Opportunity for Classical Artist

Inaugural Application Deadline Extended to December 1, 2006

THE ALMA SCHAPIRO PRIZE

A Biannual Affiliated Fellowship at The American Academy in Rome for American Painters and Sculptors

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America is pleased
and proud to announce the establishment of the Alma Schapiro Prize, a new affiliated fellowship at the American Academy in Rome for distinguished American students or professionals with demonstrable commitment to the classical tradition and its contemporary practice in painting and sculpture. The Alma Schapiro Prize will be a permanent and prominent part of the Institute's national educational mission.

Room, board, and a working studio will allow the recipient to
participate fully in the rich intellectual milieu of the Academy along with the great world capital it calls home.

Further details and the application form are posted on
http://classicist.org/awards_schapiroprize.html.