Opening this month is PAFA’s Annual Student Exhibition (ASE), now celebrating its 122nd year. Our archives have a long practice and record of documenting the ASE, and its connection to student life here at the school and museum, like in the image here from 1910.
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Below are some images of the installation process from this year’s exhibition, which span all three floors of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building.
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Learn more about this year’s Annual Student Exhibition and its corresponding events here: https://www.pafa.org/school/annual-student-exhibition
Learn more about the history of the Annual Student Exhibition here: https://pafaarchives.org/page/ase
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