April 30 Admission to this program is competitive, and earlier applications will receive priority. It is open to students currently enrolled in the undergraduate or graduate program at American University as well as to students from other schools nationally and internationally and to students who are not currently enrolled in a college, university, or art school.
Admission is by slide portfolio.
A non-credit, reduced fee option is also available. In the center of the Academy is a centuries-old courtyard enclosed by surrounding studios, the academy library, lecture hall, and the academy museum. In addition to works on paper dating to the 14th century, there are contemporary Italian paintings as well as several hundred high quality casts of pieces such as the Belvedere Torso, the Elgin marbles, and many Greek, Roman, and Medieval masterpieces. Outside there is a piazza and the wall, which sits on its original Etruscan foundations, surrounding the city. A short walk away is the National Gallery of Umbria, and the Academy itself, which is a focal point for contemporary art in the region.