The Center for American Art was established in 2002 to encourage and facilitate the study of the nation’s artistic heritage from its beginnings to the present day at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In partnership with universities, museums, and libraries in the greater Philadelphia area, the Center for American Art has initiated a series of public programs, fellowships, publications, and focus exhibitions intended to enhance the national discourse on American art with special emphasis on the Philadelphia region. As the Philadelphia Museum of Art advances toward the completion of its new American galleries during the coming years, the Center for American Art will play a leading role in interpreting the Museum’s permanent collection for the new installation.
Past Events
Learn more about past symposia, seminars, and lectures sponsored by the Center for American Art on subjects ranging from the legacy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s legendary director Fiske Kimball, to the development of American modernism after the 1913 Armory Show, to depictions of Benjamin Franklin in American visual culture.View Past Events >>
Graduate Fellowships
Discover the Center for American Art’s program of fellowships, which includes both summer and academic-year opportunities for scholars to explore curatorial work while advancing their studies.Opportunities >>
Next Event
Blown-Up Flowers: Georgia O’Keeffe, Photography, and the Great War
December 5, 2009
Alan C. Braddock
Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
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