The American Academy in Rome's 2015-2016 Rome Prize winners

It's that time of year again when the winners of the American Academy in Rome's Rome Prize are announced. Winners were recently revealed during the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Rome Prize Ceremony at NYC's Morgan Library and Museum.

Now in its 119th year, the prestigious fellowship is granted to around 30 candidates, who were each selected by a jury of distinguished peers through a national competition.

Winners are then invited to Rome where they can pursue their work for a period spanning from six months up to two years. They're also provided with all the living and working essentials during their stay as a member of the Academy community.

Check out this year's list of winners below.

ARCHITECTURE

• Founders Rome Prize: Karl Daubmann
• James R. Lamantia, Jr. Rome Prize: Javier Galindo

DESIGN

• American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize: Lauren Mackler
• Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize: Woody Pirtle

ANCIENT STUDIES

• Paul Mellon/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize (year two of a two-year fellowship): Nathan S. Dennis
• Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman/Frank Brown Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Katharine P.D. Huemoeller
• Emeline Hill Richardson/Samuel H. Kress Foundation/Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship of the Archaeological Institute of America Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize (year one of a two-year fellowship): Jenny R. Kreiger
• Andrew Heiskell Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
• Arthur Ross Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Mali Annika Skotheim
• National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Eva M. von Dassow

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION

• American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize: Jeffrey W. Cody
• Booth Family Rome Prize: Bryony Roberts

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

• Rolland Rome Prize: Christopher Marcinkoski
• Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize: Alexander Robinson
• Garden Club of America Rome Prize: Thaïsa Way

LITERATURE

• John Guare Writer’s Fund Rome Prize, a gift of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman: Will Boast
• Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, a gift of the Drue Heinz Trust/American Academy of Arts and Letters: Lysley Tenorio

MEDIEVAL STUDIES

• Millicent Mercer Johnsen Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Eric Knibbs
• Marian and Andrew Heiskell/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize (year one of a two-year fellowship): John Lansdowne

MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES

• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: Joshua W. Arthurs
• Joseph H. Hazen/Chuck Close Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Katharine McKenney Johnson

MUSICAL COMPOSITION

• Samuel Barber Rome Prize: Christopher Cerrone
• Frederic A. Juilliard/Walter Damrosch Rome Prize: Nina C. Young

RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES

• Phyllis G. Gordan/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize (year two of a two-year fellowship): Michelle DiMarzo
• Donald and Maria Cox Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: Adam Foley and Lauren Jacobi
• Lily Auchincloss/ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: David E. Karmon

VISUAL ARTS

• American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize: Mark Boulos
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Rome Prize: Emily Jacir
• Edith Bloom/Jesse Howard, Jr. Rome Prize: Senam Okudzeto
• Jules Guerin/Jacob H. Lazarus-Metropolitan Museum of Art Rome Prize: David Schutter