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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is closing the doors to its college at the end of the next academic year.

The institution, which began offering BFAs and MFAs in 2013, will wind down those programmes next year

Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), the oldest art school and museum in the United States, will close its college in 2025.

For a Yale University Art Gallery show, artist Mickalene Thomas curates a selection of historical and contemporary artworks featuring Black sitters.

Pennsylvania - Colonial History, Amish Culture, Industry: Pennsylvania has retained strong elements of folk culture among its diverse ethnic groups. The Plain People—the Amish, the Mennonites, and other small sects—have kept their traditional ways of life based in the teachings of the Bible. Lancaster county is the original home of the Amish, but owing to the growth of their population, they have expanded to other areas in Pennsylvania and throughout the country. The folk art and cooking of the Pennsylvania Dutch are famous, and their brightly painted designs known as hex signs adorn their...