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  • A Nation of Artists Preview

    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Get a first look at A Nation of Artists before it opens to the public. PAFA curators Lea C. Stephenson, Kenneth R. Woodcock Curator of Historical American Art, and Leah Triplett, Curator of Contemporary Art, come together for an intimate preview conversation exploring the surprising stories, overlooked artists, and bold curatorial choices behind this landmark exhibition marking America’s 250th anniversary. What makes A Nation of Artists different from traditional American art surveys? How do you tell 250 years of American creativity—from colonial painters to contemporary innovators—in a way that honors complexity and challenges long-held assumptions? Stephenson and Triplett offer a

    Free

  • Exhibition Tours: Bodies & Souls

    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The Bodies and Souls tour explores the Kohler Collection’s eclectic and deeply human approach to figurative art, following works collected by Philadelphia‑based collectors Robert and Frances Coulborn Kohler. Focusing on art made primarily in the second half of the twentieth century, the tour examines how artists have used realism and representation as liberating tools to explore embodied experience, including gender, sexuality, interpersonal relationships, psychological states, and connections to home and community. Beginning in the 1980s, the Kohlers committed themselves to collecting works by living artists who employed representational and realist methodologies at a time when figuration was often dismissed as

    $25.00

  • Art as Medicine: The Clare Feldman Poliakoff Inaugural Lecture

    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    How does art heal? Can creativity transform healthcare? Join us for the inaugural Clare Feldman Poliakoff Lecture, where medicine meets artistic expression in a groundbreaking conversation about accessibility, empathy, and the power of art to restore and inspire. Iranian-American cardiologist and visual artist Dr. Nazanin Moghbeli delivers the keynote address, drawing on her unique practice that transforms EKGs and diagnostic imagery into stunning works bridging Persian calligraphy and modern medicine. As Jefferson Health's Artist-in-Residence, Dr. Moghbeli pioneers the use of art to cultivate empathy among healthcare providers and prevent burnout—proving that creativity is not merely decorative, but essential to healing.

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  • Uncle Bobbie’s X Ericka Hart: Nasty Work Book Tour

    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Black queer non-binary femme activist and award-winning sexuality educator, Ericka Hart joins us for the release of her book, "Nasty Work"."Free your mind / And the rest will follow..." - En VogueWe are so excited to welcome Black queer femme activist, writer and award-winning sexuality educator, Ericka Hart for the release of her new book, Nasty Work.Ericka will be in conversation with organizer, advocate and the Deputy Executive Director for Strategy & Culture at the ACLU, AJ Hikes.Get ready for a powerful discussion around sex, sexuality and gender and how we can liberate our world, just as well as our