Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is America’s oldest art museum and school of fine arts. The Academy collects and exhibits the work of distinguished American artists and is renowned for its reputation in training artists from the United States and, increasingly, from around the world. PAFA offers a Certificate program, a Master of Fine Arts degree program, a coordinated Baccalaureate of Fine Arts degree program in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania, and a Post-Baccalaureate program in painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Notable alumni include Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Cecilia Beaux, Henry Tanner, Maxfield Parrish, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Charles Sheeler, William Glackens, John Marin, Robert Gwathmey, David Lynch, Bo Bartlett, and Vincent Desiderio.