Andrew Heiskell Arts Director
Pubblicato il 22-08-2026 - Association of Academic Museums & Galleries. in Roma
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Andrew Heiskell Arts Director – American Academy in Rome, ItalyRome, Italy Reports to Director
Term: Three-year appointment, renewable for up to two additional years. Start date August 2027.
Founded in 1894, the American Academy in Rome is a leading American overseas center for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. Each year, the Academy awards the Rome Prize to approximately 30 artists and scholars who join a dynamic, transdisciplinary residential community on the Academy’s eleven-acre campus on the Janiculum Hill—enriched further by invited Residents and Affiliated and Visiting Artists and Scholars, reaching a community of approximately 100 at any given time.
The Academy is led by the President & CEO, who sets its direction and serves as its chief fundraiser and public representative.
A Chief Operating Officer manages the Academy’s business and administrative functions across Rome and New York. The Director is responsible for the daily intellectual and communal life of the residential community. The Andrew Heiskell Arts Director and Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor report to the Director and, together with the Director, constitute the Academy’s intellectual leadership team in Rome—the primary intellectual resources for the Rome Prize Fellows and the animating force behind the Academy’s scholarly and creative life.
Role
The Andrew Heiskell Arts Director is a member of the Academy’s intellectual leadership team. This is a role for a practitioner or scholar of genuine distinction—someone with an established reputation in one of the Academy’s arts disciplines, the range to engage with work across artistic and humanistic fields, and the commitment to place their intellectual life in service of a community.
The Arts Director works alongside the Director and the Humaniti