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!