Deadline:
September 30, 2024
Program Starts: January 27, 2025
Program Ends: April 18, 2025
Location(s)
Italy
Rome
Overview
The Visiting Artists and Scholars (VAVS) Program provides artists and scholars of all nationalities the opportunity to experience the intellectual and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation that characterizes life at the American Academy in Rome.
The application portal for the winter/spring session (January 27–April 18, 2025) is now open. The application deadline is September 30, 2024.
Details
Through the program, Visiting Artists and Scholars can rent living and working space at the Academy—joining our vibrant community of Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, invited Residents, and global Affiliated Fellows.
As members of the community, Visiting Artists and Scholars are granted access to the Academy’s noted resources, including the Library, the Photographic Archive, and the Norton–Van Buren Study Collection. They are invited to participate in our regular Walks and Talks program, subject to space availability, and to attend the Academy’s public events. Participants are also welcome to take their lunch and dinner Monday through Friday in the Academy dining room at an additional cost. These meals are prepared and served by the Academy’s Rome Sustainable Food Project.
SCHEDULE
Applications are reviewed in Rome by a committee led by the Academy Director. You will be notified within six weeks of the closing deadline. The application form can be found on the portal.
About us
The American Academy in Rome is a leading American overseas center for independent studies and advanced research in the fine arts and humanities. Its campus is located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill), with buildings designed by McKim, Mead & White, Michael Graves, and others.
The Academy is a place where extraordinary moments have brought gifted individuals together in unexpected ways. The American Academy in Rome supports innovative artists, writers, and scholars living and working together in a dynamic international community.
Each spring, the Academy awards the Rome Prize and Italian Fellowship to a select group of artists and scholars, after an application and juried process that begins in the previous fall. The winners are invited to Rome to pursue their work in an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and artistic freedom and interdisciplinary exchange.
The encounter with Rome represents now, as it has done since 1894, something unique: a chance for artists and scholars to spend significant time working in one of the oldest, most cosmopolitan cities in the world. The richness of Rome’s artistic and cultural legacy and its power to stimulate creative thinking served as the initial impetus for the Academy’s founding. Today, this tradition lives on, transformed by the dynamism of the Academy’s constantly evolving community. In addition to Rome Prize and Italian Fellows, the community includes invited Residents, Visiting Artists and Scholars, as well as participants in AAR’s academic Summer Programs.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
People in the following disciplines are encouraged to apply:
- Arts: architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, literature, musical composition, and visual arts
- Humanities: ancient studies, medieval studies, Renaissance and early modern studies, and modern Italian studies
Dates
Deadline: September 30, 2024
Program starts:
January 27, 2025
Program ends:
April 18, 2025
Program Starts: January 27, 2025
Program Ends: April 18, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Visiting Artists and Scholars are accommodated in various buildings on the Academy’s eleven-acre property located on top of the Janiculum Hill. Minimum stay is four weeks (twenty-five nights, with arrival on Monday and departure on Friday).
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
