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PENNSYLVANIA
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FINE ARTS
MU S EUM
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11 8 N. Broad Su eet
Philadelphia. PA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 3, 1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215) 972-7642
WORK BY ANNE MINICH AND SHIRLEY MOSKOWITZ,
PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS, GOING ON EXHIBIT AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
19102
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PHILADELPHIA -- Anne Minich and Shirley Moskowitz, both Philadelphia artists, will exhibit their
work in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art's Morris Gallery from February 12 through
March 28, 1993, in an exhibition entitled • Anne Minich/Shirley Moskowitz: Recent Work." The
exhibition will feature Minich's fine graphite renderings in sculptural constructions and Moskowitz's
whimsical depictions of events and places she has observed first-hand made up of collage, color
copies and mixed-media monotype .
A free opening reception will be held in the Morris Gallery on February 26 from 5 to 7 p.m.
New York Times critic , William Zimmer. will speak at 7 p. m. in Hamilton Auditorium. His talk,
which is free and open to the public, is being co-sponsored by the New Arts Program.
A gallery talk will be given by Anne Minich on February 19 at noon , and by Shirley
Moskowitz on February 26 at noon . Both talks are free with museum admission.
Anne Minich will present 11 mixed -medium works dating from 1984 to 1993 . She draws with
graphite and uses found objects such as shells. bits of metal and small stones in her work .
Minich was born in West Chester. Pennsylvania. and educated at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts and the University of Miami . She has had 11 one-person exhibitions at such places
as the Trabia-MacAfee Gallery in New York and the Walker Museum of Art at Bowdoin College
in Brunswick , Maine .
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Her work is in the permanent collections of the Bryn Mawr College Museum
of Art in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Maine.
Moskowitz's work is made from electrographic color copies and mixed-media monotypes of
materials such as photographs, leather, fabric, and sandpaper to create a lot of activity and detail.
"I like to draw the observer into the art and its detail - it's a combination of reality, fantasy and
humor," says Shirley Moskowitz.
Moskowitz, who spends her winters in Philadelphia and her summers in her Italian studio,
draws from her own experiences to create pieces, such as "Festa dei Ceri, Gubbio," which is made
from photographs she took of buildings and people in Gubbio.
Mixed with these images are
photographs of her own family.
Born in Houston, Texas, Shirley Moskowitz was educated at the Museum School of Art in
Houston, Texas, and has a Bachelor of Am degree from Rice University in Texas and a Master of
Am degree from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio . She studied with Morris Davidson in New York
and at the Philadelphia College of Art. Moskowitz exhibited in a juried show at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Am in 1953, and has done 19 one-person shows . Her work is in the permanent
collections of the Museo di Roma in Rome, Italy, and at The Free Library of Philadelphia, among
others .
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school. The museum is located at 118. N. Broad St.. in Philadelphia. Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday. 10 a.m . to 5 p.m., and Sunday. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is 55; 53
for seniors; 52 for full-time students . For more information, call (215) 972-76f1J.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215) 972-7642
MUSEUM
& SCHOOL
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
19102
"ALIDA FISHIEDIm NEFF: RECENT WORK" TO
OPEN APRIL 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE
FINE ARTS' MORRIS GALLERY
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA -- Alida Fish and Edith Neff will exhibit their work in the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts' Morris Gallery from April 8 through May 30, 1993, in an exhibition entitled
"Alida FishlEdith Neff: Recent Work." Featured will be miniature environments inhabited by exotic
flora and fauna--particularly insects--documented in Ektacolor prints by Alida Fish. Edith Neff, a
Pennsylvania Academy faculty member known for both her paintings and works on paper, will
present large allegorical paintings in which she revives mythological themes by depicting her subjects
in contemporary Philadelphia settings.
A free opening reception will be held in the Morris Gallery on April 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. The
reception is open to the public. A gallery talk will be given by Edith Neff on April 16 at noon, and
by Alida Fish on April 23 at noon. Both talks are free with museum admission.
Alida Fish photographs studio set-ups of insects and flora that give the illusion of a segment
of nature in a symbolic still life. She was educated at University of Florence, Smith College,
Harvard University and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Fish has participated in 15 one-
person exhibitions as well as numerous group exhibitioQS>-: Her work is in the permanent collection
of the George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography in Rochester, New York,
among other collections. She is an associate professor and chair of the Photo/Film/Animation
Department at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia College of Art and Design.
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Edith Neff, like other contemporary realists, expresses the mythic in everyday life. She
combines past styles and techniques with contemporary forms and uses the human figure as a
communicative symbol.
Neff is a faculty member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She was educated
at the Philadelphia College of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Neff has participated in four one-person
shows, as well as many juried and group exhibitions. Her work is displayed in many permanent
collections, including those at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Free Library of Philadelphia.
Neffs work was recently chosen to hang in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. In addition, four
pastels of Camden were recently commissioned by Cooper Hospital in Camden.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school. The museum is located at 118 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia. Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3
for seniors; $2 for full-time students. For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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FINE ARTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215) 972-7642
MUSEUM
& SCHOOL
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia. PA
19102
(215) 972-7642
IT'S SHOW TIME!: 92ND ANNUAL STUDENT
AND FIRST ANNUAL GRADUATE THESIS
EXHIBITIONS OPEN MAY 7 AT THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Philadelphia -- This May 7 will not only mark the opening of the 92nd Annual Student Exhibition
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, it will mark a milestone of historic importance as the
first graduates of the M.F.A. program take part in commencement exercises at 3:30 p.m.
The 92nd Annual Student Exhibition, the oldest and largest student fine arts exhibit in the
country, and the First Graduate Thesis Exhibition, will be on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts Museum, 118 North Broad Street, from May 7 through May 30, 1993.
The First Graduate Thesis Exhibition is the debut of the work done by the first graduates of
the Pennsylvania Academy school's master of fine arts degree program. This two-year graduate
program, launched in fall 1991, offers rigorous, studio-based advanced study in painting, sculpture
and printmaking .
There will be two separate exhibitions this year: Nearly 100 upper-level certificate students
will hang their paintings, sculptures, prints and multi-media objects in the second floor main
galleries. The graduate M.F.A. students will display their works in two galleries on the first floor
of the museum. All of the artwork is for sale for the run of the show, with prices set by the students
ranging from $50 to several thousand dollars. Approximately 1500 objects will be exhibited,
providing a rare showcase for beginning and experienced collectors to buy original works at
reasonable prices . Last year, over $100,000 worth of art was sold.
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In addition to showing and selling their work, students in the annual student exhibition
compete for prestigious travel scholarships, awards and prizes totaling nearly $120,000. The
Pennsylvania Academy is the only school in the country to have such an extensive array of
meritorious awards. The travel scholarships provide up to ten outstanding students with funds for
travel in Europe and other parts of the world to study the art of other cultures.
"The purpose of the exhibit is for participating students to select, hang and price their work, "
says Fred Osborne, dean of the school at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "This exercise
prepares them to show their work professionally after graduation, " he adds.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school. The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists . The school
offers a four-year certificate program and two-year master of fine art degree program in painting,
sculpture and printmaking . Notable alumni include Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt and David Lynch.
Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Admission is $5 ; $3 seniors 65 and older; $2 full -time students; free to members and children
under five. Discounts are available at nearby Parkway Corporation lots . Parking tickets must be
stamped at the museum's front desk. The museum is conveniently located near the Market East and
Suburban train stations as well as SEPTA bus and trolley stops. For more information on the 92nd
Annual Student Exhibition and First Graduate Thesis Exhibition, please call (215) 972-7600.
A PREVIEW PARTY FOR THE 92ND ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION AND FIRST
GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 5,4:15 TO
8 P.M. TICKETS ARE PRICED FROM $50 TO $150 PER PERSON. CALL THE WOMEN'S
COMMITTEE OFFICE AT 972-7639 FOR DETAILS. THE OPENING RECEPTION,
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 5 TO 9 P.M., IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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Philadelphia. PA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215)972-7642
19102
(215) 972-7642
"LANNY BERGNER/FRANK GALUSZKA:
RECENT WORK" OPENS JUNE 10 AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA -- Lanny Bergner and Frank Galuszka will exhibit their work in the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts' Morris Gallery from June 10 through August 29,1993, in an exhibition
entitled "Lanny Bergner/Frank Galuszka: Recent Work." Lanny Bergner creates abstract wall
sculptures that evoke organic images. Frank Galuszka shows paintings of domestic interiors with
surfaces enlivened by a rich and vigorous application of paint.
A free opening reception will be held in the Morris Gallery on June 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. the
reception is open to the public. A gallery talk will be given by Lanny Bergner on June 11 at noon,
and by Frank Galuszka on June 18 at noon. Both talks are free with museum admission.
Bergner's pieces incorporate cleaned and recycled industrial wastes, rocks and metals, as well
as plant substances. Mixing organic and petrochemical elements in his works, Bergner achieves a
surprising variety of colors and textures by combining materials not usually associated with sculpture.
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Some works are made with pins, fishing line and hooks, dry pigment and even seaweed embedded
in their silicone surfaces. Others are covered with slag and tarlike black silicone. His pieces hang
on the wall, rest on the floor or are suspended by monofilament from the ceiling. His remarkable
ability to disguise his sculptures' material components through the way in which they're used and
their scale in relation to the whole is apparent in all of his works.
Frank Galuszka's paintings turn a typical city scene of junk into an outburst of color and
light. His use of paint, substance, color and texture demonstrate his mastery of manipulating color
for expressive purposes. Fields of globular brush strokes, leaving only a few objects barely
discernible through them, are visible in some of Galuszka's more abstract recent paintings. Subject
matter becomes secondary, and what the viewer experiences is pure painting sensation.
Bergner earned his M.F.A. in sculpture in 1983 from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.
He has had one-person exhibitions at the Gallery K in Washington, D. C.; the Marian Locks Gallery
in Philadelphia and the "Challenge Exhibition," Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial.
Galuszka studied in Rome to earn his M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art. In addition, he was
the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to Romania in 1969 and 1970. His one-person exhibitions have
appeared in numerous galleries in Philadelphia, including the Charles More Gallery and the Hahn
Gallery. His work has also appeared at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest and Temple Abroad in Rome.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school. The museum is located at 118 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia. Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3
for seniors; $2 for full-time students. For more information, call (215)972-7600.
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MUSEUM
& SCHOOL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215)972-7642
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia. PA
19102
(215) 972-7642
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
WELCOMES NEW NEIGHBOR PA CONVENTION CENTER:
CHANGES PREPARE ACADEMY FOR NEW AUDIENCE
PHILADELPHIA -- In preparation of the opening of the new Pennsylvania Convention Center, the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is making a few changes to make things easier for the
469,000 convention center visitors expected in the next 18 months.
One change will include the redefinition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' name
to that of the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "This will
clearly define the museum to visitors who are from out of state or unfamiliar with the museum," says
Linda Bantel, The Edna S. Tuttleman director of the museum.
In addition, new banners will be unfurled and hung along North Broad Street and at the front
entrance of the museum to call attention to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts museum. Bee
lights strung in trees along North Broad Street will also showcase the museum after sunset to
convention center visitors.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's first art museum
and art school. The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists. The school offers
a four-year certificate program and two-year master of fine art degree program in painting, sculpture
and printmaking. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 for seniors 65 and older; $2 full-time students; free to members
and children under five. For more information call (215) 972-7600.
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MUSEUM
& SCHOOL
118 N . Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2,1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215) 972-7642
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS OPENS
TWO NEW MAIN GALLERY EXHIBITS: FREE RECEPTION
AND PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 30
19102
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA -- On Wednesday, June 30, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will
celebrate the opening of two new main gallery exhibitions, "Nature's Way: 19th-Century Landscape
Painting" and "Carved in Wood and Stone: 20th-Century Sculpture." "Nature's Way: 19th-Century
Landscape Painting" is being funded by Smith Kline Beecham. This free-to-the-public reception will
feature special performances by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, The Savoy Company and the
New Freedom Theatre from 6 to 9 p.m. at the museum at 118 North Broad Street at Cherry Street.
The celebration is in conjunction with the City of Philadelphia's Cultural Night Out and the Welcome
America! festivities around the new Pennsylvania Convention Center.
"These new exhibitions have been organized to draw attention to our diverse collection of
American art," says Linda Bantel, The Edna S. Tuttleman director of the museum at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "These exhibitions are just a part of the many steps we are
taking to welcome new visitors to Philadelphia and to encourage Philadelphians to rediscover the
treasures of American art in their own city," adds Bantel.
"Nature's Way: 19th-Century Landscape Painting" will feature thirty examples of nineteenthcentury landscape paintings from the Pennsylvania Academy's permanent collection, including
romantic pastoral scenes by America's earliest landscape painters--Joshua Shaw, Thomas Doughty
and Thomas Birch. The exhibition also focuses on their work with landscapes by Jasper Cropsey,
John Frederick Kensett, and Worthington Whittredge.
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Philadelphia's late-nineteenth century landscape artists, such as Alexander Harrison and William
Trost Richards, specialized in large-scale canvases that captured some of the most transitory effects
of nature, such as the movement of a wave or the dramatic glow of winter sunset.
For the first time in several decades, these artists' landscapes will be reunited with another
major work in the Academy's collection--The Brook, by the New England painter, Charles H. Davis.
Other perennial Pennsylvania Academy favorites, such as Harrison's The Wave and Henry Bisbing's
In the Meadows. attest to the enduring interest in these grandiose scenes from nature.
The second new exhibition, "Carved in Wood and Stone: 20th-Century Sculpture," will include
two dozen works, most of which were purchased directly from the artists at the Pennsylvania
Academy's annual exhibitions of paintings and sculpture. Other sculptors with carvings in the show
include Wharton Esherick, Oronzio Maldarelli and Henry Kreis.
Carving is a subtractive process, the removing of extraneous material; while clay modeling
is additive in the building up of forms. In the nineteenth century, it was common practice for a
sculptor to give his modeled figure to a craftsman, who would transfer it to stone using a pointing
machine, or cast it into bronze.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, Robert Laurent and other European-born
sculptors revived interest in the ancient art of carving directly into stone and wood without
intermediary steps or persons. Direct carvers professed "truth to materials" and an interest in
subtracting the surface to find the living form hidden within. Their themes were often drawn from
nature and used the female figure or animals. The technique became the dominant one used by
american sculptors in the 1930s and 1940s. It was first taught at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1935
by Walker Hancock and later by Charles Rudy and Adolph Dioda.
For more information call (215) 972-7600.
A PRESS PREVIEW RECEPTION WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 6 TO 9
P.M. IN THE MUSEUM AT 118 N. BROAD STREET. PLEASE RSVP TO 972-7642.
PENNSYLVANIA
AO\DEMYT~~
FINE ARTS
MUSEUM
& SCHOOL
118 N . Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2,1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215) 972-7642
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS OPENS
TWO NEW MAIN GALLERY EXHIBITS: FREE RECEPTION
AND PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 30
19102
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA -- On Wednesday, June 30, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will
celebrate the opening of two new main gallery exhibitions, "Nature's Way: 19th-Century Landscape
Painting" and "Carved in Wood and Stone: 20th-Century Sculpture." "Nature's Way: 19th-Century
Landscape Painting" is being funded by Smith Kline Beecham. This free-to-the-public reception will
feature special performances by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, The Savoy Company and the
New Freedom Theatre from 6 to 9 p.m. at the museum at 118 North Broad Street at Cherry Street.
The celebration is in conjunction with the City of Philadelphia's Cultural Night Out and the Welcome
America! festivities around the new Pennsylvania Convention Center.
"These new exhibitions have been organized to draw attention to our diverse collection of
American art," says Linda Bantel, The Edna S. Tuttleman director of the museum at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "These exhibitions are just a part of the many steps we are
taking to welcome new visitors to Philadelphia and to encourage Philadelphians to rediscover the
treasures of American art in their own city," adds Bantel.
"Nature's Way: 19th-Century Landscape Painting" will feature thirty examples of nineteenthcentury landscape paintings from the Pennsylvania Academy's permanent collection, including
romantic pastoral scenes by America's earliest landscape painters--Joshua Shaw, Thomas Doughty
and Thomas Birch. The exhibition also focuses on their work with landscapes by Jasper Cropsey,
John Frederick Kensett, and Worthington Whittredge.
- more -
-2-
Philadelphia's late-nineteenth century landscape artists, such as Alexander Harrison and William
Trost Richards, specialized in large-scale canvases that captured some of the most transitory effects
of nature, such as the movement of a wave or the dramatic glow of winter sunset.
For the first time in several decades, these artists' landscapes will be reunited with another
major work in the Academy's collection--The Brook, by the New England painter, Charles H. Davis.
Other perennial Pennsylvania Academy favorites, such as Harrison's The Wave and Henry Bisbing's
In the Meadows. attest to the enduring interest in these grandiose scenes from nature.
The second new exhibition, "Carved in Wood and Stone: 20th-Century Sculpture," will include
two dozen works, most of which were purchased directly from the artists at the Pennsylvania
Academy's annual exhibitions of paintings and sculpture. Other sculptors with carvings in the show
include Wharton Esherick, Oronzio Maldarelli and Henry Kreis.
Carving is a subtractive process, the removing of extraneous material; while clay modeling
is additive in the building up of forms. In the nineteenth century, it was common practice for a
sculptor to give his modeled figure to a craftsman, who would transfer it to stone using a pointing
machine, or cast it into bronze.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, Robert Laurent and other European-born
sculptors revived interest in the ancient art of carving directly into stone and wood without
intermediary steps or persons. Direct carvers professed "truth to materials" and an interest in
subtracting the surface to find the living form hidden within. Their themes were often drawn from
nature and used the female figure or animals. The technique became the dominant one used by
american sculptors in the 1930s and 1940s. It was first taught at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1935
by Walker Hancock and later by Charles Rudy and Adolph Dioda.
For more information call (215) 972-7600.
A PRESS PREVIEW RECEPTION WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 6 TO 9
P.M. IN THE MUSEUM AT 118 N. BROAD STREET. PLEASE RSVP TO 972-7642.
PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMYT~
FINE ARTS
MUSEUM
SCHOOL
&
118 N. Broad Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20,1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215) 972-7642
Philadelphia, PA
19102
(215) 972-7642
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
GRADUATES FIRST MASTER'S DEGREE CLASS
PHILADELPHIA -- The master of fine arts degree program at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, begun in 1991, graduated all 13 students who entered the program two years ago.
A one-person thesis exhibit by each graduate was held in May in conjunction with the "92nd Annual
Student Exhibition," a multi-media exhibition which annually highlights works by the school's
certificate (undergraduate) students.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is America's first art school. It became a
degree-granting institution for the first time in its history with the advent of the M.F.A. program.
The M.F.A. curriculum is based on an individual's studio work and includes research, aesthetics and
criticism, critiques and a master's thesis and exhibition.
Beginning this fall, a printmaking
concentration will be offered in addition to the existing concentrations in painting and sculpture.
Among the program's artist-instructors are Irving Petlin, a Paris-based internationally
prominent figurative painter; Yvonne Jacquette, known for her aerial landscapes; Sidney Goodman,
a well-known Philadelphia painter who just opened a one-person show in London and whose work
is included in the collection of the new Pennsylvania Convention Center; Bruce Samuelson and Jan
Baltzell, who along with Goodman teach in the Academy's certificate program; Michael Moore, an
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instructor at the University of Southern Maine; and Frederick Osborne, dean and director of the
Pennsylvania Academy school. Gregory Amenoff, a symbolist painter, and Joel Fisher, a sculptor,
both based in New York, will join the faculty this fall. Sculptor Mary Frank is on leave this year.
Additionally, the school hosts a number of internationally prominent visiting artists each
semester who lecture and critique student work. Last year these included Jan Freilicher, John Moore
and Elizabeth Murray .
"The Academy's graduate program is distinguished by providing a strong component of
intellectual support to the studio activity," Osborne said. "The course of study emphasizes the search
for content and the development of self-knowledge over appearances , techniques and styles. We
hope the graduates will be well served by the rigorous program they have just completed. "
Fifteen first-year and 17 second-year students are currently enrolled for the upcoming
academic year.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at 118 N. Broad St. (at Cherry St.),
with additional studio and classroom space at 1301 Cherry St., and 12th and Vine Sts., in
Philadelphia.
For more information on the M.F.A. program, call Terri Brown at (215) 972-7600, ext 3241.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16,1993
CONTACT: Marion McParland (215)972-7642
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
19102
(215) 972-7642
CHARLES L. ANDES IS CHAIRMAN-ELECf FOR
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is pleased to announce that
Charles L. Andes will become Chairman of the Board of Trustees as of January 1, 1994. This
position has been held by Harold A. Sorgenti since January 1, 1987.
Founded in 1805, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the nation's first art school and art
museum. The museum is home to one of the most distinguished collections of American art in the
country, while the school's alumni includes Cecilia Beaux, Wharton Esherick, Mary Cassatt, Thomas
Eakins and Henry O. Tanner, among many other artists. The school offers a four-year certificate
program and two-year master of fine art degree program in painting, sculpture and printmaking.
"Having achieved fiscal stability in the 1992-93 fiscal year, The Academy is prepared to move
confidently ahead, andI am proud to be the one to follow in the footsteps of Hal Sorgenti, who has
given so much of his talent and energy," says Charles L. Andes, Chairman-Elect, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. "With a new president to be selected for service early in 1994, the
opening of the adjacent Pennsylvania Convention Center, and the change in the museum to the
concept of The Museum of American Art, with emphasis on the Academy's outstanding collection
of 18th and 19th century American art, the Academy is well on its way to a successful 1993-1994
fiscal year and future." Andes continues, "I am spending one day a week at The Academy to insure
that it continues to move strongly ahead in the new year. "
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"We couldn't find a better person anywhere to take over the reins of The Academy as it enters an
exciting new era," says Harold A. Sorgenti, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Andes will continue to serve as President and CEO of The Technology Council of Greater
Philadelphia, an organization of CEOs of high-tech companies in the region. This 500-member
organization develops programs such as a $61 million venture capital fund, and The Institute of
Biotechnology and Advanced Molecular Medicine, of which Mr. Andes is Acting President.
As Chairman (and President and CEO, 1985-1991), of The Franklin Institute, Mr. Andes guided this
world renowned science museum through a four-year $72 million expansion, culminating in the
opening of the nationally acclaimed Futures Center in May 1990. Under Mr. Andes' direction, The
Institute has become a leader in science and math education the United States. Mr. Andes' term as
Chairman of The Franklin Institute will end on December 31, 1993.
Mr. Andes is also currently serving as Chairman for AC Publishers, "Seven Arts Magazine," a new
magazine established to report on the arts and culture scene in the Greater Philadelphia area. In
addition, he is Vice-Chairman for The Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, an
agency created by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to provide funds for, and financial oversight
to the City of Philadelphia.
Andes was with The Franklin Mint from 1969 to 1985, first as Executive Vice President, Marketing,
and for the last 12 years as Chairman and CEO.
He is active on the boards of many corporations in the Greater Delaware Valley area. Andes is the
recipient of the 1993 Entrepreneur of the Year Award sponsored by Ernst & Young, Inc., and
Merrill Lynch, and was named One of the Top Six Business Leaders of the Delaware Valley for
1992 by Business Philadelphia Magazine.
A Villanova resident, Mr. Andes is married to the former Dorothea Roberta Abbott. They have four
daughters and three grandchildren.
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COOL WAVES AND HOT BLOCKS: THE ART OF EDNA ANDRADE
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PHILADELPHIA -- The paintings of Edna Andrade will be featured in a retrospective exhibition at
the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from September 18,
1993 through January 31, 1994. Entitled Cool Waves and Hot Blocks: The An of Edna Andrade, this
exhibition spans over 30 years of the artist's career and includes 38 works.
Edna Andrade's work reflects her fascination with patterns inspired over the years by a
variety of sources -- geometry, physical science, and Near and Far Eastern decorative motifs. Her
lifelong interest in architecture and her early experience as an architectural renderer is also evident.
Combining these elements, Andrade has developed a highly distinctive, vibrant, geometric style of
her own, and established herself as an eminent geometric abstractionist.
Edna Andrade graduated in 1937 from the collaborative program of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1958 she joined the faculty of the
Philadelphia Museum School of Art (now the University of the Arts), where she taught art until her
retirement in 1983.
"For over two hundred years, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has supported
living American artists through education, exhibition, and collecting," says Linda Bantel, the Edna
S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts. "Edna Andrade was trained at the school of the Pennsylvania Academy, has been a featured
exhibitor at the museum, and has had her work purchased for its permanent collection. By mounting
the current retrospective exhibition, the Pennsylvania Academy has yet another opportunity to
acknowledge Andrade's accomplishments," she adds.
- more -
-2A 32-page catalogue, Cool Waves and Hot Blocks: The An of Edna Andrade, features 16
color and seven black and white illustrations, and an essay by Ann Sutherland Harris, guest curator
and Professor of Art History at the University of Pittsburgh. The catalogue includes an exhibition
checklist, and
an artist's biography with an extensive listing of Andrade's awards and exhibitions.
Published by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , the catalogue is priced at $14.95, with a
10% discount to members. The Richard Florsheim Art Fund underwrote this catalogue, the Marion
Locks Foundation for the Visual Arts provided a planning grant for the project, and the following
individuals helped support the exhibition: Frederick R. McBrien III, Mr. and Mrs. Donald W.
McPhail, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mather III, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Randolph, and Carl Steele.
A gallery talk will be given on October 20 at noon in the main galleries . A Math and Art
Tour will be given by the education department for school groups of all ages. A four-week series
of films about women artists by women directors will be held every Sunday in the month of
November in conjunction with this exhibition. Films are free with museum admission. An afterschool course for children ages 6 to 12, "Infinite Abstractions," will be held Oct. 5 through Nov.
16. Two other Andrade-related family programs will also be held on Saturdays. For information on
the Math and Art Tours, "Infinite Abstractions" or the family programs call the education department
at (215) 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's first art museum
and art school. The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists. Museum hours are
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is
$5 for adults, $3 for seniors, $3 for college or art students with ID and children 5 to 18; and free
to children under five and members. The museum is half-price to all on Saturdays between 10 a.m.
and 1 p.m. For more information call (215) 972-7600.
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Subtracting the SUiface: The An of Printmaking opened September 22 and will run through
January 2, 1994. The exhibition explores a variety of printmaking techniques including woodcut,
engraving, and etching. Each of these techniques requires carving into or etching out the surface of
a woodblock or metal plate. Drawn from the rich resources of the Pennsylvania Academy ' s graphic
collection, the exhibition includes a rare nineteenth-century engraving by Asher B. Durand and fine
examples of the etching revival by the Moran family and Winslow Homer.
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HOW ARD BRUNNER/RON KLEIN: RECENT WORK
OPENS SEPTEMBER 10 AT MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART'S MORRIS GALLERY
PHILADELPHIA -- The Morris Gallery at the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts will feature a new exhibition entitled Howard Brunner/Ron Klein: Recent
Work , beginning September 10 and running through October 24, 1993. Ron Klein will give a gallery
talk on Friday, September 17, at noon. Howard Brunner's gallery talk will be on Friday , October
1, at noon.
In Howard Brunner's color photographs, urban realities are abstracted down to their graphic
essence. Although we can always determine the actual source of his images, textures, colors, and
geometric shapes are joyously liberated from their descriptive obligations.
Brunner has had solo exhibitions including those at The Book Trader Gallery in Philadelphia,
the Nye Gomez Gallery in Baltimore, the Abington Art Center in Abington, PA, and The Painted
Bride Art Center in Philadelphia.
A master reclaimationist, Ron Klein salvages domestic objects to create elegant and original
sculptural forms. His Morris Gallery installation will feature new work devised from fishnets
suspended from the ceiling.
Klein has received fellowships from the Pollock/Krasner Foundation (1990-91) and the
National Endowment for the Arts (1981), as well as a residency at La Napoule Art Foundation in
La Napoule, France. Klein is represented by the Jessica Berwind Gallery in Philadelphia.
General admission to the Museum of American Art is $5 adults and $3 seniors, students and
children 5 to 18 years old. Children under five are free . The museum is open Tuesday through
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p .m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 972-7600 for information.
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19102
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HOW ARD BRUNNERIRON KLEIN: RECENT WORK
OPENS SEPTEMBER 10 AT MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART'S MORRIS GALLERY
PHILADELPHIA -- The Morris Gallery at the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts will feature a new exhibition entitled Howard Brunner/Ron Klein: Recent
Work, beginning September 10 and running through October 24, 1993. Ron Klein will give a gallery
talk on Friday, September 17, at noon. Howard Brunner's gallery talk will be on Friday, October
1, at noon.
In Howard Brunner's color photographs, urban realities are abstracted down to their graphic
essence. Although we can always determine the actual source of his images, textures, colors, and
geometric shapes are joyously liberated from their descriptive obligations.
Brunner has had solo exhibitions including those at The Book Trader Gallery in Philadelphia,
the Nye Gomez Gallery in Baltimore, the Abington Art Center in Abington, PA, and The Painted
Bride Art Center in Philadelphia.
A master reclaimationist, Ron Klein salvages domestic objects to create elegant and original
sculptural forms. His Morris Gallery installation will feature new work devised from fishnets
suspended from the ceiling.
Klein has received fellowships from the Pollock/Krasner Foundation (1990-91) and the
National Endowment for the Arts (1981), as well as a residency at La Napoule Art Foundation in
La Napoule, France. Klein is represented by the Jessica Berwind Gallery in Philadelphia.
General admission to the Museum of American Art is $5 adults and $3 seniors, students and
children 5 to 18 years old. Children under five are free. The museum is open Tuesday through
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 972-7600 for information.
