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The 110th Annual Exhibition was held at the historic Plastic Club located in Philadelphia, PA during April of 2008. Another very successful event was recorded in the storied history of the Fellowship thanks in part to our many volunteers and our special Juror, Frank Bender.
The following awards were presented to these deserving recipients: The Mary Butler Purchase Prize to Anthony Palumbo, the Mary Butler Trust Award to Julia McGeehan, the May Audubon Post Award to Robert Scobey, the Caroline G. Gibbons Award to Ted Sheridan, the Leona Karp Braverman Award to Katherine Stanek, the Berthe M. Goldberg Award to Arthur Ostroff, the Lucy Glick Award to Katherine Frazer, the Jack Bookbinder Award to Paul Kane, the Sandra Karlin Award to Joyce Berger, the Adolpho Dioda Award to Steven Flom, the H.V. Hawley Award to Steven L. Weiss, and the Fellowship of Pafa Award to James Toogood.
Honorable Mention went to Nell Stifel, Nina Martino and Beth Clark.
Below please find a slide show of a limited number of the many fine works presented at the exhibition. The nature of the photograph determined those images included in this online display. Most are details of the works.
Calling all New York area Alumni
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts!
On behalf of the Alumni Association of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, you are cordially invided to participate in an exciting new exhibition! This September, the New York City Alumni Club will host a show at the Pen and Brush Club in Greenwich Village. The show will run from September 5 - 7, 2008.
The purpose of the exhibition is to promote the work and networking of Academy alumni, as well as to contribute to scholarships for needy Academy students through the Alumni Annual Fund. The parameters of the event are as follows:
· Eligibility: Alumni of the Academy's Certificate, MFA, or Continuing Education programs and living within a 50-mile radius of Manhattan.
· Each alumnus is invited to submit ONE two-dimensional or three-dimensional piece not to exceed a certain size, as determined by the venue (TBA).
· There is a non-refundable registration fee of $50 (to help defray the cost of the exhibition).
· You or your representative must deliver the piece ready to hang, and all work must be for sale. (Price determined by the artist).
· 50% of the sale will go directly to the Academy for student scholarships through the Alumni Annual Fund, and 50% of the sale will go to the artist.
· The show is open to the public. Alumni are encouraged to bring postcards, résumés, etc. to promote their work.
We will also need volunteers to help with various aspects of the exhibition. Please contact Jesse Spiro at 646-234-3133 if you have any questions, or are interested in volunteering.
To submit a piece of work for inclusion in the show, please contact
for a submission form and mail it with your $50 registration fee to the address below no later than August 1, 2008:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Attn: Pen and Brush Club Show
128 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
We look forward to seeing your work!
or
The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium: Girvanni Casadei invites you to attend this symposium regarding a world that is "environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just..." to be held on August 10, 2008 at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.
For more information please phone 215-463-8215 or follow the link below: