Deadline:
January 31, 2025
Program Starts: April 22, 2025
Program Ends: July 03, 2025
Location(s)
Italy
Rome
Overview
The Visiting Artists and Scholars (VAVS) Program provides artists and scholars of all nationalities the opportunity to experience the intellectual and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation that characterizes life at the American Academy in Rome.
Details
Through the program, VAVS can rent living and working space at the Academy -- joining our vibrant community of Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, Residents (notable artists and scholars invited by the Director), and our global Affiliated Fellows.
As members of the community, Visiting Artists and Scholars are granted access to the Academy’s noted resources, including the Library, the Photographic Archive, and the Norton Van Buren Study Collection. You are invited to participate in our regular Walks and Talks program, subject to space availability, and are also invited to attend the Academy’s public events. VAVS are welcome to take their lunch and dinners meals in the Academy dining room, at an additional cost. These meals are prepared and served family style by the Academy’s famed Rome Sustainable Food Program.
Application Schedule
Applications are accepted year round (online only), and are reviewed in Rome by a committee, led by the Academy Director. The application deadlines for specific stay periods are:
- January 31: April–July
- May 31: mid-September–late December
- September 30: January–April
The Academy is closed from early August to mid-September, during which time the program is suspended.
Please review and download the Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions for all information noted above and more, including Entry Visa requirements and services which are and are not provided by the Academy.
About us
The American Academy in Rome awards the Rome Prize to a select group of artists and scholars, after an application process that begins in the fall of each year. The winners, announced in the spring, are invited to Rome to pursue their work in an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation.
The encounter with Rome represents now, as it has done since the Academy’s inception, something unique: a chance for American artists and scholars to spend significant time interacting and working in one of the oldest, most cosmopolitan cities in the world. The richness of Rome’s artistic and cultural legacy and its power to stimulate creative thinking served as the initial impetus for the Academy’s founding. Today, those tendencies live on, transformed as ever by the dynamism of the Academy’s constantly evolving community. The community includes Fellows, Residents, Visiting Artists and Scholars, and, come June, members of academic Summer Programs.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Artists and scholars in the following disciplines are encouraged to apply:
- Arts: Architecture, Design, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Literature, Musical Composition, and Visual Arts.
- Humanities: Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, and Modern Italian Studies.
Dates
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Program starts:
April 22, 2025
Program ends:
July 03, 2025
Program Starts: April 22, 2025
Program Ends: July 03, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Visiting artists and scholars are responsible for all costs related to their travel and stay at the Academy.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
