Arts Guidelines

• Architecture
• Design
• Historic Preservation and Conservation
• Landscape Architecture
• Literature*
• Musical Composition
• Visual Arts

*Awarded only by nomination through the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Architecture, Design (including Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Set Design, Urban Design, Urban Planning and other related design fields), and Landscape Architecture

Eleven-month Rome Prize fellowships are available in architecture and landscape architecture. Six-month fellowships, which are intended for mid-career professionals, are available in architecture, landscape architecture and other design fields. Applicants for 11-month fellowships must hold an accredited degree in the field of application. Applicants for six-month fellowships must hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in the field of application, and must also have at least seven years of professional experience and currently be practicing in the field. Applicants should submit materials that best display their qualifications and experience in their particular field.

Application Materials

Required

• Application form (completed online)
• Current résumé
• One-page (950 words or less) project proposal describing work to be undertaken in Rome that addresses how the Rome experience will be professionally beneficial. Please identify any resources in Italy that will be significant for your work.
• Portfolio (not to exceed 12" x 18") that may include photostats, photographs, small drawings or watercolors of your design work and/or publications, clippings, research projects or other written materials. Work submitted should be work done solely by you or substantially by you, with role in work noted.
• Three reference letters from professionals acquainted with you and your work. Each letter must be submitted using our online system.

Optional

• Maximum of 18 digital images (JPEG format, longest side 1240 pixels, total file size not to exceed 4 MB) may be submitted only if still images help to best represent your work. Digital Images may not duplicate work shown in the portfolio.
• Other materials (videos, DVDs, etc.) if appropriate.

Historic Preservation and Conservation

Applicants may apply for either the six-month or 11-month Rome Prize fellowship or both. The six-month fellowship is intended for those individuals who may not be able to spend a year in Rome. Candidates are expected to be seasoned professionals, actively engaged in their fields, with enough experience and maturity to give them direction once they arrive in Rome. These awards are intended to serve a broad range of individuals who work in those areas of the arts and humanities in which the Academy gives fellowships, from the conservation of works of art, to architectural design, to public policy in the management of cities. Applicants are encouraged to submit materials that best express the quality of what they do and how they think, particularly if it is out of the ordinary. The jury reviews a wide range of material in this category and should be able to understand both the background of the candidate and the professional trajectory he or she is pursuing.

Application Materials

Required

• Application form (completed online)
• Current résumé
  
• One-page (950 words or less) project proposal describing work to be undertaken in Rome that addresses how the Rome experience will be professionally beneficial. Please identify any resources in Italy that will be significant for your work.
• Three reference letters from professionals acquainted with you and your work. Each letter must be submitted using our online system.
  

Optional

• Portfolio (not to exceed 12" x 18") that may include photostats, photographs, small drawings or watercolors of your design work and/or publications, clippings, conservation reports, research projects or other written materials. Please note your role in the work submitted.
• Maximum of 18 digital images (JPEG format, longest side 1240 pixels, total file size not to exceed 4 MB) may be submitted only if still images help to best represent your work. Digital Images may not duplicate work shown in the portfolio.
• Other materials (videos, DVDs, etc.) if appropriate.

Musical Composition

Applicants for 11-month Rome Prize fellowships in musical composition must hold a bachelor's degree in music, musical composition or its equivalent.

Application Materials

Required

• Application form (completed online)
• Current résumé
• One-page (950 words or less) project proposal describing work to be undertaken in Rome that addresses how the Rome experience will be professionally beneficial.
• At least two but not more than three scores, one of which should be written for a large ensemble or orchestra. Scores should not exceed 14" x 17". This score requirement will be waived if you do not transcribe works to written form.
• Compact discs corresponding to the scores submitted. CDs should have separate tracks for each movement. Label CD cover with the track number, title of work, composition date, the date of the recording, performers and timings. Label the disc with your name and composition title(s). Please note if any performances are computer realizations.
• List of works including composition year and instrumentation.
• Three reference letters from professionals acquainted with you and your work. Each letter must be submitted using our online system.

Optional

• Other materials (videos, PC compatible CD-ROMs, etc.) if appropriate.

Visual Arts

Applicants for 11-month Rome Prize fellowships in visual arts must demonstrate at least three years of professional commitment and currently be engaged in studio work. Artists' media accepted in the visual arts category includes, but is not limited to, painting, photography, film/video, sculpture, installation, mixed media, and new media.

Application Materials

Required

• Application form (completed online)
• Current résumé
• One-page (950 words or less) project proposal describing work to be undertaken in Rome that addresses how the Rome experience will be professionally beneficial. Please identify any special resources in Italy that will be significant for your work.
• Maximum of 18 digital images (JPEG format, longest side 1240 pixels, total file size not to exceed 4 MB) may be submitted through the online application system. Digital images will be shown in groups of six. In the initial screening jurors view only the first six images. Artists whose work is time based are not required to submit digital images. Work in this type of medium may be presented by video or DVD. Submit up to two works of 10 minutes maximum length each. Please be sure to provide the title, year of completion, running time and your role in the production for each sample. All DVD samples should include the chapter number, minute and second where the jury should begin viewing. All VHS samples should be cued.
• Three references, with contact information listed (see application form). Letters from referees are NOT required for visual artists and if sent will not be considered with the application.

Optional

• Other materials if appropriate
  

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