Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Discover the possibilities of a pause, a breath, and notes unplayed in this extraordinary music and poetry event featuring the internationally acclaimed artists Dan Blacksberg and Tyshawn Sorey, playing together for the first time in 10 years, Salina Kuo, percussionist and composer, and Airea D. Matthews, Philadelphia's Poet Laureate. Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America is an exhibition of new works by 20 artists exploring themes of equality, free...

In Selections from Philadelphia’s LGBT Archives, Rami George weaves together an extensive collection of images and printed material within the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center. George presented their exhibition Selections from the Archives at the Center this past January/February 2023, featuring snapshots of everyday life and fragmented moments of political action, as well as exploring the history of the Center itself. The exhibition also included an installation...

Join curator Maggie Adler and artist Letitia Huckaby for a discussion of the exhibition Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. On view during the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the exhibition contemplates what freedom looks like for Black Americans today and the legacy of the Civil War in 2023 and beyond. Highlighting the perspectives of contemporary Black artists, Emancipation features commissioned and recent...

PAFA and AAMP are proud to partner with The Mann Center for the Performing Arts to bring you the special performance We Are All Related featuring the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers and inspired by Dyani White Hawk's installation, RELATIVE, in Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America. Thunderbird American Indian Dancers specialize in the songs and dances of the tribes of the Northwest Coast, Woodlands (Iroquois and Winnebago), Plains (Sioux) and the Southwest...

Hear stories about Indigenous immigrants’ political relationship to Indigeneity and Latinidad within the United States and more broadly within settler colonial nation states, featuring  Manuel Vasquez (Native Mexican / Zapotec Heritage), Miguel Sage (Taino/Cuban), and Mabel Negrete (CNS) (Native Chilean / Picunche-Inca Heritage). Following the presentations, the speakers will lead an interactive activity to deconstruct perceptions of Indigenous immigrant narratives. The first hour of presentations will be streamed live on...

Dr. Davina Two Bears (Dine/Navajo) will present her work which explores the intersections of oppression and stories of survivance at the Old Leupp Boarding School, a Federal Indian Boarding School and Japanese Isolation Center. After her lecture, Dr. Two Bears will lead an interactive workshop where participants will have an opportunity to read, listen and gain deeper understanding of stories by those who survived and how we can advocate for...

Join Mexi-Rican artist Nitza Tufiño and Taller Puertorriqueño Curator, Rafael Damast, in a virtual conversation about Nitza's work and lifelong contributions to creating spaces and opportunities for artists who could not fine acceptance in established American art institutions. To Nitza, seeing is an act of acknowledgment, and being seen is an act of asserting agency.  With a vast body of work, Nitza commemorates the people she knows and addresses historical...

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Youth Council invites you to join us for Forging Identity, our upcoming free pop-up high-school art show! Inspired by the current exhibition, the PAFA Youth Council invited teenaged artists to consider the questions around identity in America; how has American identity shaped who you are today? How will it shape you in the future? How does your identity shape America? Registration includes free admission to the PAFA Historic...