Question

This state was home to a naïve artist who depicted a prophecy from the Book of Isaiah in over sixty paintings of a “Peaceable Kingdom.” Violet Oakley and Cecilia Beaux studied at this state's first academy and museum, whose collection is revealed by the drawing of a curtain in a self-portrait titled The Artist in His Museum. Natives from this state who used clay and bear grease to mix color taught a history painter who depicted some of them looking on as a (*) roll of cloth is unfurled by the entourage of a religious leader during the signing of a treaty. The sculptor of Nymph and Bittern, William Rush, co-founded this state’s Academy of Fine Arts, which taught a resident of this state who painted The Swimming Hole. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this state where artist Benjamin West was born to a family of (-5[1])Quakers. ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Pennsylvania [or PA; accept Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts] (The artist in the first sentence is Edward Hicks. The artist in the second sentence is Charles Willson Peale. The history painting is Penn’s Treaty with the Indians.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael KohnDurhamCambridge B130-5
Thomas HartWarwickEdinburgh143-5
Ben BiggsBirminghamImperial B14510
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ABristol14510
Rose ConwayCambridge BDurham1450
Michael MaysImperial AOxford1450
Schuyler ColfaxOxfordImperial A14510
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghWarwick14510

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY580%0%40%145.00
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY3100%33%33%113.67
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont CollegesPremiereY1100%0%0%145.00
2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY2100%50%0%76.00
2023 ARCADIA at IndianaPremiereY5100%20%40%117.80
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY2100%50%50%68.50
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY3100%67%0%77.00