Past Events

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Event series
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Monday, November 27, 2023
3:00 PM
Rome

Katie Kitamura & Anne L. Williams – Image and Interpretation

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Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Tuesday, November 21, 2023
6:30 PM
Rome

Justin Randolph Thompson – Parascintille

Color film still of a dark skinned woman wearing red and holding the edge of the tricolored Italian flag

Parascintille is a two-chapter film and sound meditation on the life and legacy of Afro-Florentine resistance fighter Alessandro Sinigaglia.

Monday, November 20, 2023
3:00 PM
Rome

Aaron Cayer & Erica Moretti – Religions to the Rescue: Churches of Rome and the World

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Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Thursday, November 9, 2023
6:30 PM
Rome

Frank Snowden – Italy at the Epicenter: Lombardy and Covid in 2020

Black and white photograph of outdoor dining chairs stacked up on the sidewalk

This talk will consider the distressing “first wave” of COVID-19 when Lombardy, Italy’s wealthiest region, surprised the world by becoming the global epicenter of the pandemic.

Monday, November 6, 2023
3:00 PM
Rome

David Weeks & Kate Meng Brassel – Word of Mouth, Sleight of Hand: Translations of Time and Space in Rome

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Monday, October 30, 2023
3:00 PM
Rome

Elizabeth Whelan & Mary C. Danisi

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Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023
6:30 PM
Rome

Adam Yarinsky – Art, Architecture and Place

Photograph of a light skinned man wearing a dark suit with his arms folded; he wears glasses and a mustache and smiles at the camera

Adam Yarinsky, 2024 William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence, will deliver a lecture entitled “Art, Architecture and Place.” 

Monday, October 16, 2023
6:30 PM
Rome

Mel Chin – “So many doubt ’cause I come from the South But when I open up my mouth, all bullets come out” (from Shooter by Lil Wayne)

Color photograph of an older Asian man wearing glasses

The artist Mel Chin (2024 Resident) will select from a diverse body of actions and artworks from social practice, installations, paintings, sculptures to exquisitely crafted objects to respond to some of the investigations of Rome Prize Fellows and Residents.

Monday, October 16, 2023
3:00 PM
Rome

Christopher Bonura & Ryan Haecker

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Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Monday, October 9, 2023
3:00 PM
Rome

Zachary Fabri & Nicola Barbagli – Circling around Obelisks: Audience and Performativity

Simple graphic image with white text reading 2023-24 fellow shoptalks on a light blue background

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.