The American Academy in Rome announces its slate of thirteen Residents for the 2024–25 academic year. As part of this program, artists and scholars of international standing live and work at the Academy for periods ranging from one to three months. During their stay, Residents serve as informal advisors and mentors to Rome Prize recipients and other community members; they often participate in the Academy’s public programming.
The Academy’s 2025 Residents are:
Mercedes T. Bass Landscape Architect in Residence
Julie Bargmann
Founder and Principal, D.I.R.T. studio, Charlottesville, Virginia
Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
Colin Rowe Designer in Residence
Sheila Bridges
Founder and Creative Director, Sheila Bridges Design, New York
Mercedes T. Bass Landscape Architect in Residence
Julia Czerniak
Dean and Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Paul Fromm Resident in Composition
Anthony Davis
Composer and Pianist
Cecil Lytle Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in African and African American Music, University of California, San Diego
Louis Kahn Resident in the History of Art
Darby English
Carl Darling Buck Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, University of Chicago
McGurn Family Trust Resident in Film
Catherine Gund
Producer, Director, and Writer
Founder, Aubin Pictures, New York
Lester K. Little Resident in Medieval Studies
Geraldine Heng
Mildred Hajek Vacek and John Roman Vacek Chair in English and Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
Elliott Carter Memorial Resident in Composition
Vijay Iyer
Composer and Pianist, New York
Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts, Department of Music and Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Roy Lichtenstein Artist in Residence
Rick Lowe
Artist and Founder, Project Row Houses
Associate Professor of Art, University of Houston
James S. Ackerman Resident in the History of Art
Alexander Nagel
Craig Hugh Smyth Professor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Lucy Shoe Meritt Resident in Classical Studies and Archaeology
Patrice D. Rankine
Professor in Classics, University of Chicago
William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence
Dana Tang
Partner, Gluckman Tang Architects, New York
Paul Fromm Resident in Composition
Julia Wolfe
Composer, Cofounder, and Coartistic Director, Bang on a Can, New York
Professor of Music Composition and Artistic Director of Music Composition, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Recent AAR Residents have included the artists Mel Chin, Ann Hamilton, Isaac Julien, Catherine Opie, and Kara Walker; the architects Mack Scogin, Merrill Elam, and Mario Gooden; the writers Don DeLillo, Anthony Doerr, Lynn Nottage, and Andrew Sean Greer; the scholars Mary Beard, Giuliana Bruno, Thomas Crow, David Nirenberg, and Dan-el Padilla Peralta; the designers Irma Boom and Michael Rock; and many more.