The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is photographed in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. PAFA, billed as the country’s oldest institution that is both a museum and school, is dismantling its degree programs.On Jan. 10, the day before the spring semester began, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where I am a fourth-year student, announced theIn an email sent to the campus community, the board of trustees insisted that it made every effort to save the degree programs.
From what students, faculty, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts community have seen, the marketing has been abhorrent for decades. When asked in a meeting with students if any fundraising efforts were made to save the programs, the administration’s answer was simple: It had done, the same two fundraisers the school has been running for decades. It is unclear whether there was any outreach made to donors to cover the institution’s deficit.
Much of Philadelphia’s earliest artwork and architecture was created by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts graduates, including our own City Hall, which contains The BFA program allowed students who aren’t able to take out over $100,000 in loans with no federal aid access to this incredible institution, with its traditional training and sense of community that is unparalleled.
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