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BLACK WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE $150M TO PRESERVE U.S. HISTORY RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN ROME, ITALY
Throughout her career, she has helped raise and manage over $150 million, directed preservation activities in 46 states, and completed projects in over 100 national parks. Rhodes developed the first national program centered on diversifying the preservation trades and the heritage industry. Rhodes led efforts to reinstitute substantial programs in the nation to preserve national parks that tell stories related to African American, LatinX, and Women’s history.
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BLACK WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE $150M TO PRESERVE U.S. HISTORY RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN ROME, ITALY
The American Academy in Rome has awarded Monica Rhodes the Adele Chatfield-Taylor Rome Prize in historic preservation and conservation. Rhodes was among 37 Rome Prize winners selected out of nearly 1,000 applicants and is one of few academically trained African American preservationists, with 15 years of experience protecting the nation’s history.
For over 125 years, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the prize is awarded to about 30 artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their careers.