Past Events

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

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.

This conference aims to expand the scope of the Roman Republican Die Project, a digital repository of Roman republican coin dies based on the archive of Richard Schaefer.

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.

This concert at Parco della Musica features compositions by Academy-affiliated composers including Vijay Iyer, David Lang, Nico Muhly, and Julia Wolfe.

This workshop offers a hands-on experience with original Greek vases and a demonstration of the process, from wheel-forming to the final steps of the decoration.

Stephanie C. Leone (2000 Fellow) explores Pope Innocent X’s motivations for renovating Rome for the Jubilee, which also comprised projects at Piazza Navona and the Campidoglio.

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.

This lecture explores the material experience of urban living, seeking to answer questions that include: Was life in an early medieval city different from life in the countryside?

In conjunction with the release of his book, American Artists in Postwar Rome: Art and Cultural Exchange, Peter Benson Miller in this lecture reconsiders the various, interconnected forms of collage created by artists in Rome.