Elena Past, 2022 Fellow in modern Italian Studies, examines a negative in the Academy’s Photographic Archive
Elena Past, 2022 Fellow in modern Italian Studies, talks about her Rome Prize project
Detail of an artwork by William Villalongo, 2022 Fellow in visual arts
William Villalongo at the Academy lunch table
Igor Santos, 2022 Fellow in musical composition (left) talks with William Villalongo about their collaborative work
Marla Stone, Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor, explains the American Academy in Rome to Seth Doane
An aerial view of the Academy’s McKim, Mead & White Building
Igor Santos, 2022 Fellow in musical composition (left), describes to journalist Seth Doane his interest in Roman fountains and how they relate to his new work
Igor Santos has programmed a digital video component to a work that interacts with a live piano performance
The lunch table in the Cortile of the American Academy in Rome
On July 10, CBS Sunday Morning aired a five-minute story about the Academy’s essence, history, and present-day life. Rome correspondent Seth Doane spoke with three 2022 Fellows—scholar Elena Past, composer Igor Santos, and artist William Villalongo—about their Rome Prize projects and collaborations.
Two Academy leaders, Elizabeth Rodini and Marla Stone, added some perspective on what it means to come to and return from Rome, while Doane contextualizes AAR within the rise of national academies in the Eternal City. Enjoy also new drone footage of Academy buildings and gardens. “More remarkable than the place,” said Doane, “is the mix of people” that is the heart of life on the Janiculum.
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