Master of Architecture candidate David P. Pearson was selected as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. The selective program offers artists and scholars of any nationality an opportunity to rent living and working space at the Academy for a period from two weeks to four months.

From January 24 through February 7, Pearson will be there to work on an independent final project for a new museum and entrance to the Palatine Hill.

His thesis committee includes professor and senior associate dean Douglas C. Allen, assoicate professor Jude Le Blanc, and associate professor Russell Gentry.