The Visiting Artists & Visiting Scholars (VAVS) Program provides artists and scholars of all nationalities the opportunity to experience the intellectual and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation that characterizes Academy life.

Through the program, Visiting Artists and Scholars can rent living and working spaces at the Academy and join our vibrant community of Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, invited Residents, and global Affiliated Artists and Scholars. People in the following disciplines are encouraged to apply:

As members of the community, Visiting Artists and Scholars are granted access to the Academy’s resources including the Library, the Photographic Archive, the Norton–Van Buren Study Collection, Bass Garden, the Cortile, and the many public spaces. They are invited to participate in our regular Walks and Talks program (subject to space and availability) as well as the internal and public programming of the Academy. As well, VAVS are invited to participate in the Rome Sustainable Food Project (lunch and dinner Monday through Friday) in the Academy dining room at an additional cost. ***Please note that RSFP’s communal meals are created to be balanced and seasonal, emphasizing vegetables locally sourced from the Academy’s vegetable garden, regenerative farms and other organic suppliers. Meals are not à la carte.