The School of Fine Arts at PAFA

Sharing open calls due November 15 at KUNSTRAUM gallery and artist-hub, the Navy Yard in Brooklyn.
https://www.kunstraumllc.com/opportunities

📢 Announcing our 2023-24 OPEN CALLS! We just launched applications for three exciting opportunities at KUNSTRAUM:
➡️ Artist-in-Residence (AIR)
➡️ Curator-in-Residence (CIR)
➡️ Exhibition Projects
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🗓 All applications will be DUE on November 15th 2022.
📄For the full description of these exciting opportunities, please click on the 🔗 in our bio.
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We look forward to reviewing your applications!!
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KUNSTRAUM is committed to creating a more equitable visual arts community. Our values of equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion are integral to our mission to support emerging and under-represented artists. Individuals of ALL backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Just a PSA that we'll be consolidating our 2 Facebook accounts next Monday! The PAFA School account will exist under the regular PAFA page from them on. If you follow either one, you don't need to do a thing, they will be automatically combined. All the PAFA student news, events, and photos will still be coming your way! Find the "new" page here: https://www.facebook.com/PAFAcademy/

The last Open House of 2017 is on Sunday! We're so excited about it and you should be too! It's not too late to sign up! Follow the link to register.

Open Houses | Open Houses Join in student and faculty panel discussions, participate in Q&A sessions, and take a guided tour of PAFA's studios and classrooms, as well as its renowned museum and exhibition spaces. Learn about the admissions process, financial aid and scholarships.

The New York Times thinks Didier William's new show, "We Will Win" is "supremely exciting" and so do we! Congratulations again to Didier!

What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week New shows focus on Tom Uttech’s mesmerizing forest paintings, Didier William’s all-seeing figures, a collective’s conversing computer program and scaffolding as art.

Current student and student ambassador Kat Martinez is taking over our Instagram today! Follow us at pafa_school to see a day in the life of a PAFA student and some peeks into some awesome exhibits happening around Philadelphia!

Congratulations to our very own Didier William on his solo show at Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, and on his recent feature in an Hyperallergic article by Paul D'Agostino! The show will be on view through November 19th.

Click here to read the Hyperallergic article: https://hyperallergic.com/409344/didier-william-we-will-win-tiger-strikes-asteroid-new-york-2017/

Click here to find out more about his show at Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York: http://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/tagged/didierwilliam

Image: Didier William, "Rara" (2017) (detail), college and wood carving on panel, 48 x 60 inches

Couldn't make it to our Graduate Open House? Check out our Instagram stories to listen in on the comprehensive overview of our graduate programs by faculty, staff, and current students.

We have 2 Open Houses coming up! If you want to get an inside look into any of our programs, it's not too late to sign up for either! Tour the school to find out what we're all about. Click the link to register!

Open Houses | Open Houses Join in student and faculty panel discussions, participate in Q&A sessions, and take a guided tour of PAFA's studios and classrooms, as well as its renowned museum and exhibition spaces. Learn about the admissions process, financial aid and scholarships.

THIS SUNDAY, 11/5: Join PAFA and 62 other colleges for the Philadelphia National Portfolio Day! College representatives will be there to look at your work and answer any questions you may have. The event takes place in Hall A at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you find yourself in Brooklyn, be sure to check out "Tales from Otherwhere" - featuring our inaugural class of Low-Residency MFA students! The show is a Centotto exhibit in collaboration with PAFA and hosted by The Buggy Factory, located at 14 Kossuth Place in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 18 from 3-7pm. Visiting hours are as follows: 1-6pm on Sunday, November 19, 1-6pm on Saturday, December 2, and 1-6pm on Sunday, December 3. ••

It's not too late to sign up to attend our Graduate Open House this Saturday, November 4th from 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Come take a tour of PAFA and find out what our MFA, Post-Baccalaureate, and Low-Residency MFA programs are all about! Link in bio 🎨