The independent film by Andrés Rafael Zabal, coordinator of the bachelor of arts course at the RUFA Cinema School, “A Dark Rome” has been acquired by SKY Cinema for the NOW TV platform. A journey that began in 2014 and that has seen many students gradually turn into valued professionals. Many of those young people,… Find out more
Claudia Vitali
Graphic design
Swawe – students workshop activities week
From 21 to 25 July 2021, in Rome, the first edition of Swawe, the Students Workshop Activities WEek, a new format conceived and organised by the group of AIAP students of Lazio, will take place. The event aims to recreate a strong and shared sociality, which has been lost due to the pandemic, around the… Find out more
Announcement
Italian Emerging Comics Talent Award
The Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris and the Italian Comics Festival Network, is launching the first edition of the “Italian Emerging Comics Talent Award”: a public notice for a residency programme abroad for young Italian scriptwriters, illustrators and colourists. The contest… Find out more
Academy
Fabio Mongelli re-elected president of Cians
With a unanimous vote, sealing the excellent work done, architect Fabio Mongelli, RUFA Director, was elected, for the second consecutive term, President of CIANS – Coordination of Non-State Afam Institutions. The CIANS was created in 2017 to facilitate collaboration between public and private entities and welcomes the leaders of some of the most important Afam… Find out more
Fine Arts
Piazze romane: new tour on 13 July
A new appointment with Piazze romane. After the inauguration that took place last June, RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts and the Municipio I Roma Centro have scheduled a second guided tour of the squares and streets that host the works of contemporary art created by the students of the Academy. The importance of… Find out more
Fine Arts
JaguArt 2021: Camilla Gurgone is the winner
Camilla Gurgone is the fourth winner of JaguArt 2021. “JaguArt – The Italian Talent Road Show”, a search for young talent, is a project born from the dialogue between Artissima and Jaguar Land Rover Italia. “JaguArt”, over the years, has been able to carve out an increasingly important space for itself in relation to Contemporary… Find out more
Announcement
Rometti Prize 2021: the finalists
The finalists for the Rometti 2021 Award, the ninth edition of the international competition promoted by the Umbrian manufacturer, have been selected, and among them is our student Ilayda Caylan with the ‘People’ project, developed as part of the Product Design Course by lecturer Floriana Cannatelli. Despite a difficult academic year, no less than… Find out more
Academy
Cirro Cumulus competition: get to gather
RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, is a member of Cumulus, the leading global association serving education and research in the field of art and design. Cirro Cumulus is a group within the Association, created by and for students to share their vision and skills. The group launched a competition with the aim of… Find out more
Announcement
Ceprano: open call for the “Fragellae – La Piccola Scultura” award
Entries for the sixth edition of the Fragellae – The Small Sculpture Award, organised by the Municipality of Ceprano (Fr) in collaboration with a team comprising Luca Grossi, Sara Ciuffetta, Nazareno De Santis (artists), Pierluigi Bove (architect and designer), and curated by Ilaria Monti, are open until 15 July 2021. The competition, which is free… Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
RUFA and AND, the traces of Dante in the hell of the Umberto I Polyclinic
In the name of Dante, the collaboration between RUFA and the National Academy of Dance continues, and seven hundred years after his death, the two institutions have generated a series of experiences to re-propose, in a contemporary key, the scenes from Inferno. The atmospheres are those of the Divine Comedy, but the settings can be… Find out more
Announcement
The Ragusa Foto Festival kicks off
From 23 July to 29 August in Sicily, in Ragusa Ibla, one of Italy’s most beautiful Baroque villages and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 20/21 edition of the Ragusa Foto Festival, an international event dedicated to the different languages of contemporary photography and the promotion of young talent from all over the world, will… Find out more
Fine Arts
Cartiere Fabriano, polychrome xylography is the protagonist
The Ancient Fabriano paper mills will host a polychrome woodcut workshop with 12 RUFA students, supervised by Maria Pina Bentivenga and Umberto Giovannini. The xylography is a graphic technique invented over a thousand years ago to reproduce texts and drawings in many copies. Since then, the graphic language has evolved, but the privileged relationship with… Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
The publication Mongolia Felix by Michele Palazzi
It is entitled “Mongolia Felix”, the latest photographic and literary work by RUFA lecturer Michele Palazzi in the dual role of coordinator of the School of Photography and Audiovisual. Inserted in the series “Quaderni” for Origini edizioni, the volume expresses, on the basis of the concept of travel, the journey through the daily life of… Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
RUFA collaborates with Maiani Fashion Academy
In application of the canons of its educational proposal, RUFA has initiated a series of collaborations with bodies and institutions that share the same educational visions of the Academy of Fine Arts legally recognised by the Ministry of University and Research. In this becoming RUFA intends to open up even more to the territory, becoming… Find out more
Arte cinematografica
The reality that “doesn’t” exist, the winner
The Reality that “does not” exist, third edition of the contest: the winner is the script “Tagliata per l’arte” by Thomas Turolo, director and screenwriter from Udine. “The themes dealt with are very topical and linked to the world of digital – reads the judgement of the jurors – the project is articulated and integrated… Find out more
Academy
Piazze romane, the presence of Alessandro Vitiello Home Gallery as a link between ideation and marketing
Approaching art not only from the point of view of ideas and creation, but also from the perspective of sales. The Project Piazze Romane, in which the Municipio I Roma Centro and the training talents of RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts interact, is not only an opportunity to foster visions of contemporary art… Find out more
Fine Arts
Piazze romane, art to boost tourism
The press conference for the presentation of “Piazze Romane” project, scheduled for Friday 4 June from 11 a.m., via streaming from the RUFA Pastificio Cerere headquarters on Via degli Ausoni 7 in the heart of the San Lorenzo district, is a moment of fundamental importance not only for expressing the artistic content of the project,… Find out more
Academy
Talk – The legal protection of industrial design
THE TALK HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO 26 MAY Laura Schiuma, ordinary lecturer at the University of Perugia where she teaches Commercial Law and Industrial and Intellectual Property Law, is the protagonist of the talk “The legal protection of industrial design”, scheduled for Wednesday, May 26, on the initiative of the lecturer Meltem Eti Proto. Laura… Find out more
Fine Arts
Stefano Ricci arrives at RUFA
Coordinated by lecturer Umberto Giovannini, RUFA is preparing to host a masterclass that aims to combine research and artistic production. It will be Stefano Ricci who will “guide” the students through the ” Now us” project, starting from 17 to 28 May. At the beginning of each day of study and discussion, the participants will… Find out more
Fine Arts
RUFA, on 19 May the talk dedicated to “NemO’S”.
NemO’S, besides being a very famous street artist and an excellent illustrator, has focused his work on the story of the human, generating an intense and special relationship with the outside world, thanks to an innate capacity for narration. His approach to art, his research, his experimentation are the themes at the centre of the… Find out more