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Teaching Academy Inducts New Fellows, Names Imhoff Award Winners

 
 
 Photograph Submitted The new Educating Academy Fellows are, major from remaining: Jennifer Beasley, Eunjoo Cho, David D. Christian and Kathy Consolation and base: Nathan Kemper, William F. McComas, Ashlea Bennett Milburn and Kelly Sullivan. The U of A Educating Academy inducted eight new Fellows for the 2021-22 academic yr. The new Fellows are Jennifer Beasley, Eunjoo Cho, David D. Christian, Kathy Comfort, Nathan Kemper, William F. McComas, Ashlea Bennett Milburn and Kelly Sullivan. The academy also named two finalists and the recipient of the 2021 Dr. John and Mrs. Lois Imhoff Award for Superb Instructing and Scholar Mentorship. The Imhoff Award, offered each year by the Instructing Academy,…
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Latest News in Black Art: Eric Pryor Named President of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Jarrell Gibbs Painted Portrait of Late Congressman Elijah Cummings & More
Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Dec. 8, 2021: At PAFA, incoming president Eric Pryor is flanked by paintings by John Neagle (“Pat Lyon at the Forge,” 1829) and Kehinde Wiley (Three Wise Men Greeting Entry into Lagos,” 2008). | Courtesy of JEH Creatives/Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Appointment The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia announced its next president. Eric Pryor has been tapped to lead PAFA. Pryor is the first Black person to lead the institution, which was established in 1805 and is the first and oldest art museum…