American Academy in Rome: Difference between revisions

From 1970 to 1973, art historian Bartlett H. Hayes Jr. was director of the Academy.<ref>Grace Glueck (February 16, 1988), [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/16/obituaries/bartlett-h-hayes-jr-an-educator-and-art-historian-is-dead-at-83.html Bartlett H. Hayes Jr., an Educator And Art Historian, Is Dead at 83] ''The New York Times''.</ref> Classicist John H. D'Arms was both the resident director of the American Academy and a professor in its School of Classical Studies from 1977 to 1980.<ref>Eric Pace (January 26, 2002), [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/26/nyregion/john-h-d-arms-67-classicist-who-headed-academic-council.html John H. D'Arms, 67, Classicist Who Headed Academic Council] ''The New York Times''.</ref> Between 1980 and 1984, director Sophie Consagra strengthened the Academy's ties with the Roman community and the Italian Government.<ref>Michael Brenson (March 11, 1983), [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/11/arts/art-people-roman-haven-for-us-arts.html Roman haven for U.S. arts] ''The New York Times''.</ref> In her tenure as president from 1988 and 2013, Adele Chatfield-Taylor, helped restore the Academy's McKim, Mead & White building at a cost of $8.2&nbsp;million<ref name="nytimes.com"/> and oversaw a capital campaign in which the institution's endowment grew to $100&nbsp;million. She also brought on [[Alice Waters]] to create the Rome Sustainable Food Project, which brings chefs from the United States to explore Italian sustainable food traditions and to cook for the Academy guests.

 

 

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