Academy Exhibitions

CREATED BY
American Academy in Rome

DATES
1912 - to present
Images from 2004 onward are currently being processed.

RESOURCES TYPE
Photographic materials

HISTORICAL NOTES
The American Academy in Rome was founded in 1894 and is among the oldest American overseas research centers. It offers several residential fellowship programs in both the arts and the humanities, including the Rome Prize Fellowships, Affiliated Fellowships, and Residencies, and hosts Visiting Artists and Scholars. Throughout the years the Academy has hosted an active program of exhibitions, concerts, readings, lectures, conferences, seminars, performances and benefit events.

SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection documents all the exhibitions organized by the Academy since the early years of its existence.
The numerous exhibitions took place mainly in the McKim, Mead and White building, the Academic Gardens and other venues in Rome, displaying both the works by Fellows or Residents of the American Academy and those by invited artists. Specifically in the early years of the Academy the Fellows also exhibited in places outside the Academy; this happened mainly for exhibitions jointly organized with other institutions, such as the British School, the Swiss Academy, and others.
The collection has significant archival value for the Academy’s institutional history while presenting a chronological view of artistic trends and tastes over a 100-year period, and is a resource for researching the history of exhibiting.

ARRANGEMENT AND PROCESSING INFORMATION
The images are organized by year and by the title of the event.
Since 2018, approximately 1,000 photographic prints have been processed.
Prior to the early 2000s, the collection consists primarily of photographic prints; thereafter they are mainly born digital.