Past Events

March 26, 2024
Tuesday Talks

Doug Argue – My Life in Paintings

Color reproduction of a painting of a burning book

New York artist Doug Argue (1997 Fellow) will discuss his ancestry, personal history, the history of his work, and the censorship of his paintings along with the banning of his book at the Weisman Art Museum.

March 12, 2024
New York
Performance

Salone

Drawing with many squiggly colorful lines

Salone is a performance event showcasing the work of renowned actors, artists, choreographers, composers, directors, musicians, poets, and writers who have each been awarded the Rome Prize.

February 13, 2024
New York
Gatherings

In Person with Laurie Olin – In Italy: Sketches and Drawings

Color photograph of an open book showing a double page spread of a watercolor of a large building in Arezzo

Please join the Society of Fellows for an evening at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York to celebrate the publication of Laurie Olin’s new book.

February 6, 2024
Tuesday Talks

Susan Yelavich – Design and Comedy: Laughter as Therapy and Critique

In this talk, Susan Yelavich (2005 Fellow) looks at design that uses tactics such as incongruity, absurdity, and exaggeration as means of therapy and critique.

January 30, 2024
Tuesday Talks

Justin Walsh – Boldly Going Where No Archaeologists Have Gone Before

This talk from Justin Walsh (2004 Fellow) will discuss the International Space Station Archaeological Project’s methods and perspectives, including the 2022 experiment performed on the ISS—the first archaeology to happen off planet Earth.

December 12, 2023
Tuesday Talks

Jamel Brinkley – Witness

Color photograph of a brown skinned man wearing a gray sweater; he sits on front of a concrete wall and smiles slightly at the camera

Jamel Brinkley, the 2023 Rome Prize Fellow in Literature, discusses his most recent book, Witness.

November 21, 2023
Tuesday Talks

Phu Hoang & Rachely Rotem – Field Guide to Indoor Urbanism

Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem (2017 Fellows) discuss their recent book, Field Guide to Indoor Urbanism, with the landscape architect Kristi Cheramie (2017 Fellow).

October 28, 2023
Minneapolis
Reception

ASLA Reception in Minneapolis

Color photographs of trees with red, green, and orange leaves in a city park during autumn

Join us on October 28 for a reception in Minneapolis on the occasion of the American Society of Landscape Architects’ 2023 Conference on Landscape.

October 22, 2023
Gatherings

Welcome Back and Reconnect in Los Angeles

Please join the Society of Fellows in Los Angeles for a reception to welcome back the 2023 Rome Prize Fellows and Residents from our area.

October 17, 2023
Tuesday Talks

Rosa Lowinger – Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair

Image of the book cover for Dwell Time on the left, an a color portrait of a light skinned woman raising a paintbrush on the right

The conservator Rosa Lowinger and the author Dana Spiotta (2009 Fellows) discuss Lowinger’s new book, Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair.