The American Academy in Rome supports innovative artists, writers, and scholars living and working together in a dynamic international community. Each spring, the Academy awards the Rome Prize and Italian Fellowship to a select group of artists and scholars, after an application and juried process that begins in the previous fall. The winners are invited to Rome to pursue their work in an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and artistic freedom and interdisciplinary exchange. The encounter with Rome represents now, as it has done since 1894, something unique: a chance for artists and scholars to spend significant time working in one of the oldest, most cosmopolitan cities in the world. The richness of Rome’s artistic and cultural legacy and its power to stimulate creative thinking served as the initial impetus for the Academy’s founding. Today, this tradition lives on, transformed by the dynamism of the Academy’s constantly evolving community. In addition to Rome Prize and Italian Fellows, the community includes invited Residents, Visiting Artists and Scholars, as well as participants in AAR’s academic Summer Programs.
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Save the date for Community-Word Project's biggest celebration yet! "Writing Our Future" - Community-Word Project's 25th Anniversary Benefit 🗓️ May 14, 2025 ⏰ 6-9pm 📍 CIVIC HALL, 124 East 14th Street, NYC For 25 years, we've empowered students' voices through creative arts in NYC's underserved communities. Help us write the next chapter of our story! #cwp #cwp25
We're hiring! The American Academy in Rome is looking for an experienced development professional to join our New York office and support our Development Department in alumni affairs, major gifts, and institutional giving. Don't miss out on this opportunity. Details: https://lnkd.in/dRiuqRik Nonprofit HR
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our annual #McKimMedalGala at Villa Aurelia, where Sofia Coppola was awarded the McKim Medal “for her brilliance, her generosity, her visionary filmmaking,” in the words of AAR Director Aliza Wong. Brilliantly chaired once again by Margherita Marenghi Vaselli, the gala was a demonstration of the deep support we are so lucky to have in Rome and Italy. We’re grateful to Presenting Sponsor Bvlgari and all of the other corporate and individual supporters who helped make this evening so memorable. Grazie a tutti! (📸 by Gerardo Gaetani and Riccardo Lopez)
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Rome from Nazi occupation. To mark the day, we're sharing some newly scanned documents from our archive relating to that pivotal moment for both the city of Rome, and the American Academy. #LiberationofRome #FromTheArchives
Sharing some very exciting news for all of us: AAR has successfully completed the match for an NEH challenge grant to create a new Library Annex at the Villa Chiaraviglio. This project, expected to be completed in 2025, will allow our Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library to continue to expand its collections without resorting to offsite storage, while maintaining 24/7 library access for Fellows. We've so grateful to the donors who made this possible. More here:
Last week we were honored to welcome Gavin Newsom and First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom for a visit. They toured the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library with Sebastian Hierl, met Fellows, community members, and staff, and stopped by the RSFP garden with Sara Levi and Andrea Francini. Thank you to the Newsoms and their staff for stopping by!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024–25 #RomePrize. We received a record number of applications this year, and the Rome Prize was awarded to thirty-one American artists and scholars, who will each receive a stipend, workspace, and room and board for five to ten months at the Academy’s eleven-acre campus in Rome, starting this September. “The Rome Prize is one of the most storied fellowship programs in the United States,” said AAR President Peter N. Miller. “Over a thousand people compete for the chance to live and work in Rome, inspired by the city and one another. The Rome Prize winners represent a bridge between the United States and Italy, but also between a present of potential and a future of achievement.” The American Academy has also awarded three Italian Fellowships to Italian artists and scholars live and work in the Academy community, and the recipient of the Terra Foundation Affiliated Fellowship for a Chicago-Based Visual Artist. Please join us in congratulating all the winners! https://lnkd.in/e7_kAHtv
Dr. Caroline Goodson, professor of early medieval history at the University of Cambridge and a 2003 Rome Prize Fellow, has been appointed as AAR's next Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor. “Caroline Goodson’s eminence as a scholar of late antique and early medieval Europe signals our commitment not only to this field, but to promoting the highest quality scholarship,” said AAR President Peter N. Miller. “The perspective she brings as an archaeologist enriches her work on material culture and the environmental humanities and will help the Academy push forward its work in these areas."
AAR is pleased to announce the selection of Ketter Weissman as Director of Development, starting on April 22. President Peter N. Miller said: “Ketter Weissman brings energy and experience to this position, as well as a deep commitment to what we stand for: the particular relationship between creative work and scholarship, imagination and research, conversation and discipline. Her work in the world of contemporary art will help open up new philanthropic opportunities for us.”