November 30, 2010 Biscotti: The Piccola Pausa Biscotti is a newly released cookbook written by Mona Talbott, executive chef of the American Academy in Rome’s Sustainable Food Project and pastry cook, Mirella Misenti. Read more
November 28, 2010 In Rome, A Day-long Exploration of Luigi Moretti’s Architecture Luigi Moretti (1907-1973) is widely considered the most important Italian architect of the 20th century. Read more
November 28, 2010 At AAR, RISD Celebrates Fifty Years in Rome with Author David Macaulay and Artist Anna Schuleit The Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program (EHP) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with two lectures copresented with the American Academy in Rome on November 23 and 24, featuring the writer David Macaulay and the artist Anna Schuleit. Read more
November 17, 2010 2011 NEH/AAR Summer Seminar on Art, History, and Culture in Rome, 1527–1798 Each year the NEH’s Division of Education Programs offers college and university teachers opportunities to study a var Read more
November 12, 2010 Reflecting on the Nuova Consonanza and Nuovi Spazi Musicali Concert Series For a full six weeks and in eight major events—from 5 November through 21 December 2010—Rome is enjoying the 47th iteration of the Nuova Consonanza music festival. The unifying theme of this year’s program is “Romantik.” Read more
November 3, 2010 Join Us for the Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library Lecture “The ‘Public’ Library in the Italian Renaissance” by Christopher S. Celenza (1994 Fellow). Read more
November 2, 2010 Inaugurating AAAR: the Arts and Humanities Advisors to the American Academy in Rome The Academy has assembled a flexible network of arts and humanities Advisors to whom the AAR community can turn for information and guidance, including scholars, artists, writers, galleristi and others—all based or largely based in Rome. Read more
October 26, 2010 A Fantastic Night at the Cabaret A great crowd turned out to celebrate the American Academy in Rome’s 2010 Cabaret, curated by Academy Trustees Laurie Anderson, RAAR’06, and Laurie Simmons, RAAR’05. Read more
October 25, 2010 Come to the Cabaret! The Cabaret will take place Tuesday 26 October, 2010, at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on New York's Lower East Side. Read more
October 12, 2010 On Exhibit through 10 December at the AAR, Betty Woodman: Roman Fresco/Pleasures and Places The American Academy in Rome, in collaboration with the Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, is pleased to present Betty Woodman: Roman Fresco/Pleasures and Places, an exhibition of selected recent works in ceramic and on canvas. Read more
October 11, 2010 Laurie Anderson Is Both Curator and Performer at the October 26 AAR Cabaret The American Academy in Rome proudly announces that Laurie Anderson (2006 Resident) will both curate and perform at the upcoming Cabaret in New York on October 26, 2010. Read more
October 4, 2010 At the Villa Aurelia, a Welcome Event with the Friends of the Academy in Italy On Monday 27 September the Friends of the Academy in Italy gathered to welcome new AAR Director Christopher S. Celenza, FAAR’94 and the new class of Academy Fellows. Read more
October 4, 2010 Looking Back at Four Days of the AAR’s 1960 Rome Olympic Games Conference “It was off the proverbial hook.” That was how AAR Mellon Professor Corey Brennan (1988 Fellow) described The 1960 Rome Olympic Games Conference, which he organized under the auspices of the Academy for September 30–October 2. Read more
September 28, 2010 Join Us for a Night at the Cabaret! Featuring Fellows, Residents and friends of the American Academy in Rome, this year's Cabaret at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City on October 26 promises to be packed with vivid work by some of today’s most exciting artists. Read more
September 22, 2010 Benvenuto to the Italian Fellows in the Arts and Humanities The American Academy in Rome welcomes the first two of five Italian fellows who will live and work at the Academy this year. Earlier this month, PhD candidate Marco Rossati and artist Marco Raparelli arrived to join the AAR community and settle in to their respective study and studio. Read more
September 17, 2010 In Rome, 2010–11 Programming for Fellows Kicks Off with Forum Walk, Gallery Visit One of the most prized traditions of the American Academy in Rome is its series of walks and talks, a collaborative enterprise where Fellows explore the city or (often) points further afield under expert direction by one or more group leaders. Read more
August 28, 2010 Apply for the Rome Prize The deadline for the next Rome Prize competition is November 1, 2010, with an extended deadline of November 15, 2010, for an additional fee. Read more
August 25, 2010 AAR Announces Schedule for Its 1960 Rome Olympics Conference The 25th of August 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Rome Summer Olympics. Read more
August 22, 2010 Photographic Project by Academy Alumni for a New Museum in Tuscany Alex MacLean, a 2004 Fellow in landscape architecture, and David Friedman, 1989 Fellow in history of art and a 2004 Resident, met at the Academy in 2004. Read more
August 8, 2010 AAR Announces the 1960 Rome Olympic Games Conference The American Academy in Rome is proud to present The 1960 Rome Olympic Games Conference, a comprehensive forum commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. Read more