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N E W S F R O M T H E P E N N S Y LV A N I A A C A D E M Y O F T H E F I N E A R T S
SPRING 2015
The Artist’s Garden
American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887-1920
Childe Hassam, The Goldfish Window (detail), 1916, Oil on canvas, 34 3/8 × 50 5/8 in. Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, Museum Purchase: Currier Funds, 1937.2
February 13 - May 24, 2015
Opening reception: February 12, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia boasts a distinguished gardening history dating
back to William Penn’s 17th-century vision of the city as a
wholesome “green country town.” It is in the City of Brotherly
Love that the Colonial Revival Garden movement originated
with the Centennial Exhibition in 1876, and where, in 1913, the
Garden Club of America was founded.
This spring, PAFA illuminates the intertwining stories of
Impressionism, Philadelphia’s role in the national garden
movement, and the growing popularity of gardening among the
middle-class with The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887-1920.
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Traction Company
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Sculpture Alumni Carving Out
Successful Careers
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Largest Alumni Bequest
Names Curator of Modern Art
Curated by Anna Marley, Curator of Historical American
Art, the exhibition brings together a stunning collection of
paintings, photographs, garden sculptures, and decorative arts,
drawn from the collections of art museums, botanical gardens,
libraries, and private collections. Many of the artists featured
in the exhibition taught, studied, or exhibited at PAFA, and
were involved in the horticultural arts. They include Cecilia
Beaux, Hugh Henry Breckinridge, William Merritt Chase,
Charles C. Curran, Maria Oakey Dewing, Frederick Carl
Frieseke, Daniel Garber, Philip Leslie Hale, Childe Hassam,
Violet Oakley, Jane Peterson, Jessie Wilcox Smith, John H.
Twachtman, Robert W. Vonnoh, and J. Alden Weir.
“The Artist’s Garden explores various aspects of what one
might call the horticultural impulse in American Impressionist
art – from the gardens of artists, and the magazines that celebrated and influenced them, to the emergence of the modern
American conservation movement, and the field of landscape
architecture – the exhibition considers gardens urban and
suburban, real and ideal,” says Marley.
Two bronze garden sculptures, Girl with Fish (1914) by
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth and Water Lilies Fountain (1913)
by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, installed in a garden-like setting,
welcome visitors into the exhibition through the rotunda of
PAFA’s Historic Landmark Building. These elements introduce
visitors to a turn-of-the-century aesthetic that links the world
of art with the world of the garden. Here and throughout the
exhibition, the design is inspired by late-19th century archival
photos of PAFA’s galleries, contemporary to the period of art
included in The Artist’s Garden.
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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 PAFA. 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.
Traction Company
July 2 - October 11, 2015
Opening Reception: July 1
David R. Brigham, President and CEO
John J. Berg, Executive Vice President of Finance
and Administration
Jeffrey Carr, Dean of the School of Fine Arts
James Gaddy, Vice President of Human Resources
Melissa D. Kaiser, Executive Vice President of
Development
Harry Philbrick, The Edna S. Tuttleman Director
of the Museum
Heike Rass, Executive Vice President of Marketing
and Communications
Anne Stassen, Dean of Students
André S.F. van de Putte, Dean of Enrollment
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Copy Editors Heike Rass, JoAnn Loviglio, and Silvana Pop
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
This summer
Thomas L. Bennett, Treasurer
Anne E. McCollum, Assistant Treasurer
James Alexandre
Francis J. Leto
Roger H. Ballou*
Sara Lomax-Reese
Donald R. Caldwell,
Chair Emeritus
Winston I. Lowe, Esq.
Valentino D. Carlotti*
Brett Matteo
Charles E. Chase
Jonathan H. Newman, Esq.
Elliot H. Clark
James E. O’Neill, Esq.
Jonathan L. Cohen*
Sashi Reddi
Monica Duvall DiLella, M.D.
Gretchen E. Roede
William J. Farrell, II
Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq.*
Robert I. Friedman, Esq.
Steven L. Sanders
John A. Fry
William H. Schorling, Esq.
William P. Hankowsky
Henry B. du P. Smith
Edward T. Harvey
Richard W. Snowden
Susan M. Hendrickson
Julie D. Spahr
Dorothy Mather Ix
Barbara A. Sylk
Ro King*
Richard W. Vague
Joel M. Koppelman
Marguerite Lenfest
Frances M. Maguire*
*National Trustee
Honorary
Ex officio
Dorrance H. Hamilton
David R. Brigham,
President and CEO
Emeritus
Gregory J. Fox
John B. Bartlett
Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Pennsylvania
Convention Center Authority
Robert L. Byers, Sr.
Charles E. Mather, III
Samuel J. Savitz
William A. Slaughter, Esq.
Harold A. Sorgenti,
Chair of Emeritus
Trustees
Richard E. Woosnam
Deborah C. Zug
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Jill Rupinski, Faculty
Representative
David Campbell Wilson,
President of Alumni Council
Linda Aversa Caldwell,
President of Women’s Board
, PAFA’s galleries play host
to an exhibition celebrating the Traction Company, an artists’
collective founded in 2007 by five PAFA alumni. Housed in a
19th-century 6,000 square foot warehouse turned cooperative
art studio in West Philadelphia, the Traction Company brings
together 14 members: Connie Ambridge, Steven Lamar Dailey,
Jeff Dentz, Billy Blaise Dufala, Morgan Dummitt, Pavel Efremoff, Sedakial Gembremedhin, Laura Giannini, John Grieg,
Jr., Miguel Antonio Horn, Zach Kainz, Brendan Keen, Joshua
Koffman, and Lucia Thomè.
Drawing attention to the organic growth, vibrancy, and flux
of artist-run spaces, the exhibition features three collectively
built installations, along with contextual and historical imagery, and individual works of present and past members who
have contributed to the growth of the collective.
“This is an incredible opportunity for the Traction Company
to talk about where we are as individual artists in an artist-run
space, and the challenges we face to sustain our workspace,”
says Horn. “Our community of artists grew over the years out
of necessity to establish a place to make our work after leaving
PAFA. For nearly a decade, different members worked together
on the space once a week to outfit it to our needs, which have
evolved along with the neighborhood around us. Our collective
practice is in turn affected; we’re now working collaboratively
on artworks for this show that consider the impact of these
changes on our community.”
Included in the exhibition is subTRACTION, a 1/6 scale
recreation of the collective’s warehouse workspace, originally
created for Citywide, a 2013 exhibition of artist-run spaces in
Philadelphia. Two new collaborative pieces are also created for
the exhibition: Truss is a monumental structural form made of
salvaged timbers from a demolished building in West Philadelphia. The reclaimed wood is re-assembled and constructed
within the galleries in an effort to highlight the historical and
inherent beauty of the reclaimed material itself, while reflecting Traction Company’s concern for the long-term sustainability of its own building.
The second new installation consists of four modular studios
built by the artists within the galleries. These studios are the
group’s proposed answer to the threat of relocation. The escape
pods have everything the artists of the Traction Company need
to work, including tools, desks, and generators.
All three installations address the notion of impermanence
and Traction Company’s concern over the frailty of their
current workspace. Witnessing the buildings around them
being torn down or succumbing to natural decay, the members
of the collective are confronted with the notion of their own
ephemeral position on a daily basis. The questions raised by
this instability, and the potential solutions presented, are the
driving force behind the new works for this exhibition.
“I look forward to seeing these installations take shape in
the galleries, alongside the artworks of Traction Company’s
current and former members. PAFA is the perfect platform for
all of this work, as it was here where all of our formative years
as artists began,” says Horn.
By constructing as a group within the gallery, the artists
invite museum visitors into the practice which created and
sustains their collective, while allowing the public to witness
the dynamic and vibrant nature of a cooperative workspace.
Learn more at pafa.org/tractioncompany.
Traction Company is supported by the Alter Family Foundation and an
Anonymous donor.
Exhibitions
PAFA’s Sculpt ure Plinth Exhibition
Program presents: R O B E RT TA P L IN
February 13 - May 24, 2015
Opening Reception: February 12, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Following PAFA’s inaugural plinth installation of KAWS’
BORN TO BEND sculpture in 2013/14, the second installation
on the plinth above the entrance of PAFA’s Historic Landmark
Building will be The Young Punch Juggling by Robert Taplin.
The 16-foot sculpture is the latest in Taplin’s series of contemporary takes on the historical Punch figure that Taplin has
depicted in a variety of compromising scenarios. The sculpture
will be complemented by two large-scale sculptures by Taplin
in the galleries of the Historic Landmark Building — Punch
Makes a Public Confession and Punch is Homeless — as well as a
number of small-scale maquettes.
The Sculpture Plinth Exhibition Program embraces PAFA’s
mission to engage the full spectrum of American art — including art made now — in a visceral and highly-visual way. Taking
its cue from the Fourth Plinth Program in Trafalgar Square
in London, PAFA’s program presents an annual series of
attention-catching art in an unexpected location.
Learn more at pafa.org/Taplin.
Sculpture Plinth Exhibition Program: Robert Taplin is supported by
Arthur Dantchik, Joe and Jane Goldblum, and Marie Morgan.
R oc k , Paper , S cissors
Drawn from the JoAnn Gonzalez
Hickey Collection
May 15 – November 1, 2015
What is drawing? While seemingly straightforward, the potential answers to this question are innumerable and complex. Some may see drawing as practice for a larger work in
another medium; a system of note taking; a substitute for the camera; an act vital to artistic, spiritual, or intellectual growth; the primary focus of art; a method for experiment and
risk; not confined to two dimensions; an extension of the body; everything.
Drawing is essential in the contemporary art world. The number of artists who identify
primarily as practitioners of drawing is great; many artists move between drawing and
other previously privileged practices without making hierarchical distinctions. The number of forms drawing can take is extraordinary and surprising; artists regularly expand the
vocabulary for art through drawing.
Rock, Paper, Scissors features selections from the JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey collection
made by students in PAFA’s Fall 2014 Advanced Drawing seminar, led by PAFA’s Senior
Curator, Robert Cozzolino, and artist/faculty member Astrid Bowlby. As the course progressed, the students brought their studio experience, class discussions, and experiences
with original artwork and the broader art world to shape the exhibition. Students established a relationship with Hickey and explored her collection, an invitation made possible
through her SYZYGY curatorial platform for study. The result is an unusual curatorial
project full of discovery.
Andy Moon Wilson (b. 1974), Untitled, 10-10-10 (October 10, 2010), Ink, acrylic, and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper; 10 x 10 in.
5 TO WATCH
March 20 – April 17, 2015
Preview Party: Thursday, March 19, 6-9pm
Avery Galleries, 100 Chetwynd Drive. Bryn Mawr, PA
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The third annual 5 to Watch exhibition highlights the work of five
exceptional PAFA graduates and puts their work in dialogue with
Avery Galleries’ distinguished collection of historic American art. This
year’s exhibition features the work of Justin Johnson, Paul Metrinko,
Samantha Mitchell, Thomas Raggio, and Christina Weaver.
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114 t h A nnual S tudent E x hibition
May 15 - June 7
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Exciting. Challenging. Scary. Fun. Life-changing. Daunting.
Prestigious. Unique. These are just a few of the ways students describe the Annual Student Exhibition (ASE), a PAFA
tradition widely recognized as the largest and longest-running
student art exhibition of its kind.
More than 1,000 artworks by graduating BFA and MFA
students, as well as third- and fourth-year Certificate students,
will be on view in the 114th Annual Student Exhibition from
May 15 through June 7. ASE provides students the unique
opportunities to curate, install and sell their own works in a
major museum for an exhibition attended by thousands.
One of the Philadelphia region’s most highly-anticipated
annual events for art collectors, curators and the art-loving
general public, ASE can be stressful for young artists for whom
this huge and popular event may be the first large-scale public
showing of their work.
“I was volunteering at ASE last year and thought, ‘Oh
my God, this is crazy -- and next year I’m going to be here!,”
laughed Alma Selimovic (MFA ’15), a native of Sarajevo.
There’s a lot of interest in what we’re doing, which is awesome,
but on the other hand it’s scary: What are you going to present?
It’s a pressure but you don’t want to think too much about it.”
Students embrace the challenge -- in fact, it’s the reason why
many of them chose PAFA in the first place.
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“In my high school, the message was that if you really want
to be a serious painter, you should go to PAFA,” recalled Claire
Kowalewski Marsh (Cert. & BFA ’15), a Caldwell Scholarship
recipient from the San Francisco Bay area. The other big draws
for her were the Cast Hall, and the opportunity to work with
faculty member Alex Kanevsky.
Asked if her work in this year’s ASE would be a departure
from what she showed last year, she replied, “I hope that I have
the courage to do that.”
“I feel like I’m not just a painter right now, I feel like my
work is as much about making a space and organizational,” she
stated. “I still have some regrets about what I showed last year,
like I played it very safe and kind of showed what I thought they
wanted me to show.”
While not uncommon for students to grapple with these
kinds of decisions, such struggles are essential for growing as
an artist, noted Madeline Peckenpaugh (Cert. & BFA ’15), a
Cresson Travel Scholarship recipient and Wisconsin native for
whom the ASE and travel scholarship opportunities were the
two biggest pulls that brought her to PAFA.
“With putting up your own show, you really learn what’s
most important to you, what you’re proud of and what you really want to show people,” Peckenpaugh explained.
“It’s all about trusting your gut. Last year, I knew right from
the beginning what paintings I wanted to show in the ASE but
I kept second-guessing myself. I ended up with what I really
wanted but it was a difficult process.”
Open Studio Night on February 20 gives students a trial run
of how to confidently and clearly discuss their work with members of the public. After Open Studio Night, students spend
the rest of the spring semester refining their work and meeting
regularly with faculty and visiting critics.
“Everyone will look at your work through their lens; some
are going to be behind what you’re doing and some are not,”
explained Zach Zecha (MFA ’15) of Colorado Springs. “Sometimes it’s just about being able to explain it better, to turn it
around and say, ‘OK, how can I convince them that what I’m
doing is what I need to be doing?’”
He is working on an installation of assemblage pieces for
ASE that are inspired by family, childhood, loss, the cultural
differences between the East Coast and his native Colorado,
and other parts of a personal narrative for viewers to examine
and create their own narratives.
“It is a museum institution setting, and it’s certainly a benefit to have that as part of your exhibition record,” he said. “That
carries a certain amount of prestige. It’s kind of a cool deal.”
If
OPE N ST U D I O NIG H T
February 20, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
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the Annual Student Exhibition is the PAFA student’s
equivalent of opening night on Broadway, you could
consider Open Studio Night as an early dress rehearsal.
Happening this year on February 20 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the
Open Studio Night marks the official start of PAFA students’
journey that will culminate with the ASE in May. For one
night only, students enrolled in the MFA, BFA, Certificate, and
Post-Baccalaureate programs open their private studios to the
public _ well over 150 studios in all.
It’s a rare opportunity for visitors and art collectors to
meet the next generation of talented emerging artists, get an
up-close and personal view of their works in progress, and hear
them talk about their creative process.
Among the most popular events of the school year, the Open
Studio Night typically attracts more than 800 eager visitors
to get a sneak peek inside the artists’ studio and a preview of
what’s to come in the ASE.
Students spend the rest of the semester refining their work
with feedback from faculty and critics. After spring break,
they submit work to be considered for one of PAFA’s coveted awards, including the prestigious Cresson Award and the
Women’s Board Travel Scholarship.
Alumni & Faculty
S culpture A lumni
C arving out S uccessful C areers
From Philadelphia’s sports stadium complex and London’s
Trafalgar Square and beyond, PAFA sculpture alumni continue to make their mark with large-scale original and commissioned works of art.
Stephen Layne (Cert. ’94) and his 9-foot-tall monument
to the late Philadelphia boxing legend “Smokin’” Joe Frazier
made local and national headlines and newscasts. The sculpture, a commission for the city of Philadelphia, captures the
moment after Frazier delivered the knockout heard ‘round
the world to Muhammad Ali in 1971’s “Fight of the Century.”
The cast bronze memorial of Philadelphia’s heavyweight
champ will tower over the crowds at South Philadelphia’s
sports stadium complex when it is installed in the spring.
“This is the largest thing I’ve ever done and the first commission,” Layne told a group of students visiting his studio
recently. “It’s both physically and mentally exhausting work
that requires a lot of small adjustments; you have to keep
stepping back and looking over and over to see how you can
make it better.”
When they are not creating their own original art in their
enormous studio and bronze foundry in North Philadelphia,
Shane Stratton (Cert. ’93) and Julia Stratton (Cert. ’94) work
with fellow sculptors to bring their works to fruition —
including bronze-casting Smokin’ Joe for Layne, whom they
have known since their PAFA days.
“Philly is a great place for sculpture,” Julia Stratton said.
“People from New York come down and see our space and
they just can’t believe it.”
The Strattons fabricated clay models and full-size plasters
and rubber molds for Gift Horse, German-American artist
Hans Haacke’s winning selection in the prestigious Fourth
Plinth commission for London’s Trafalgar Square.
Haacke’s monumental sculpture is a nod to the equestrian
statue of William IV originally planned for the empty plinth
but nixed for lack of funds. A bow-tied electroluminescent
ribbon on the mid-trot front leg of Haacke’s horse skeleton,
to be installed in March, will feature a real-time ticker of the
London Stock Exchange.
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“It’s just such a great opportunity,” Julia Stratton stated.
“When someone says, ‘Would you like to model one of your favorite objects in the world and get paid really well to do it, and
it’s going to go in Trafalgar Square, it’s a very easy decision.”
Not far from the Strattons’ workspace, Independent
Foundry in the Port Richmond neighborhood is casting Gift
Horse in bronze, bone by bone. The partnership was created due to the tight deadline for Gift Horse, Julia Stratton
explained during a fall studio tour organized by sculpture
faculty member Kate Brockman, who also was a student at
PAFA with Layne and the Strattons.
“There was only a year to do the project, start to finish,” Julia Stratton told the students. “What we’ve done is modeled it
in sections, making molds and then handing off the molds to
(Independent Foundry) to do the bronzes, which allows them
to start casting while we’re still modeling.”
Among the PAFA graduates who work or worked at the
foundry are Traction Company co-founder Zach Kainz (Cert.
’07), Pavel Efremoff (Cert. ’04), Steven Daily (Cert. ’13) and
Blaise Goldman (Cert. ’12).
Another Traction Company member, Miguel Horn (Cert.
’06), has had his biodegradable sculptures and other largescale works exhibited in Zona MACO, Mexico City’s prestigious international art fair, and solo shows across North
America and Mexico.
Alison Stigora (MFA ’07) and Jordan Griska (Cert. ’08)
were recently selected to create prototype sculptures for the
Schuylkill River Trail. Griska, whose Grumman Greenhouse
stands on PAFA’s Lenfest Plaza, has his acrylic sculpture
Dolos on view at Socrates Sculpture Park in New York.
Layne and Brockman said the interconnectedness of
PAFA’s sculpture alumni creates a close-knit community that
benefits everyone.
“Steve is working above Kate’s shop, and Shane and I
worked out of Kate’s studio for at least 15 years, so it’s been
a long partnership,” Julia Stratton stated. “The people you
meet at PAFA, you never know, they might be your working
partners down the road.”
PA FA prepares to
b i d far ew ell to
Dea n Carr
After a successful tenure of
12 years as Dean of Academic
Affairs and then Dean of the
School of Fine Arts, Jeffrey
Carr will be stepping down
from his position at PAFA
in July. Trained as a painter himself at the New York
Studio School and the Yale
School of Art, Dean Carr has
been a champion of PAFA’s
fine arts programs since his arrival in 2003. He has articulated
a vision of a 21st-century fine arts education grounded in
PAFA’s long-held strengths in drawing, painting, printmaking
and sculpture. After his retirement, Dean Carr will hold the
title of Dean Emeritus and will remain as a consultant to
PAFA. A national search for a successor is underway.
“Art is one of the most intimate and demanding expressions
of our humanity. To be in a setting that celebrates this expression both sustains and renews us. I have enjoyed being a part
of this celebration,” Dean Carr said.
PAFA President and CEO David R. Brigham remarked,
“Dean Carr has maintained the best of PAFA’s traditions in
fine arts training while preparing our students for a complex
and rapidly changing art world.”
Dean Carr was the driving force behind a substantial renewal and growth in PAFA’s programs, including the introduction
of a Drawing major in 2006 that has recently been made a
Department; the introduction of PAFA’s first BFA program in
2008 and the creation of a department of liberal arts in 2009;
the more than doubling in size of the Masters of Fine Arts programs; the attainment of NASAD reaccreditation and Middle
States accreditation; and most recently, the introduction of a
new Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts program and a new
undergraduate program in Fine Arts Illustration.
“Jeff has been incredibly supportive of education and faculty at PAFA,” noted Al Gury, Chair of the Painting Department.
“He has a good heart and he has used that to support our
departments and programs.”
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Visiting
Artists
Program
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Lectures 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m., Historic Landmark Building. Free and open to the public.
GHIBER TI PAN E L S
Above: Orit Hofshi
After being away from home for two long years, some of
PAFA’s oldest and most loved residents have returned, looking
refreshed and brighter than they have in a long time.
The Ghiberti door panels were re-installed in PAFA’s Cast
Hall in August after a two-year restoration effort. The panels
were de-installed in summer 2012 and transported to Skylight
Studios in Woburn, Mass., where they were examined to determine treatment options. The panels were stripped of old paint
layers, the plaster was repaired and structurally reinforced,
and each plaster was framed.
They are now back in the Historic Landmark Building, where
art students have been drawing from the cast collection for
more than a century.
The panels, are cast reproductions of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s
bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery known as the “Gates of
Paradise.”
Thursday, January 22
H eathe r Rowe
Thursday, January 29
A nd r z ej Zie l in k si
Thursday, February 5
A lumni N E W S
G ideon B o k
Thursday, February 19
Kathe r ine
B r ad f o r d
Thursday, February 26
O r it H o f shi
Monday, March 2
M a r ie Lo r en z
Thursday, March 26
M a r y Reid Ke l l e y
& Pat r ic k Ke l l e y
Thursday, April 9
P hoebe Washbu r n
Thursday, April 16
A nne Lindbe r g
Thursday, April 23
E l l en A lt f est
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Members of the Alumni Council from left to right: David R. Brigham,
Fred Danziger, Jennifer Baker, Nancy Bea Miller, Laura D. Adams,
Nancy Cintro, David Campbell, Maureen Drdak, Hilarie V. Hawley,
Liz Wilson, Jeffrey Carr. .
Two organizations dedicated to the School and its alumni are
welcoming new leaders. In September, the PAFA Alumni Council unanimously elected David Campbell Wilson to serve as its
new President. Maureen Drdak, who also serves on the Alumni
Council, took the reins as the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts’ new President on June 1.
“My desire is to work with the School to identify and facilitate opportunities of mutual benefit, strengthen our relationship with our members,” Drdak noted, “and spread the ‘good
news’ of our stated mission — ‘Artists Helping Artists’ — a
mission of increasing relevance and challenge.”
Hilarie Hawley, who helmed the Fellowship for 13 years,
stepped down in June but will retain the title of President
Emeritus. In her farewell remarks to the group, she stated that
it was “a challenge and a privilege to carry the Fellowship on to
solid ground. Thirteen years later I am closing the book on my
efforts with satisfaction and hope for the future.”
Nancy Bea Miller, the enthusiastic leader of the Alumni
Council for three years, described her term of service as “richly
satisfying, challenging, broadening, stretching and often just
plain fun!”
“I highly recommend a stint of community service as a way
to enhance your own life,” she noted. To that end, the Alumni Council is reaching out to the PAFA community for new
council members. Membership is open to those who have
satisfactorily completed at least one year of any of PAFA’s
degree-granting or certificate programs (Certificate, BFA,
Post-Baccalaureate, MFA). Interested alumni are encouraged
to send a resume and cover letter, indicating availability to
attend meetings and alumni events (pdf format) to
[email protected].
Museum
N ew M useum E ducation I nitiative
Youth C ounci l
“The Youth Council has been
really awesome. I love everything we do. I love being in an
environment where everyone
involved wants to be where they
are. Even just a few weeks in,
I’ve gotten to experience art in
a new light, and I have been
exposed to things I wouldn’t
have been otherwise.”
- Kiersten Bond, age 14
This fall, PAFA launched its new Youth Council, a free
after-school program for high school students that offers
opportunities for collaborative art-making, creative thinking,
and input into PAFA museum practices.
Youth Council members meet weekly and spend a semester
getting to know each other and the Museum. Some weeks they
meet staff members, other weeks they explore the exhibitions,
and recently they designed and printed their own PAFA Youth
Council t-shirts. The teens will visit other arts and cultural
organizations and artist studios as a way to understand PAFA’s
role in the cultural landscape of Philadelphia.
Members of the Youth Council also have an opportunity to
learn professional skills. For example, all prospective students
had to complete an application and an in-person interview
with Museum Education staff. Throughout the year, students
will be responsible for organizing events for their peers.
“The diverse backgrounds of the Youth Council have been
a great asset to the group. Their interests range from music,
theater, and internet culture to engineering and science,” says
Elizabeth Hamilton, Art Educator who coordinates the Youth
Council. “Their extracurricular activities include interning for
a fashion magazine editor, acting in school plays, and launching
an online t-shirt shop. Some even put their talents towards
helping others. Andy Nguyen, a junior at William Penn Charter
High School, for example, uses his interest in videography to
work on a documentary project for Widener Memorial School.”
PAFA’s Museum Education Department envisions the
Youth Council as both an opportunity for teens to learn about
museum practice, and for PAFA to learn how to best serve its
regional teen audiences. The program is part of PAFA’s Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) for Teens initiative,
generously sponsored by the Barra Foundation.
What Youth Council members are saying:
“I applied to the Youth Council because I wanted to find out
what happens in the art world, and learn about different forms
of art. So far, the Youth Council has been very helpful in teaching me to work with different groups of people and learn how to
collaborate.” - Dominic Alston, age 18.
“The Youth Council has been really awesome. I love everything we do. I love being in an environment where everyone
involved wants to be where they are. Even just a few weeks
in, I’ve gotten to experience art in a new light, and I have been
exposed to things I wouldn’t have been otherwise.” - Kiersten
Bond, age 14.
Introducing
Jodi Throckmorton , PAFA’s New Curator of Contemporary Art
PAFA welcomed Jodi
Throckmorton as
the new Curator of
Contemporary Art in
late October. Throckmorton comes to PAFA
from the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University,
where she served as
Curator of Modern and
Contemporary Art.
Prior to that, Throckmorton served as Associate Curator at the San Jose Museum of
Art (2007-2013).
“Jodi’s skill as a curator, as well as her passion and enthusiasm, became clear when I had the pleasure of working with her
on PAFA’s Eric Fischl exhibition in 2012,” says Harry Philbrick,
pafa.org/pafa.edu
the Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum. “Jodi’s essay in
PAFA’s Female Gaze exhibition catalogue (2013) is evidence of
her superb skills as a writer, as well as her outstanding scholarship. She is, in short, a talented and well-rounded addition to
PAFA’s curatorial team. Jodi will be a wonderful ambassador
to the community, and play a key role in expanding PAFA’s
contemporary program.”
During her time at the Ulrich, Throckmorton curated
Postdate: Photography and Inherited History in India (2015);
Bruce Conner: Somebody Else’s Prints (2014); and Free Texts:
Stephanie Syjuco (2014). At the San Jose Museum of Art, she
curated Questions from the Sky: New Work by Hung Liu (2013);
Renegade Humor (2012); This Kind of Bird Flies Backward:
Paintings by Joan Brown (2011); The Modern Photographer:
Observation and Intention (2010); and more. Throckmorton
also co-organized, with Philbrick, Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the
Process of Painting, on view at PAFA and the San Jose Museum
of Art (2012-13).
In her new role, Throckmorton oversees PAFA’s contemporary art exhibition programs, and works closely with Philbrick
and the Collections Committee to reinvigorate PAFA’s dedication to acquiring contemporary art. Throckmorton assumes
curatorial responsibility for gifts and purchases of artwork,
and the care and display of works in the permanent collection,
post-1965.
“It is a great honor to join the talented staff at PAFA, an institution that I have admired for many years for its long-standing
reputation as a leader in the field of American art. With such
a rich legacy of exhibitions and impressive collections, I am
eager to build on PAFA’s strength in contemporary art and to
connect the institution’s rich legacy with the art of today,” says
Throckmorton.
Throckmorton earned her MFA in Museum Studies from
San Francisco State University, and her BA in Art History and
French from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Museum
PA FA N E W S
CAFÉ
This spring, PAFA will open a Stephen STARR Café on the
ground floor of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. With
seating for 40-50 guests, the café will be open 8am-7pm daily
and serve breakfast breads, lunch, and afternoon snacks. The
café will also offer outdoor seating on Lenfest Plaza, weather
permitting.
PARTNERSHIP WITH MURAL ARTS
PROGRAM
In January, the Mural Arts Program opened a ticket office for
group sales on the ground floor of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton
Building. Conveniently located overlooking Lenfest Plaza,
PAFA visitors can combine a museum visit with a Mural Arts
tour. PAFA members will receive a discount.
HISTORIC LANDMARK ROOF REPAIRS
Roof repairs will begin in the spring, replacing northeast,
southeast and center roof sections. This includes skylights,
slate tiles and metal gutters. The Historic Commission has
reviewed and authorized the proposed work. The repairs will
require scaffolding across the front façade on the Historic
Landmark Building. The work is expected to be completed
before the summer.
EXTENDED
M useum H O u r s
Architectural rendering of the new café.
(Continued from page 1) PAFA Presents The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement,
1887-1920
On January 1, 2015, PAFA introduced new
Museum hours to extend its offerings to
museum visitors.
Wednesday evenings will offer visitors opportunities to tour
the galleries after-hours, and partake in special programming
as part of the new series, “Art in Process.”
Celebrating PAFA’s mission of promoting the transformative power of art and art-making, this series brings special
performers from various artistic disciplines into the galleries,
in addition to art-making activities, insightful talks, and more.
Wednesday evening Museum access is free to PAFA
members. Regular admission applies to members of the
public.
The new hours are as follows:
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m..
Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays and legal holidays.
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Front: Philip Leslie Hale (1865-1931), The Crimson Rambler (detail), ca. 1908, Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 × 30 3/16 in. Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Joseph E. Temple Fund, 1909.12. Photo: PAFA, Barbara Katus/Brian van Camerik
American Artists/European Gardens; The Lady in the
Garden; The Artist’s Garden; The Urban Garden; and
The Garden in Winter/Garden at Rest.
PAFA is collaborating with a diverse group of
organizations, including the Barnes Foundation, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Morris Arboretum of the
University of Pennsylvania, Stenton, and Winterthur
Museum, Garden and Library, to borrow and exhibit
related objects and to partner on programming.
The exhibition will make a national tour to four
additional venues:
• Chrysler Museum of Art: June 16 – Sept. 6, 2015
• Reynolda House Museum of American Art:
Oct. 1, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016
• The Huntington Library, Art Collections &
Botanical Gardens: Jan. 23 – May 9, 2016
• The Florence Griswold Museum: Summer 2016
Visit pafa.org/artistsgarden to learn more.
Leading support from the Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc and the Richard C. von Hess Foundation. The Major Exhibition Sponsors are Bill and Laura Buck, and Christie’s. Additional support from Bowman Properties, Ltd., Edward and Wendy Harvey, Mr. and Mrs.
Washburn S. Oberwager, Pennsylvania Trust, Martin Stogniew, in memory of Judy Stogniew, a lover of art and gardening, Ken Woodcock, and the
Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
Giving
Largest
Alumni
Bequest
Names
Curator of
Modern Art
PAFA recently received a major bequest from Evelyn Kaplan
in memory of Will Kaplan, who graduated from PAFA in 1930,
marking the largest alumni gift in PAFA’s history. This gift will
endow the Curator of Modern Art position at PAFA, establishing Robert T. Cozzolino as the first Evelyn and Will Kaplan
Curator of Modern Art in addition to his title of Senior Curator.
Will Kaplan, the son of a Russian naturalized citizen, enrolled at PAFA in 1927. He was 18 at the time, and had previ-
ously spent three years studying at the Philadelphia Museum
School of the Industrial Arts, which is now the University of
the Arts. Kaplan received a board of education scholarship toward his studies from the School District of Philadelphia, and
supported himself while living at home. His goal in enrolling at
PAFA was to “receive a thorough art training.” In his application essay, he noted “when my ability shall reach the point
where I am considered a good artist, then I shall enter the commercial field.” Upon graduating, he started his own advertising
agency, Will Kaplan Advertising, which was a very successful
endeavor.
Following Will’s death in 1998, Evelyn Kaplan made a generous donation to PAFA’s Scholarship Fund in her husband’s
memory, expressing the hope that “some student, or students
may benefit from the privilege [Will] shared long ago.” She
described her husband as “proud and grateful to have been a
student at the Pennsylvania Academy.”
Will’s nephew, Jules Kay, and his wife Connie, join PAFA
in celebrating this gift. Connie and Jules are long-time supporters of PAFA as well, carrying on the family tradition. Will
and Evelyn were also loyal supporters of Connie in her role as
USArtists Chairman (’96) and her 17 years as Dealer Coordinator of the American Fine Art Show & Sale sponsored by the
Women’s Board to benefit PAFA.
PAFA is deeply honored by this gift, which celebrates a
passion for the arts and will help ensure future generations are
able to benefit from the same exceptional arts education Will
Kaplan enjoyed as a student.
Will Kaplan, 1932.
S av e th e date
1 1 4 t h An n u a l Stud ent Exhi b i ti on
May 15 – June 7, 2015
Preview Party: May 14, 4-8:30 p.m.
Hosted by the Women’s Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Public Opening: May 15, 5-8 p.m.
First Annual
Members Meeting & Appreciation Event
This past October, PAFA invited members to
Docent Joann Simon and staff member Sarah Holloran chat at the
Members Meeting.
pafa.org/pafa.edu
participate in the 1st Annual Members Meeting
and Appreciation event. More than 100 members
gathered in the Historic Landmark Building for
an evening of food, drink, and conversation about
PAFA’s new initiatives. Members enjoyed presentations by David R. Brigham, President and CEO, and
Harry Philbrick, The Edna S. Tuttleman Director
of the Museum, about the future of PAFA. Robert
Cozzolino, Senior Curator and Evelyn and Will
Kaplan Curator of Modern Art, shared insights into
the special exhibition Peter Blume: Nature &
Metamorphosis, on view through April 5, 2015.
Stay tuned for details about PAFA’s Second
Annual Members Meeting and Appreciation event,
scheduled for fall 2015!
Learn more at community.pafa.org/join.
Join or
renew
today
t o r e c e i v e y o u r PA FA
m e m b e r s -o n ly t o t e b a g !
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Events
Students, alumni and families gathered on Family and Alumni Weekend, October 18 - 19, 2014.
The second annual Benefit Auction raised funds for PAFA while celebrating the work
of many talented alumni and faculty.
Members attending the Opening Reception for Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis.
Families participating in arts activities at the Family Arts Festival,
on Lenfest Plaza, in October.
Attendees enjoy the Opening Reception of Convergence
in Gallery 128.
SPRING 2015 AT PAFA
J A NUA RY
Visiting Artists Program: Heather Rowe
Thursday, January 22, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life
Exhibition Reception
Tuesday, January 27, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Alumni Gallery Opening Reception
Wednesday, January 28, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Douglas Witmer: New Paintings
Visiting Artists Program: Andrzej Zielinksi
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
and the Garden Movement, 1887-1920
Curator Conversation: The Artist’s Garden
*Free for members; $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Visiting Artists Program: Orit Hofshi
Thursday, February 12
6 – 7 p.m. Peale Circle Reception
7 – 8:30 p.m. Members Reception*
Art at Lunch
Wednesday, February 18, 12 – 1 p.m.
The Artist in the Garden: Explorations of the Magical and the Real
The Artist’s Journal Workshop: The Artist’s Garden
Every Wednesday, February 18 – April 1, 2 – 4 p.m.
Wednesday, February 25
6 – 7 p.m. Members-Only Curator Conversation with Anna
Marley.
Thursday, February 26, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
MARCH
Visiting Artists Program: Marie Lorenz
Monday, March 2, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Instructed by Dressler Smith
Art at Lunch
Observe & Create: Automatic Drawing
The Review Panel Philadelphia
Thomas Hart Benton: Painting the Sound
Instructed by Dressler Smith
Joan Waltemath, David Dempewolf and Judith Stein
Thursday, January 29, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday, January 31, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Wednesday, February 18, 6 p.m.
F E BRUARY
Visiting Artists Program: Katherine Bradford
Wednesday, February 4, 12 – 1 p.m.
Open Studio Night
Art at Lunch
A Journey of Inspiration and Vision
Visiting Artists Program: Gideon Bok
Thursday, February 5, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Art at Lunch
Wednesday, February 11, 12 – 1 p.m.
A Shorty History of Punch
Thursday, February 19, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Friday, February 20, 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4, 12 – 1 p.m.
A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life
Artists Panel Discussion
Wednesday, March 4, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
PAFA Fundamentals for New Members
Saturday, March 7, 10 – 11 a.m.
Students enrolled in PAFA’s MFA, BFA, Certificate and
Post-Bacc programs open their studios to the public.
Unlocking the Urban Garden: A Social Experiment
Graduate Symposium: Art & the Environment
Certificate & BFA Open House
Art at Lunch
Art at Lunch
Meet Jodi Throckmorton
A Place for Memory
Saturday, February 21
Wednesday, February 25, 12 – 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 7, 4 – 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18, 12 – 1 p.m.
Peter Blume & His Jewish Experience
Thursday, March 19, 6 – 7 p.m.
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Record visitor attendance at the David Lynch exhibition Opening.
David Lynch in conversation with Curator Robert Cozzolino, at the Opening of David Lynch:
The Unified Field.
Bacchanal 2014 set a new record for this event, raising nearly $550,000 for
student scholarships. Left to right: Gina Gallo, Jean-Charles Boisset, 2014
Bacchanal Thomas Jefferson Award Honoree; Lydie Brown de Janosi and
Keith Cox, Bacchanal Co-Chairs.
Museum Director Harry Philbrick, Eiko, and photographer of the
exhibition William Johnston at the Opening of Eiko: A Body in
Fukushima.
Preview Party: FIVE TO WATCH
The Review Panel Philadelphia
Avery Galleries, 100 Chetwynd Drive, Bryn Mawr PA
Featuring alumni Justin Johnson, Paul Metrinko, Samantha
Mitchell, Thomas Raggio and Christina Weaver.
Karen Wilkin, Astrid Bowlby and Edith Newhall
Thursday, March 19, 6 – 9 p.m.
New Student Weekend
Saturady and Sunday, March 20 & 21
Symposium: Magical Realism & Modernism
Friday, March 20, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Art at Lunch
Wednesday, March 25, 12 – 1 p.m.
A History of the Educational Alliance Art School
Visiting Artists Program: Mary Reid Kelley
& Patrick Kelley
Thursday, March 26, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
A PRIL
Art at Lunch
Wednesday, April 1, 12 – 1 p.m.
The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art;
Historic Mission and Future Vision
PAFA Performances: Copeland String Quartet
Wednesday, April 1, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: Secret Gardens of Philadelphia
Wednesday, April 8, 6 p.m.
Visiting Artists Program: Phoebe Washburn
Thursday, April 9, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Art at Lunch
Wednesday, April 15, 12 – 1 p.m.
Norman Lewis: Abstracting African American Art
Visiting Artists Program: Anne Lindberg
MAY
Observe & Create: Printing with Nature
Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Instructed by Dressler Smith
Art at Lunch
Wednesday, May 6, 12 – 1 p.m.
PAFA Graduating Students
Progressive Ladies of the Garden: PAFA & Stenton
Sunday, May 10, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Thursday, April 16, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
114th Annual Student Exhibition
Flower Arranging Workshop with Love’N Fresh Flowers
Preview Party hosted by PAFA’s Women’s Board
Sunday, April 19, 1 – 3 p.m.
Art at Lunch
Thursday, May 14, 4 – 8:30 p.m.:
Friday, May 15, 5 – 8:30 p.m.:
Public Opening Reception
Wednesday, April 22, 12 – 1 p.m.
Artists & Gardens: A Day of Art & Horticulture
Visiting Artists Program: Ellen Altfest
Historic Landmark Building and the Arboretum at the Barnes
Foundation
Alumni Gallery Opening Reception
J U NE
Stan Bielen, Nicole Michaud, Lauren Pellerito
June 29, 2015 – August 14, 2015
Historic Stenton
Thursday, April 23, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Friday, April 24, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Walking Tour: Secret Gardens of Philadelphia
Saturday, April 25, 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 4, 2 p.m.
Art at Lunch
Art at Lunch
Horace Pippin: Interior Life
Wednesday, April 8, 12 – 1 p.m.
Brian Boutwell, Doug Martenson and Abigail Synnestvedt
(4th year BFA student) at the Opening Reception for A
Fine Arrangement.
Wednesday, April 29, 12 – 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 16, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Summer Art Camp 2015
Enrollment Opens Early February
J U LY
Tration Company
July 2 - October 11, 2015
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 1
The Lost Garden
F or event details please call 2 15-972 -7600 or visit pafa .org
pafa.org/pafa.edu
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C ontinuing E ducation P rograms ARTZ in the Studio
Mondays, Apr. 6 – May 11
Jointly sponsored by ARTZ/Artists for Alzheimer’s Philadelphia and PAFA, this new program is designed for those living
with memory loss.
CE Open House
Saturday, Apr. 11, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Interested in taking a class? Come to our Open House and
meet the friendly faculty and staff, view demonstrations and
tour PAFA’s historic Cast Hall and state-of-the-art facilities.
RSVP to the CE Office, 215-972-7632
Daniel Green, Self-Portrait Wall Street Station (detail)
Master Classes, Workshops and Lectures
Woodcut Workshop with Dan Miller, Feb. 28 – Mar. 1
Portrait Painting Workshop with Al Gury, Feb. 14 – 15
Master Class with Daniel Greene, Mar. 26 – 29
Featuring two public demonstrations:
• Portrait Painting in Oil, Thurs., March 26, 7 – 10 p.m.
• Portrait in Pastels, Sat., March 28, 7 – 10 p.m.
Visit the Vaults with Bill Scott & Cindi Ettinger, Apr. 10, 2 – 4 p.m.
Voyages through Perceptual History with Stuart Shils,
Apr. 17 – 19
• FREE Public Lecture, Thurs., April 16, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Still Life Workshop with Christine Lafuente, May 2 – 3
• FREE Public Lecture, Fri., May 1, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
An Artist’s Retreat with Anna Rhodes, May 15 – 18
Plein Air Painting in Bermuda, May 18 – 22
Programming in conjunction with The Artist’s
Garden, American Impressionism and the
Garden Movement, 1887 – 1920
February 13 – May 24, 2015
• Artists in the Garden: PAFA at Morris Arboretum, an
exhibition of PAFA faculty,
alumni and student artwork at Morris Arboretum, curated by PAFA faculty member Jill A. Rupinski, Mar. 1 – June 2
• Landscape Painting at Morris Arboretum
• The Pennsylvania Landscape Tradition in New Hope, PA
• Botanical Alla Prima Workshop
• Plein Air Painting at Bartram’s Garden
Pre-College Programs
Drawing and Painting for High School Students
Saturdays, January 31 – April 4, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Summer Academy for High School Students
July 6 – August 7
Christine Lafuente, Peonies in Summer, 10 x 10 in.
Spring 2015