American Academy Names Rome Prize Winners

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The American Academy in Rome

By ARTINFO

Published: April 16, 2010

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Fritz Haeg performing "Sundown Schoolhouse: Practicing Moving" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles

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NEW YORK—The American Academy in Rome has named the winners of its annual 2010-11 Rome Prize, which provides artists and scholars a stipend, plus room and board for between six and 24 months in Italy’s capital city.

Among this year’s honorees are visual artists Dike Blair, Fritz Haeg, and Sarah Oppenheimer, who currently has a long-term installation at Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory. The full list of winners for the 114th edition of the awards is as follows:

Seth G. Bernard, M. Shane Bjornlie, Dike Blair, Casey Lance Brown, Thomas J. Campanella, Felipe Dulzaides, Holly Flora, Fritz Haeg, Huck Hodge, Stephanie Malia Hom, Jay Hopler, Lauren M. Kinnee, Ersela Kripa, John Matteo, Heather McGowan, Jeremy Mende, Kathryn Blair Moore, Stephen Mueller, Stephanie Nadalo, Barbara Naddeo, Sarah Oppenheimer, Mark Rabinowitz, Andrew M. Riggsby, Elizabeth C. Robinson, Paul Rudy, Laurie W. Rush, Jennifer Scappettone, Joshua G. Stein, Carly Jane Steinborn, Tyler T. Travillian, Adrian Van Allen, Michael J. Waters, and Karen Yasinsky.