Seven Fellows Awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

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Anna Betbeze outside her Academy studio in 2014

On April 11, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the winners of 188 Guggenheim Fellowships across 52 disciplines to pursue independent work under “the freest possible conditions.” Of the awardees, seven are Fellows of the American Academy in Rome.

AAR winners by category:

Classics

Andrew Riggsby (2011 Fellow)

Fiction

Jamel Brinkley (2023 Fellow)
Kirstin Valdez Quade (2019 Fellow)

Film-Video

Garrett Bradley (2020 Fellow)

Fine Arts

Anna Betbeze (2014 Fellow)
Mike Cloud (2024 Fellow)

Poetry

Robyn Schiff (2023 Fellow)

Since 1925, 627 Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded to Fellows, Residents, or Affiliated Fellows of the American Academy in Rome. We congratulate all of this year’s recipients!

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