have close to 7,000 objects to view, not only paintings,<br />
works on paper and sculpture but decorative arts, ephemera<br />
and architecture as well. The number <strong>of</strong> searchable<br />
objects will grow weekly. Users will have greatly expanded<br />
search capabilities. You will now be able to search not<br />
only by artist, date, medium, and keyword, but by subject,<br />
gender, collection, and accession number. Ano<strong>the</strong>r special<br />
feature will be <strong>the</strong> ability to find out what is on view<br />
in <strong>the</strong> galleries and what is out on loan. Descriptions <strong>of</strong><br />
works have been included and more will be added as <strong>the</strong><br />
project goes along.<br />
We are committed to making our collection assessable<br />
to <strong>the</strong> widest possible audience. We are proud <strong>of</strong> this first<br />
big step in that direction and hope you enjoy it as much<br />
as we do.<br />
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Photo: Linda Johnson<br />
Photo: Bresner Studios<br />
Photo: Linda Johnson<br />
Photo: Linda Johnson<br />
PAFA in Pictures<br />
Below is a selection <strong>of</strong> events that took place over <strong>the</strong> past few months, which celebrate <strong>the</strong> vibrancy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> school and museum.<br />
PAFA Trustee and Drexel University President John A. Fry with Dr. Richard V.<br />
Homan, President and Annenberg Dean <strong>of</strong> Drexel University College <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
at <strong>the</strong> Anatomy/<strong>Academy</strong> reception. Drexel University College <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
was a major sponsor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> exhibition.<br />
PAFA Alumnae Amy Walsh (MFA ‘06), strikes a pose in front <strong>of</strong> her work<br />
featured in Urbanism: Reimagining <strong>the</strong> Lived Environment.<br />
2011 Travel Scholarship Winners<br />
(from L-R): President, David Brigham, Lindsay Robbins (BFA ’11, Cert ’12),<br />
Jimmy Bellew (Cert ’12), Ryan Pellak (Cert ’11), Dan Molnar (Cert ’11), Nicole<br />
Michaud (Cert ’12), Christina Weaver (Cert ’11, BFA ’12), Dean, Jeffrey Carr.<br />
Guests were invited to spend an evening with artist Faith Ringgold on May<br />
18. Ms. Ringgold stands next to her quilt titled We Came to America, from <strong>the</strong><br />
series; “The American Collection”<br />
Photo: Linda Johnson<br />
Photo: Bresner Studios<br />
Photo: Linda Johnson<br />
Photo: Ed Poletti<br />
Alumnus S. Zachery Martin (MFA ‘09), with his work Mediation on Water,<br />
which was on view in <strong>the</strong> PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery show titled Water As The<br />
Source.<br />
Friends ga<strong>the</strong>r to look at Katie Dillon Low’s work at <strong>the</strong> opening <strong>of</strong> Katie Dillon<br />
Low & Reza Ghanad in <strong>the</strong> Fisher Brooks Gallery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Samuel M.V. Hamilton<br />
Building.<br />
Nicole Michaud (Cert ’12) posed in front <strong>of</strong> her wall at <strong>the</strong> 2011 Annual<br />
Student Exhibition.<br />
The construction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Plaza took place throughout <strong>the</strong> long summer months.
HERE: What is <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> “place” in art?<br />
(Continued from page 1)<br />
idea <strong>of</strong> “regionalism” as an unfashionable term that references only <strong>the</strong><br />
parochial or <strong>the</strong> provincial, and highlights, instead, <strong>the</strong> fact that many communities<br />
have begun to place greater importance on how history and place<br />
define <strong>the</strong>m in a globalized world. By presenting a diverse range <strong>of</strong> compelling<br />
artistic practices seen through <strong>the</strong> eyes <strong>of</strong> curators who live and work<br />
in <strong>the</strong> regions, HERE provides a platform for artists from six regions and<br />
opens a broader discussion about what regionalism can mean to American<br />
art today.<br />
Artists represented in <strong>the</strong> exhibition are: Lewis Colburn, Jennifer Levonian,<br />
Megawords,Tim Portlock / Michael Krueger, Erika Nelson, Aaron Storck,<br />
Whoop Dee Doo / Bunk News, Paul Coors, Terence Hammonds, Katie<br />
Parker and Guy Michael Davis / Liz Cohen, Scott Hocking, Chido Johnson,<br />
Abigail Newbold / Elsewhere Collaborative, Harrison Haynes, Stacy-Lynn<br />
Waddell, Glenda Wharton / Sue Chenoweth, Postcommodity, Aaron Rothman,<br />
and Gregory Sale.<br />
The exhibition curators are: Julien Robson, Curator <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Art<br />
at PAFA; Christopher Cook, Director and Curator at <strong>the</strong> Salina Art Center,<br />
Salina, Kansas; Mark Harris, Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> School <strong>of</strong> Art at <strong>the</strong> University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Cincinnati; Rebecca Hart, Associate Curator <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Art at <strong>the</strong><br />
Detroit <strong>In</strong>stitute <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>; Claire Schneider, <strong>In</strong>dependent Curator; and Teka<br />
Selman, Assistant Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> MFA in Experimental and Documentary<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> at Duke University<br />
The William Penn Foundation is <strong>the</strong> presenting sponsor <strong>of</strong><br />
HERE. Support for <strong>the</strong> HERE catalogue is provided by <strong>the</strong><br />
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation.<br />
PAFA’s special exhibitions in 2011-12 are supported by<br />
generous contributions from Max N. Berry, Esq, Donald R. Caldwell, and Jonathan L. Cohen.<br />
Photo: Barbara Katus<br />
Photo: Tom Crane<br />
Michael Krueger, Night Falls, 2011, Colored pencil on paper, 40 x 30 in., Photo courtesy <strong>the</strong> artist<br />
Historic Landmark Building<br />
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building<br />
Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape Show<br />
Now on View in PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery<br />
On view in PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery through October 23 is Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape<br />
Show. <strong>This</strong> group exhibition features works by Alton Bowman, Philip Cohn, Beth Clark, Kevin Broad, Paul<br />
Metrinko, John Pacer, Andrea Packard, Ben Pines, Sunny Ra, Judith Thomas, Elizabeth Wilson, and Julie Zahn.<br />
The PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery celebrates <strong>the</strong> work by 12 artists who studied at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> from 1946-<br />
2011. The <strong>Academy</strong> has a long history <strong>of</strong> artists who were inspired and influenced by landscape including<br />
representation in its permanent collection by alumni Louis Sloan, Thomas Dougherty, and T. Alexander Harrison.<br />
<strong>This</strong> exhibition focuses on work <strong>of</strong> varying perspectives and subjects from around <strong>the</strong> country. On view will be<br />
Alton Bowman’s Wildflower Desk, reflecting his involvement in restoring and building marquetry furniture and<br />
his passion for preservation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> native prairies in his hometown <strong>of</strong> Flower Mound, Texas. Andrea Packard<br />
builds her piece, Dreaming <strong>of</strong> Redon, from collected papers and fabrics using memory and her reference for<br />
nature.<br />
Paul Metrinko, Philip Cohn, and Elizabeth Wilson employ a romantic and sensual approach to <strong>the</strong>ir subjects.<br />
Metrinko, who is <strong>the</strong> recipient <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> PAFA Purchase Prize for 2011, uses his paint to transform a dumpster into<br />
a beautiful, colorful form. Cohn romanticizes <strong>the</strong> Philadelphia Waterworks with idyllic figures basking on <strong>the</strong><br />
grass. Wilson uses light, color, and form to create atmosphere <strong>of</strong> calm and solitary reflection.<br />
Sunny Ra, Judith Thomas, and Beth Clark use memory and <strong>the</strong>ir medium to make unique landscapes that<br />
transcend place and delve into <strong>the</strong> psychological and emotional. Passion for color is evident in most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />
artists’ works; however, Julie Zahn’s print and Ben Pines’s oil paintings exude a mysterious quality as well. And,<br />
John Pacer’s Falling Sky, is playful and somber at <strong>the</strong> same time. Kevin Broad explores <strong>the</strong> balance between<br />
color and shape to create a beautiful new reality.<br />
Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape Show was juried by Bill Scott, a painter and printmaker who lives<br />
in Philadelphia. Mr. Scott studied at PAFA in <strong>the</strong> 1970s and has been teaching <strong>the</strong>re since 2006. He is represented<br />
by <strong>the</strong> Hollis Gallery, New York, where he will have a solo exhibition in fall 2011. Pat Stewart is Adjunct<br />
Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor in Liberal <strong>Arts</strong> at University <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> in Philadelphia. Ms. Stewart teaches courses on<br />
20th century and contemporary art and has published several articles.<br />
PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery is located in <strong>the</strong> Historic Landmark Building, 118 North Broad Street.<br />
Judith Thomas, 2002-07, Cromarty (detail), 2010, 7.5 x 13.5 in., oil<br />
THE FinE ART oF EnTERTAininG – ouR SPACE<br />
iS THE PLACE FoR youR nExT SPECiAL EvEnT!<br />
ACCOMMODATIONS...<br />
Two venues in one – a choice <strong>of</strong> elegant landmark or l<strong>of</strong>ty contemporary space.<br />
LOCATION...<br />
Across Broad Street from <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> Convention Center and within walking<br />
distance <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia’s many premier hotels.<br />
CATERING...<br />
PAFA has an exclusive caterer, Jimmy Duffy & Sons.<br />
TOURS...<br />
Museum Docents are available to lead tours <strong>of</strong> our galleries.<br />
EVENT ENHANCEMENT...<br />
PAFA student artists are available for hire during your event.<br />
PORTFOLIO...<br />
Our store in <strong>the</strong> Hamilton Building <strong>of</strong>fers a unique shopping experience.<br />
YOUR RENTAL FEE DOLLARS...<br />
Help fulfill PAFA’s mission <strong>of</strong> educating tomorrow’s artists.<br />
DISCOUNTS...<br />
Available to PAFA Business Partners, and special rates for non-pr<strong>of</strong>it organizations<br />
and conventions.<br />
To book your next event contact Judi Garst at 215-972-1609<br />
or jgarst@pafa.org.<br />
How To Reach PAFA<br />
215-972-7600<br />
www.pafa.org | www.pafa.edu<br />
Historic Landmark Building<br />
118 North Broad Street on <strong>the</strong> Avenue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building<br />
128 North Broad Street on <strong>the</strong> Avenue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Adult Group Tours<br />
215-972-2069<br />
Alumni Sales Gallery<br />
215-972-4187<br />
Business Partners Program<br />
215-972-7639<br />
Continuing Education<br />
215-972-7632<br />
Development<br />
215-972-2077<br />
Facility Rentals<br />
215-972-1609<br />
Family Programs<br />
215-972-2061<br />
Library<br />
215-972-2030<br />
Membership<br />
215-972-2077<br />
Museum Front Desk<br />
215-972-2060<br />
PAFA Supply Store<br />
215-972-2035<br />
Portfolio at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong>®<br />
215-972-2075<br />
School Admissions<br />
215-972-7625<br />
Volunteer<br />
Opportunities<br />
215-972-2020<br />
Women’s Board<br />
215-972-0550<br />
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PAFA INFORMATION<br />
Museum Hours<br />
Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Admission<br />
Admission to Permanent Collection<br />
Adults $10, Seniors (60+) & Students with I.D.<br />
$8; Youth (13 - 18) $6; Child (12 and under,<br />
excluding groups) FREE<br />
Admission to Special Exhibitions<br />
(includes Permanent Collection)<br />
Adults $15, Seniors (60+) & Students with I.D.<br />
$12; Youth (13 - 18) $10; Child (12 and under,<br />
excluding groups) FREE<br />
FREE for members. Morris Gallery exhibitions<br />
and ground floor <strong>of</strong> Historic Landmark Building<br />
are free.<br />
Portfolio at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong>®<br />
Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
Members receive a 10% discount.<br />
<strong>Academy</strong> Café<br />
Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Membership<br />
Members enjoy free admission and o<strong>the</strong>r benefits.<br />
For information: 215-972-2077 or<br />
www.pafa.org/membership<br />
Tours<br />
Docent Tours meet in <strong>the</strong> lobby <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum.<br />
Please check in with <strong>the</strong> front desk on <strong>the</strong> day <strong>of</strong><br />
your visit for specific details.<br />
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:30 a.m. and<br />
12:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 1 and 2 p.m.<br />
Tours are free with admission.<br />
To arrange a group tour for adults, seniors and<br />
school groups, call 215-972-2069.<br />
Website<br />
www.pafa.org www.pafa.edu<br />
Bacchanal Wine Gala and<br />
Auction, The Art <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vine<br />
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building<br />
Saturday, November 12<br />
Photo: David Hershey<br />
On Saturday, November 12, 2011 for <strong>the</strong> 13th consecutive<br />
year, PAFA will host <strong>the</strong> Bacchanal Wine Gala and Auction in<br />
its contemporary Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. With over<br />
350 guests in attendance, this year’s event, The Art <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Vine, will include wine tastings and silent and live auctions<br />
<strong>of</strong> unique items and travel destinations. Hugh Hildesley <strong>of</strong><br />
So<strong>the</strong>by’s New York will once again serve as auctioneer for<br />
<strong>the</strong> evening.<br />
The highlight <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> evening will be <strong>the</strong> presentation <strong>of</strong><br />
PAFA’s Thomas Jefferson Award to this year’s honorees, The<br />
<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> Liquor Control Board and its chairman, Patrick J.<br />
Stapleton, III.<br />
Following a multi-course dinner prepared by a surprise<br />
celebrity chef, everyone is invited to join Bacchanal’s favorite<br />
band, Firefly, to dance <strong>the</strong> night away!<br />
Proceeds from Bacchanal support PAFA’s student scholarships<br />
and PAFA’s wide range <strong>of</strong> community education programs.<br />
Since <strong>the</strong> event’s inception in 1999, over $3.5 million<br />
has been raised for art education.<br />
For more information, or to purchase your ticket, please<br />
contact Erin Herz, Director <strong>of</strong> Development Events, at<br />
eherz@pafa.org , 215-972-2103 or visit www.pafa.org.<br />
Facility Rentals<br />
Our outstanding Historic Landmark Building and<br />
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building provide elegant<br />
and dramatic settings for entertaining employees,<br />
guests, and clients at gala dinners, luncheons,<br />
wedding receptions or meetings. For information:<br />
215-972-1609 or rentals@pafa.org.<br />
Transportation<br />
The Museum is near <strong>the</strong> Market East and<br />
Suburban train stations, SEPTA bus and trolley<br />
stops, and PATCO’s High Speed Line. For SEPTA<br />
information: 215-580-7800 or www.septa.org.<br />
Discounted parking is available at adjacent Parkway<br />
Corporation parking lots. Tickets must be<br />
validated at <strong>the</strong> Museum front desk.<br />
Academic Programs<br />
The <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers a four-year Certificate,<br />
<strong>Academy</strong> BFA, BFA in conjunction with <strong>the</strong><br />
University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>, Post-Baccalaureate,<br />
and MFA. For information: 215-972-7625 or<br />
admissions@pafa.edu.<br />
Accessibility<br />
The Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building is accessible<br />
from Broad Street. An accessible entrance to <strong>the</strong><br />
Historic Landmark Building is located at Cherry<br />
and Burns Streets. The Burns Street Elevator<br />
provides access to <strong>the</strong> Gallery Floor. Visitors can<br />
access this entrance by pushing <strong>the</strong> call button at<br />
<strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> front stairs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum, or<br />
at <strong>the</strong> corner <strong>of</strong> Cherry and Burns; Security staff<br />
will meet <strong>the</strong> caller. Wheelchairs are available,<br />
and restrooms are accessible. Guided tours are<br />
available for people with physical or mental disabilities,<br />
upon request.<br />
n Sign language interpreters are available for all<br />
programs with prior arrangements.<br />
n Listening enhancement systems are available<br />
upon request. For information: 215-972-2069.<br />
Volunteers<br />
Volunteers receive free, unlimited admission to<br />
<strong>the</strong> Museum and discounts in both <strong>the</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><br />
Café and Shop. For information: 215-972-2020.<br />
<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
128 N. Broad Street<br />
Philadelphia, PA 19102<br />
Summer FUNdamentals Art Camp<br />
Making a Difference for 27 Years<br />
Summer FUNdamentals<br />
Art Camp has <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
enriching, creative<br />
experiences for campers<br />
in PAFA’s beautiful<br />
galleries and art studios<br />
for <strong>the</strong> past 27 years.<br />
<strong>This</strong> year 675 campers<br />
enjoyed 24 different art<br />
camps sessions, such as<br />
Drawing, Painting, Basic<br />
Animation, Photography,<br />
Comic Books, Circus<br />
<strong>Arts</strong>, Wearable Art and<br />
much more.<br />
Many campers have<br />
returned year after year<br />
Felicity Hicks enjoying a drawing class this<br />
past summer.<br />
and have gone on to pursue art careers. Felicity Hicks has attended<br />
PAFA Summer camps and weekend classes and workshops for <strong>the</strong><br />
past seven years. <strong>In</strong> 2004 she was diagnosed with an Occipital<br />
Tumor. Her family’s main concern was for her safety and recovery <strong>of</strong><br />
her eyesight and motor skills. PAFA was recommended by <strong>the</strong> guidance<br />
counselor from her school. She believed that being involved in<br />
art would help her recover focus and balance.<br />
The experience turned out to benefit Felicity beyond comprehension.<br />
Each year she excelled with rigorous enthusiasm in drawing,<br />
painting, sculpting and cartooning. Her creativity was nurtured and<br />
consequently she demonstrated artistic ability to <strong>the</strong> highest standard.<br />
<strong>In</strong> 2009 she applied to The <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> at Benjamin Rush and<br />
CHAD (Charter High School <strong>of</strong> Architecture and Design). Felicity<br />
had advanced level artwork for her two portfolios for admission. She<br />
was accepted into both schools and now attends The <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><br />
at Benjamin Rush. Her grandmo<strong>the</strong>r, Marge Hicks, reports that Judy<br />
Ringold and her staff have supported and encouraged Felicity for<br />
<strong>the</strong> past seven years and Felicity was fortunate to have been taught<br />
by such great instructors. “Our greatest thanks to Judy and PAFA<br />
for preparing Felicity for her future in fine arts.”<br />
Photo: Judy Ringold<br />
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Torch Club: 7 - 10 p.m.<br />
Torch Club, a patron cocktail reception and dinner<br />
inside PAFA’s Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building will kick<br />
<strong>of</strong>f later in <strong>the</strong> evening (Cocktails and Dinner $175 for<br />
Patrons, $250 for Benefactors).<br />
After Party: 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.<br />
For those who are ready to kick it up a notch, <strong>the</strong>re<br />
will be an After Hours dance party with cash bar ($20<br />
in advance or $25 at <strong>the</strong> door, PAFA students are<br />
FREE). Fabulous and delicious food trucks will be available<br />
for late night snacks!<br />
PAFA looks forward to a wonderful turnout and<br />
thanks Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, <strong>the</strong> City <strong>of</strong><br />
Philadelphia, and <strong>the</strong> many o<strong>the</strong>r supporters for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
generosity in making <strong>the</strong> plaza come to fruition.<br />
For more information on this event, contact Erin Herz,<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Development Events at 215- 972- 2103 or<br />
eherz@pafa.org<br />
PAFA’s Party on <strong>the</strong> Plaza is made possible in part by <strong>the</strong> contributions<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se generous sponsors: Land Rover Jaguar Main Line, The Philadelphia<br />
<strong>In</strong>quirer, Anthropologie, Dick Blick Art Materials, Brown-Forman, and<br />
WXPN’s Kids Corner.