Featured Students

Terri Aluise (BFA '14) Acceptance

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Featured Students

Claudine Luchsinger (MFA '14) Fracking Organic Abstract

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Featured Students

Steve Basel (MFA '14) Untitled 2

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Featured Students

Miles Burke (BFA '14) Croods

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Featured Students

Brian Van Camerick (BFA '14) Algorithmic Romances: Beatus Vir

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D. Read Lockhart (MFA '14) Cleaning Up After the Last Supper

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Marina Fridman (BFA '14) Untitled

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The School

“There were great and serious painters, and everybody was inspiring one another. It was a beautiful time there.” - Alumnus David Lynch

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Areas of Study

Studio arts training at PAFA provides the foundational skills, intellectual context, discipline and creativity for a lifetime of making art.

Undergraduate Degrees

The Certificate and BFA undergraduate degrees at PAFA are in the disciplines of Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture and Fine Arts Illustration.

Certificate

The four-year Certificate program is an intensive immersion in fine arts. PAFA’s oldest and best-known program, it is grounded in developing foundational skills and working with master artist-instructors.

BFA

The four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program pairs demanding studio training with a fine-arts focused liberal arts education. PAFA's BFA enhances artistic expression with critical thinking skills.

Penn BFA

The coordinated Bachelor of Fine Arts with the University of Pennsylvania pairs PAFA’s fine arts studio training with an Ivy League degree from one of the country's most distinguished universities.

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Graduate Degrees

The MFA, Low-Residency MFA and Post-Baccalaureate programs at PAFA provide three options for graduate students to further their artistic development.

MFA

The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree program is for students who have completed their undergraduate degree and wish to pursue a full-time, two-year program devoted to the development of their work.

Low-Residency MFA

The Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts degree program provides students with the community and rigor of a traditional MFA with a more flexible structure to fit their lives and schedules.

Post-Baccalaureate

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program is ideal for artists working independently who wish to experiment and bring new focus to their work, as well as for artists seeking further development before pursuing an MFA.

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