PAFA Alumni

05/27/2026

Announcing a discussion group facilitated by PAFA MFA alums, Kat Haverkamp .haverkampart and KC Miller .art ! ✨ You’re invited to join The Artist’s Way 7-week discussion group that will explore Julia Cameron’s transformative guide to unblocking creativity. Through weekly check-ins, group discussions, and shared experiences, participants will support one another through their creative journeys. The focus will be on the foundational tools introduced in the book:

📝Morning Pages: A daily practice of writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness longhand to clear the mind.

🎨Artist Dates: Weekly, solo excursions designed to nurture your inner artist and spark playful curiosity.

📖Chapter Readings: We will progress through one or two chapters each week and tackle some of the exercises. 
Wherever you are on your creative journey, this group offers a safe, inspiring space to explore and nurture your artistic ideas. 

Details: 

🗓️Days/Times: The Group will meet on online on Thursdays, starting at 7:00 pm ET. The discussions will last for 60-90 minutes.

💲Costs: There is no fee to attend the workshop. 

🖌️Facilitators: Kat Haverkamp, PAFA MFA ‘24 and KC Miller, PAFA MFA ‘24

❓Questions? Reach out to Kat and KC for more information!  

Registration link in bio!

05/26/2026

Join us on Friday, June 12th from 4pm - 6pm for the Broad Street Studio Exhibition Reception of The Birth by Low-Residency MFA alum, SEIVIN . Known for elaborate and colorful site-specific tape installations, SEIVIN transformed the glass gallery into a dynamic, entangled, womblike passageway—solely using tape.

A celebration of birth and renewal, the installation and the passthrough it invites suggest the moment when all humans begin equally—before the restrictions of societal boundaries or meanings. “The Birth”, with its multi-layered colorful bands of tape representative of different races and identities—reminds us that our first enclosure was not one that divided us, but one that held us together.

SEIVIN (Low-Residency MFA ‘25) is an American artist based in Wilmington, Delaware, who investigates the unintended visual language that emerges within transitional spaces such as construction sites. Working across installation, painting, and material reconstruction, he displaces functional materials from their original context and repositioning them between image and structure, he reveals the formal logic latent in incomplete and provisional states.

03/19/2026

We extend our congratulations to Matt Chapman (MFA ‘15) and Nicole Duquette , owners of Curio Gallery & Creative Supply .lancaster , for the opening of Curio’s new location at 111 N Prince Street in downtown Lancaster, PA! 🎉

A growing pillar in the Lancaster art community, Curio has served not only as a creative hub for exhibitions, supplies, and workshops since 2019, but also a space for bringing people together. With their unique vision and dedication to the arts, Matt and Nicole continue to foster true, artistic heart within their creative community and beyond.

From Chestnut Street to Prince Street, we wish them an exciting new chapter in Curio’s expanding journey!

📷️ Matt and Nicole during Curio’s reopening on March 6th, 2026 💫

03/11/2026

We are excited to share an exhibition featuring artworks by members of PAFA’s Alumni Council!  The Philadelphia Sketch Club’s Stewart Gallery presents “PAFA: A Current History”, on view now through March 28th. ✨

A survey of work by Alumni Council members, the exhibition is not only a showcase of the range of creative approaches and sustained studio practices of PAFA artists, but also an introduction to this dynamic group of dedicated alumni and art community supporters.  We hope you’ll join us on Sunday, March 15th from 1pm - 3pm for the Opening Reception. 

A huge thank you to the Philadelphia Sketch Club for hosting! 🙏

🖼️ Artwork install image:  Works by Brian Spies

02/26/2026

02/04/2026

Ready to make art, build skills, and work with your hands? Explore our Winter/Spring 2026 Continuing Education offerings—featuring in-person studio courses, weekend workshops, and skill-building art classes for adult learners. Limited spots still available.

Check out these classes starting soon:
› Ceramic Sculpture with Matthew Courtney | Hands-on clay sculpture using pinching, coil-building, slab construction, surface treatments, and ceramic firing techniques.
🔗 https://buff.ly/NBX1GmH

› Wood Studio with John Greig | Learn woodworking fundamentals including cutting, milling, joinery, lamination, and safe tool use while developing your own artistic voice.
🔗 https://buff.ly/SaYTOuV

› Color Woodcut Printmaking with Rebecca Gilbert | Create bold, layered color prints using reduction and multi-block woodcut printmaking—from carving to final editioning.
🔗 https://buff.ly/uAU6Q9H

Still room in these classes:

› Terracotta Figure Sculpture with Morgan Dummitt | Sculpt the human figure from a live model with a focus on gesture, anatomy, proportion, and classical form.
🔗 https://buff.ly/U4a1Bor

› Oil/Acrylic Painting: Abstracting the Real with Frederic Kaplan | Transform observed reality into expressive, symbolic paintings through color, composition, and energetic mark-making.
🔗 https://buff.ly/XjhFF7k

› Portrait in Pencil Weekend Workshop with RA Friedman | A focused weekend workshop covering likeness, structure, proportion, and tonal portrait drawing.
🔗 https://buff.ly/C79rcNN

Browse the full catalog to discover short and long classes, weekend workshops, in-person and online options, beginner through advanced levels in a variety of formats.

🔗 https://buff.ly/mJYUoyE

Space is limited in many of these classes—register soon.

01/21/2026

New year, new studio energy. Whether you’re returning to painting, drawing, sculpture, or printmaking (or exploring a new medium) PAFA’s Continuing Education program offers in-person and online art classes in Philadelphia for adult artists of all levels.

🌟 Get into printmaking with Color Woodcut Printmaking (in person), taught by Rebecca Gilbert (). Learn woodblock printmaking techniques—including reduction and multiple-block methods—to create vibrant, layered color prints from start to finish. 🔗 https://buff.ly/KHulvzm

Classes are filling fast, but a few upcoming Continuing Education art classes still have space available this February:

➤ Painting over the Line (In-Person) with Kassem Amoudi | An intuitive painting course focused on developing personal visual language through open studio practice, critique, and contemporary art principles.
🔗 https://buff.ly/tUZAjMD

➤ The Art of Natural History Illustration (Online) with Kate Samworth | An intermediate course on the history and techniques of natural history illustration combining art history with hands-on printmaking practice.
🔗 https://buff.ly/Kwm8jSG

➤ Terracotta Figure Sculpture (In-Person) with Morgan Dummitt | A beginner-friendly course focused on sculpting the human figure in clay from gesture to finished form, including proportion, structure, and surface techniques.
🔗 https://buff.ly/Q7bMPWe

➤ Oil/Acrylic Painting: Abstracting the Real (In-Person) with Frederic Kaplan | A painting course using oil or acrylic to create expressive works through color, composition, and mark-making.
🔗 https://buff.ly/CiFhMfw

➤ Portrait in Pencil Workshop (In-Person) with RA Friedman | A hands-on portrait drawing workshop focused on achieving likeness and dimension through proportion, structure, and simplified anatomy using accessible materials.
🔗 https://buff.ly/xZd6KFF

🔗 Explore all classes: pafa-ce.coursestorm.com

🖼️ Rebecca Gilbert

12/30/2025

Make 2026 Your Year of Art at PAFA! Kick off the new year with PAFA Continuing Education—art classes in Philadelphia for all ages and skill levels, in-person and online. Beginners welcome!

· Observational Drawing Practices (In-Person) with John Horn – strengthen your foundational drawing skills
· The Art of Natural History Illustration (Online) with Kate Samworth – learn traditional printmaking techniques online
· Painting Over the Line (In-Person) with Kassem Amoudi – explore intuitive painting and develop your personal style
· Oil/Acrylic Painting: Abstracting the Real (In-Person) with Frederic Kaplan – transform still lifes and photos into expressive paintings
· Color Woodcut Printmaking (In-Person) with Rebecca Gilbert – create vibrant, layered prints using reduction and multiple-block techniques

🖌️ Classes available for beginners to advanced artists. Find the perfect fit to refresh skills, learn new techniques, or explore a new medium.

📅 Courses start January & February 2026
🔗 Browse Classes & Register: https://buff.ly/QJieU1P
🖼️ John Horn, Figure
🖼️ Kate Samworth, Ch.7 - Why Fish Don't Exist
🖼️ Kassem Amoudi, Sea Change
🖼️ Frederic Kaplan, Neptune, God of the Sea
🖼️ Rebecca Gilbert, Quasar (Silver)