Rome Prize

Baldric of the American Academy in Rome
American Academy in Rome where prizewinners stay

The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists (working in architecture, landscape architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation, literature, musical composition, or visual arts) and to 15 scholars (working in ancient, medieval, Renaissance and early modern, or modern Italian studies). They are announced annually in New York City.[1]

Rome Prize winners go to stay for several months to two years at the American Academy in Rome, established in 1897 and chartered by an Act of the United States Congress in 1905, on the Janiculum, Rome's highest hill. The first residential scholarships (or fellowships), for architecture and the visual arts, were awarded in 1906. Following a merger with the School of Classical Studies in 1912 the latter's classical study scholarships were added to the range. Landscape architecture scholarships were added in 1915 and music scholarships in 1921.

Fellowship winners come to Rome to refine and expand their professional, artistic or scholarly aptitudes, drawing on their colleagues' erudition and experience, as well as on the resources of Rome, Europe and the Mediterranean. Musicians, for instance, would benefit from the advice of the composers-in-residence - established composers who stayed at the academy for short periods in turn.

The Academy offers the opportunity to examine at first hand the source of Western humanistic heritage, and to engage in a dialogue with Rome's culture. Time spent at the Academy—stimulated in part by varied walks, talks, tours and trips, a stream of international visitors and spontaneous table talk—allows residents to enter into informed discourse with this past and to draw upon it for their individual explorations.

The Academy's main building contains most of the studios, studies and residences of the Rome Prize winners, the library, dining facilities and administrative offices, as well as exhibition galleries, communal spaces, a dark room and archaeology facilities. The Academy has extensive gardens and additional buildings.

Winners of the Rome Prize

List of Fellows and Residents of the American Academy in Rome
1896–1970 1971–1990 1991–2010 2011–present

Architecture

Musical composition

Design

Historic Preservation and Conservation

Landscape Architecture

Source Garden Club of America

Literature

Visual arts

Ancient Studies

Medieval Studies

Modern Italian Studies

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Rome Prize Winners 2014-1015". American Academy in Rome. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "2013-14 Rome Prize Winners Announced". Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "2012-13 Rome Prize Winners Announced". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Apr 18 2011 (2011-04-18). "American Academy in Rome Announces 2011-12 Rome Prize Winners". NewMusicBox/. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "AAR Fellows, Residents for 2009/10 announced at Rome Prize Ceremony in New York". Society of Fellows. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "2008-09 Rome Prize Winners". Bustler. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2007–08 Rome Prize Winners Announced". Architect. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Announced: 03-04 Rome Prize Winners By AA". I.M.Chait. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Koyl, George Simpson (1885-1975)". The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Apr 15 2010 (2010-04-15). "Huck Hodge & Paul Rudy awarded 2010 Rome Prize". Sequenza21/. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 12.23 12.24 12.25 12.26 12.27 12.28 12.29 12.30 12.31 12.32 12.33 12.34 12.35 12.36 12.37 12.38 12.39 12.40 12.41 12.42 12.43 12.44 12.45 12.46 12.47 12.48 12.49 12.50 12.51 12.52 12.53 12.54 12.55 12.56 12.57 12.58 "History of the Rome Prize in Music Composition" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 Brody, Martin. Music and Musical Composition at the American Academy in Rome. pp. 16–45. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Eric Howeler, J. Meejin Yoon. Expanded Practice: Höweler + Yoon Architecture/My Studio. p. 187.
  15. ↑ "ROME PRIZE SEEKS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS". American Society of Landscape Architects. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "The American Academy in Rome Announces the 2007-08 Rome Prize Winners". Bustler. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "AAR Fellows, Residents for 2009/10 announced at Rome Prize Ceremony in New York " Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome Weblog". Sofaarome.wordpress.com. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  18. ↑ "Rome Prize Competition Announces 2005 Awards". Blouinartinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "New York Times, April 19, 1997 - Winners of the Rome Prize For Work and Study Abroad".