Far Afield

The 2015 Rome Prize winner Nina C. Young will be a 2016 composer in residence for the Riot Ensemble.

Celebrate the publication of a new book by Shane Butler (1999 Fellow), titled The Ancient Phonograph. The evening’s program—featuring a talk by Butler and an operatic monologue based on the book’s source texts by the singer Joseph Keckler—will delve into the peculiarities and vagaries of the human voice.

The San Francisco Chronicle has covered AAR’s panel discussion, “On Museum Design.”

A work by Cynthia Madansky and Angelika Brudniak, titled 1+8, is showing at MAXXI in the exhibition Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury, on view December 11, 2015, to April 30, 2016.

The composers Nina C. Young (2015 Rome Prize winner) and Dan Visconti (2014 Fellow) have been awarded commissions by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation.

Nari Ward, a 2013 Rome Prize Fellow in visual arts, will have midcareer retrospective titled Sun Splashed at Perez Art Museum in Miami.

Andrew Norman, a 2007 Fellow in musical composition, will premiere a new piano concerto between December 10 and 12 at David Geffen Hall in New York.

Night Poems by Doug Argue, a 1998 Fellow, literally covers Art Miami!

Sinfonietta Ensemble Échappé, cofounded by Nina C. Young, our current Rome Prize winner in musical composition, will present its debut concert, A Taste of Échappé, at Saint Peter’s Church on November 16.

Giorgia Zanellato, a 2015 Italian Fellow, has been featured in Elle Decor.

A collaboration between Bryony Roberts (2015 Fellow) and the South Shore Drill Team, the performance piece We Know How to Order deals with issues of race, public space, and architecture.

Laurie Anderson (2006 Resident) and AAR President and CEO Mark Robbins (1997 Fellow) kick off a new series of Patron’s event in New York.

The Thong Of Dionysus, an exhibition by the artist Mary Reid Kelley (2011 Fellow), opens tonight at Fredericks and Freiser in New York. The exhibition runs until November 14.

Giovedì 15 ottobre, alle ore 12:00, si svolgerà la cerimonia di premiazione degli autori americani vincitori della prima edizione di the Bridge Book Award nella sede dell’Ambasciata degli Stati Uniti d’America a Roma.

A project by 2014 Fellow Thomas Kelley, titled Chicago, How Do You See?, is on view at the Chicago Cultural Center through January 3, 2016.

Anglim Gilbert Gallery is pleased to present Rome Works, an exhibition of color photographs by Catherine Wagner (2014 Fellow).

Doug Argue (1998 Fellow) has a third painting now hanging​ in the lobby of the ​World Trade Center and an exhibition opening at the New York gallery Waterhouse and Dodd on October 8.

We Know How to Order is a collaboration between 2015 Rome Prize Winner Bryony Roberts and the South Shore Drill Team. Live performances take place at the Federal Center in Chicago on Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3.

A.C.T.’s Strand Theater in San Francisco will premiere Monstress, a theatrical adaptation based on the short stories of the 2015 Rome Prize winner Lysley Tenorio. The performances run from September 16 to November 22.

This event is a celebration of music by John Eaton, and of the composer’s eightieth birthday year. The retrospective will include works for soloists and ensemble, including Mass II and El Divino Narciso, as well as songs for voice and piano. Carmen Helena-Tellez will be the music director.