Claudia Vitali

Photography and Audiovisual

RUFA in the representative headquarters of the Italian Embassy in Mexico City

It took about five months. It all began last October with the visit to RUFA of the Italian Ambassador to Mexico City Luigi De Chiara and his wife Idoia Uribarri. The project? Simple and exciting in the same way: transforming the Embassy’s representative office into a museum of contemporary art and rewarding the educational path… Find out more

Announcement

Lino Micciché Award, there’ s time until May 30th

The deadline for submitting texts, set for 15 May 2020, has been extended to 30 May 2021.   The call for the 2020 edition of the “Lino Miccichè” award will end on May 30th. The award is dedicated to film critics. The National Union of Italian Film Critics – Emilia Romagna Marche Group and the… Find out more

Photography and Audiovisual

MIND M(U)P – RUFA story of Garbatella – Photos and video

Never before now, for RUFA, is a period of great growth and creative fervor thanks to the birth of multidisciplinary collectives such as the collettivoFareCose, composed by students of the School of Cinema and Photography: Sonia Bouslama, Cristina Cannistraci, Daniele Cimaglia, Niccolò Consolo, Cristina De Rosa, Claudia Frisardi, Ida Indaco, Davide Magdalone, Noemi Montaleone, Asia… Find out more

Academy

La Musica Attuale: Massimo Bonelli and Matteo Cappella – Photos and video

First appointment of the year with “La Musica Attuale”, a renewed format, which evolves from last year’s experience, and which allows, even more, to bring art and music closer together, generating interest and contamination. RUFA and iCompany have given new form and substance to the project, focusing on the theme “emerging artists and experts in… Find out more

Painting

“Mi guardo intorno”: Solo exhibition by Silvia Rosa – Photos

“…and one after the other those extraordinary human beings that are called colours came out one after the other exultantly joyful, reflective, fantastic and immersed in each other, living in themselves and for themselves, individually endowed with all the qualities necessary to lead an autonomous life and ready at all times to bend spontaneously to… Find out more

Painting

“In Situ”, when the orientation turns into art – Photos and video

Getting to know the artists of In Situ was very inspiring for the RUFA students who took part in the talk at the RUFA Space headquarters on 6th February, starting at 3.30 pm. Many questions were asked to Christophe Constantin, Marco De Rosa, Francesca Cornacchini and Federica Di Pietrantonio and the answers they gave to… Find out more

Didactics

A talk on the publishing market – Photos and video

Desktop publishing has almost completely replaced previous technologies for the creation, layout and production of publishing products and has revolutionized contemporary typography. For this reason the meeting with Benedetta Torrani was of fundamental importance for all those RUFA students interested in the fields of publishing graphics and interface graphics. The talk, entitled “I periodici che… Find out more

Painting

Solo exhibition: “KATA LOGON – the poetics of (past) time”

As the final result of the thesis discussion that will take place in the February 2020 session, “KATA LOGON – the poetics of (past) time”, tries to become a work in itself. The intent, is to make clear a different vision of time, not chronological, but cairological. It is fundamental the care of the moment,… Find out more

Painting

“Mi guardo intorno”: Solo exhibition by Silvia Rosa

“Mi guardo intorno”, I immerse myself in colors, shapes, lines, more or less defined geometries, places. The inauguration of the exhibition, curated by Carlotta De Martino, will take place on Wednesday 12th February 2020, at 6 pm, at RUFA Space – Pastificio Cerere in via degli Ausoni, 7a/b. The canvases by Silvia Rosa, an expert… Find out more

Painting

Masterclass with Fabio Mauri Studio

Studio Mauri is the heritage of a great Italian artist. On February 13th the visual arts students of RUFA will have the opportunity to enjoy it, guided by the historical assistants of Fabio Mauri, Dora Aceto, Ivan Barlafante, Marcella Campitelli, Claudio Cantelmi, Sara Codutti and Sandro Mele, who have created and set up many of… Find out more

Academy

Ministry of Health, the guidelines for the knowledge and prevention of Coronavirus

RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, in order to provide correct information and avoid unnecessary and dangerous alarmism, intended to disseminate the cognitive vademecum on the spread of Coronavirus. The vademecum, in addition to illustrating the symptoms that distinguish the particular pathology, identifies the virtuous behaviors to be adopted to reduce any possible risk… Find out more

Announcement

Rometti Prize, the call of the 2020 edition

The call for proposals for the 2020 edition of the Rometti Prize dedicated to ceramic design has been published. The aim of the project is twofold: on the one hand to confront students with the difficulties that can arise from the transition from idea to realization; on the other hand to offer an original contribution… Find out more

Didactics

RUFA and Contrasto, masterclass with the photoreporter Massimo Berruti

Bring the knowledge learned during the lessons to the practical and operational level. It is in this context that the masterclasses by the Contrasto agency are focused. These are in-depth lessons that put the students of the third year of the course of Photography in front of those who are experts in this field, both… Find out more

Fine Arts

RUFA, talk e workshop on monotype – Photos and video

Paper sheets, inks, engraving, lithography and serigraphy. This is what Giuseppe Prezioso, marketing director of Cartiere di Fabriano, spoke about at the talk on paper processing procedures that took place on Tuesday 21st January in the art graphics classroom of the RUFA Pastificio Cerere headquarters. A double appointment in which Guido D’Angelo also presented Colart’s… Find out more

Graphic design

Talk “Le strutture del racconto” – Photos and video

The Aula Magna was packed with students for the talk entitled “Le strutture del racconto” which took place on January 22nd at the RUFA headquarters in via Taro, held by communication expert Giovanni Masi and curated by professor Fabrizio Verrocchi. Who among us doesn’t have something interesting to tell? We all know stories to pass… Find out more

Painting

“People”: Solo exhibition by Esposito and De Martino – Photos

The “People” exhibition allowed visitors to undertake a journey in many directions. A double path that reveals meeting points and trespasses on the same theme of two artists: Celeste Esposito and Carlotta De Martino. This happened at the opening of the “Solo exhibition”, on January 22nd at RUFA Space. The two artists showed that the… Find out more

Didactics

At MAXXI the fifth edition of “The Independent summit” project

During this year MAXXI is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the research project “The Independent”, dedicated to the identification and promotion of social spaces aimed at independent thinking. For the occasion, which coincides with the tenth anniversary of the Museum, a summit has been organized to explore the power of friendship, solidarity and alliances. Bringing… Find out more

Photography and Audiovisual

MOTUUM – The Self-seeking Observer – Photos

The opening of the group exhibition MOTUUM on January 16th, at RUFA Space, curated by Alice Pietrucci, was a great success. The seven participatory art installations allowed the third year students of the School of Photography to use an approach in creating art that directly involved the public and allowed them to become co-author, editor… Find out more

Arte cinematografica

We renew our appointment with Pitch me!

We renew the appointment with the contest “Pitch me! Pierluigi De Mas 2020”, as part of the festival “Cartoons on the Bay”. The event, now in its 24th edition, will be held in Pescara from 2nd to 5th April. The participation to the contest, dedicated to the memory of the homonymous great master of Italian… Find out more