You don't hear about this until you're a finalist. They ask if you can go to Rome for a year, because not everyone can do that. Lisa Williams
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![[She also made enduring friendships with some of the other Rome Prize winners, and has ongoing collaborative projects with a few of them. Williams wrote a series of poems about the paintings of a painter-winner; one of them might be included with a December exhibit of those paintings. A composer-winner set two of her poems to music, for soprano and a small chamber ensemble, and these were performed at the Yale Summer Festival of Music.] We're trying to work on a larger collaborative project, ... His interpretation of the poems was so uncannily perfect to me. I was bracing myself - maybe it'll be good, maybe it'll be bad - and it was amazing. It was much better than I expected. - Lisa Williams Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBMaXNhIFdpbGxpYW1zICAgIA==&num=6 "[She also made enduring friendships with some of the other Rome Prize winners, and has ongoing collaborative projects with a few of them. Williams wrote a series of poems about the paintings of a painter-winner; one of them might be included with a December exhibit of those paintings. A composer-winner set two of her poems to music, for soprano and a small chamber ensemble, and these were performed at the Yale Summer Festival of Music.] We're trying to work on a larger collaborative project, ... His interpretation of the poems was so uncannily perfect to me. I was bracing myself - maybe it'll be good, maybe it'll be bad - and it was amazing. It was much better than I expected. - Lisa Williams Quotes")