The American Academy in Rome presented the winners at the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Rome Prize Ceremony, held at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City on April 16th.

The ceremony featured a presentation by artist Carrie Mae Weems, FAAR'06, which was followed by a discussion between Weems and Academy president Mark Robbins, FAAR'97, as part of the ongoing series, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome. The Rome Prize winners were presented by Mary Margaret Jones, FAAR'98, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and were welcomed by Academy director Kim Bowes, FAAR'06.

The Academy awards the Rome Prize to a unique group of artists and scholars annually, after an application process that begins each fall. The winners, selected by independent juries through a national competition process, are invited to Rome the following year to pursue their work in an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and artistic experimentation and interdisciplinary exchange.

Recipients of the 2015 - 2016 Rome Prize (grouped by discipline) are:

ANCIENT STUDIES
Nathan S. Dennis
Katharine P.D. Huemoeller
Jenny R. Kreiger
Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Mali Annika Skotheim
Eva M. von Dassow

ARCHITECTURE
Karl Daubmann
Javier Galindo

DESIGN
Lauren Mackler
Woody Pirtle

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION
Jeffrey W. Cody
Bryony Roberts

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Christopher Marcinkoski
Alexander Robinson
Thaïsa Way

LITERATURE
Will Boast
Lysley Tenorio

MEDIEVAL STUDIES
Eric Knibbs
John Lansdowne

MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES
Joshua W. Arthurs
Katharine McKenney Johnson

MUSICAL COMPOSITION
Christopher Cerrone
Nina C. Young

RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES
Michelle DiMarzo
Adam Todd Foley
Lauren Jacobi
David E. Karmon

VISUAL ARTS
Mark Boulos
Emily Jacir
Senam Okudzeto
David Schutter