American Academy in Rome announces 2017-2018 Rome Prize Fellows

The American Academy in Rome recently revealed the newest group of up-and-coming scholars, artists, writers, and composers who received a fellowship from the 2017-2018 Rome Prize. The prestigious annual fellowship supports the independent endeavors of young artists and scholars working in the arts and humanities. 

Awards are given to scholars working in the following disciplines supported by the Academy: Literature, Music Composition, Visual Arts, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design, and Historic Preservation and Conservation, as well as Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern, and Modern Italian Studies.

Read on for the list of 2017-18 Rome Prize Fellows:

ARCHITECTURE 

Founders Rome Prize: BRANDON CLIFFORD 

Arnold W. Brunner/Katherine Edwards Gordon Rome Prize: KEITH KRUMWIEDE

DESIGN 

Mark Hampton Rome Prize: JENNIFER BIRKELAND AND JONATHAN A. SCELSA

Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize: TRICIA TREACY 

ANCIENT STUDIES 

Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman/ National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: MICHELLE L. BERENFELD 

Emeline Hill Richardson Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: CATHERINE E. BONESHO 

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize*: LIANA BRENT 

Andrew Heiskell Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: LAUREN DONOVAN GINSBERG 

Arthur Ross Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: KEVIN E. MOCH

Irene Rosenzweig/Lily Auchincloss/ Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize**: SOPHIE CRAWFORD WATERS 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION

Charles K. Williams II Rome Prize: LISA DELEONARDIS 

Booth Family Rome Prize: LIZ ŠEVCˇ ENKO

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 

Garden Club of America Rome Prize: ROSETTA S. ELKIN 

Pine Prince Charitable Trusts/Rolland Rome Prize: ALISON B. HIRSCH AND AROUSSIAK GABRIELAN 

LITERATURE

Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, a gift of the Drue Heinz Trust: ISHION HUTCHINSON 

John Guare Writer’s Fund Rome Prize, a gift of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman: T. GERONIMO JOHNSON 

MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Donald and Maria Cox/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize*: ANNA MAJESKI

Millicent Mercer Johnsen Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: BISSERA V. PENTCHEVA

Phyllis W.G. Gordan/Lily Auchincloss/Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize**: JOSEPH WILLIAMS 

MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES 

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: LESLIE COZZI 

Paul Mellon/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize: DIANA GARVIN 

Marian and Andrew Heiskell Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: JESSICA GABRIEL PERITZ 

MUSICAL COMPOSITION 

Frederic A. Juilliard/Walter Damrosch Rome Prize: SUZANNE FARRIN 

Samuel Barber Rome Prize: ASHLEY FURE

RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES

Anthony M. Clark Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize: RAYMOND CARLSON 

American Academy in Rome—Rome Prize: CÉCILE FROMONT 

VISUAL ARTS

Harold M. English Rome Prize: SANFORD BIGGERS 

Spolia Chuck Close/Henry W. and Marian T. Mitchell Rome Prize: ABIGAIL DEVILLE 

Jules Guerin Rome Prize: ROCHELLE FEINSTEIN

Abigail Cohen Rome Prize: ALLEN FRAME 

Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize: BEVERLY MCIVER 

2017–2018 ITALIAN FELLOWS

Franco Zeffirelli Italian Fellow in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies: VERONICA COPELLO 

Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT Italian Fellow in Visual Arts: RÄ DI MARTINO

Cy Twombly Italian Fellow in Visual Arts: ALESSANDRO DI PIETRO 

Marcello Lotti Italian Fellow in Music: FEDERICO GARDELLA 

Enel Italian Fellow in Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape Architecture: FOSCO LUCARELLI

Italian Fellow in Ancient Studies: EMILIO ROSAMILIA