2018 speakers: Mark Robbins, AAR president and CEO and 1997 Fellow; Mary Margaret Jones, chair of the AAR Board of Trustees and 1998 Fellow; and Ann Hamilton, visual artist and 2017 Resident (photograph by Christine Butler)
Mark Robbins kicks off the 2018 Rome Prize Ceremony (photograph by Christine Butler)
Mary Margaret Jones names the winners of the Rome Prize and Italian Fellowships (photograph by Christine Butler)
John Ochsendorf, AAR director, introduces the visual artist Ann Hamilton (photograph by Christine Butler)
The artist Ann Hamilton, a 2017 Resident, reflects on her work and her recent experiences at the Academy (photograph by Christine Butler)
The final Conversations/Conversazione event for the 2017–18 season featured Ann Hamilton and Mark Robbins (photograph by Christine Butler)
Ann Hamilton talks with Mark Robbins (photograph by Christine Butler)
William B. McGurn III, AAR trustee, and the philanthropist Janet Ross (photograph by Christine Butler)
Attending the reception were (from left): Erin Besler, 2018–19 Rome Prize winner in architecture; a friend; Karl Kahandliyanage; and Joannie Bottkol, 2018–19 Rome Prize winner in historic preservation and conservation
Martin Brody, a 2002 Resident in musical composition, and Sze Tsung Nicolas Leung, a photographer and 2018–19 Rome Prize winner (photograph by Christine Butler)
From left: Alexander Robinson (2016 Fellow), Michael Leighton Beaman, and three Rome Prize winners: Zaneta Hong (landscape architecture), Michael Saltarella (landscape architecture), and Jim Carter (modern Italian studies) (photograph by Christine Butler)
Lori Wong, a 2018–19 Rome Prize winner in historic preservation and conservation, and Rick Miller (photograph by Christine Butler)
The artist Martha Wilson (center) and two friends (photograph by Christine Butler)
Two reception attendees read the Spring 2018 issue of AAR Magazine (photograph by Christine Butler)
The Rome Prize Ceremony took place on Thursday evening, April 12, 2018, at Cooper Union in New York. After Mark Robbins, AAR president and CEO and a 1997 Fellow, introduced the event, Mary Margaret Jones, chair of the Board of Trustees and a 1998 Fellow, named the twenty-nine winners of the Rome Prize and the seven Italian Fellows. John Ochsendorf, the Academy’s director, introduced the visual artist Ann Hamilton, who gave a brief presentation on her work and on her experiences as a 2017 Resident. Hamilton then joined Robbins for the final Conversations/Conversazioni event of the 2017–18 season. A prosecco reception followed the ceremony.