February 2018
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Stephanie Jazmines Named Winner of the 2018 Rieger Graham Prize
Stephanie Jazmines, an artist and architect from Los Angeles, CA, has been selected as the winner of the 2018 Rieger Graham Prize and a three-month Classical Design Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome.

Summer Studio in Classical Architecture
Applications Due March 30
The ICAA  Summer Studio in Classical Architecture  ( June 18 - July 14) is a four-week, immersive program introducing students to skills, knowledge, and resources essential to the practice and appreciation of classical design.

Thanks to The Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust, the ICAA is able to offer both scholarships to offset tuition costs plus assistance to help with housing costs while in New York to ensure accessibility to the program for students of all financial backgrounds.

Architect Thomas A. Kligerman on "Unknown American Academy"
“Unknown American Academy” is a behind-the-scenes reflection on life and work as a scholar at the American Academy in Rome, the premier American overseas center for independent study and research in the fine arts and humanities. Written by architect Thomas A. Kligerman, who was a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in 2017, this essay is the second in a three-part series that also explores Rome itself among other destinations in Italy, further afield.

Academic and Professional Resources
Now Available on Classicist.org
Visit  classicist.org/resources  to browse a brand-new selection of online academic and professional resources. This latest section of the ICAA's fully redesigned, recently launched website includes a digital catalog of the ICAA's Plaster Cast Collection, an archive of links to digitized rare books, ICAA periodicals, and more.

Travel with the ICAA to Normandy, Mexico, and New York
Upcoming Dates & Destinations
Discover upcoming ICAA Travel Programs including Normandy's Emblematic Private Châteaux, Estates, & Gardens (September 22-30); Long Island's Gold Coast (October 11-14), Mexico's Emblematic Archaeological Sites, Architecture, & Private Residences (November 9-16), and Private New York (December 6-9). Register today as tours are quickly selling out.

Above: Château de Brécy (image: wikimedia/Pimprenel)
Christopher H. Browne Rome Drawing Tour
Scholarship Applications Due April 2
The ICAA is pleased to present the 2018 Christopher H. Browne Rome Drawing Tour ( June 2-9) , an immersive program for architectural and design practitioners as well as art and travel enthusiasts of all backgrounds.

Instructors will include Architect  George Saumarez Smith ; Painter  Richard Piccolo ; Urban Designer, Architect, and Artist  David Mayernik ; and 2016 Rieger Graham Prize Winner Brendan Hart (TA); a dditional instructors to be announced soon.

Workshops in Classical Architectural Design
Upcoming Dates in Charleston, SC & Winston-Salem, NC
Workshop in Classical Architectural Design: College of Charleston & American College of the Building Arts, March 9-10

Workshop in Classical Architectural Design: University of North Carolina School of the Arts & Forsyth Technical College, April 13-14

Lectures, Tours, & Events 
Upcoming Dates
Browse the national calendar on classicist.org, including upcoming ICAA public programs, lectures, and events across the country, including the 17th Annual McKim Lecture with Norman Davenport Askins on March 7 in New York.




Left:  Norman Davenport Askins
Continuing Education 
Upcoming Courses Nationwide 

Learn more about upcoming courses offering continuing education credit from California to New York and beyond.

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines 
News of Interest
The New Residential Colleges at Yale: A Conversation Across Time , by  Robert A.M. Stern  with Gideon Fink Shapiro, was released on February 6th by The Monacelli Press. The book highlights the design process for the two new Gothic residential colleges at Yale University, which opened in September 2017. LEARN MORE

Robert ‘Tommy’ Vince was selected as the first recipient of the Mark Ferguson Award . Conceived in 2017 to honor Mark Ferguson’s service as Chairman of the ICAA Board of Directors from 2014-2017, the Award allows a student or emerging professional the opportunity to attend the eight-day  Intensive in Classical Architecture in New York City .  LEARN MORE


A new exhibition at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia , “From the Grounds Up: Thomas Jefferson’s Architecture & Design” (open through April 29th), explores Jefferson's architectural vision for the United States.   LEARN MORE