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PAFA Acquires
Ocean Without
a Shore Video
Installation by
Bill Viola
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News from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
We’re Having a Party and Philadelphia is Invited!
PAFA’s Party on the Plaza, Saturday, October 1
PAFA’s long-awaited civic space Lenfest Plaza is now complete.
This beautifully designed space unifies PAFA’s Historic
Landmark Building and the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building into
a spectacular Center City campus. It will serve as a destination
for arts audiences and Pennsylvania Convention Center
visitors, and provide a starting point for Philadelphia’s famed
Museum Mile.
In celebration of the grand opening of this new jewel in the
City’s cultural landscape, please join us for PAFA’s Party on the
Plaza. The party is scheduled to begin at noon and will last long
into the night. The defining moment of the day’s festivities will
be at sunset with the inaugural lighting of Paint Torch, a sculpture
by world-renowned American artist Claes Oldenburg.
The installation of Oldenburg’s towering 53-foot high sculpture
in the form of an illuminated paintbrush will make Philadelphia
home to four large-scale public sculptures by the artist,
more than any other city in the world.
PAFA will present works by other artists in a second space
on the plaza for rotating displays. At the event, PAFA will unveil
Grumman Greenhouse, a sculpture crafted from a decommissioned
U.S. warfare aircraft by PAFA alumnus and Philadelphia
artist Jordan Griska.
“We look forward to welcoming the community to Lenfest
Plaza to celebrate this new civic space and the works of
public art that will enhance the city’s landscape,” says David
R. Brigham, PAFA’s President and CEO. “The opening of the
plaza gives PAFA an extraordinary opportunity to provide a
new arts-focused gathering place that will invite visitors to our
museum and school, while enhancing PAFA’s role as a cultural
destination for regional and national visitors.”
Designed by Philadelphia-based, internationally renowned
landscape architecture firm OLIN, led by project architect and
OLIN partner David A. Rubin, Lenfest Plaza will offer an inviting
space for visitors to Philadelphia, city residents, students, museum
goers and art lovers. The plaza design includes a stage,
a three-part serpentine bench, mosaic pavers, a platform for
temporary sculpture, plantings, displays, lighting, and tables for
outdoor dining. “As an addition to Philadelphia’s urban fabric,
Lenfest Plaza accomplishes so many significant goals in the
continued positive growth of this great city,” says Rubin.
PAFA’s Party on the Plaza will feature activities and entertainment
for all ages. Below is the schedule of events:
The Family Arts Festival: 12 - 6 p.m.
The afternoon Family Arts Festival will include free art activities
and other kid-friendly entertainment from noon until 6 p.m.
PAFA will offer complimentary admission to the Historic Landmark
Building and free museum tours; the museum’s doors will
remain open until 5 p.m. Entertainment and a variety of food
vendors will be on-site throughout the day.
The Enlightenment: 6:30 - 7 p.m.
As evening descends, visitors are invited to witness the
lighting of Claes Oldenburg’s Paint Torch, a 53-foot paintbrush
marking the start of Philadelphia’s Museum Mile, and the
unveiling PAFA alumnus Jordan Griska’s sculpture Grumman
Greenhouse. This is a free once in a lifetime event! Scheduled
guests include Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, The Honorable
Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, and
Claes Oldenburg.
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Faculty
Spotlight:
Dufala Brothers
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Rendering courtesy of OLIN.
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PAFA in
Pictures
fall 2011
HERE
What is the role of “place” in art?
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
October 22 – December 31, 2011
Member Reception: Friday, October 21,
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Occupying two floors of PAFA’s Hamilton Building,
HERE is an exhibition that considers how “place” is not
simply the geographic locality where an artist lives and
works but also the juice of lived experience—the subject
matter, material, concepts and freedoms that this space
provides. Recognizing how place influences and infiltrates
each artist’s work in diverse and complicated ways,
HERE explores how a sense of place exists in the work of
artists from six particular regions—Philadelphia, Cincinnati,
Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Detroit and Kansas City.
Continuing PAFA’s historical commitment to redefining
what constitutes American art, HERE looks toward
Jennifer Levonian, Still image from The Oven Sky (detail), 2011, Cut-out animation using watercolor and collage, Video 4 min 45
sec, Music by Rachel Mason, Photo courtesy of the artist and Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia
artists and curators who work in the regions, discussing
how the work of art is saturated with the artist’s concrete
experience of place, and giving voice to regionally based
practices that disclose this influence in a variety of ways.
For instance, in Scott Hocking’s works a sense of place
can be found in the glimpses of Detroit that appear in his
photographs, while in Arizona collective Postcommodity’s
video installations it is found in references to Native American
ritual and history. Kansas artist Michael Kruger refers
to hippy culture in Lawrence, while North Carolina artist
Glenda Wharton’s animated film paints childhood dreams
that allude to the segregated South. In HERE, place appears
in many guises, whether expressed directly in the
freedoms a space affords, the subject matter it provides,
or the material and conceptual needs that it satisfies.
Selected by PAFA’s Curator of Contemporary Art, Julien
Robson, and five guest curators, HERE challenges the
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Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts (PAFA) is America’s first school and museum
of fine arts. A recipient of the 2005 National Medal of
Arts presented by the President of the United States,
PAFA is a recognized national leader in fine arts education.
Nearly every major American artist has taught,
studied, or exhibited at the Academy. The institution’s
world-class collection of American art continues to grow
and provides what only a few other art institutions in
the world offer: the rare combination of an outstanding
museum and extraordinary faculty known for its commitment
to students and for the stature and quality of its
artistic work.
David R. Brigham, President & Chief Executive Officer
John J. Berg, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration
Marsha Braverman, Executive Vice President of Marketing & Communication
Jeffrey Carr, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs
Melissa A. DeRuiter, Executive Vice President of Development
Stanislaus Greidus, Vice President of Admissions & Financial Aid
Harry Philbrick, The Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum
Anne Stassen, Dean of Student Affairs
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Board of Trustees
Kevin F. Donohoe, Chair
Herbert S. Riband, Jr., Esq., Vice Chair & Secretary
Thomas N. Pappas, Vice Chair
James C. Biddle, Vice Chair
Thomas L. Bennett, CFA, Treasurer
Anne E. McCollum, Assistant Secretary
Roger H. Ballou, Assistant Treasurer
Gerald P. Barth
John B. Bartlett, Esq.
Sally J. Bellet, Esq.
Max N. Berry, Esq.*
Karl E. Bupp
Donald R. Caldwell, Chair Emeritus
Ken Catanella, CIMA
Charles E. Chase
Lynn Nowicki Clarke*
Jonathan L. Cohen*
Monica Duvall-Dilella, M.D.
Paulett Eberhart
Robert A. Fisk
John A. Fry
Edward T. Harvey
Anthony A. Ibargüen
Marguerite Lenfest
Francis J. Leto
Winston I. Lowe, Esq.
Honorary
Dorrance H. Hamilton
Emeritus
Robert L. Byers, Sr.
Barbara L. Greenfield, Chair,
Emeritus Trustees
Samuel J. Savitz
William A. Slaughter, Esq.
Richard E. Woosnam
Frances M. Maguire*
Frank Martucci*
Francis P. Newell., Esq.
James E. O’Neill, Esq.
Steven K. Ritter
Gretchen E. Roede
Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq.*
William Rulon-Miller
Steven L. Sanders
William H. Schorling, Esq.
Alfred R. Shands, III*
Carole Price Shanis
Henry B. du P. Smith
Martha McGeary Snider
Julie D. Spahr
Barbara A. Sylk
Robert M. Turner
Debora C. Zug
*National Trustee
Ex officio
Al Gury, Faculty Representative
James J. Lynes, President of
Alumni Association
Alicia A. Sterling, President of
Women’s Board
Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer
City of Philadelphia
Ahmeenah Young, President & CEO
of the Pennsylvania Convention
Center
Photo: Susan Beard Design
Photo: Hinda Schuman
Letter from the President
Lenfest Plaza is a reality. More
than a decade ago, PAFA’s Board
under the leadership of Donald
Caldwell envisioned a pedestrian
plaza that would unite our two buildings
into a campus and serve as a
destination. In 1999, an ordinance
was drafted by City Councilman
Darrell Clarke to close Cherry Street
between Broad and Carlisle Streets.
However, eliminating that short
stretch of Cherry Street was not
practical as long as it was a through street. In 2003, Gerry and
Marguerite Lenfest made an extraordinary pledge of support
for this project, making the project feasible if the street closure
could be accomplished.
The expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center
closed Cherry Street on the east side of Broad, directly opposite
PAFA. Now that Cherry was no longer an important artery,
at the end of 2009 Councilman Clarke led his bill through City
Council, which quickly approved the proposal. Throughout
the process, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter gave his full
support and the City added generous financial assistance to
the project as part of its larger effort to enhance the pedestrian
friendliness of Center City.
PAFA’s Building Committee, chaired by Kevin Donohoe,
mounted a design competition and the world renowned landscape
architecture firm OLIN was chosen, with partner and
Rome Prize-winning architect David Rubin leading the team.
In a space just 200 by 40 feet, Rubin and his colleagues have
created an elegant urban plaza that invites visitors to congre-
gate, look at art, participate in arts programming, and enjoy
fine dining.
Also in 2009, the internationally famed sculptor Claes
Oldenburg accepted PAFA’s invitation to create a site-specific
work for Lenfest Plaza. His fifty-three-foot high Paint Torch is
a brilliant solution, as it meets the ground with a brush handle
that is just a foot in diameter at that point. The architectural
scale is dramatic, while the slender profile keeps the plaza
open and inviting. The giant paintbrush will become an icon for
PAFA and the City. While the brush is a clear reference to our
creative mission, the illuminated torch-bristles evoke Philadelphia’s
role in the founding of our nation.
At the west end of the Plaza, PAFA alumnus Jordan Griska
(’08) will site the first temporary sculpture on the oval platform.
His Grumann Greenhouse is a twenty-five foot high found
object sculpture. Through its repurposing of a military aircraft
and introduction of self-sustained plant environments, Griska
creates a modern Cincinnatus metaphor of swords hammered
into ploughshares.
The Plaza will not really feel complete until October 1 when
we dedicate it with the daylong celebration, PAFA’s Party
on the Plaza. Ranging from family activities to a dedication
ceremony, dinner, and dance party, we will serve the spectrum
of our friends and patrons. I hope to see you there!
David R. Brigham
President & Chief Executive Officer
PAFA Announces New Board Leadership
The trustees of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts
announced after a dynamic and
successful 15-year term, Donald
R. Caldwell has stepped down as
Chair of PAFA’s Board of Trustees
on June 30, 2011, the end of
the Academy’s fiscal year. He is
succeeded by PAFA Trustee and
Vice-Chair and Treasurer Kevin
F. Donohoe, who assumed the
Kevin F. Donohoe, PAFA Chair
chairmanship on July 1, 2011. As
Emeritus Chair, Mr. Caldwell will
remain an active member of the Board, co-chairing Bacchanal
2011, Philadelphia’s premier wine and auction event that has
raised over $3 million to help fund student scholarships and
education programs at PAFA.
“Being involved in the growth of this remarkable institution
has enriched my life in every aspect,” says Donald R. Caldwell.
“As we move forward into a new era for PAFA, it is with the
highest level of enthusiasm that I welcome Kevin Donohoe as
my successor. He cares deeply about PAFA’s mission and is
committed to the Academy’s continued leadership role in the
cultural life of this community.”
Founder and chairman of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners,
Inc., Donald R. Caldwell has been integral to PAFA’s ongoing
growth and continued success, spearheading the Academy’s
$35 million building and renovation campaign, as well as the
$7.5 million Lenfest Plaza project. In 2006, Mr. Caldwell, on
behalf of PAFA, teamed with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
to raise $68 million for the purchase of Eakins’s Gross Clinic,
currently on view in PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building. Under
Mr. Caldwell’s direction, PAFA began its first program of liberal
arts instruction, established a Chair and Department of Liberal
Arts, and won State Department of Education approval of its
first in-house Academy Bachelor of Fine Arts undergraduate
degree program.
“Donald Caldwell’s tenure as Board Chair spanned a period
of remarkable expansion and change for the institution, “ says
David R. Brigham, PAFA’s President & CEO. “Don directed
PAFA on a transformative course to secure PAFA’s position as
a cultural leader both regionally and nationally. We owe him an
enormous debt of gratitude. We now look to Kevin Donohoe,
who worked closely with Don, for leadership to meet the new
challenges as we move forward.”
Since joining PAFA’s Board of Trustees in 1991, Kevin F.
Donohoe, CEO of The Kevin F. Donohoe Company, Inc., has
served as Chair of the Finance as well as the Building and
Facilities committees. As the Board’s Vice-Chair and Treasurer,
Mr. Donohoe has been working closely with Mr. Caldwell over
the last 15 years. In these capacities, he oversaw the renovation
of PAFA’s Hamilton Building and put into place many of
the policies that have strengthened the institution’s financial
stability. Notably, PAFA has posted seven consecutive balanced
budgets and maintained full employment throughout the
recession.
“Don’s stewardship marks a compelling chapter in PAFA’s
history,” remarks Kevin Donohoe. “Following in his footsteps is
a tremendous inspiration. I look forward to guiding the Board at
a time of unprecedented strength and vitality, further expanding
the Academy’s audience and reach.”
Kevin Donohoe supports various civic and cultural nonprofit
organizations. He is a Trustee of The Franklin Institute
and serves as Chair of its Finance Committee, and is a former
Board member of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Mr. Donohoe
is a Board member of the Dragonfly Forest, a member of The
Urban Land Institute, and The Philadelphia Presidents’ Organization,
World Presidents’ Organization and Chief Executives’
Organization. He has served as an adjunct faculty member of
the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
In addition, PAFA announced the re-election of Herbert S.
Riband, Jr., Esq. as Vice Chair and Secretary and Thomas N.
Pappas and James C. Biddle as Vice Chairs. Current trustee
Thomas L. Bennett, CFA, has become Board Treasurer. Reelected
for a new term and serving as officers are Roger H.
Ballou, Assistant Treasurer and Anne E. McCollum, Assistant
Secretary.
Other trustees re-elected are Gerald P. Barth, Robert A.
Fisk, John A. Fry, Marguerite Lenfest, William Rulon-Miller, Martha
McGeary Snider, and Lynn Nowicki Clarke as a National
trustee.
PAFA welcomed eight new members to the Board of
Trustees. They are:
Karl E. Bupp – Executive Vice President, Henson Group
Ken Catanella, CIMA – Senior Vice President-Investments
Institutional Consultant, UBS Institutional Consulting,
The Catanella Group
Monica Duvall-DiLella, M.D. – Penn Family Care at
St. Leonard Court
Paulett Eberhart – President & CEO, CDI Corporation
Edward T. Harvey – Senior Advisor, Dominus Capital, L.P.
James E. O’Neill, Esq. – Attorney, Pachulski Stangg Ziel
& Jones
Steven K. Ritter – Partner, KPMG LLP
Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq. – Partner, Sullivan &
Cromwell, LLP (National Trustee)

Photo: Kira Perov
PAFA Acquires Ocean Without a Shore Video Installation by Bill Viola
Historic Landmark Building, Morris Gallery
November 19, 2011 – Ongoing
Curator: Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art
PAFA is proud to
announce the presentation
of Ocean Without
a Shore (2007), a
major video installation
by internationally
acclaimed artist Bill
Viola and a significant
new addition to the
museum’s collection.
Exhibited in the United
States for the first
time, this masterpiece
Bill Viola
of the genre, can be
viewed, admission
free, from November 19th onward, in the Morris
Gallery of PAFA’s Furness-Hewitt Building.
Originally shown in the 15th century Church
of the Oratorio San Gallo, in Venice, Italy, Ocean
Without a Shore is a complete sensory environment
that combines a reverence for the traditions
of figuration and realism in Western art with new
and cutting edge technology. Employing three
large monitors, its imagery revolves around single
figures emerging out of darkness. Approaching
slowly from behind an invisible wall of rushing
water, they appear hazy and ethereal in grainy
gray tones, and as they come closer they touch
the unseen barrier, making it visible as a powerful
broken torrent. Stepping through this wall of water
By Anna O. Marley, Curator of Historical
American Art
As a companion to the nationally touring
2012 exhibition Henry Ossawa Tanner:
Modern Spirit, PAFA and the University of
California Press are proud to publish a major
volume of essays with the same title, presenting
a complex overview of the pioneering
African American artist Henry O. Tanner
(1859-1937), a student at the Pennsylvania
Academy from 1879 to 1885. The most
complete scholarly publication on Tanner, the
book contains the work of scholars—French
and American, senior and emerging, art his-
they transform into full color, brought to life before
us and made present and real only, after a while,
to return into the void. Involving 24 people, this
process repeats seamlessly.
Inspired by the writings of Senegalese poet
Birago Diop, Viola’s work takes its title from
Andalusian Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi, who wrote, “The
Self is an ocean without a shore. Gazing upon
it has no beginning or end, in this world and the
next.” A profound and moving work of art whose
simple structure belies its complex conceptual
underpinnings, Ocean Without a Shore expresses
this sentient self and its manifold rites of passage.
Bathing the viewer in a sensorium of light and
sound, it inspires us to reflect upon fundamental
ideas about love, hope, sorrow, anxiety, being,
death, and regeneration.
Talking about Ocean Without a Shore, Bill Viola
states: “Presented as a series of encounters at
the intersection between life and death, the video
sequence documents a succession of individuals
slowly approaching out of darkness and moving
into the light in order to pass into the physical
world. Once incarnate, however, all beings realize
that their presence is finite and so they must
eventually turn away from material existence to
return from where they came. The cycle repeats
without end.”
The Morris Gallery is open during regular
museum hours and is free to the public.
PAFA Offers Most Complete
Scholarly Publication to Date
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), A Mosque in Cairo, 1897Oil on canvas, 9 ½ x 13 in., William M.
Lewis, Jr. and Carol Sutton Lewis. Photo credit: Joshua Nefsky
torical and interdisciplinary—who explore the many facets of Tanner’s life and career.
Seeking to place Tanner in the context of other black artists, Olivier Meslay examines those
black artists working in Paris before Tanner’s arrival while Richard Powell surveys the subsequent
generations of African American artists whom Tanner impacted. Tanner’s expatriate experience is
the focus of four essays: Marc Simpson’s intensive study of the painting that established Tanner’s
international reputation, The Raising of Lazarus; Tyler Stovall’s interdisciplinary essay on African
American expatriates in Parisian culture; Jean-Claude Lesage’s presentation of the deep influence
upon Tanner’s work of his thirty-four years traveling and living in northern France; and Adrienne
Childs’ discussion of Tanner’s unique perspective on North Africa. The catalogue also features
chapters on Tanner and religion. Marcus Bruce explores the relationship of Tanner’s paintings
and his religious identity, Robert Cozzolino considers Tanner’s religious imagery in the context
of fin-de-siecle Symbolism in Europe, Hélène Valance analyzes Tanner’s “nocturnes” and their
relation to contemporary innovations in science and technology, and Alan Braddock proposes
Tanner’s navigation of the Judeo-Christian religious identity as “the beginning of the end of race.”
In a section devoted to Tanner’s style and techniques, Michael Leja examines the relationship
of Tanner’s paintings to mass visual culture, and scholars Brian Baade, Amber-Kerr Allison and
Jennifer Giaccai of the Smithsonian Institution discuss the findings of the first technical study of
Tanner’s experimentation with materials and methods.
Edited and introduced by Anna O. Marley, the organizing curator of this retrospective, this lavish
volume expands our understanding of Tanner’s place in art history, showing that his status as a
painter was deeply influenced by his race but not decided by it.
To purchase an advance copy of the catalogue for yourself or as a gift for a friend visit
PORTFOLIO at the Pennsylvania Academy® in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. Retail prices:
hard cover edition $65 ($58.50 for members), soft cover edition $39.95 ($35.96). You can also
order online at www.pafa.org/shop.
Bill Viola, Ocean Without a Shore, 2007, High-Definition color video triptych, two 65” plasma screens, one 103” screen mounted vertically, six loudspeakers (three pairs stereo sound),
Room dimensions variable, Performer: Melina Bielefelt Photo: Kira Perov
Hennessy Youngman & Nathaniel Snerpus
Present: The Grand Manner
Historic Landmark Building
November 5, 2011 – February 4, 2012
Curator: Julien Robson,
Curator of Contemporary Art
The Morris Gallery Program continues, wandering
upstairs into the galleries of PAFA’s Furness-Hewitt
Building, with Philadelphia based artist Jayson Musson’s
presentation of a critical intervention by Hennessy
Youngman and Nathaniel Snerpus.
In The Grand Manner, Musson’s Hip-hop art commentator
Hennessy Youngman—whose “Art Thoughtz”
Hennessy Youngman
videos have gone viral on the web—applies his sharp
witted cultural analysis to artworks in PAFA’s collection. While viewers listen to Youngman’s
take on American art history and art institutions, through both cell-phone self-guided
tours and videos situated in the galleries, Musson will also arrange for his art critic-atlarge,
Nathaniel Snerpus, to give a critical art historical perspective on both paintings and
architecture. New large-scale didactic labels written by Snerpus will make works in the
collection accessible to the broadest range of museum visitors.
Although best known through his popular web presence as Hennessy Youngman,
Jayson Musson has been previously visible in the public domain through a column called
Black Like Me that he wrote during 2007 for Philadelphia Weekly. He recently presented
his work in a solo show at Marginal Utility gallery in Philadelphia. Born in the Bronx,
Musson studied at the University of the Arts, receiving a BFA in photography in 2002, and
at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with an MFA in painting in 2011.
Leading support is provided by the William Penn Foundation.
PAFA’s special exhibitions in 2011-12 are supported by generous contributions from
Max N. Berry, Esq, Donald R. Caldwell, and Jonathan L. Cohen.
International Symposium: African-American Art
and France: In Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Footsteps
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
November 9-10, 2011
Using the career of Henry Ossawa Tanner as a starting point, this study day will explore
the century-long history of African American art and France, asking how racial and cultural
identities interplayed with transatlantic exchanges from fin-de-siècle cosmopolitanism into
the post-colonial age. A panel of international speakers including Renée Ater, Anna Lafont,
Richard Powell, Marc Simpson, Sarah Wilson, and Elvan Zabunyan will discuss the work of
artists traveling to Paris specifically and France more generally. Call Monica Zimmerman,
Assistant Director of Museum Education, at 215-972-2105.
Organized by the Musée d’Orsay and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with
funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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Photos: Linda Johnson Photos: Linda Johnson
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USArtists American
Fine Art Show and Sale
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Preview Gala: Thursday, September 22, 5 - 9 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24,
11 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily
Sunday, September 25, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
At USArtists 2010, Paul Gratz, owner of Gratz Gallery & Conservation
Studio, Doylestown, PA, discusses art with a client.
The Women’s Board is sponsoring the 19th year of
USArtists, the show and sale of over 2,000 works of
American art, and the second year the show will be held
at PAFA, making it the only major American art fair to be
held within a museum. An overview of American art from
colonial to contemporary, USArtists has long been considered
a “must see” for serious collectors. Nearly 40 of
the country’s most prestigious dealers are invited to bring
their finest works. Selected dealers will present ten-
minute talks as part of the ongoing effort to help develop
new collectors’ knowledge and enrich the USArtists
experience for all attendees.
The Preview Gala launches the event on Thursday,
September 22, 5 – 9 p.m. and New Collectors Night
is Friday, September 23, 5:30 – 8 p.m. The Preview
Gala attracts the most serious collectors as it offers the
first opportunity to view and purchase from the dealers’
collections and includes an elegant cocktail reception and
light buffet. If you are new to the world of fine art collecting,
you can begin your journey at New Collectors Night.
This event provides an opportunity to talk with the dealers
while enjoying a light buffet and a Beer and Chocolate
Tasting courtesy of Betty’s Speakeasy and Yards Brewing
Company, both of Philadelphia.
Tickets for the Preview Gala, New Collectors Night, and
General Admission are available for purchase online at
www.usartists.org or by phone (215-972-0550).
Proceeds from USArtists support student scholarships
at PAFA.
Dealer Talks, free with general admission, take place
Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24, at noon, 1, 2,
3, and 4 p.m.
For the first time, you can now find us on Facebook at
facebook.com/usartistsfineart, and follow us on twitter
@usartistsphilly. For more information and links to
facebook and twitter, please visit www.usartists.org.
Questions? Contact Patty Castner, Director of the
Women’s Board: 215-972-0550 or pcastner@pafa.org.
At USArtists 2010, Al Gury, Chair of the Department of Painting at PAFA,
discusses painting processes with Audrey Hall and Tim Dixon of Dixon-
Hall Fine Art, Phoenixville, PA.
Photos: Barbara Katus
From the Desk of the Museum Director
This, to me, is still a very new desk
- I have only had the pleasure of sitting
at it since March 1st. Then I was
still coming back and forth from New
York; my family and I just settled into
Philadelphia in June. In my brief tenure
here I have learned a great deal
about this amazing place, although
I am acutely aware that, with more
than 200 years of history, this is a
learning process that will never end.
Coming from a non-collecting
museum focused exclusively on
contemporary art there are many
aspects of my job that are new to me,
particularly the care, conservation,
and growth of our amazing collection.
More on that in a moment. What is
familiar to me is the creative buzz that
surrounds PAFA – my background
is that of an artist turned educator
turned curator turned administrator.
At the heart of my career is a
deep and profound respect for, and
belief in, artists. Their creativity, often
messy, sometimes too controlling,
sometimes too loose, or too provocative,
or perplexing, is at the core of PAFA’s founding, and its
storied and sometimes perilous journey through the 19th, 20th,
and now 21st century. PAFA is in a place of great strength
now - thanks to the good work of my predecessor in this job,
David Brigham, and the Board, faculty, and staff.
We still have much to do.
One of our challenges is also one of our greatest assets, our
incredible Frank Furness building. Part gallery, part church,
part factory, part greenhouse, our Historic Landmark Building is
one of the greatest places on the planet in which to look at art.
In the long term we look to the maintenance and restoration of
our beloved building, particularly as the centenary of Furness’s
death approaches in 2012. You can see from this view of the
space above the gallery skylights (photo below left) what a
The Attic, Historic Landmark Building, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, Philadelphia, 2009
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1876
Paul Metrinko, A Picture Contest, 2011, Oil on linen, 64 x 144”, Judith McGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy Annual Student Exhibition, 2011.7a&b
complex building this is, with its mix of 19th and 20th century
technologies.
Our immediate challenge is to encourage more people to
walk through our doors, which, to contemporary eyes, can
seem small and uninviting. In time we’ll be unveiling new signage
and banners to make our invitation clearer. Eventually we
will be introducing art to the exterior of our building to make our
presence as a place for art more pronounced. This is a return
to how the building was in the 19th century, when a marble
statue graced the plinth above our main entrance.
Our collection continues to grow, and one of my first official
duties was to select, along with my colleague Dean Jeffrey Carr
the recipient of the Judith MacGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize,
an annual purchase award from the Annual Student Exhibition.
We settled on a two-panel painting by Paul Metrinko, A
Picture Contest, which was painted on site on North Carlisle
Street, at the back of the Hamilton building. From the first day
I arrived here I watched Paul work on his large canvasses as
the construction of our new Lenfest Plaza proceeded around
him. Paul is, like so many of his peers here at PAFA, a talented
and focused artist, which was plain to see as he worked and
reworked sections of the canvas, moving figures and cars and
fences and bicycles as his composition evolved.
Not only did he create a wonderful painting, he marked
a particular moment in the long life of PAFA’s continuing
evolution.
Please stop in and see for yourself!
Harry Philbrick
The Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum
Photos: Frederick Gutekunst

Photo: Barbara Katus
Now there are more reasons than ever to be a Member at PAFA!
USArtists American Fine Art
Show & Sale
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Friday, September 23 - Sunday, September 25
Don’t forget, members receive complimentary
admission to USArtists with their membership
cards.
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Architecture Tours
Historic Landmark Building
Friday, September 23 and
Saturday, September 24 at 3 p.m. daily
Extend your USArtists: American Fine Art
Show & Sale experience by exploring the
architecture and newly expanded campus of
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Discover and learn about the beauty of the
Historic Landmark Building, built in the 1870s
by architects Frank Furness and George W.
Hewitt, which is considered one of the finest
surviving examples of Victorian Gothic
architecture in America. This docent led tour
will discuss the interior and exterior elements
that make the building itself a work of art, while
also comparing it to the early 20th century
design of the Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building,
which was originally erected as an automobile
showroom and car storage facility. To register,
please contact 215-972-2077 or rsvp@pafa.org.
Your Support Can Make A Difference
Support PAFA’s Community Outreach Programs
through United Way
As United Way Donor Option
campaigns take place this fall,
please consider supporting
PAFA’s community outreach
programs by directing your United Way gift to PAFA.
Simply select donor choice number 14015. In
serving the Greater Philadelphia Region, PAFA engages
the public through a variety of public programs, some
designed to enrich the already-interested and others
aimed at engaging under-served audiences.
Your support of PAFA’s wide range of public and
community outreach programs for adults, children, and
families is greatly appreciated.
Make a 100% Tax-Deductible Gift to PAFA
The generosity of members, volunteers, and donors
is what has allowed PAFA to flourish through the years,
and we rely on your support to ensure that the next
generation will benefit from accessible, innovative, and
inspiring art. We believe that art is significant in all peoples’
lives, and your support makes it possible for PAFA
to offer critically acclaimed exhibitions, cutting-edge arts
education, and to introduce thousands of children and
adults to the arts each year through our many public
education offerings.
Photo: Sean Tucker
Telling Tales Family Tour
Historic Landmark Building
Sunday, October 16 at 1 p.m.
Followed by Family Arts Academy at 2 p.m.
Members and their families are invited to
discover narrative paintings that tell stories
taken from mythology, literature, American
history, the imagination, and everyday life. Immediately
following the tour, families are invited
to participate in a related hands-on art activity
in the studios as part of PAFA’s Family Arts
Academy (appropriate for all ages). To register,
please contact 215-972-2077 or rsvp@pafa.org.
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HERE Members’ Reception
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Friday, October 21,
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
PAFA members and
their friends are invited
to a private preview of
HERE, an exhibition
presenting new work
from contemporary
artists from six regions
around the United
States, including
Philadelphia. Refreshments and light food will
be provided.
This event is free for PAFA members, $10
for pre-registered non-members, and $15 at
the door. To register for this event, visit www.
pafa.givezooks.com or contact the Membership
Office at 215-972-2077 or membership@pafa.org.
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PAFA After Dark: Season 2
Members may reserve complimentary tickets
for the PAFA After Dark 2011-2012 Series.
Join us on Thursday, October 27 for PAFA
After Dark: Homegrown and on Thursday,
December 15 for PAFA After Dark: Collision
Course. For additional information, please visit
www.pafa.org/afterdark.
To register, visit www.pafa.givezooks.com or
contact the Membership Office at 215-972-
2077 or membership@pafa.org.
As we approach the end of the calendar year,
please consider making a 100% tax-deductible
gift to PAFA to help us reach our goals. Gifts of all
sizes are important and help us in our mission to bring
together artists and the public through exceptional
teaching programs, a world-class collection of American
art, major exhibitions, and widely accessible public
programs.
In addition to the enclosed gift envelope, we are
pleased to offer the following giving options:
By Mail
Your contributions may be sent to:
PAFA
Attn: Development Department
128 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Online
Visit www.pafa.org/support to make your secure
gift online
Gifts of Stock
Please contact the Development Department at
215-972-2077 or giving@pafa.org to arrange a
stock transfer.
For questions about ways to make a gift to PAFA,
contact Cecily Macy, Director of Individual Giving at
215-972-2597 or cmacy@pafa.org.
Thank you for your support of PAFA!
Photo: Colette Seidel
Molten Mixer
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building
Wednesday, November 2, 6 - 8 p.m.
Exclusive event for Friend, Patron, and
Benefactor members
Learn more about PAFA’s dynamic sculpture
program. John Greig, School of Fine Arts
Sculpture Shop Manager, presents examples
of bronze sculpture from the permanent collection
in the Sculpture Study Center. Participants
will then visit the School’s foundry to
witness a live bronze pour. Light refreshments
will be served.
To register, please contact 215-972-2077
or rsvp@pafa.org. This event is open to Friend,
Patron, and Benefactor members. Space is
limited. To upgrade your membership, contact
the Membership Office at 215-972-2077 or
membership@pafa.org.
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18th Annual Holiday Student Print Sale
and Exclusive Members’ Shopping
Samuel M. V Hamilton Building
Friday, December 2
Members’ Shopping Hour, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Print Sale, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Enjoy an exclusive PAFA member shopping
hour at PORTFOLIO at the Pennsylvania
Academy®. Take advantage of your member
discount, take care of your holiday shopping,
and support PAFA!
The same evening, The Printmaking Department
offers holiday shoppers a unique opportunity
with its 18th Annual Holiday Student
Print Sale. The sale features cards, etchings,
2010 Annual Holiday Student Print Sale
lithographs, stamp prints, and woodcuts by
PAFA students as well as demonstrations on
different printmaking techniques by faculty.
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PORTFOLIO Members’ Holiday Sale
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building
Sunday, November 27– Saturday, December 3
In celebration of the holiday season, members
receive an additional 10% discount in
store when shopping in PORTFOLIO. Don’t
forget – PORTFOLIO stays open until 8:30
p.m. on Friday, December 2!
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Give the Gift of PAFA
Share the gift of PAFA membership this
holiday season. Gift memberships are available
at all levels and include a gift box and PAFA
mug. Gift membersips may be purchased over
the phone through the Membership Office at
215-972-2077 or through the PAFA website
at www.pafa.org/join.
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Call for Volunteers!
The Membership Office is looking for a
group of enthusiastic individuals to serve as
Membership Volunteers. This group is dedicated
to providing service to all members and
visitors in order to enhance the quality of their
Museum experience. These volunteers sell
memberships and assist Museum members
with information at a variety of PAFA programs
and special events. For more information, contact
Marianne Maxwell, Membership Manager
at 215-972-0522 or mmaxwell@pafa.org.
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Stay in the Loop!
Each month, PAFA’s electronic newsletter,
E-Preview, contains the latest PAFA news and
insider information. To start receiving news and
event invitations electronically, simply send a
request via e-mail to membership@pafa.org.
Please note: PAFA does not share e-mails
with third parties.
PAFA’s Education Programs Receive
EITC Designation Approval
Companies Can Receive Tax Credit for Gifts to
PAFA’s Education Programs
The Educational Improvement Tax Credit program (EITC)
recognizes companies that give back by supporting innovative
educational programs that help students learn and succeed. Corporations
making a contribution towards PAFA’s High School After
School Studio Arts Program or its K-12 Academy Visit Program
may be eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 75% of the contribution,
up to $300,000 per taxable year.
For more information on PAFA’s eligible education programs,
or information on how to make a contribution through the EITC
program, please contact Jessica Lynch, Director of External Affairs
at 215-972-7639 or jlynch@pafa.org.
Join PAFA’s Business Partners Program
PAFA’s Business Partners program provides corporations and
their employees with the opportunity to join other business leaders
in demonstrating their commitment to one of the region’s greatest
cultural resources. For a minimum contribution of $5,000 all
Business Partners receive preferred pricing on Facilities Rentals
(including a new happy hour rate), VIP invitations to year-round
networking and entertainment opportunities, complimentary passes
to PAFA for employees or entertaining clients, discounts on art
purchases in the Alumni Sales Gallery, and year-round recognition.
For more information, contact Jessica Lynch, Director of External
Affairs, at jlynch@pafa.org or 215-972-7639.
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Dan Miller Makes a Gift to
PAFA’s Future
PAFA alumnus and current Graduate Program Chair,
Dan Miller, recently committed a planned gift to provide
endowment funds in support of the Color Woodcut Purchase
Prize at PAFA. Dan originally established the prize
in 1986, which is awarded by the Printmaking Faculty
for a color woodcut print that exhibits outstanding merit.
Dan’s recent planned gift will ensure the longevity of this
annual prize awarded during graduation ceremonies.
PAFA is extremely grateful for this special support of its
current and future students.
Did you know that charitable planned gifts can achieve
both estate tax and income tax savings, allowing you
to leave assets to your heirs that in many cases are not
subject to additional taxes? There are many ways a charitable
planned gift can help your family achieve its financial
and philanthropic goals, while supporting what matters to
you most at PAFA.
To learn more about how to include PAFA in your estate
plans, or for a personalized illustration of how a charitable
planned gift to PAFA could benefit you, please contact
Melissa DeRuiter, Executive Vice President of Development,
at 215-972-2002 or mderuiter@pafa.org. All
conversations are kept in strict confidence.
If you have included PAFA in your estate plans, please
let us know so we may thank you and recognize you in
PAFA’s planned giving society.
PAFA Receives Major
NEA Grant
PAFA has been awarded an
$80,000 grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts supporting
two of PAFA’s public engagement
programs in 2011-2012:
• Family Arts Academy, a program centered on 90 art
making workshops for parents and children, held both
here at PAFA and at community locations, and
• Academy Visit program offering museum gallery tours
on several themes for k-12 school groups. The grant
also helps pay the cost of bus transportation and
student admission for schools that could otherwise not
afford those costs.
These two PAFA programs served approximately
15,000 individuals in 2010-11.
Photos: Patricia Maunder
Participants in Family Arts Academy’s “Creature feature”
Workshop at PAFA last January.
PAFA’s Peale Circle: Join Us!
The Peale Circle is PAFA’s leadership level
membership group (starting at $1,000) designed
for American art enthusiasts and connoisseurs
alike. The Peale Circle offers many
membership privileges including special discounts,
invitations to preview receptions before
membership openings, and many unique events throughout
the year that explore both historic and contemporary facets
of American culture. See below for a listing of some of our
upcoming events.
Support from the Peale Circle helps PAFA achieve its mission
to bring together artists and the public through exceptional
teaching programs, a world-class collection of American art,
major exhibitions, and widely accessible public programs.
To join the Peale Circle or to upgrade your membership,
please contact, Cecily Macy, Director of Individual Giving, at
215-972-2597, cmacy@pafa.org, or visit www.pafa.org and
click on Giving and Membership. We would love to welcome
you as a new Peale Circle member this year!
Upcoming Peale Circle Events
HERE Preview Reception
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building
Friday, October 21, 2011, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
President’s Dinner, 7:30 p.m. for Peale Circle members
$2,500 and above
Historic Landmark Building
Scott Hocking , Hephaestus and the Garden of the Gods, Snow, 2010, Archival Pigment Print / Site
Specific Installationfrom the series Garden of the Gods, 2009-2010, Detroit
Peale Circle members are invited for a champagne reception
and private tour of HERE with PAFA’s Curator of Contemporary
Art, Julien Robson before the members’ opening. Followed
by the opening reception, Peale Circle members at the Horace
Pippin Circle level and above are invited to the President’s
Dinner.
Chicago!
Thursday, October 27, - Sunday, October 30, 2011
(Additional fees apply)
Join us in The Windy City for art, cuisine and culture!
Experience private collections, insiders’ tours and sample
superb cuisine. If you joined us in Seattle last year, you know
this trip will be fantastic!
PAFA Receives Two Major Grants for Tanner Exhibition
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Entrance to the Casbah, 1912, Oil on wood pulp paper mounted
on canvas, 32 x 26 in., Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN, 1914.02
A Berks County Idyll
Friday, November 18, 2011 (Additional fees apply)
We will explore the county next door! Beginning with a
continental breakfast at PAFA, we will travel to Reading for a
private tour of the lovely Reading Public Museum, lunch and a
private collection tour at the home of Marnie and Peter Carlino
and a visit to the extraordinary private gallery of George Sullivan,
dedicated to Annual Student Exhibition Cresson Award
winners.
Photo: Linda Johnson
Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore, Opening Reception
Historic Landmark Building
Friday, November 18, 2011, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit, Preview Reception
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building
Friday, January 27, 2012, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Peale Circle members are invited for a champagne reception
and private tour of Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit with
PAFA’s Curator of Historical Art, Dr. Anna O. Marley before the
members’ opening.
Palm Beach Art Show
(Additional fees apply)
Friday, February 3 - Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Exelon Foundation recently
awarded PAFA a grant of $200,000,
in support of the upcoming exhibition,
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern
Spirit, with an additional $50,000 from
PECO, the local division of Exelon. The
National Endowment for the Humanities
awarded a grant of $250,000 towards
this major retrospective of Tanner’s
work, as well, which will support costs
associated with the exhibition, related
publications, and educational programming.
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit
will run from January 27 – April 15,
2012, and bring together the artist’s
greatest works for the first time in a
generation. The exhibition will take
Make an Even Greater Impact
through Matching Gifts
If your employer has a matching gifts program, your
support of PAFA could be doubled or even tripled.
Some companies will match contributions from retirees,
spouses, and directors (past and present). Please see
your employer’s human resources department for matching
gift forms and additional information.
viewers through Tanner’s upbringing;
his success as an American expatriate
artist at the highest levels of the
international art; his role as a leader of
an artist’s colony in rural France; his
unique contributions in aid of American
servicemen to the Red Cross efforts in
WWI France; his modernist invigoration
of religious painting; and the scientific
and technical innovations of the artist’s
oeuvre.

From the Desk of
the Dean
By Jeffrey Carr, Executive Vice President of
Academic Affairs and Dean of the School
PAFA is justifiably proud of the long list of distinguished
graduates of its School. Our museum collections are full
of them: historic figures such as Charles Demuth and
Mary Cassatt, as well as recent stars such as Vincent
Desiderio and Barkley L. Hendricks.
One of the principle ways PAFA celebrates its alums
is through exhibitions in our museum. This summer has
seen a bumper crop of alums in the museum galleries.
PAFA’s museum hosted a wonderful show of emerging
artists titled Urbanism: Reimaging the Lived Environment.
Alumni Steven and Billy Dufala and 2006 MFA graduate
Amy Walsh exhibited in this show. Amy, who taught in our
Post-Baccalaureate program last year, created a huge environment
of cardboard and plastic walls, with peek holes
that invite you into miniature urban interiors and rooftop
vistas. The effect is mysterious, magical and evocative of
nighttime walks in Philadelphia, and poetic glimpses into
lighted interiors and darkened doorways.
In the School Gallery, Gift of the Women’s Board was
an exhibition of two 2010 graduates of the Masters
program, Katie Dillon and Reza Ghanad. Recipients of
the prestigious “One Year Out” award while students at
PAFA, the two alums created an exhibition that demonstrated
the range and quality of the work of our graduates.
Reza’s work is a mad cap tour through an artist’s
mind, with a visual overload of rich visual effects, arcane
art historic allusion, and mixed media painting techniques.
Katie Dillon Low exhibited a large hand-made boat that
manages to be both funny and disturbing; a ship of fools
metaphor with an empty table, the preparations for a long
voyage, and an empty birdcage from which the dove
has flown.
The work of these five artists has all the hallmarks of
what we want from our alums: a sense of craft, an appreciation
of the complex traditions of the visual arts, and an
extraordinary sense of visual and poetic imagination. We
are very proud of our alums. They continue to embody the
evolving traditions and cultural diversity of the fine arts
in America.
Photo: Bresner Studios
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
The Dufala Brothers: Toilet tricycles, dumpster coffins and teaching at PAFA
The Dufala Brothers leaning against their 20 Yard Dumpster Coffin.
For the past seven years, Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala, known
as the Dufala Brothers, have been working on cutting-edge collaborative
art projects. PAFA alumni and faculty members since
2009, they practice in a variety of media, including sculpture,
theater, performance, music, digital media and drawing. The Dufala
Brothers also investigate the human condition by repurposing
industrial materials. As Andy Warhol used images of commercial
objects to draw attention to an avaricious consumer culture, so
the Dufala Brothers create start-to-finish object worlds, with a
contemporaneity that urges the viewer to reclaim an increasingly
besieged humanity.
“When we see something that is wrong, unfair, counterproductive,
wasteful and ridiculous, we want to initiate a dialogue,”
says Steven, the middle child in a family of five boys. “We start to
investigate, casting the net as wide as possible. Our role as artists
is to monitor what’s going on, we are barometers of society.”
“We like to work collectively,” adds Billy. “I jump on the bigpicture
ideas and Steven examines the perimeters. We are each
other’s sounding boards.”
Both Dufala brothers graduated from PAFA’s Certificate
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Maureen Drdak: Beckoning Your Senses
Rabindra Shakya and Maureen Drdak
in Shakya Atelier.
In 2006 artist Maureen
Drdak traveled to Nepal, trekking
to the remote kingdom of
Lo Monthang in Upper Mustang
(NOVA “Lost Treasures
of Tibet”), an experience that
changed her life, leading to
her 2008 collaboration with
composer Andrea Clearfield
in the innovative Lung-Ta (The
Windhorse), a convergence
of Tibet-inspired dance
(choreography by Manfred
Fischbeck), painting and
music. Lung-ta is the mythic
horse that carries the prayers of aspirants—and the Tibetan
Buddhist Dharma—heavenward. It visualizes an ancient yet sophisticated
concept—that of the cosmic winds flowing through
and energizing the body of man. Drdak contributed three huge
prayer flags to the project, abstract variations on the wind
horse, incorporating a prayer for world peace written especially
for the project by a Senior Tibetan monk.
Lung-Ta was commissioned by Philadelphia-based Network
for New Music, which premiered the artistic collaboration in
2009. “As a simultaneous performance and exhibition of dance
music, and visual art, all your senses are beckoned,” says PAFA
alum ’75 Maureen Drdak. “I’ve always felt a close relationship
between music and visual art. Music reveals fragments
and glimpses of physical form and strengthens a particular
emotional force.” Lung-Ta will have its Midwest premiere at
University of Chicago’s Rockefeller chapel in 2012.
This spring, Drdak received a 2011-2012 Fulbright Award
for Nepal, enabling her to return to Nepal to actualize her
Prakriti Project, the first synthesis of painting and repoussé
metal work. The Newars of Nepal are today’s masters of the
repoussé form, and Drdak’s Prakriti Project presents a unique
contribution to the vocabulary of the visual arts in furthering the
dynamic expansion of cultural boundaries between Asia and
the West. She will return to her studies with Rabindra Shakya,
decendant of Kuber Singh Shakya, whose family’s artistic
legacy and lineage dates from 1601 and was patronized by the
Program. Billy Blaise Dufala graduated in 2003 with a Sculpture
major. At the Academy he was awarded the Cresson Travel
Scholarship, Valley National Gases Prize, The Alexander Prize,
and Philadelphia Mayor’s Award. Steven Dufala graduated in
2000 with a Printmaking major. He has been awarded PAFA’s
Cuff/Sammak Prize for Abstract Painting, the Wolf Scholarship in
Honor of Peter Paone, and the John R. Conner Printmaking Prize.
Recent art projects have included toilets affixed to bicycles,
an ice cream truck mashed with a military tank (for which they
received the prestigious West Prize in 2009), and drawings of
body parts intertwined and morphing into machines. Their 20
Yard Dumpster Coffin was included in PAFA’s summer exhibition
Urbanism: Reimagining the Lived Environment, the first piece
of art work to be produced entirely through RAIR, the non-profit
artist in residency program located within Revolution Recovery, a
construction waste recycling facility in northeast Philadelphia.
For the last two years the Dufala Brothers have been teaching
courses at PAFA on found material techniques, which explore
alternative methods to traditional art making practice, using
Philadelphia’s abandoned material as a basis for students’ new
work. As former Academy students, they bring unique insights
and ideas to the teaching process.
“I want to help the students navigate life at PAFA,” says Steven.
“I remember it super well. We also want to expand their frame
of reference. We’ve asked students to walk outside the building
– a distance of at least five blocks – and work on a project. It’s
necessary to constantly reinvestigate one’s relationship to one’s
surrounding.”
“It’s also important to prepare the students for life after PAFA,”
he adds. “I believe the quality of life issue may be a challenge for
them. Even though the students are adept at living with very little
in the way of traditional comfort, the ability to put off a decent
standard of living may not last forever, and it is an ingredient in a
successful/sustainable art-making practice.
Maureen Drdak, Lungta Triptych (detail), 2009, Image courtesy of the artist
Malla kings of Nepal.
Drdak connects deeply with the spiritual worldview of the
cultures of the Himalayas. While embracing the uniqueness of
these cultures, she also celebrates the inevitable bridging of
historically and socially disparate elements.
“Societies are rapidly changing, increasingly stretching
the limits of communal connection,” says Drdak. “Art can be
a powerful force for easing this dislocation; art can maintain
meaningful cultural identity and be a positive force for selfdefinition,
a grounding matrix enabling individuals to locate
themselves within their societies, and their world.”
Follow Drdak’s blog from Nepal at: www.maureendrdak.com
The Dufala Brothers, Billy Blaise and Steven Dufala, posing in front
of their work, Heap, 2011
Photo: Bresner Studios
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Congratulations Class of 2011
On May 13, PAFA congratulated the graduating class of
2011 in an afternoon ceremony in the rotunda of the Historic
Landmark Building. The Academy recognized 41 Certificate
program graduates, 23 Post-Baccalaureate graduates, 42
MFA graduates, and 16 BFA graduates.
Photos: Linda Johnson
BFA Graduates
Certificate Graduates
Following the ceremony, the Academy opened the doors in
the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building to the Annual Student Exhibition
where families and friends could view the exceptional
artistic accomplishments of our graduates.
(Left to right, bottom to top) Blair Baskin, Barbara Greco-Potash, Alice Cathrall, Tiffany Holman, Mary Frances Ng, Laura
Adams, Scott Cooper, Deborah Strong Napple, Maureen Moll, Rebecca Nehring, Hayley Barber, Christy Bottie Kitigawa, Liam
Hodgson, Jake Barnhart, Alexis Grant, Shay Allen, Claire Sullivan, Devon Lee, Alana Cooksey, Ryan Pellak, Kevin McCullough,
Colin Foley, Daniel Molnar, Cynthia Harvey, Katherine Koch, Stephenie Koniers, Scott Giblin, James Mueller, Ian Wagner, Jordan
Shackleford, Nathan Durnin, Paul Metrinko, Joel Shambe, Christina Weaver, Evan Harrington, Jeffrey Giannone
MFA Graduates
(Left to right, bottom to top) Aubrey Levinthal, Annette Liska, Sarah Burns, Anna-Marie Moblard Meier, Kristen Apple,
Stephen Kenny, Christopher Synicky, Lauren Garvey, Elizabeth Hamilton, Sarah Weber, Karen David, Jennifer Lingford,
Matej Branc, James Erickson, Jessica Gamble, Michael Branca, Tyler Kline, Menaka Gopalan, Mary Coyle, Paula Cahill,
Helen Troia-Shear, Katherine Wirick, Dganit Zauberman, Kirsten Fisher-Price, Jude Lang, Jerry Gordon, Olive Thomas,
Diana Dodson, Eric Huckabee, Andrew Christensen, Ryan Buffington, Matthew Colaizzo, Derrick Quevado, Roman Serra,
Skirmantas Pipas, Mark Goodson, Jason Bombaci, James Fisher, Edward Walsh
(Left to right, bottom to top) Elizabeth Brown, Catherine Blinn,
Elizabeth Serocki, Lindsay Robbins, Tara Wight, Katherine Koch,
David Golas, Paul Metrinko
Post-Bacc Graduates
(Left to right, bottom to top) Julianne Kelley, Katrina Funk, Judy McGregor
Caldwell, Justin Bean, Castine Dow, Catherine Hipple, Caroline Roosevelt, Maria
Veksler, Susan Stromquist, Mariel Herring, Jessica Libor, Stephanie Smith, Kira
Grennan, Cynthia Oswald, Avdo Babic, Katharine Kressler, Jonathan Hamburger,
Jennifer Lightfoot, Matthew Smith, Ana Maria Gomez Lopez, Kevin Rhodes, Donald
McPartland
Photo: Patricia Maunder
Family Arts Academy Offers
FREE Family Programs on
Sundays, October – December
Join us on Sundays, from 2 - 3 p.m., starting October 9,
for Family Arts Academy Workshops for all ages, levels of
ability, and interests. Children, families, adults, seniors and
groups are invited to view artworks in the museum galleries
and create art projects in a studio space.
Designed to offer fun museum experiences, workshops
present opportunities for you to enjoy time together with
family and friends while exploring and developing your
creative spirit. They promote family engagement through
providing a positive and nurturing environment for families
to learn and create art together. All programs are held in
the Historic Landmark Building located at 118 N. Broad
Street.
Programs are free for all students and their families
in the Philadelphia School District’s public and charter
schools. Programs are also free for PAFA members,
reciprocal members and staff. Children 12 and under
outside of the School District of Philadelphia are free with
a general adult admission.
The fall series of workshops will kick-off with a Family
Arts Festival as part of PAFA’s Party on the Plaza event
on Saturday, October 1, to celebrate the opening of the
Lenfest Plaza. The Family Arts Festival will include free
art activities and other family-friendly entertainment from
noon until 5 p.m.
NEW!
PAFA Book Club
“Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the
marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and
chucks us aside. Alas!” – D. H. Lawrence
Are you one of those people who feel the power of art
and literature in your bones? We are too. So beginning in
the fall of 2011, PAFA’s new Pen and Paintbrush Club will
read pieces of literature in conjunction with art on view
at PAFA and then meet in the galleries once a month for
lively conversation that sheds new light on old favorites.
The debut season will focus on fiction, and both veteran
and emerging readers are welcome to join us. If you’re
already in a book club which might want to join us in our
reading, the more the merrier!
Discussion questions will be provided in conjunction
with each book, relating it to the works on view in the
galleries. The group will gather in the lobby of the Historic
Landmark Building for discussion led by museum
staff followed by a jaunt into the galleries to look at some
art. Curiosity, opinions, and good humor are very much
encouraged. Scheduled dates and books are:
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Wednesday, October 5
The Great Gatsby by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wednesday, November 3
The Handmaid’s Tale by
Margaret Atwood
Wednesday, December 7
Ballad of the Sad Cafe by
Carson McCullers
First Wednesday of each month from 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Admission is free to members, but registration is required.
Contact Monica Zimmerman at 215-972-2105 or
mzimmerman@pafa.org

A New Season of PAFA After Dark
Whether you’re a convert to the new nighttime festivities
at PAFA or still sitting at home on Thursday nights
wondering what all the fuss is about, it turns out you’re
in luck. PAFA After Dark is back for its second season
of surprising nights in the galleries with an eclectic mix
of music, performances, cocktails, friends and of course
– art. We’ll explore the lure of the local at October 27th’s
kickoff event – Home Grown – with local craft brews,
performances by artists from the HERE exhibition, and
demonstrations by local green thumbs who keep our city
beautiful. On December 15th, we’ll bring you Collision
Course, a night of surprising overlaps where the permanent
collection gets reinterpreted by local artist Hennessey
Youngman, scavenger hunts turn up all sorts of
artistic personality clashes, and young students fill the old
building with artwork that’s all for sale.
Still not convinced? Here are a few more reasons why
you should join us for PAFA After Dark:
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It’s fun, which is one of the last things on earth you can’t
be allergic to.
It’s free for members. Where else can you hear a
concert or see a performance for absolutely no dollars?
The galleries look different at night. They’re moody and
atmospheric. They trade in mystery.
The people-watching is exceptional.
The people-listening is pretty fantastic too, and you just
might learn something new.
You love art and history and the adventure of learning
about new things. After Dark is always a new adventure.
We promise.
PAFA After Dark takes place on select Thursdays from
6 – 9 p.m. Tickets are free to members but reservations
are required. (We are happy to note that we have been
known to sell out this event, so reserve early!)
Continuing Education Programs this Fall
A Community of Dedicated Artists of All Ages and Skill Levels
Juliette Aristides, Willow (detail), 2010, 22 x 17 in., charcoal on toned
paper heightened with white
Continuing Education at PAFA offers art classes and workshops
for adults and high school students at all levels of ability.
Whether you’re venturing into art for the first time, returning
after a long absence or polishing your skills, we have something
for you. Members at the “Friend” level and above receive
a 10% tuition discount on regular courses and workshops!
This fall semester choose from an amazing selection of
classes, programs, and workshops.
Master Class with Juliette Aristides:
Classical Figure Drawing
October 15 & 16
Learn to draw the human figure accurately and confidently with
Juliette Aristides, Director of The Classical Atelier at the Gage
Academy of Fine Art in Seattle author of the Lessons in
Classical Drawing, published by Watson-Guptill.
Photos: Sean Tucker
Guests enjoy recent work by PAFA’s students in the Certificate & BFA programs.
PAFA After Dark: Wanderlust attendees listen to an artist talk by Ted Walsh (MFA ’11).
Stuart Shils, Morning Light, Looking Down from Montecastello (detail), 2007, 13 x 11 1/4 in., oil on linen, Courtesy Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects Bill Scott, Spring Aquarium (detail), 2009, oil on canvas, 43 x 52 in.,
courtesy Hollis Taggert Galleries, New York
Master Class with Stuart Shils and Bill Scott
November 11, 12 & 13
Learn approaches to painting that emphasize the sensuous yet
thoughtful, abstract construction of space with renowned
painters Bill Scott and Stuart Shils..
Alla Prima Painting Workshop with
Christine Lafuente
December 3 & 4
Deepen your understanding of color harmony with Christine
Lafuente. Explore palettes, experiment with principles of
viscosity, and relate drawing concepts to color.
Informed Perception: An Objective Approach to Aesthetic
Appreciation with Christine Stoughton
September 13 - December 13
This course will introduce students to an objective method for
appreciating art using the methods developed by John Dewey,
Dr. Albert C. Barnes and Violette de Mazia.
PAFA Welcomes over
30 new docents!
Photos: Sarah Holloran
Ever wonder who gives all the tours to adult groups and
our nearly 10,000 school children? It’s a docent, and after
a year of training that included an American art history
lecture series, paper assignments, presentations in the
galleries, and multiple other curatorial walkthroughs and
educational workshops, 37 new docents will graduate in
September. The addition of this dedicated group of volunteers
will double our docent program to over 70 active
docents. This is the first class in five years and many were
eager to join last summer. Although they’ve spent a great
deal of time in our galleries and doing research on their
own, their education does not end with graduation. All of
PAFA’s volunteer guides have an exceptionally big task
ahead of them this year, as they prepare to tour two major
exhibitions, starting with HERE in the fall and culminating
with Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit in the spring.
Join us in congratulating them on all their hard work and
consider stopping by for one of their regularly scheduled
tours.
Daily Tours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 11:30 &
12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at 1 & 2 p.m.
Or schedule a group tour by contacting tours@pafa.org
or call 215-972-2069.
Christine Lafuente, Lilies and Jelly Jar (detail), 2006, oil on linen, private collection
PAFA at Historic Yellow Springs
September 27 – November 12
Enjoy PAFA classes on location in beautiful
Chester County.
Color Workshop with Al Gury
October 29
A focused look at color in art with Al Gury, Chair of the PAFA
Painting Department, and author of Color for Painters: A Guide
to Tradition and Practice.
PAFA CE courses and workshops are eligible for Act 48 hours
and New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development
credit. For the complete summer schedule, visit
www.pafa.edu/CE, call 215-972-7632 or e-mail
continuinged@pafa.edu.
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PAFA Collection
Goes “LIVE”
Beginning the first week of September, visitors to our
website will be in for a big surprise. After two years of
behind-the-scenes work we are excited to announce
the arrival of our newly designed Collections portal and
expanded access to our collection on our website.
With the generous grant from The Albert M. Greenfield
Foundation, we were able to purchase a collections
database system called MIMSY XG. Jennifer Johns, our
data entry coordinator has been entering information into
MIMSY about each object in the collection and Barbara
Katus, our photo archivist has been photographing the
work. MIMSY simply takes the place of file cabinets and
lives on the museum staff’s computers. Internally, the staff
has access to about 9,000 object records and they use
MIMSY for creating exhibitions, educational tours, and to
track loans in/out to name a few daily activities. Externally,
Jennifer has been working with NetReach, our website
designers to connect the data in MIMSY to our website
for expanded public access.
Right now visitors to our on-line collection have access
to fewer than 1,000 objects from our more than 15,000
works. Objects are only searchable by artist, medium,
date and keyword and only paintings, works on paper and
sculpture are present. It was our goal using the Greenfield
grant to allow the public not only access to more works
in our collection but to expand search capabilities for
research, teaching, and visiting purposes.
Now visitors to the Collections portal will be greeted
with a stream-lined and visually dynamic portal. They will
have close to 7,000 objects to view, not only paintings,
works on paper and sculpture but decorative arts, ephemera
and architecture as well. The number of searchable
objects will grow weekly. Users will have greatly expanded
search capabilities. You will now be able to search not
only by artist, date, medium, and keyword, but by subject,
gender, collection, and accession number. Another special
feature will be the ability to find out what is on view
in the galleries and what is out on loan. Descriptions of
works have been included and more will be added as the
project goes along.
We are committed to making our collection assessable
to the widest possible audience. We are proud of this first
big step in that direction and hope you enjoy it as much
as we do.
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Photo: Linda Johnson
Photo: Bresner Studios
Photo: Linda Johnson
Photo: Linda Johnson
PAFA in Pictures
Below is a selection of events that took place over the past few months, which celebrate the vibrancy of the school and museum.
PAFA Trustee and Drexel University President John A. Fry with Dr. Richard V.
Homan, President and Annenberg Dean of Drexel University College of Medicine
at the Anatomy/Academy reception. Drexel University College of Medicine
was a major sponsor of the exhibition.
PAFA Alumnae Amy Walsh (MFA ‘06), strikes a pose in front of her work
featured in Urbanism: Reimagining the Lived Environment.
2011 Travel Scholarship Winners
(from L-R): President, David Brigham, Lindsay Robbins (BFA ’11, Cert ’12),
Jimmy Bellew (Cert ’12), Ryan Pellak (Cert ’11), Dan Molnar (Cert ’11), Nicole
Michaud (Cert ’12), Christina Weaver (Cert ’11, BFA ’12), Dean, Jeffrey Carr.
Guests were invited to spend an evening with artist Faith Ringgold on May
18. Ms. Ringgold stands next to her quilt titled We Came to America, from the
series; “The American Collection”
Photo: Linda Johnson
Photo: Bresner Studios
Photo: Linda Johnson
Photo: Ed Poletti
Alumnus S. Zachery Martin (MFA ‘09), with his work Mediation on Water,
which was on view in the PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery show titled Water As The
Source.
Friends gather to look at Katie Dillon Low’s work at the opening of Katie Dillon
Low & Reza Ghanad in the Fisher Brooks Gallery of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton
Building.
Nicole Michaud (Cert ’12) posed in front of her wall at the 2011 Annual
Student Exhibition.
The construction of the Plaza took place throughout the long summer months.

HERE: What is the role of “place” in art?
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idea of “regionalism” as an unfashionable term that references only the
parochial or the provincial, and highlights, instead, the fact that many communities
have begun to place greater importance on how history and place
define them in a globalized world. By presenting a diverse range of compelling
artistic practices seen through the eyes of curators who live and work
in the regions, HERE provides a platform for artists from six regions and
opens a broader discussion about what regionalism can mean to American
art today.
Artists represented in the exhibition are: Lewis Colburn, Jennifer Levonian,
Megawords,Tim Portlock / Michael Krueger, Erika Nelson, Aaron Storck,
Whoop Dee Doo / Bunk News, Paul Coors, Terence Hammonds, Katie
Parker and Guy Michael Davis / Liz Cohen, Scott Hocking, Chido Johnson,
Abigail Newbold / Elsewhere Collaborative, Harrison Haynes, Stacy-Lynn
Waddell, Glenda Wharton / Sue Chenoweth, Postcommodity, Aaron Rothman,
and Gregory Sale.
The exhibition curators are: Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art
at PAFA; Christopher Cook, Director and Curator at the Salina Art Center,
Salina, Kansas; Mark Harris, Director of the School of Art at the University
of Cincinnati; Rebecca Hart, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the
Detroit Institute of Arts; Claire Schneider, Independent Curator; and Teka
Selman, Assistant Director of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary
Arts at Duke University
The William Penn Foundation is the presenting sponsor of
HERE. Support for the HERE catalogue is provided by the
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation.
PAFA’s special exhibitions in 2011-12 are supported by
generous contributions from Max N. Berry, Esq, Donald R. Caldwell, and Jonathan L. Cohen.
Photo: Barbara Katus
Photo: Tom Crane
Michael Krueger, Night Falls, 2011, Colored pencil on paper, 40 x 30 in., Photo courtesy the artist
Historic Landmark Building
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building
Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape Show
Now on View in PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery
On view in PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery through October 23 is Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape
Show. This group exhibition features works by Alton Bowman, Philip Cohn, Beth Clark, Kevin Broad, Paul
Metrinko, John Pacer, Andrea Packard, Ben Pines, Sunny Ra, Judith Thomas, Elizabeth Wilson, and Julie Zahn.
The PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery celebrates the work by 12 artists who studied at the Academy from 1946-
2011. The Academy has a long history of artists who were inspired and influenced by landscape including
representation in its permanent collection by alumni Louis Sloan, Thomas Dougherty, and T. Alexander Harrison.
This exhibition focuses on work of varying perspectives and subjects from around the country. On view will be
Alton Bowman’s Wildflower Desk, reflecting his involvement in restoring and building marquetry furniture and
his passion for preservation of the native prairies in his hometown of Flower Mound, Texas. Andrea Packard
builds her piece, Dreaming of Redon, from collected papers and fabrics using memory and her reference for
nature.
Paul Metrinko, Philip Cohn, and Elizabeth Wilson employ a romantic and sensual approach to their subjects.
Metrinko, who is the recipient of the PAFA Purchase Prize for 2011, uses his paint to transform a dumpster into
a beautiful, colorful form. Cohn romanticizes the Philadelphia Waterworks with idyllic figures basking on the
grass. Wilson uses light, color, and form to create atmosphere of calm and solitary reflection.
Sunny Ra, Judith Thomas, and Beth Clark use memory and their medium to make unique landscapes that
transcend place and delve into the psychological and emotional. Passion for color is evident in most of these
artists’ works; however, Julie Zahn’s print and Ben Pines’s oil paintings exude a mysterious quality as well. And,
John Pacer’s Falling Sky, is playful and somber at the same time. Kevin Broad explores the balance between
color and shape to create a beautiful new reality.
Environmental Perspectives, A Landscape Show was juried by Bill Scott, a painter and printmaker who lives
in Philadelphia. Mr. Scott studied at PAFA in the 1970s and has been teaching there since 2006. He is represented
by the Hollis Gallery, New York, where he will have a solo exhibition in fall 2011. Pat Stewart is Adjunct
Associate Professor in Liberal Arts at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Ms. Stewart teaches courses on
20th century and contemporary art and has published several articles.
PAFA’s Alumni Sales Gallery is located in the Historic Landmark Building, 118 North Broad Street.
Judith Thomas, 2002-07, Cromarty (detail), 2010, 7.5 x 13.5 in., oil
THE FinE ART oF EnTERTAininG – ouR SPACE
iS THE PLACE FoR youR nExT SPECiAL EvEnT!
ACCOMMODATIONS...
Two venues in one – a choice of elegant landmark or lofty contemporary space.
LOCATION...
Across Broad Street from the Pennsylvania Convention Center and within walking
distance of Philadelphia’s many premier hotels.
CATERING...
PAFA has an exclusive caterer, Jimmy Duffy & Sons.
TOURS...
Museum Docents are available to lead tours of our galleries.
EVENT ENHANCEMENT...
PAFA student artists are available for hire during your event.
PORTFOLIO...
Our store in the Hamilton Building offers a unique shopping experience.
YOUR RENTAL FEE DOLLARS...
Help fulfill PAFA’s mission of educating tomorrow’s artists.
DISCOUNTS...
Available to PAFA Business Partners, and special rates for non-profit organizations
and conventions.
To book your next event contact Judi Garst at 215-972-1609
or jgarst@pafa.org.
How To Reach PAFA
215-972-7600
www.pafa.org | www.pafa.edu
Historic Landmark Building
118 North Broad Street on the Avenue of the Arts
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building
128 North Broad Street on the Avenue of the Arts
Adult Group Tours
215-972-2069
Alumni Sales Gallery
215-972-4187
Business Partners Program
215-972-7639
Continuing Education
215-972-7632
Development
215-972-2077
Facility Rentals
215-972-1609
Family Programs
215-972-2061
Library
215-972-2030
Membership
215-972-2077
Museum Front Desk
215-972-2060
PAFA Supply Store
215-972-2035
Portfolio at the Pennsylvania
Academy®
215-972-2075
School Admissions
215-972-7625
Volunteer
Opportunities
215-972-2020
Women’s Board
215-972-0550
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PAFA INFORMATION
Museum Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission
Admission to Permanent Collection
Adults $10, Seniors (60+) & Students with I.D.
$8; Youth (13 - 18) $6; Child (12 and under,
excluding groups) FREE
Admission to Special Exhibitions
(includes Permanent Collection)
Adults $15, Seniors (60+) & Students with I.D.
$12; Youth (13 - 18) $10; Child (12 and under,
excluding groups) FREE
FREE for members. Morris Gallery exhibitions
and ground floor of Historic Landmark Building
are free.
Portfolio at the Pennsylvania
Academy®
Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Members receive a 10% discount.
Academy Café
Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Membership
Members enjoy free admission and other benefits.
For information: 215-972-2077 or
www.pafa.org/membership
Tours
Docent Tours meet in the lobby of the Museum.
Please check in with the front desk on the day of
your visit for specific details.
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:30 a.m. and
12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 1 and 2 p.m.
Tours are free with admission.
To arrange a group tour for adults, seniors and
school groups, call 215-972-2069.
Website
www.pafa.org www.pafa.edu
Bacchanal Wine Gala and
Auction, The Art of the Vine
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Saturday, November 12
Photo: David Hershey
On Saturday, November 12, 2011 for the 13th consecutive
year, PAFA will host the Bacchanal Wine Gala and Auction in
its contemporary Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. With over
350 guests in attendance, this year’s event, The Art of the
Vine, will include wine tastings and silent and live auctions
of unique items and travel destinations. Hugh Hildesley of
Sotheby’s New York will once again serve as auctioneer for
the evening.
The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of
PAFA’s Thomas Jefferson Award to this year’s honorees, The
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and its chairman, Patrick J.
Stapleton, III.
Following a multi-course dinner prepared by a surprise
celebrity chef, everyone is invited to join Bacchanal’s favorite
band, Firefly, to dance the night away!
Proceeds from Bacchanal support PAFA’s student scholarships
and PAFA’s wide range of community education programs.
Since the event’s inception in 1999, over $3.5 million
has been raised for art education.
For more information, or to purchase your ticket, please
contact Erin Herz, Director of Development Events, at
eherz@pafa.org , 215-972-2103 or visit www.pafa.org.
Facility Rentals
Our outstanding Historic Landmark Building and
Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building provide elegant
and dramatic settings for entertaining employees,
guests, and clients at gala dinners, luncheons,
wedding receptions or meetings. For information:
215-972-1609 or rentals@pafa.org.
Transportation
The Museum is near the Market East and
Suburban train stations, SEPTA bus and trolley
stops, and PATCO’s High Speed Line. For SEPTA
information: 215-580-7800 or www.septa.org.
Discounted parking is available at adjacent Parkway
Corporation parking lots. Tickets must be
validated at the Museum front desk.
Academic Programs
The Academy offers a four-year Certificate,
Academy BFA, BFA in conjunction with the
University of Pennsylvania, Post-Baccalaureate,
and MFA. For information: 215-972-7625 or
admissions@pafa.edu.
Accessibility
The Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building is accessible
from Broad Street. An accessible entrance to the
Historic Landmark Building is located at Cherry
and Burns Streets. The Burns Street Elevator
provides access to the Gallery Floor. Visitors can
access this entrance by pushing the call button at
the bottom of the front stairs of the Museum, or
at the corner of Cherry and Burns; Security staff
will meet the caller. Wheelchairs are available,
and restrooms are accessible. Guided tours are
available for people with physical or mental disabilities,
upon request.
n Sign language interpreters are available for all
programs with prior arrangements.
n Listening enhancement systems are available
upon request. For information: 215-972-2069.
Volunteers
Volunteers receive free, unlimited admission to
the Museum and discounts in both the Academy
Café and Shop. For information: 215-972-2020.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
128 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Summer FUNdamentals Art Camp
Making a Difference for 27 Years
Summer FUNdamentals
Art Camp has offered
enriching, creative
experiences for campers
in PAFA’s beautiful
galleries and art studios
for the past 27 years.
This year 675 campers
enjoyed 24 different art
camps sessions, such as
Drawing, Painting, Basic
Animation, Photography,
Comic Books, Circus
Arts, Wearable Art and
much more.
Many campers have
returned year after year
Felicity Hicks enjoying a drawing class this
past summer.
and have gone on to pursue art careers. Felicity Hicks has attended
PAFA Summer camps and weekend classes and workshops for the
past seven years. In 2004 she was diagnosed with an Occipital
Tumor. Her family’s main concern was for her safety and recovery of
her eyesight and motor skills. PAFA was recommended by the guidance
counselor from her school. She believed that being involved in
art would help her recover focus and balance.
The experience turned out to benefit Felicity beyond comprehension.
Each year she excelled with rigorous enthusiasm in drawing,
painting, sculpting and cartooning. Her creativity was nurtured and
consequently she demonstrated artistic ability to the highest standard.
In 2009 she applied to The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush and
CHAD (Charter High School of Architecture and Design). Felicity
had advanced level artwork for her two portfolios for admission. She
was accepted into both schools and now attends The Arts Academy
at Benjamin Rush. Her grandmother, Marge Hicks, reports that Judy
Ringold and her staff have supported and encouraged Felicity for
the past seven years and Felicity was fortunate to have been taught
by such great instructors. “Our greatest thanks to Judy and PAFA
for preparing Felicity for her future in fine arts.”
Photo: Judy Ringold
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Torch Club: 7 - 10 p.m.
Torch Club, a patron cocktail reception and dinner
inside PAFA’s Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building will kick
off later in the evening (Cocktails and Dinner $175 for
Patrons, $250 for Benefactors).
After Party: 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.
For those who are ready to kick it up a notch, there
will be an After Hours dance party with cash bar ($20
in advance or $25 at the door, PAFA students are
FREE). Fabulous and delicious food trucks will be available
for late night snacks!
PAFA looks forward to a wonderful turnout and
thanks Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, the City of
Philadelphia, and the many other supporters for their
generosity in making the plaza come to fruition.
For more information on this event, contact Erin Herz,
Director of Development Events at 215- 972- 2103 or
eherz@pafa.org
PAFA’s Party on the Plaza is made possible in part by the contributions
of these generous sponsors: Land Rover Jaguar Main Line, The Philadelphia
Inquirer, Anthropologie, Dick Blick Art Materials, Brown-Forman, and
WXPN’s Kids Corner.