Announcing the 2023–24 Rome Prize Winners and Italian Fellows

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For over a century, the Rome Prize has supported innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the prize is awarded to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their careers.

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Rome Prize FellowsItalian FellowsAffiliated Fellows
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Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample

Architecture
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Miya Masaoka

Musical Composition
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Ioana Uricaru

Visual Arts
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Tung-Hui Hu

Literature
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Emily L. Hurt

Ancient Studies
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Gina Apostol

Literature
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Elle Pérez

Visual Arts
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Todd Gray

Visual Arts
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Jasmine Hearn and Athena Kokoronis

Design
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Alessandro Mulazzani

Landscape Architecture
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Preeti Chopra

Historic Preservation & Conservation
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Sarah Beckmann

Ancient Studies
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Alex Da Corte

Visual Arts
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Christopher Stark

Musical Composition
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Tony Cokes

Visual Arts
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Stephanie Leitzel

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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Alice Visentin

Visual Arts
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Lamia Balafrej

Medieval Studies
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Elizabeth G. Elmi

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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S. Elizabeth Penry

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
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John Davis

Design
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Alexa Vaughn

Landscape Architecture
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Lillian Clare Sellati

Ancient Studies
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Robyn Schiff

Literature
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Monica Rhodes

Historic Preservation & Conservation
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Denva E. Gallant

Medieval Studies
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Andrew R. Lund

Ancient Studies
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Evan Jewell

Ancient Studies
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Carolyn J. Quijano

Medieval Studies
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Marco Momi

Musical Composition
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Jamel Brinkley

Literature
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Saskia K. Verlaan

Modern Italian Studies
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Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers

Architecture
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Ester Partegàs

Visual Arts
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Konstantina Zanou

Modern Italian Studies
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Katherine Jenkins and Parker Sutton

Landscape Architecture

Invited Residents

Sanchita Balachandran

Historic Preservation & Conservation

J. Yolande Daniels

Architecture
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Hal Foster

History of Art

Mary Margaret Jones

Landscape Architecture
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Karen L. King

Ancient Studies

W. J. T. Mitchell

History of Art

Lynn Nottage

Literature
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Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Ancient Studies
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Amy Knight Powell

Renaissance & Early Modern Studies

Michael Rakowitz

Visual Arts
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Michael Rock

Design
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Susan Sellers

Design

Alvin Singleton

Musical Composition
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Hérica Valladares

Ancient Studies
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Thaïsa Way

Landscape Architecture
Adam D. Weinberg

Adam D. Weinberg

History of Art
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Kenneth Baxter Wolf

Medieval Studies
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Du Yun

Musical Composition

Leadership

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Lindsay Harris

Interim Andrew Heiskell Arts Director
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Mark Robbins

President and CEO
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Marla Stone

Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor
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Aliza S. Wong

Director