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December 2013
Togli il Fermo Opening at the AAR Gallery
Last Monday evening was chilly, but the “Togli il Fermo/Let it go” exhibition received a warm welcome at the AAR Gallery.
Thompson Mayes Writes About the Relationship Between Old Places, Memory and Beauty
Thompson M. Mayes is the winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and Conservation and the Deputy General Counsel in the Law Department at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
November 2013
Juhani Pallasmaa on the Look of Silence
Last Monday an audience of over 200 gathered at the Villa Aurelia to hear William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence, Juhani Pallasmaa, speak about “Voices of Tranquility. Silence in Art and Architecture.”
Ruth Noyes Thrives on the Hunt for Printed Images in Rome
Ruth Noyes is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize winner in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art History Program at the Department of Art, Architecture and Art History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Stephen J. Kieran, FAAR’81, FAIA On Carrying Rome
It was 1980, Stephen J. Kieran, FAAR’81, FAIA, now principal in the architectural firm KieranTimberlake, had recently been named a Rome Prize winner of the American Academy in Rome.
Dan Visconti is Inspired by ‘The Pines of Rome’ Atop the Gianicolo
Dan Visconti is the winner of the Samuel Barber Rome Prize in Musical Composition and a Composer in Arlington, VA.
Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library Launches Open Source Integrated Library System
The Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library recently completed its first step toward a more advanced search experience and to initiating a circulation system by launching its new catalog at library.aarome.org.
Rita Volpe and Sovrintendenza Present New Discoveries Under Trajan’s Baths
Last Wednesday the American Academy welcomed Professor Rita Volpe and the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali to discuss some extraordinary recent discoveries beneath the Baths of Trajan.
Catherine Wagner Investigates Reconstruction Through Materials in Various States of Reparation
Catherine Wagner is the winner of the Abigail Cohen Rome Prize in Design, a Professor in the Department of Art at Mills College, and a Visual Artist who resides in San Francisco.
AAR Launches Summer Skills Courses in Archaeology
The American Academy in Rome will restart its summer archaeology program this summer with new courses designed to train students in 21st century skills.
October 2013
Having the Conversations That Matter
In 2010 Academy Director Christopher S. Celenza, FAAR’94, began the “Conversations That Matter” series with the aim of fostering discussions on mainstream issues in the public eye that affect society as whole, both inside and outside academia.
Mark Robbins, FAAR’97, Named New President of the American Academy in Rome
“On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Committee I am enormously pleased to announce the selection of Mark Robbins, FAAR’97, as the President and CEO-elect of the American Academy in Rome,” said Mary Margaret Jones, FAAR’97, Chairman of the Academy, in a statement released today.
Dan Hurlin Gravitates Towards Puppetry, Bramante, and the Italian Futurist Movement
Dan Hurlin is the winner of the Jesse Howard, Jr. Rome Prize in Visual Arts, the Director of the Graduate Program in Theatre and a Professor of Theatre and Dance at Sarah Lawrence College, and an Artist in New York City.
Patricia Cronin and the Ghosts of Rome Past
Patricia Cronin, FAAR’07, was back in Rome this month for the opening of her new exhibition, Machines, Gods and Ghosts, at the Centrale Montemartini Museum on via Ostiense.
