Faculty News: Hallie Cohen Accepted as Visiting Artist to American Academy in Rome
Associate Professor of Art, Hallie Cohen, Chair of the Art & Art History Department and Director of the Hewitt Gallery, has been accepted as a Visiting Artist to the American Academy in Rome for two weeks in January 2015.
Her project proposal, “Mi Ricordo Mamma Roma,” is an exploration of the iconography and cultural substrates in the Pier Paolo Pasolini film. She will be collaborating with the writer Francis Levy to create a monograph and multimedia presentation, which employs painting, photography and videography.
About the American Academy in Rome
The American Academy in Rome is a leading American overseas center for independent studies and advanced research in the fine arts and humanities.
Their Visiting Artists and Scholars Program provides artists and scholars of any nationality the opportunity to participate in the intellectual study and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation that characterizes the American Academy in Rome. Through the program, artists and scholars can rent living and working space at the Academy – joining their vibrant community of:
- 30 Rome Prize Fellows, carefully selected by a jury of distinguished peers
- Residents, notable artists and scholars invited by the Director
- Affiliated Fellows, from member organizations around the world, and
- Participants of Academy’s summer programs
Published: December 15, 2014
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