Past Events

October 3, 2024
Ceremony

Giornate FAI d’Autunno Press Conference

September 27–December 7, 2024
Rome
Exhibition

Artists Making Books: Pages of Refuge

Artists Making Books looks at the relationship between arts, graphic design, publishers, and books—ultimately exploring their physicality and their power of circulation.

September 26, 2024
Rome
Lecture/Conversation

Claudia Consolandi & Giovanni Aldobrandini – On Collecting Books

Additional programming related to the exhibition includes a conversation between Giovanni Aldobrandini and Claudia Consolandi about the books featured in the exhibition.

September 24, 2024
Philadelphia
Information Session

Rome Prize Information Session: Philadelphia

Please join us for an in-person Rome Prize Information Session in Philadelphia, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania.
 

September 23, 2024
Information Session

Rome Prize Information Session: Online

Please join us on Monday, September 23 for an online Rome Prize Information Session, taking place on Zoom. All prospective Rome Prize applicants are welcome.

September 18, 2024
New York
Performance

Notes from Rome: Music by American Academy in Rome Fellows

Featuring works by five Rome Prize Fellows and performed by the Longleash Ensemble, this concert presents a unique musical viewpoint of Americans returning from Rome.

September 10, 2024
Rome
Lecture/Conversation

Peter N. Miller – “The History of Rain and Fine Weather” Revisited: The View from the Top of the Gianicolo

View of Rome showing a jumbled cityscape with mountains and sky in the distance

AAR President Peter N. Miller will explore weather, specifically the American role in creating an understanding of weather.

June 29, 2024
Spoleto
Performance

Baldwin Giang – Scenes from the Post-Diaspora

Color photo of ten people seated or standing around a long dinner table topped with fruit and musical instruments

This concert develops themes of postglobalization identity and hybridity in a multimovement, multimedia opera where Baldwin Giang’s music is accompanied by video footage that marked his personal journey.

June 27, 2024
Rome
Performance

Exhibition Finissage: An Evening of Performances with Peng Shuai Paolo & Vanshika Agrawal

AAR has commissioned two performances from Vanshika Agrawal and Peng Shuai Paolo as response to the exhibition A Moment in Time: Xu Bing in Rome.

June 22, 2024
Rome
Performance

Baldwin Giang – Death Speaks in Palimpsests

Color photo of three muscians, their instruments, and music stands in a room

The program presents the Italian premieres of works by two composers associated with AAR, Baldwin Giang (2024 Fellow) and David Lang (1991 Fellow, 2017 Resident).