Feb 02 2023
Perspective
In 2022, we welcomed 102 diverse and pioneering residents from over 28 different countries to the Bellagio Center. Representing a wide range of expertise and cultural experiences, they arrived to …
Feb 02 2023
The Bellagio Center Residency Program
Jan 27 2023
Press Releases
6 to 12 million lead pipes carry drinking water to millions of people in the U.S., per latest estimate Washington | January 27, 2023 ― At the White House today, water …
Dec 22 2022
Perspective
In 2012, Jake Porway had an idea. Coming from the tech world, he was curious about taking the skills he and his fellow data technicians were using every day and putting …
Dec 13 2022
After Bellagio
One academic founded a coalition of historic spaces dedicated to preserving the most traumatic memories, thus shifting the narrative among international museums on the importance of this work. Liz Ševčenko was …
Dec 13 2022
The People and Ideas of Bellagio
This long-form journalist shares how the “positive disruption” of her Bellagio residency led to the completion of her award-winning book, Nomadland. Jessica Bruder is an American long-form journalist specializing in narrative …
Dec 13 2022
The People and Ideas of Bellagio
After speaking at COP27, during which he proposed new policy briefs to help combat deforestation in Amazonian climates, Dr. Carlos Nobre shares how his ground-breaking ideas were born in Bellagio. Dr. …
Dec 13 2022
After Bellagio
A prominent professor shares how he and a team of researchers incentivized landowners to place a higher value on their natural capital, which would help them and the planet. Jim Salzman …
Dec 13 2022
Bellagio Library
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2022. During this residency she worked on The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022. Ayana is a marine biologist, …
Dec 13 2022
Bellagio Library
Devoney Looser participated in the Bellagio residency program in 2021. During this residency she worked on Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the …