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The American Academy opened its doors, windows, and communal spaces to a public of more than four hundred on Thursday 20 January 2011 to highlight the work of fifteen of its Italian Affiliated Fellows in the Arts in a show called ACCADEMIA ° STANZE ° PERSONE.

The Trustees, Fellows, and Staff of the American Academy in Rome mourn the loss of Christina G. Huemer, beloved Drue Heinz Librarian Emerita and spirited leader of the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library for fifteen years (1993–2008).

The Scharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world’s leading chamber music ensembles, returned to the American Academy in Rome for a series of three concerts at its Villa Aurelia on Friday-Sunday January 14-16, 2011.

“You know, it’s heavily restored,” practically whispered the FAAR in ancient studies as a large, animated group of classicist and archaeologist Fellows and alums of the American Academy passed the iconic façade of the Alamo.

Each November, the Trustees of the American Academy in Rome gather in New York City for their Annual Meeting, various committee meetings, and two important events: the Trustees Emeriti Luncheon and the Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library Lecture.

The American Academy’s fall 2010 series of walks and site visits for Fellows concluded on Tuesday 21 December, with a behind-the-scenes look at Rome’s most elegant public library, the Biblioteca Casanatense on Via S. Ignazio.

The National Building Museum in Washington, DC, has selected Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president of the American Academy in Rome and a 1984 Fellow, to receive its 2010 Vincent Scully Prize, one of the most significant distinctions in the architecture and design fields.

Best wishes from the Fellows, Staff, and Trustees of the American Academy in Rome.

Auguri dai Borsisti, dal Personale e dal Consiglio di amministrazione dell'American Academy in Rome.

The Russian visual artists Ivan Govorkov and Elena Gubanova, a husband and wife based in Saint Petersburg, have been working and exhibiting together since 1990.

Biscotti is a newly released cookbook written by Mona Talbott, executive chef of the American Academy in Rome’s Sustainable Food Project and pastry cook, Mirella Misenti.

Luigi Moretti (1907-1973) is widely considered the most important Italian architect of the 20th century.

The Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program (EHP) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with two lectures copresented with the American Academy in Rome on November 23 and 24, featuring the writer David Macaulay and the artist Anna Schuleit.

Each year the NEH’s Division of Education Programs offers college and university teachers opportunities to study a var

For a full six weeks and in eight major events—from 5 November through 21 December 2010—Rome is enjoying the 47th iteration of the Nuova Consonanza music festival. The unifying theme of this year’s program is “Romantik.”

“The ‘Public’ Library in the Italian Renaissance” by Christopher S. Celenza (1994 Fellow).

The Academy has assembled a flexible network of arts and humanities Advisors to whom the AAR community can turn for information and guidance, including scholars, artists, writers, galleristi and others—all based or largely based in Rome.

A great crowd turned out to celebrate the American Academy in Rome’s 2010 Cabaret, curated by Academy Trustees Laurie Anderson, RAAR’06, and Laurie Simmons, RAAR’05.

The Cabaret will take place Tuesday 26 October, 2010, at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on New York's Lower East Side.

The American Academy in Rome, in collaboration with the Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, is pleased to present Betty Woodman: Roman Fresco/Pleasures and Places, an exhibition of selected recent works in ceramic and on canvas.

The American Academy in Rome proudly announces that Laurie Anderson (2006 Resident) will both curate and perform at the upcoming Cabaret in New York on October 26, 2010.