American Academy in Rome
United States
/ New York
| Arts/Culture
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The Academy awards the prestigious Rome Prize to a selected group of artists and scholars invited to Rome to pursue their creative goals in an atmosphere conducive to artistic innovation and progressive scholarship. Over the years, the Academy paid tribute to grand ideologies and fostered collaborative relationships which became the legacy of Rome Prize Fellows. Today, the Academy remains a dynamic, inspirational cultural site, a unique intellectual community involved in a complex and changing network of individuals and institutions with similar values.
The Academy provides a multi-disciplinary environment where groups of talented and ambitious artists and scholars come together, influence each other, and contribute to the artistic movements and scholarly culture of their time. Central to its mission are encounters with the Eternal City, deepening and intensifying all the Academy has to offer.
