American Academy in Rome Announces the 2014-2015 Rome Prize Winners

The American Academy in Rome has announced the winners of the 118th annual Rome Prize Competition at a festive ceremony in New York City. Winners of the prestigious prize will receive a fellowship, which includes a stipend and live/working space, and are invited to live in Rome for six months to two years as members of the Academy community.

See below for the list of 2014 - 15 Rome Prize recipients:

ARCHITECTURE:

• Founders Rome Prize: Firat Erdim
• James R. Lamantia, Jr. Rome Prize: Vincent L. Snyder

ANCIENT STUDIES:

• Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Ivan Cangemi
• Paul Mellon/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Nathan S. Dennis
• Andrew Heiskell Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Sarah Levin-Richardson
• Frank Brown/Samuel H. Kress Foundation/Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship of the Archaeological Institute of America Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Jessica Nowlin
• Emeline Hill Richardson Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Sailakshmi Ramgopal
• National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Heather L. Reid

DESIGN:

• Katherine Edwards Gordon Rome Prize: Rob Giampietro
• Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize: Carin Goldberg

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION:

• National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize: John V. Maciuika
• Booth Family Rome Prize: Anna Serotta

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE:

• Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize: Kim Karlsrud & Daniel Phillips
• Garden Club of America Rome Prize: Adam Kuby

LITERATURE:

• John Guare Writer’s Fund Rome Prize, a gift of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman: Krys Lee
• Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, a gift of the Drue Heinz Trust/American Academy of Arts and Letters: Liz Moore

MEDIEVAL STUDIES:

• National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Marilynn Desmond
• Samuel H. Kress Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: David Anthony Morris

MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES:

• Marian and Andrew Heiskell Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Denise Rae Costanzo
• Donald and Maria Cox Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize (year two of a two-year fellowship): Ruth W. Lo
• Millicent Mercer Johnsen Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Joseph John Viscomi
• Rome Prizes in Modern Italian Studies are made possible in part through a grant from the US Department of Education.

MUSICAL COMPOSITION:

• Luciano Berio Rome Prize: Andy Akiho
• Elliott Carter Rome Prize: Paula Matthusen

RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES:

• Phyllis G. Gordan/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize (year one of a two-year fellowship): Michelle DiMarzo
• Lily Auchincloss Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Margaret Gaida
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Stefania Tutino

VISUAL ARTS:

• Chuck Close Rome Prize: Corin Hewitt
• Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize: Cynthia Madansky
• Gorham P. Stevens/Jacob H. Lazarus-Metropolitan Museum of Art Rome Prize: Dave McKenzie
• Gilmore D. Clarke/Michael Rapuano Rome Prize: Abinadi Meza