Portrait of Liz Glynn, courtesy of the artist.
Liz Glynn has been awarded the Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize by the American Academy in Rome in recognition of her work in visual arts.
The Rome Prize equips artists and scholars with the time, space, setting, and colleagues to create in Rome, encouraging recipients to explore a new body of work or facet of their practice. Glynn will join a distinguished cohort of 35 fellows across disciplines and reside at the Academy’s 11-acre grounds in the Eternal City for five to ten months, starting in September.
About the American Academy in Rome
Since 1894, the American Academy in Rome has functioned as a residential center for research and creativity. Its purpose has always been to enable highly motivated scholars and artists to immerse themselves in the experience of Rome, ancient and modern, and to be inspired by daily exchange with the other members of this creative community. The Academy has made an outsized impact on the intellectual and cultural life of the United States, and its Fellows and Residents have been recognized with 622 Guggenheim Fellowships, 74 Pulitzer Prizes, 54 MacArthur Fellowships, 26 Grammy awards, 5 Pritzker Prizes, 9 Poet Laureate appointments, and 5 Nobel Prizes. Approximately 35 Fellows are selected as winners of the Rome Prize each year by rotating juries in the different fields.