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The Philadelphia Sketch Club is the oldest artist club in America

2026-07-16

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Take a tour inside the very old, very colorful and immensely influential gallery space/clubhouse of the Philadelphia Sketch Club!

It is the oldest operating artist organization in America.

It was founded in 1860 by students from PAFA, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

The sketch club welcomes all artists of many disciplines and offers courses, live model drawings, gallery space, workshops and exhibitions.

For more information, please visit https://www.sketchclub.org.

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