October Workshop session ended. Once again, students had the opportunity to test themselves under the expert guidance of artists, designers and professionals. The outcome was amazing as always, and expectations for next sessions of March and July, are very high. Here’s a storytelling of this intense week.
2017
Didactics
Benvenuti in RUFA, your journey starts now!
The academic year started, but first we wanted to welcome all the new students with a full day dedicated to them. October 26th was Freshmen’s Day here in RUFA: we met at the Admiral cinema in Piazza Verbano, for a morning presentation of the Academy followed by a meeting between students and tutors to compile… Find out more
Cinema
Adavede by Alain Parroni triumphed at the 17th edition of the UFCTC in Nice
Adavede, by Alain Parroni, Cinema graduate at RUFA, won the Grand Prix as Best European Short Film at the 17th European Competition Event at UFCTC 2017 in Nice. After participating at Venice Film Festival, Adavede’s success, a short film created by a team of RUFA students and former RUFA students, carried on throughout Europe. Adavede… Find out more
Design
2016 RUFA Annual Report was Red Dot awarded in Berlin
2016 RUFA Annual Report has won the Red dot Award, one of the most important awards in the world for design. On Saturday, October 27, Guido Lombardo, Professor RUFA of the Graphic Design Course, and Giampiero Donno, representing the team, received the prestigious Red dot: Best of the Best in Berlin. The Annual Report, a… Find out more
Cinema
RUFA student shorts scheduled in Alice in the city
The partnership relationship between RUFA and Alice continues in the city, autonomous and parallel section of the Rome Film Festival, dedicated to the younger generations. Among the short films scheduled are those of four talented students of Rufa Cinema: Matteo Delai, Alain Parroni, Giulia Regini and Simone Saraceno. The productions made in RUFA are presented… Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
“Xiloreportage. Rimini 2017”. An extraordinary project told by the shots of Eleonora Cerri Pecorella
“Xiloreportage. Rimini 2017” is the exhibition of woodcuts made by students of RUFA and Central Saint Martins of London, inaugurated Saturday, October 14 in Rimini. What our students bring to the exhibition is an artistic project of comparison between past and present in which xylography, an ancient technique, enters into contamination with other contemporary languages…. Find out more
Painting
At the start “Xiloreportage. Rimini 2017”. RUFA students show the topicality of Xiloreportage.
Between the second (2016) and the third edition (2018) of the Biennale del Disegno di Rimini, the Department of Arts of the City of Rimini and the Municipal Museums propose an extensive exhibition of over 140 works on paper: woodcuts, engravings from original wooden matrixes taken from the prestigious magazine “Xilografia”. The exhibition, entitled “Xilografia… Find out more
Cinema
La Galleria Nazionale rises the video contest Time Action. The challenge? A 90sec storytelling about the museum.
Galleria Nazionale opens a call for videomakers, creatives and artists. Time action contest’s aim is to pick out a video/ad about Galleria Nazionale and Time is out of joint exhibition. Videos can be made with any technology or material without any technical constraints, must be unpublished, and they must last 90 seconds. Three prizes are… Find out more
Cinema
Adriano Ricci awarded at Parma International Music Film Festival
The Parma International Music Film Festival is the festival of soundtracks and music in cinematography. Now in its fifth edition, it confirms itself as an important appointment for the presentation and promotion of feature films, short films and documentaries of all nationalities. Also this year the works in competition have dealt with current and important… Find out more
Painting
RUFA students at the Venice Biennale for an extraordinary workshop
Our students have just spent a weekend in Venice, where they were from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October for a workshop at the Venice Art Biennale curated by Emiliano Coletta, Coordinator of the Department of Visual Arts. This year our Academy has started a collaboration with the Venice Biennale to join the project Biennale… Find out more
Didactics
The RUFA short courses dedicated to everyone are back
They restart the amateur courses organized by RUFA and open to the public without age limits. The only requirements to participate: curiosity, creativity and desire to learn. The offer of courses is designed to meet the needs of everyone, ranging from annual courses on a weekly basis of lessons, to quarterly courses on a weekly… Find out more
Graphic design
Aiap Prize 2017. Here are all the photos.
The Rufa annual report 2016, won the Aiap 2017 award. This valuable award is a recognition of the excellent value of the synergy between designer, client and manufacturer. The award was received by the Central Institute for Graphic Design, RUFA Director Fabio Mongelli, the creator of the Annual Report, RUFA graphic designer and lecturer Guido… Find out more
Painting
Inaugurated the exhibition “is just a start. 1968”. Among the curators and authors of the journal/catalogue, also the teacher Nicolas Martino.
From October 3, 2017 until January 14, 2018, at the Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea is on display on ’68. The exhibition, curated by Ester Coen, goes through the break that ’68 created with the past, but also the new processes, trends and movements that it triggered. Art saw a new beginning in… Find out more
Didactics
Workshop, starting the last session of 2017
Registration is open for the last RUFA workshop session of 2017, which will take place from Monday 16th to Saturday 21st October. A new learning opportunity for students, who will have the opportunity to deepen the theory and practice of their creative field, working alongside great experts and accredited professionals. For their undisputed educational value,… Find out more
Painting
Roberta Folliero inaugurates her personal exhibition Handmade
This evening the collective In Situ, composed of former RUFA students of visual arts, presents a new stage of its exhibition process, each time animated by a solo show dedicated to one of its members. This time it’s Roberta Folliero’s turn, who with the exhibition entitled “Handmade” gives proof of her artistic maturity and testifies… Find out more
Set Design
On October 14 the videomapping made in RUFA is presented
We are almost there, on Saturday October 14th Studio Aira will open the doors of the studio, in Via del Mandrione 109, to project the videomapping realized by RUFA students during the workshop “Projection Mapping”, which took place last July. It will be a moment of great artistic interest, now a cult event for the… Find out more
Graphic design
RUFA Annual Report 2016 receives the Aiap Project Committenza Award
The RUFA Annual Report 2016 wins the Aiap Progetto Committenza 2017 Award. It is a news that fills the Academy with satisfaction, because it is a very prestigious award coming from one of the reference associations at national level for the whole graphic and visual communication sector. The award ceremony took place on Wednesday evening… Find out more
Graphic design
Vertigo Design’s calendar exhibition, all images
Last Friday at RUFA Space opened the exhibition “3653 days under the surface”, promoted by RUFA professors Mario Rullo and Mario Fois, which traces the contents of Vertigo Design’s calendars from ten years to today. The event was attended by the general states of aiap and ADI and was an opportunity to name a new… Find out more
Painting
RUFA students in the Xylography exhibition in Rimini
Between the second (2016) and the third edition (2018) of the Biennale del Disegno di Rimini, the Department of Arts of the City of Rimini and the Municipal Museums propose an extensive exhibition of over 140 works on paper: woodcuts, engravings from original wooden matrixes taken from the prestigious magazine “Xilografia”, conceived and edited by… Find out more
Painting
Davide Monaldi wins the Talent Prize, Cametti among the finalists
Davide Monaldi continues to reap success. Our former student of Visual Arts wins the first prize of one of the most important awards on the contemporary scene: the Talent Prize, the international visual arts prize created by Inside Art. The prestigious jury has chosen. The winning work is his “Wallpaper”, a ceramic installation that realistically… Find out more