Past Events

The American Academy in Rome invites the public to experience the work of its Rome Prize and Italian Fellows during Open Studios 2026. This special event offers a rare opportunity to step inside their studios, discover the McKim, Mead & White Building and take part in performances.

BlackBox Ensemble performs the US premiere of PIPA BOY: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora by Baldwin Giang (2024 Fellow).

This participative workshop explores the hybrid formations of the vegetal world, from trees in walls to caves with layered accumulations and the many anomalous plants and minerals that sprung in crevices of buildings.

In this performance, Lex Brown explores this symbolism and the metaphorical “off-ramp” we find ourselves on with regard to emergent politics.

The American Academy in Rome will showcase the work of its Rome Prize winners and Italian Fellows in the arts this summer during Open Studios 2025.

This cineconcert is a collaboration between composer David Lang (1991 Fellow, 2017 Resident) and filmmaker Bill Morrison: a screening and live performance of darker. 

This concert at Parco della Musica features compositions by Academy-affiliated composers including Vijay Iyer, David Lang, Nico Muhly, and Julia Wolfe.

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, the American Academy in Rome presents the Italian premiere of Mariposa Ancestral Memory by Dr. Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet.   

This performance combines poetry and letters to show how Langston Hughes’s encounters with borders both abroad and at home in the 1920s created the artist who would speak to Americans about race for over forty years.