Cool Comes to PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Cool Comes to PAFA
Barkley L. Hendricks:
Birth of the Cool
October 17, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Fisher Brooks Gallery
PAFA is proud to present the first
career painting retrospective of
renowned American artist, and PAFA
alumnus, Barkley L. Hendricks. Hendricks
is a seminal figure, whose work
is uniquely situated at the crossing of
American realism and post-modernism.
Walking a path between figurative artists such
as Chuck Close and Alex Katz, and the conceptualism
of artists like David Hammons and Adrian Piper,
Hendricks’ pioneering approach results in a hybrid
style of portraiture that encompasses an interest in
Renaissance art, pop culture, fashion, and music,
and whose influence can be observed in generations
of younger artists such as Kehinde Wiley, Rasheed
Johnson, and Mickalene Thomas, among others.
Hendricks is best known for his stunning life-size
portraits of people of color from the urban northeast,
and it is through these cool, empowering, and sometimes
confrontational images that he explores the
complexity of contemporary “black” identity. Variously
he works from real-life sitters and photographs—he refers
to his camera as his “mechanical sketchbook”—in
a format that is reminiscent of images from fashion magazines
and movie posters.
Hendricks notes that “How people dress is how they
want to be seen in the world,” and in his paintings the
look and feel of popular culture and fashion becomes
a study in social and personal identity that is focused
in a style completely his own. These images of friends,
strangers, and the artist himself, reveal not only a sense of
humor and a sense of racial pride, but also witness Hendricks’
desire to redirect the genre of Western portraiture.
Making African American fashion, style, and social identity
his subject matter, he refashions historic portraiture as an
act of self-definition in the post civil rights era. In these
commanding full-length portraits of African American
women and men, silhouetted against crisp monochromatic
backgrounds, Hendricks transforms his sitters from
ordinary people into larger than life celebrities and in this
way his portraits privilege an American subject who has
often been overlooked by mainstream society. With little
concern for what is popular or accepted, Hendricks has
followed his own path. His body of work stands out as
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Malcolm
McLaren’s
Shallow 1-21
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News from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Barkley L. Hendricks, Sweet Thang (Lynn Jenkins) (Detail), 1975-1976. Oil on linen canvas, 52 1/8 x 52
¾ inches. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, NY.
unique among his contemporaries, has had a profound impact on
a younger generation of artists, and is as vital and vibrant today as
ever.
Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool is the first major survey
of Hendricks’ paintings and consists of 57 works made from 1964
to the present that will be augmented by a number of important
paintings held in private Philadelphia collections. Alongside his
iconic portraits, the exhibition will feature many of Hendricks’ lesser
known, earlier works and his more recent portal-like paintings of
landscapes in Jamaica, where he returns annually to paint en plein
air. The special section of these landscapes is dedicated to the
memory of the late Louis B. Sloan.
Born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Hendricks attended PAFA from
1963 to 1967 and studied under the tutelage of the late Louis
B. Sloan. The first African American student to be awarded two
consecutive travel scholarships, he traveled to Europe in 1966
and then North Africa in 1968. Abroad he encountered works by
the old masters of European painting—such as Rembrandt, van
Dyck, Caravaggio and van Eyck—which informed the process of
his painting. He graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
fine arts from Yale University in 1972 and since then he has
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PAFA’s
Latest
Acquisitions
fall 2009
PAFA Launches
Host/Mentor
Program
Three years ago, PAFA trustee Debbie Zug visited the
country of Bhutan with her husband and several friends.
Their guide’s daughter had recently graduated from high
school and endeared herself to the travelers, who asked
about her plans for the future. Because the Prince of
Bhutan had attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts,
she desperately wanted to go there. Two of Zug’s companions
had gone to Wheaton and worked to help get
the college to accept her. When this did not occur, the
girl was crushed and the women became determined to
help her go to school in the United States. Zug met with
a friend who had been an admissions counselor who suggested
Eastern University here in Pennsylvania. The girl
was accepted and received a grant to come to America
and all thirteen of the fellow travelers pitched in to cover
the rest of her tuition.
When Zug, who has also had experience as a mentor
for an inner-city girl in Baltimore, heard that PAFA’s next
incoming class includes four international students, she
was inspired to establish a student host/mentor program
here at the Academy. She immediately sent a notice to
PAFA’s Board of Trustees to encourage others to join
her in hosting an international student. Several trustees,
including Sally Bellet, Chair of the School Committee, will
join Zug in her new endeavor.
The PAFA Student Host/Mentor Program will match incoming
international students with members of the PAFA
community based on expressed interests of the host and
student. Hosts will help provide logistical and emotional
support to students from around the world who may be
overwhelmed with their new environments.
States Zug, “We will be starting small with foreign
students and then may go on to have the program include
other students who need help in getting acquainted with
Philadelphia. We’re very open to what we might do.”
For now, the mentorship may entail anything from taking
a student out to lunch or helping them shop to writing
emails and connecting over the phone. At this time,
there are no housing or financial commitments and Zug
acknowledges that the program will take a different shape
for each host and student. Regardless of the results, Zug
believes the program is important for PAFA in order for
foreign students to “make a smooth cultural transition and
adjust to city and American life.”
Zug herself is part of an international family. Of her
seven grandchildren, three have been adopted from Russia,
India, and Kazakhstan.
“It is so rewarding to see a foreign student come to
America and grow and develop,” Zug remarks. “The girl
from Bhutan has changed so much and it has been gratifying
to watch it occur.”
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Sculpture
Department
Update

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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.
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Board of Trustees
Donald R. Caldwell, Chair
Kevin F. Donohoe, Vice Chair and Treasurer
Herbert S. Riband, Jr., Esq., Vice Chair & Secretary
Thomas N. Pappas, Vice Chair and Assistant Secretary
James C. Biddle, Vice Chair
Mark Alderman, Esq.
Roger H. Ballou
Gerald P. Barth
John B. Bartlett, Esq.
Elaine V. Bell
Sally J. Bellet, Esq.
Thomas L. Bennett, CFA
Max N. Berry, Esq.*
Lynn Nowicki Clarke*
Jonathan L. Cohen*
Robert A. Fisk
John A. Fry*
Anthony A. Ibargüen
Michael T. Kennedy
Mary Louise Krumrine, Ph.D.
Ellen Berman Lee
Marguerite Lenfest
Rev. Herbert H. Lusk, II
Frances M. Maguire*
Anne E. McCollum
Francis P. Newell, Esq.
Delphine Poussot
Carole Price Shanis
Linda Richardson
William Rulon-Miller
Steven L. Sanders
William H. Schorling, Esq.
Henry B. du P. Smith
Martha McGeary Snider
Julie D. Spahr
Gerard H. Sweeney
Barbara A. Sylk
Steven Volla
Debora C. Zug
*National Trustee
Emeritus
Barbara L. Greenfield, Chair of Emeritus Trustees & Committee Members Committee
Robert L. Byers, Sr.
William A. Slaughter, Esq.
Richard E. Woosnam
Ex officio
Julia B. DeMoss, President of the Women’s Board
James J. Lynes, President, Alumni Association
Gary Steuer, Director, Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy
Ahmeenah Young, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Faculty Representative
Robert Roesch
Photo: Susan Beard Design
Perspective: A Partnership
The numbers speak for themselves.
Seventy-eight percent of School
District of Philadelphia children live
in poverty, and 50 percent of these
young people don’t graduate from
high school. Given these numbers, it
is no surprise that only 20 percent of
Philadelphians have college or university
degrees— a percentage that
places this city 92nd out of the 100
largest cities in this country.
It is almost glib to say that something is very wrong. But
that is why we wanted to meet with Dr. Arlene Ackerman,
the new superintendent of the School District, when she first
came to Philadelphia. As one of the leading art institutions in
the region, we wanted to talk about how we might help make
Philadelphia schools a better place for this city’s children.
Out of that meeting and the several that followed, the
Academy and the District crafted a collaborative agreement
in what we came to call the Family Arts Academy at PAFA.
Guided by one of the principal elements of the District’s
new strategic plan, the Family Arts Academy is built around
the importance of familial involvement in a child’s education.
Starting in September of 2009 as a pilot program in
conjunction with the exhibition, Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth
Member News and Events
Events
Join PAFA Curator of Modern Art Robert Cozzolino and
artist Elizabeth Osborne for a walkthrough of the exhibition,
Elizabeth Osborne: The Color of Light, on Tuesday,
September 8 at 5:30 p.m.
Join us for the opening reception for Barkley L. Hendricks:
Birth of the Cool, on Friday, October 16 at 6:00 p.m.
To rsvp for either of these events, please call 215-972-0522
or email rsvp@pafa.org.
Save the Date
Mark your calendar! The Annual Print Sale and Members
Shopping Day will be held on Friday, December 4, featuring
original works for sale by PAFA students and discounted
shopping at PORTFOLIO at the Pennsylvania Academy®.
Keep an eye on the alumni e-newsletter, e-preview and
www.pafa.org for more information on these and upcoming
events. If you would like to join the e-mail list for e-preview,
send us a note at membership@pafa.org. PAFA does not
trade its email lists with other organizations.
of the Cool, this program will be offered free of charge on
weekends to adults with children. In its fullness, it will offer
multi-week courses in the visual arts, workshops, exhibitions,
and career mentoring. Although the program will be
open to all families with children, we’ll make a special effort
to reach families whose children attend low performing and
under-funded schools. The District and PAFA are now jointly
seeking funding for the program’s full implementation by next
January.
This program isn’t founded on some mawkish nostrum.
We know that family involvement makes a decided difference.
We know that young people in a visual arts program
are twice as likely to excel in academic performance and
far more likely to continue their education after high school.
So we think the District and PAFA are on to something
important. And we’re proud to be the District’s partner in an
educational initiative that just might make a difference.
Edward T. Lewis
President & Chief Executive Officer
PAFA Receives Major Grant from William Penn Foundation
The William Penn Foundation has awarded PAFA a grant in the amount of $440,000. The grant will fund a three-year contemporary
art program that will support the production of new art, encourage the broadest understanding of contemporary
art practice, and expand audiences for both contemporary and historical art at PAFA.
“This grant is a major step forward in making contemporary art more accessible to the public and to advancing Philadelphia’s
identity nationally as a center for contemporary art,” comments Edna S. Tuttleman Museum Director David Brigham.
PAFA’s multi-year contract with the William Penn Foundation will be used in support of the following forthcoming exhibitions:
Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious (January – April, 2010) is the inaugural presentation of a multi-sited international
festival of contemporary art that will occur in Philadelphia every four years. Philagrafika 2010 will focus on artistic
practices that engage the visual, intellectual, and creative frontiers in printmaking and how these approaches relate to social
and political issues.
Further developing the Morris Gallery’s role and reputation as an important venue for supporting emerging art, PAFA will
stage a series of five solo exhibitions (May, 2010 – December, 2011). The five artists will be drawn from across the country
and the Philadelphia region and their work will be in a diverse range of mediums. In a number of cases this will be an artist’s
first solo museum exhibition. This series will also provide for the commissioning of new works.
We’re All Still Here (October, 2011 – January, 2012) will bring together six curators from other regions, commissioned
to collaborate with PAFA’s Curator of Contemporary Art to create an exhibition that surveys artists who live outside the main
market centers and who make the hot issues of contemporary art their own. Conceived to take account of an artist’s “sense
of place,” this exhibition will provide a platform to support and promote the work of Philadelphia and regional artists demonstrating
the vitality of art being made in different parts of the country.
Julien Robson, PAFA’s Curator of Contemporary Art states, “This is a great vote of confidence in our programming plans
and allows PAFA to move into a new and dynamic phase of contemporary exhibitions that will promote regional artists in a
national and international context while expanding audiences within the city and the region.”
A Special Thanks
PAFA would like to acknowledge the following members of
the Charles Willson Peale Society, we are truly grateful for
your support:
Lorraine and Benjamin Alexander; Ms. Linda Lee Alter;
Mr. W. Graham Arader III; Mrs. Joseph T. Beardwood, III;
Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Brodsky; Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck;
Ms. Lori Cohen; The Hon. and Mrs. Robert W. Duemling;
Mr. and Mrs. John Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Hooper;
Mr. Joel Koppelman; Ms. Emanuela Miller-Cooke; Mr. and
Mrs. Washburn S. Oberwager; Mr. W. Gresham O’Malley III;
Dr. and Mrs. Karl F. Rugart; Mr. John M. Ryan and Ms. Mary
Gregg; Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer N. Sellers; The Honorable
Nicholas Sellers; Dr. and Mrs. Bayard T. Storey; Mr. Febo F.
Troilo; and Mr. and Mrs. A. Morris Williams, Jr.
Special thanks to Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran, and her support of
the Thomas Eakins Circle.
PAFA would also like to acknowledge the ongoing generosity
of our Board of Trustees.

Pop Culture Icon Malcolm McLaren’s
Shallow 1-21 on View in Morris Gallery
Shallow 1-21, 2008
Video on DVD, 86 min., Lent by Brook and Pam Smith
October 25, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Morris Gallery, Historic Landmark Building
A pop cultural icon for over thirty
years, Malcolm McLaren is a visionary
artist. Always at the forefront of culture
and pushing boundaries, he is probably
best recognized for his work in melding
fashion with music.
Shallow 1-21, an 86-minute video,
consists of 21 “musical paintings.” Using
both musical cut-ups and short clips
appropriated from old sex films that have
been spliced, repeated, and slowed
down, the result is hypnotic, layered, and
provocative. PAFA is proud to exhibit
Shallow 1-21 in its entirety for the first
time in North America.
“I considered making portraits of people
about to have sex,” explains McLaren.
“This as it turned out, involved trawling
through and selecting scenes from hundreds
of old and often obscure amateur
sex movies: 8-mm films of ordinary folk
who played a part in sex films before sex
cinema turned into the industry as we
know it today. I slowed down most of
the images until sometimes they almost
stood still, revealing through their age, a
certain painterly quality.”
McLaren continues, “I made 21
musical works from a grab bag of pop
culture’s debris of the past 50 years. In
linking these musical cut-ups to the face
of those sexual encounters, I can’t say
what happens is what happened. The
alchemy made possible another meaning
far deeper than what existed before.
I began to call these works the musical
end of painting because they are not
films or videos but another form entirely;
a map of feelings that navigates the look
of music and the sound of fashion.”
Born in London in 1946, McLaren
was educated at art schools in England.
In 1971, with his then partner, Vivienne
Westwood, McLaren opened the legendary
Let It Rock shop in London, creating
fashion that would dress the punk
generation and inspire legions of fashion
designers. In the mid-1970s, McLaren
founded, managed, and art directed the
iconic punk band, the Sex Pistols. He
then went on to work with such artists as
Boy George, Adam Ant, and Bow Wow
Wow, before becoming a recording artist
in his own right. In the 1980s and 90s,
McLaren’s solo albums, Duck Rock,
Fans, Waltz Darling, and Paris were ma-
Continuing Education Programs:
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your craft or preparing a portfolio, Continuing Education at PAFA
has something for you.
n Reasonably priced studio art classes in drawing, painting,
sculpture, printmaking and more taught by practicing,
professional artists
n Conveniently scheduled weekday, evening and weekend
courses, lectures, and seminars
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n Members at the “Friends” level and above receive a
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Fall Highlights
Master Class with Bo Bartlett
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to study with Bo Bartlett, a
PAFA alum and recognized master of American realism.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 16, 17 & 18
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
FREE Slide Lecture with Bo Bartlett
Open to the public!
Thursday, October 15, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Drawing: A Personal Connection
With Timothy Hawkesworth with Lala Zeitlyn
Work with life models in an energized and supportive
environment. Take risks, explore new materials, and learn
by immersion.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
November 13, 14 & 15
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday Drawing and Painting for
High School Students
This course offers young people a valuable opportunity to
develop and hone their skills. Includes assistance with
preparing a portfolio for art school/college.
Saturdays, September 26 – December 5
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Photo: Jérôme Schlomoff
jor musical breakthroughs exploring Hip
Hop, Opera, R&B, and Lounge Music,
among other genres. In 1985, McLaren
went to Hollywood where he worked as
a development executive for Columbia
Pictures and Steven Spielberg. He lives
and works in New York and Paris and
has been writing music, producing films,
writing “radio movies,” and giving live
performances.
The presentation of Shallow 1-21 is made
possible with the support of Brook and Pam
Smith and Timothy Patric Speiss.
Bo Bartlett, Sweetness (detail), 24 x 24 inches, oil on panel,
2008. Courtesy of P.P.O.W Gallery, New York
Continuing Education Core Curriculum Program
Designed to help you achieve your artistic goals, this program
provides a structured curriculum of classes in logical
sequence to build your basic skills and confidence.
n Individually tailored assistance in course selection
n Helpful guidance and feedback on your progress from the
CE staff and faculty
n A flexible timeframe – complete the requirements at
your own pace
n Previously taken courses may be transferable
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Advanced Curriculum for K-12 Educators Program
(ACE) NEW!
Designed to provide K-12 educators with an opportunity to
advance their artwork and refresh their teaching while earning
graduate credit.
All PAFA CE courses and workshops are eligible for Act 48
and New Jersey Department of Education Professional
Development credit.
For the complete fall schedule, visit www.pafa.edu/CE,
call 215-972-7632 or e-mail continuinged@pafa.edu.
Alumni News
The recent opening of the 2009 PAFA Alumni Invitational
Legacies: Works by Twelve Former Students of
Elizabeth Osborne and Sidney Goodman was a smashing
success, with over 700 guests honoring the opening
of an exhibition of the works of twelve prominent alumni
who found their lives and their careers forever changed by
two of PAFA’s most respected and beloved faculty, Sidney
Goodman and Liz Osborne, who are the subjects of current,
major retrospectives of their works.
Alumni Bo Bartlett and Vincent Desiderio were represented
by their works in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton
Building, and other alums exhibited paintings, large scale
drawings, and sculpture. Michael Bartmann, Stephen
Estock, Barry Goldberg, Kate Javens, Edgar Jerins, Kate
Kaman, Rusian Khais, Elena Peteva, Anne Seidman, and
Wade Schuman are all respected and successful artists
in a great variety of approaches and media.
The exhibition was organized by the Alumni Association,
with the assistance of PAFA staff member Marianne
Maxwell, and faculty member Michael Gallagher. The
show was curated by PAFA curators of modern and contemporary
art, respectively, Robert Cozzolino and Julien
Robson. The exhibition is on display in the School Gallery,
Gift of the Women’s Board in the second floor galleries of
the Samuel M. V. Hamilton Building through September
20, 2009.
Alumni are exhibiting, winning awards and commissions,
and engaged in many wonderful activities and adventures.
For up to date news of recent shows and alumni
events, please see the Alumni Newsletter. If you have
something to contribute about your life and work, please
let us know about it at: http://www.pafa.org/School/
PAFA-Alumni/56/#contact.
PAFA Presents
Fall 2009 Schedule
PAFA is pleased to announce that it will continue its
series: PAFA Presents. Partnering with various cultural
institutions throughout Philadelphia, PAFA’s series aims
to offer visitors the opportunity to attend a variety of arts
events in a vibrant and historic setting.
Performances are free to PAFA members, $10 for
nonmembers. For information and reservations, contact
Alison Campbell-Wise at 215-972-2011 or acampbell@
pafa.org.
This fall, join us for:
A Taste of Opera
Sunday, October 4, 2:00 p.m., Annenberg Gallery
Join the Opera Company of Philadelphia for a discussion
about and selections from Puccini’s Madama
Butterfly.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Salon Series
Friday, October 9, 5:30 p.m., Historic Landmark
Building
Come for an interview with 2006 Gilmore Young Artist
Yuja Wang, a Curtis Institute graduate who is one of
today’s most charismatic pianists, making her Philadelphia
Orchestra subscription debut.
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PAFA’s Latest
Acquisitions
Louis Lozowick, Pittsburgh, ca.1922, Oil on canvas, 22 7/9 x 13 3/8 inches, Henry C. Gibson
Fund, 2008.32
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Since we updated you a year ago, PAFA’s
outstanding collection of American art has
grown by more than 450 artworks, through
gift and purchase. These include three
important collections: 174 etching plates
by Philadelphia landscape artist Herbert
Pullinger, donated by Ann C. and Martin Avery Snyder;
100 Polaroids and 51 black-and-white photographs by
Pop artist Andy Warhol, given by The Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts; and 50 works of contemporary
art donated by Herbert and Dorothy Vogel.
The Vogels have confounded the notion that art collecting
is an expensive undertaking accessible only to people
with great wealth. On the salary of Herbert’s work as a
United States Postal worker and Dorothy’s as a librarian in
Brooklyn, they amassed more than 3,600 works primarily
by abstract, minimalist, and conceptual artists. Approximately
1,100 of these have been given to the National
Gallery of Art. Inspired by the example of Samuel H.
Kress, who made a large gift to the National Gallery and
then made smaller gifts to museums across the country,
the Vogels decided to give 50 works to a museum in every
one of the United States. PAFA is pleased that the Vogels
chose to make their gift in this state to the Academy.
Among the artists in their donation include Will Barnet,
Lynda Benglis, Nam June Paik, and Richard Tuttle.
Important purchases include paintings by Louis Lozowick
and Dox Thrash. PAFA added to its growing strength
in American modernism by purchasing Lozowick’s painting,
Pittsburgh (1922), a Futurist interpretation of the
industrial landscape. Best known as a printmaker, Dox
Thrash’s oil painting joins a distinguished group of artists’
self-portraits at PAFA, including works by Charles Willson
Peale, Benjamin West, John Sloan, and Margaret Foster
Richardson.
From the Desk of the Museum Director
By David R. Brigham
Edna S. Tuttleman Museum Director
We are thrilled to host Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the
Cool this fall. This important exhibition fits into a long tradition
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts of educating,
collecting, exhibiting, and honoring Africa American artists and
their artwork.
That history begins in 1879 when Henry O. Tanner enrolled
as PAFA’s first African American student. He went on to a
career of international acclaim, including having his paintings
collected by the French government, exhibiting at the prestigious
Paris Salon for 20 consecutive years, and earning the
patronage of American museums and collectors. Indeed, PAFA
purchased Tanner’s Nicodemus in 1900, the year it was exhibited
in our annual exhibition.
Over the next 130 years, PAFA has educated approximately
200 African American artists. They include Laura Wheeler
Waring, an early twentieth-century art educator for whom a
Philadelphia public elementary school is named; the renowned
sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller; Louis B. Sloan, who became
PAFA’s first African American faculty member; Sloan’s classmate
Raymond Saunders; and later Moe Brooker, James
Brantley, Richard Watson, and Barkley Hendricks.
From 1941 to the late 1950s, PAFA supported the art activities
of the Pyramid Club, a black social and cultural organization
at 1517 Girard Avenue. PAFA students, alumni, and faculty
actively participated in the Pyramid Club’s annuals. PAFA, in
turn, exhibited works by Pyramid Club members, both in annual
exhibitions and occasionally in solo exhibitions. And PAFA purchased
works by Humbert Howard, Paul Keene, Dox Thrash,
Edward Loper, and others who were leaders at the Pyramid
Club.
PAFA has built a significant collection of African American
art, including works by Horace Pippin and Jacob Lawrence.
In 2004, this aspect of the collection was greatly enhanced
by the gift of Harold A. and Ann Sorgenti of their outstanding
collection of contemporary African American art. That important
collection goes on national tour, starting this summer at the Taft
Museum in Cincinnati, followed next year by the Columbia Museum
of Art in South Carolina; and in 2011 the Hudson River
Museum in New York.
Barkley Hendricks was recognized during his student days
at PAFA with the prestigious William Emlen Cresson and J.
Henry Schiedt Travel Scholarships. The year after Hendricks
graduated from PAFA, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dilworth donated
his painting J.S.B. III, a portrait of his fellow alumnus James
Brantley. Hendricks’ paintings were exhibited in Philadelphia
galleries and collected locally, and several of those works will
be exhibited only at PAFA. Earlier this year, PAFA honored
Hendricks with the Distinguished Alumni Award, and now by
presenting an augmented version of the retrospective exhibition
of his paintings that is touring the nation to great acclaim.
We trust that Barkley’s link to PAFA and this beautiful exhibition
will be memorable chapters within the history of American
art and culture.
Barkley L. Hendricks, J.S.B.III, 1968, Oil on canvas. 48 x 34 3/8 inches. Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth. 1969.17
PAFA Offers FREE Sundays to the Community
On Sunday, October 18, PAFA kicks off a new series of free Sunday programming, beginning with a much-anticipated
afternoon with artist Barkley L. Hendricks. Thanks to generous funding by both the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative
and the National Endowment for the Arts, PAFA will be able to waive all Sunday admission during the run Barkley L.
Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, as well as educate and entertain audiences with innovative performances, workshops,
and demonstrations that complement the work on view in the galleries.
Several Sundays feature jazz performances and workshops with members of the esteemed Philadelphia Clef Club of
Jazz, who bring expertise on the evolution of jazz movements, the funky, hip style of the jazz performer, and the influence
of Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool. These programs will offer attendees the opportunity to hear their favorite songs,
meet the men and women who have been playing in the jazz scene for decades, and spend an afternoon examining
the musical references that permeate Hendricks’ work.
Additional programs include a performance by Il Style and Peace, an acclaimed dance ensemble that demonstrates
locking, popping, breaking, old and new school hip hop, and house dance forms, with explanations of each different
movement and interactive explorations; art-making for the whole family, whether learning to paint a self-portrait or
practicing designing your own funky hats and accessories; story-telling in the galleries that incorporates song, rhythm,
and dance; and video screenings that put Hendricks’ work into the larger context of American history and culture.
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Faculty Spotlight: Michael Gallagher
Michael Gallagher, Double Down, 2008-09
Acrylic on panel 42” x 56”
School News
Students returning this fall will notice big changes in the
venerable Cast Hall in the Historic Landmark Building. Years of
dust and dirt in the cast hallways and studio classrooms of the
Historic Landmark Building are being swept away by Operations
Manager Ed Poletti and his crews, who have cleaned and
painted the hallowed halls. The new look, as well as a restored
collection of casts, is sensational.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Von Hess Foundation,
PAFA’s precious collection of plaster casts of historic masterpieces
will be given a careful cleaning and conservation
treatment over the next few years. The program of conservation
will be conducted piece by piece, with minimal impact on our
popular cast drawing program and frequent events held in the
Cast Hall. The project is being conducted by Robert Shure of
the Giust Gallery and Skylight Studios in Boston, and will be
supervised by Al Gury, John Horn, Doug Martenson, and other
members of the cast committee.
At last spring’s 2009 graduation ceremonies, curator and
Dean of the Yale School of Art Robert Storr gave an inspired
commencement address, artist Barkley L. Hendricks received
the Distinguished Alumni Award, and art collector Dr. Luther
Brady received an Honorary doctorate. We also witnessed
the first graduates of PAFA’s new BFA program. The Academy
BFA is our first undergraduate degree program, and is a close
companion to the famous Certificate program and our shared
BFA program with the University of Pennsylvania. The Academy
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Like most kids, Certificate/BFA painting teacher Michael Gallagher
made his first contact with visual art through children’s books and
comics. And, like many children, he copied the images obsessively, but
by adolescence had abandoned the pastime.
Years later, while attending La Salle University on an athletic scholarship,
Gallagher took a painting course in his final semester, “merely to
fill out my course load,” says Gallagher. “Little did I know how important
that single experience would be. I was hooked and returned home
to Pasadena and took a year to prepare a portfolio in order to apply for
formal study.”
As athletics gave way to art, Gallagher came across a PAFA catalog
in 1979 and immediately knew that the Academy was the type of
school he wanted to attend. The catalog included examples of faculty
and student work and Gallagher found the range and quality of the
work impressive, sensing “a respect for tradition and craft that other
schools did not seem to offer.” Gallagher believes that same dynamic
is what continues to draw students to PAFA today.
As an Academy student, Gallagher moved back and forth between
representation and abstraction, the boundaries between the two languages
seeming very fluid to the burgeoning artist who felt that PAFA
offered a sympathetic and encouraging environment for individual
artistic growth. By attending the Academy, he felt that “the sense that
one could seriously pursue a life in the arts seemed to be a given.”
After graduating from the Certificate program in 1987, Gallagher
began working for the museum in the preparators department and
later as an assistant for the painting department. He began exhibiting
in 1988, and in 2002, he finished his Masters degree. He has been on
PAFA’s faculty ever since.
In 2007, Gallagher received PAFA’s “Outstanding Teacher of the
Year” Award and of his teaching style and philosophy, says, “I think it
is very important to respond to each student individually. It is a useless
endeavor to compare one student to another, to attempt to direct a
student to your way of thinking or what you think they should be doing.
You have to respect their interests and give them space to grow.
“I truly enjoy the teaching experience here at the Academy because
our students are excellent. They really are top notch. I can’t say enough
about the caliber of student the Academy attracts, they are a joy to
work with.”
Photography by Bresner
BFA has finished its first year of operation, and already, over 80
students have enrolled in this new program.
With the BFA, we are rapidly growing the Academy’s first
ever program of liberal arts studies. The latest professor to join
the liberal arts faculty is historian Dr. Ali Chambers, who will
be teaching a two-semester sequence of World Civilization. A
revamped drawing curriculum, with a number of new and improved
courses, includes a class taught by the two-time winner
of the Caldecott Medal, author/ illustrator David Weisner. New
faculty member Shelley Spector, who promises to bring innovative
techniques for artists to survive and thrive in this digital
age, is offering a fresh version of the Business of Art class.
Finally, the celebrated young artists and alums Steven and Billy
Blaise Dufala will be teaching a new sculpture class jointly with
PAFA’s John Grieg that will inspire our students to make art by
incorporating found objects and materials.
The wonderful exhibitions of Elizabeth Osborne and Sidney
Goodman will run through September, along with Legacies:
Works by Twelve Former Students of Elizabeth Osborne and
Sidney Goodman. These shows exemplify PAFA’s programs
and artists, as will the upcoming retrospective of Academy
alum Barkley L. Hendricks. Not to be missed are master
classes by Bo Bartlett, Stuart Shils, and Odd Nerdrum. The
School will be hosting talks by these artists during the periods
of their workshops.
From the Desk
of the Dean:
A Community of Artists
By Jeffrey Carr, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs,
Dean of the School of Fine Arts
There’s a persistent image of the artist as a lone genius,
holed up in a garret somewhere, making sublime works
that nobody understands. Nobody who is a practicing
professional artist believes that. Artists love to hang out
with other artists. Who else knows better the trials and
tribulations of making art than other artists? There are
triumphs and failures, worldly success and the occasional
standout success in the studio. And all artists know that
these two forms of success don’t necessarily coincide.
In the end, your best audience is your audience of fellow
artists.
This was demonstrated by opening of the current alumni
show Legacies: Works by Twelve Former Students
of Elizabeth Osborne and Sidney Goodman. Over 700
alums and artists came to enjoy the work, the fellowship
and above all, the shared inspiration they had received
from the art and the teaching of Sidney Goodman and Liz
Osborne. There was a palpable sense of continuity that
night between the lives and careers of Sidney and Liz,
and the new generations of artists working, exhibiting, and
participating in the living traditions of the Academy.
Artists create their work and careers within complicated
communities of fellow artists, galleries, reviewers, patrons,
friends, collectors, and curators. No one can do it alone,
and why should one want to? Art is about sharing images,
ideas, inspirations, passions, and prejudges. The vibe in
the PAFA community was intense that opening night. The
talk, the remembrances, the art gossip, and the presence
of the art itself was a vivid reminder of what it means to be
part of a community of artists. I remember wonderful conversations
with Edgar Jerins about his portraits of hunters
and Kate Kaman about her new sculpture commission
with Temple University. I introduced artist Elena Peteva
to PAFA alum and New York Academy faculty member
Wade Schuman, and saw Vincent Desiderio hugging
his beloved mentor Sidney Goodman. Liz Osborne was
besieged with fans who wanted her to autograph her new
book. Many former and current students hung out, caught
up, and celebrated the life we have chosen.
In The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edith Newhall wrote,
“There’s no telling who studied with whom in the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts’ [‘Legacies’]- and
apparently no point in guessing, either.” She’s right. It’s
not about who studied with whom, but the fact that we all
learn from one another. As the School’s Mission Statement
has it, we are “a community of working artists dedicated
to maintaining an inspired environment that fosters
a commitment to engaging art and the creative act as a
lifelong pursuit of the highest order.” I think that sums it
up: we inspire ourselves by inspiring each other.
Cool Comes to PAFA
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exhibited widely in solo and group shows and his works
are held in many major museum collections. The recipient
of many major awards and fellowships, Hendricks
was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2009. He currently
lives and works in New London Connecticut, where
he is a professor of art at Connecticut College.
Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool is organized by the Nasher Museum
of Art at Duke University and curated by Trevor Schoonmaker.
The presentation of Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool at PAFA is
organized by Julien Robson, PAFA’s Curator of Contemporary Art.
The exhibition is sponsored in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc., the National Endowment for the Arts, which
believes that a great nation deserves great art, the Mary Duke Biddle
Foundation, and the North Carolina Arts Council with funding from
the State of North Carolina.
Funding for the tour of Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool to the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has been provided by The Pew Center
for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. Additional
support provided by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 grant through the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. & Mrs.
Harold Sorgenti, and the Edna W. Andrade Fund of the Philadelphia
Foundation.
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Sculpture Department
Update
This fall, the sculpture department’s enrollment
is at an all-time high of 35 majors partaking
in PAFA’s traditional sculpture courses as
well as new classes. John Grieg, Billy Blaise
Dufala and Steven Dufala will be teaching
“Found Objects” (Dumpster Diving), which was
filled within a few hours of registration. Grieg
will also teach “Shop Practices” which familiarizes
the entire school with the correct use
of power and hand tools. Previously existing
courses such “Stone Carving,” taught by Steve
Nocella, have been re-energized, while Shane
Stratton’s foundry course is filled to capacity
with students pouring every week.
In faculty news:
Department chair Robert Roesch recently
completed a major public art commission for
the State of Connecticut, received an Independence
Foundation Grant for his 2010
exhibition at the Noyes Museum in New Jersey,
and is now part of the permanent collection at
Grounds for Sculpture. Roesch is also currently
short-listed for two environmental public art
projects.
Linda Brenner’s Composition of Four Poles
will be installed at the Pearlman Medical Center
in September.
Joshua Koffman and Kate Brockman
have placed 1st and 2nd respectively in the
Grand Central Academy of Art Sculpture
Competition in New York.
Jody Pinto’s Moon Valley Bridge connects
the Sun Valley Trails in Phoenix, Arizona. The
cable-stayed bridge spans 200 feet across
19th Avenue, with a total ramp and bridge
length of approximately 1000 feet. The structure
will be illuminated by a computer-controlled
LED lighting system.
PAFA Establishes the Caldwell Scholarship Fund
By Louisa Hanshew, Senior Vice President of Development
Shane Stratton, Oceanid, bronze, 90” x 52” x 45”
Shane Stratton is now exhibiting at the
Masur Museum in Louisiana; taught “Sculpting
Natural Form” this summer at the Humboldt
Institute in Maine; exhibited in CFEVA’s Gala
exhibition, “Art is Ageless”; received a 2009
Faculty Development Grant from PAFA for casting
new large-scale bronze sculpture; began
an artist exchange with the Academy of Natural
Sciences; and had an exhibition in Fall of 2008
at Gross McCleaf Gallery.
Gary Weisman was recently honored at the
White House for work in the “Art in Embassies”
program, sponsored by the U.S. Department
of State. He is currently installing a six
foot bronze relief for Elmira College; has been
commissioned for life-size fountain pieces for
the Crawford Breast Cancer Retreat in Las
Vegas; is pouring over life size outdoor piece
for Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto; was commissioned
by Steuben glass to create six glass
sculptures; and had two solo shows this year.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse. However, if I treat you as though you are
what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. —Goethe
Goethe’s words exemplify Donald Caldwell’s philosophy towards his work as the Chairman
of PAFA’s Board of Trustees. Holding the institution—to which Caldwell has exhibited remarkable
dedication—to incredibly high standards, during his tenure as board chair, the Academy
has seen unprecedented growth. Because of his passion for our students and belief that we
have an obligation to assist any qualified student whose talent would be nurtured by attending
PAFA, this year, a scholarship fund will be established in Donald Caldwell’s name.
“I am deeply honored by this recognition,” states Mr. Caldwell. “As a fervent advocate for
arts and culture in our community, knowing that there will be funds available for students in
need to study and train at PAFA is very gratifying to me.”
With special thanks to Mrs. Samuel M.V. Hamilton and her continued commitment to PAFA,
the Academy has been given a $500,000 challenge grant to establish the scholarship fund in
Caldwell’s name.
First elected to the Board of Trustees in 1994 and Chairman since 1997, Mr. Caldwell
has been an integral part of PAFA’s success. During his tenure, the Academy expanded into
the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building, providing much needed gallery space as well as new
offices, studios, and classrooms; the Museum has received national acclaim for the variety
and quality of its exhibitions; the School has initiated a BFA program; enrollments continue to
rise; the level of talent exhibited by the students places PAFA at the forefront of the nation’s
art schools; and Bacchanal!, the annual wine auction and gala has become one of the major
fundraisers of the year.
Currently, 81% of all Academy students receive financial aid. Scholarship money helps
PAFA attract the best Certificate and BFA students by allowing the Academy to compete
with private schools that can offer more money and state schools that can offer lower tuition.
Scholarship money also helps PAFA attract the most talented MFA candidates by allowing the
Academy to compete with other top graduate schools that frequently offer full tuition.
At present, Certificate and BFA applications are up 15%, MFA applications are up 20%,
and prospective student tours have increased significantly. PAFA is asking for everyone’s assistance
in meeting this worthwhile challenge in Mr. Caldwell’s name. All gifts are tax deductible
and will enable us to recruit the finest talent of future PAFA alumni.
For further information on the Caldwell Scholarship Fund, contact Louisa Hanshew at
215-972-2002.
Commencement 2009:
Recognizing our Graduates
On May 8, PAFA congratulated the graduating class of 2009 in an afternoon ceremony
in the rotunda of the Historic Landmark Building. The Academy recognized 42 Certificate
program graduates, 17 Post-Baccalaureate graduates, 33 MFA graduates, and the
first four graduates of PAFA’s new Academy BFA program.
Following the ceremony, the Academy opened the doors in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton
Building to the Annual Student Exhibition where family and friends could view the exceptional
artistic accomplishments and promise of our graduates.
Photos: Linda Johnson
Certificate/ BFA Graduating Class 2009
Row 1: Lesia Mokrycke, Allison Miller, Mary Nolan, Anika Gjerdrum, Lauren Murphy (BFA), Katherine Re (BFA) Jillian
Armbruster, Thomas Raggio; Row 2: Catherine Mulligan, Sarah Lewis, Rita Reisser, Lynda Hubbell, Kendra DeSimone,
Ryan Coffee (BFA), Dan Jacob; Row 3: Carolyn Mielnik, Emilie Keim, Ned McConaghy, Katie Lillard, Rebecca Ayscough,
Kathleen Borgard, Nick Zimbro; Row 4: Caleb Hoff, Kala Hagopian, Gary Gross, Tara Wight, Benjamin Passione
Row 5: Adam Holloman, Katelyn Greth, Sam Hooper, PJ Smalley, Christine Williams; Row 6: Chris Trignani, Colleen
Boyle, Nick Stathopolos, Barrett Tabler; Row 7: Britta Valles, Luca Chiriani
MFA Graduating Class 2009
Row 1: Kevin Coffey, Caroline Gilpin, Kay Sullivan, Christopher Orapello, Jennifer Warpole, Hareem Tanvir
Row 2: Joseph Lozano, Mary Ann Musacchio, Benjamin Pannell, Aninda Varma, Maya Goldweber, Caitlin Magner,
Elizabeth Wilde, Laure Biron; Row 3: Bryan Powers, Robert Linker, Daniel O’Connor, Virgil Oertle, Huidong Wang,
Patrick Grugan, Kari Van Tire; Row 4: Scott Dickson, Sarah Jackson Moore, Zachary Martin, Camilo Nascimento, David
Walker, Matthew Kieltyka; Row 5: Stephen Chellis, Jonathan Allen
Post-Baccalaureate Graduating Class 2009
Row 1: Emmanuelle Wambach, Libby Williams, Elizabeth Hamilton, Rachel Hoppenstein, Chelsea Thoumsim, Miyung
Lee, Marie Sakai; Row 2: Anna-Marie Martin, Kirsten Fisher-Price, Menaka Gopalan; Row 3: Susan McFarlane, Jude
Lang, Mark Goodson; Row 4: Olive Thomas, Diana Dodson, Joseph Speight, Norman Long

Women’s Board Events Highlight Exhibitions
The Women’s Board Preview Party on May 7 kicked off
the 108th Annual Student Exhibition. Presented by Bollinger
Insurance with additional support provided by Sandcastle
Strategy Group, the Preview Party benefited student scholarships
at PAFA. Preview Party Co-chairs were Christine H.
Berrettini and Alicia A. Sterling. This festive event offered
guests the first chance to view and purchase more than 1,000
paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and installations created
by Academy students on the verge of their professional
careers. Featured guest Mayor Michael A. Nutter addressed
the students and guests, expressing his support for PAFA and
the arts in Philadelphia. Underwritten by the Women’s Board,
the Annual Student Exhibition featured works by Bachelor of
Fine Arts students, third- and fourth-year Certificate program
students, and Master of Fine Arts students, as well as award
recipients. More than $160,000 in scholarship and travel
funding was granted to students this year. Included in these
awards were the prestigious Cresson, Scheidt, Ware Memorial,
and Women’s Board Travel Scholarships.
On June 25, the Women’s Board preview party, Opposites
Attract, launched the opening of two complementary solo
exhibitions, Sidney Goodman: Man in the Mirror and Elizabeth
Osborne: The Color of Light. Both artists are Philadelphia
residents and members of the PAFA faculty. This event, sponsored
by The Haverford Trust Company to benefit the School
at PAFA, was organized by Chair Susan Eaton Guill assisted
by Women’s Board members Ana Maria Keene, Julie Jensen
Bryan and Mary MacGregor Mather, as well as Dolores Curtis.
Honorary Chairs were Mayor Michael A. Nutter and Mrs. Lisa
J. Nutter.
The preview party for Man in the Mirror and The Color of
Light was the first opportunity to view many of these works
and to meet the artists prior to the public opening. Since the
1960s, Goodman has played a significant role in maintaining
the vitality of figurative art in the United States. A full professor
of painting at PAFA since 1978, Goodman has had a profound
effect upon his students, many of whom, like Bo Bartlett and
Trustee Steve L. Sanders Leads Steering
Committee for Hendricks Exhibition
In addition to a 24-year background in financial services,
PAFA Trustee Steve Sanders has always been deeply dedicated
to community involvement. To that end, Sanders has
recently accepted the role as Chairman of the steering committee
for PAFA’s forthcoming exhibition, Barkley L. Hendricks:
Birth of the Cool and answered these questions for Preview
about his interest in the artist and the committee’s efforts.
Prior to being invited to chair the Barkley L.
Hendricks: Birth of the Cool steering committee, were
you previously familiar with Barkley Hendricks’ work?
I was somewhat familiar with Hendricks’ work. As an entrepreneur,
the creative process that drives and motivates artists
has always intrigued me, and when I was exposed to more of
Hendricks’ art, my curiosity was stoked further.
What are your impressions and thoughts regarding
Hendricks’ work?
Hendricks’ works to me are timeless and make a significant
impact. His works speak of and from an era that continues to
quietly yet powerfully shape the definition of cool for many.
Why did you elect to become involved in the
steering committee?
I enjoy art much like a great meal, fine wine, enlightening
book or inspiring speech. Each leaves an impression, an imprint
on one’s desire to inspire and dig within to tap into
that source that helps us create.
What are your goals for the committee?
My goals for the committee are: 1) To work together to
offer this wonderful exhibition; 2) To provide an opportunity
for people of various backgrounds in the Philadelphia area to
enjoy Hendricks’ art and what it says; and 3) To acquaint new
visitors to the rich history of PAFA and all that it has to offer.
Photo: Patty Castner
Opposites Attract: (From left to right) Ana Maria Keene, Women’s
Board Member and Committee Member, Julia B. DeMoss,
President of the Women’s Board, Susan H. Guill, Chair, Alicia
A. Sterling, Women’s Board Member
Vincent Desiderio, have gone on to develop national reputations.
For over forty years, Osborne has been one of the most
innovative and daring artists working in Philadelphia. Osborne
studied at PAFA from 1954 to 1958 and has been a faculty
member since 1963. She has taught hundreds of aspiring
artists who have gone on to make their mark on the national
scene, including Barry Goldberg, Sarah McEneaney, and
many others.
USArtists is coming home to PAFA in 2010. The 18th
USArtists American Fine Art Show will be held October 1 - 3,
2010 in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building at 128 North Broad
Street. The Preview Gala will be Thursday, September 30. This
is an exciting change of location for USArtists, and the Women’s
Board event chairs, Diana H. Bittel, Connie Kay, Sandra L.
Nesbitt, Elizabeth O’Connell, and Alicia A. Sterling, are working
with PAFA to create the best show yet. For more information,
please contact the Women’s Board office at 215-972-7639.
What potential result
of the committee’s
work are you most
excited about
achieving?
The multi-cultural
and multi-generational
aspects of an exhibition
such as Birth of the Cool
on display at an institution of PAFA’s renown is a tremendous
opportunity for people from various walks of life to celebrate
a world famous homegrown talent. Through this exhibition we
will open minds and hearts as well as break a few traditional
barriers. We will introduce the art of “cool” to many.
Why do you feel it is important to help promote
Hendricks’ work to a broader audience?
Many people think art is untouchable or beyond their reach.
Whether these hurdles are economic, racial or driven by age
or gender, art can speak to many people in different ways. In
this fast-paced world of ours, it is important to note that art
can also listen, it quiets the mind. We need more exposure to
art for a broader audience to continue to grow and appreciate
our differences. Art enables us to see beyond our own neighborhoods
and biases. It provides new perspectives.
How do you think the exhibition and its spectrum of
programs will impact PAFA and its place in
Philadelphia’s cultural community?
The exhibition will have a positive impact on PAFA in two
ways: First, it will serve as a clarion call to many people in the
area that art is and can be cool; and secondly, it will introduce
the majesty and rich history of PAFA to thousands of new
visitors.
PAFA welcomes new members
to its Board of Trustees:
Frances Maguire is a PAFA alumna and a former Women’s
Board Volunteer. Through the Maguire Foundation,
Frannie and husband James have pledged $2,000,000 to
name the Hamilton Building Foyer in honor of the PAFA
faculty.
Carole Price Shanis is an internationally known interior
designer, and is the President of the Board of the Art
Alliance. She also serves on the Board of the Kimmel
Center, MANNA (Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition
Alliance), the Philadelphia Orchestra, and WHYY, Inc.
She is a former board member of the Pennsylvania Ballet
and has been honored with an Individual Leadership
Award by the Philadelphia Arts and Business Council.
Gary P. Steuer is Chief Cultural Officer for the City of
Philadelphia, directing the newly created Office of Arts,
Culture and the Creative Economy, appointed by Mayor
Michael Nutter. Steuer has written, lectured, and taught
extensively on arts management and policy issues. He
has served on many boards of directors, and funding and
advisory panels for local, statewide, and national
organizations.
Ahmeenah Young is President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. A native
of Philadelphia, Young is currently on or has served on
the boards of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors
Bureau’s Multi-Cultural Affairs Congress, African American
Museum of Philadelphia, The Center City District, and
many other organizations.
PAFA welcomes back former Trustees:
John A. Fry presently serves as the President of Franklin
& Marshall College. Fry recently completed his second
term as Chair of the NCAA Division III Presidents Council
and has served as one of the co-chairs for the transition
team of Governor-Elect Edward Rendell. His civic activities
include membership on numerous boards including
the Haverford School and Lancaster General Hospital.
Steven L. Sanders is CEO and Chief Investment Strategist
of StoneRidge Investment Partners and provides regular
financial advice and commentary for numerous radio
programs in Philadelphia, is the author of Money Matters
for Young Adults, and serves on several civic boards.
Barbara Sylk holds a Masters of Art Education and
Teacher Certification from the University of the Arts. She
is an art consultant and arts volunteer, and serves on
many advisory boards including the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Advisory Board.
Returning to the Board of Trustees from emeritus
status is Max N. Berry.
Mr. Berry is an attorney specializing in international trade.
He has worked for the Department of the Treasury, U.S.
Customs, Department of the Army, and the Pentagon. He
has won numerous international service and merit awards
and has served on community, civic, and arts related
boards for over 30 years.
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Bacchanal! 2009 Celebrates
the Fine Foods and Wines of Chile
To inquire about
Bacchanal!
Email:
wine@pafa.org
Call:
215-972-2037
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
128 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
For the eleventh consecutive year, on November 14, PAFA will
host the Bacchanal! Wine Gala and Auction, featuring internationally
distinguished winemakers and celebrity chefs. This year,
Bacchanal! will celebrate the food and wine of Chile.
Since 1999, Bacchanal! has been consistently recognized as
a premier wine and auction event in the Philadelphia region and
has garnered a national reputation. To date, the event has raised
more than $2.4 million to help fund PAFA’s student scholarships
and education programs and this vibrant support has
been invested in the Philadelphia community to help promote art
education.
Bacchanal! 2009 will include wine tastings, silent and live
auctions of unique items and travel destinations, a gourmet dinner
highlighting Chilean culinary delicacies, and dancing. Hugh
Hildesley of Sotheby’s in Manhattan will be the auctioneer for the
evening. During Bacchanal! 2009, PAFA’s prestigious Thomas
Jefferson Award will be conveyed to honor two of Chile’s leading
wine producers: Aurelio Montes, Proprietor of Viña Montes
and Enrique Tirado, Chief Winemaker of Don Melchor, Concha Y
Toro.
Throughout the week preceding Bacchanal!, a series of exclusive
gourmet winemaker dinners will take place in private homes,
each pairing a distinguished Chilean winemaker with a local
celebrity chef.
In addition, plans are underway for Bacchanal! 2009 to be
preceded by an international symposium, comprised of panelists
that will discuss the vibrant trade and economic and investment
opportunities that exist between Chile and the United States.
The symposium will present current Chile and U.S. collaborations
including those in the fields of agriculture, natural resources and
energy, legal and financial services, cross border and tax policies,
migration, and additional industries and markets. This unique
event will bring together key stakeholders to discuss contemporary
and prospective U.S. and Chilean opportunities and innovations,
with representatives from the business and academic
communities, and policymakers.
Bacchanal! is PAFA’s flagship wine affair, raising up to
$500,000 annually. PAFA is authorized to host Bacchanal! by the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and is generously supported
by The Haverford Trust Company, this year’s presenting sponsor.
Bacchanal! is co-chaired by Rosemary and Gerald Barth.
Non-Profit
U.S. Postage
PAID
Philadelphia, PA
Permit No. 2879
Milestones
Archivist Cheryl Leibold and husband Doug Klieger celebrate her
retirement after 25 years at PAFA.
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 & Students with I.D. $8,
Youth ages 5-18, $6
Admission to Special Exhibitions
(includes Permanent Collection)
Adults $15, Seniors & Students with I.D. $12,
Youth Ages 5-18, $8
FREE for members and children under age of
5. 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 2:30 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Membership
Members enjoy free admission and other benefits.
For information: 215-972-7630 or www.pafa.
org/Giving-and-Membership/210/
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
Retiring faculty member Peter Paone
taught his first class at PAFA in 1978.
Frannie and James Maguire with their family at the dedication of the Frances M. Maguire Gallery in Honor
of the PAFA Faculty.
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:
215-972-2013 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 B.F.A., B.F.A. in conjunction with the
University of Pennsylvania, Post-Baccalaureate,
and M.F.A. 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 (VOICE); 215-972-6198 (TDD).
Volunteers
Volunteers receive free, unlimited admission to
the Museum and discounts in both the Academy
Café and Shop. For information: 215-972-2071.