Upcoming events

April 14–16, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

“Rhythm Bots”

Naomi Leonard will present a new immersive experience with video, sound, and virtual reality evoking her most recent experiment, “Rhythm Bots.”

April 14, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

Galileo Night Lecture: Naomi Ehrich Leonard – The Art and Science of Collective Decision-Making

Flocking birds, schooling fish, swarming bees, and other animal groups that lack centralized control can nonetheless meet real-world uncertainties with collective decision-making that is fast, flexible, adaptive, and often stunningly beautiful.

April 15, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

Kate Crawford – Mapping AI: How to See Planetary-Scale Artificial Intelligence

This talk will explore the dual nature of generative AI as a cultural transformation and a material force. 

April 16, 2025
Rome
Galileo Week

Modelling Collective Decision-Making

Naomi Ehrich Leonard will be in conversation with composer Alvin Curran and poet Erica Hunt about the ways in which group decisions are taken in a creative and collaborative setting.

April 23, 2025
New York
Rome Prize Ceremony

2025 Janet and Arthur Ross Rome Prize Ceremony

AAR will announce the 2025–26 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowship winners on Wednesday, April 23 at the Janet and Arthur Ross Rome Prize Ceremony.

April 24–May 25, 2025
New York
Exhibition

Roman Thresholds

Roman Thresholds features prints, drawings, and collages that engage with architectural elements to challenge the boundaries between architecture, visual art, and design within the context of the experience of the Rome Prize.

April 28, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Megumi Aihara, Dan Spiegel & Francesco Urbano Ragazzi

White letters on a purple background that read 2024-25 Fellow Shoptalks

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

April 29, 2025
Rome
Circolo Gianicolense

Emily Mitchell & Tuomo Nuorluoto – Circolo Gianicolense Seminar

Circolo Gianicolense is a joint seminar series for fellows at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the American Academy in Rome, and Institutum Romanum Finlandiae.

May 5, 2025
Fellow Shoptalks

Clarissa Tossin & Monia Ben Hamouda

White letters on a orange background that read 2024-25 Fellow Shoptalks

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

May 5, 2025
Rome
Talking Architecture

Talking Architecture No. 5: Dana Tang

Talking Architecture is a series of talks in collaboration with La Sapienza and Casa dell’Architettura dedicated to new orientations and outstanding achievements in contemporary American architecture.