Andrea Boncristiani, a young designer from the RUFA Graphic design degree course, is the winner of the contest to choose the logotype for the 74th Federalberghi national assembly to be held in Viareggio between 12 and 14 May. Federalberghi for over one hundred years it has been the most representative national organisation of Italian… Find out more
Claudia Vitali
Fine Arts
ONE NIGHT STAND
Sorry, this entry is only available in IT. Veronica Botticelli, Georgina Spengler, Silvia Giambrone, Edith Urban, Marta Jovanović, Lisa Ginzburg, a cura di Shara Wasserman. Domenica 15 marzo 2024 – dalle 19.00 alle 24.00 – COSMO, Piazza di Sant’Apollonia 13 (Trastevere) – Roma. La mostra One Night Stand si svolge negli spazi misteriosi e… Find out more
Fashion design sostenibile
Fashion & Sustainability: let’s talk with Francesca Polato, Marketing Manager at Berto
A new appointment of the column ‘Fashion & Sustainability – Let’s talk’ by RUFA coordinator Guenda Cermel, who this time had the pleasure of interviewing Francesca Polato, Fashion Sustainability Expert of Berto, renowned Italian textile company specialising in the production of high-quality denim fabrics for major Italian and international clothing companies. The company was founded… Find out more
Announcement
MyLLENNIUM AWARD
Entries are now open for the Myllennium Award: a multidisciplinary prize for young people aged 18 to 30. The MyCITY section in particular is dedicated to social innovation and urban regeneration through art.. The MyCity award, in collaboration with La Fondazione Renato Armellini, intends to encourage the activity of young artists under 30 from any… Find out more
Academy
RUFA: the video game dedicated to the San Lorenzo neighborhood
GThanks to the collaborative paths that have been established in recent months between RUFA, La Sapienza, Università della Tuscia and Sicheo, the prototype of the “San Lorenzo Defence” video game was presented: A “free-to-play” collaborative video game for mobile platform that combines the video game genres “Tower defense”, “Real World Adventure” and “Action RpG”. San… Find out more
Fine Arts
Erasmus programme: Claudia Evangelista’s experience in Belgrade
Fine Arts student Claudia Evangelista has just completed a wonderful internship experience in Belgrade as part of the Erasmus+ programme, which is an integral part of education at RUFA. The six-month internship in the Serbian capital was carried out at Galerija12 HUB (G12HUB), centre for art and technology dedicated to the promotion and development… Find out more
Visual and Innovation Design
Tracks of Freedom 2024 – applications open for the new edition
Applications to participate in the 2024 edition of Tracks of Freedom – Unconscious creativity have been officially opened. In May, a group of RUFA students and graduates of the two-year MA in Visual and Innovation design will have the opportunity to spend an intensive 9-day period in New York City, seeking new design and artistic… Find out more
Set Design
Gaetano and Maria Chiara Castelli sign the set design for Sanremo 2024
Festival set designers: “A floral suggestion for the Festival scene.” A flower blossomed on the Ariston stage, amid games of mirrors and transparencies: this is the suggestion that – abandoning the purely horizontal/vertical dimension – accompanied Gaetano and Maria Chiara Castelli in designing the set design for the Sanremo Festival 2024, him for the… Find out more
Academy
San Lorenzo, Inchiostro and Celluloide
Presentation of the book SAN LORENZO, INCHIOSTRO E CELLULOIDE, by Rosella De Salvia and Rolando Galluzzi. Thursday 15 February – at 5:30PM – Pastificio Cerere, Via degli Ausoni 7/A. The book “SAN LORENZO, INCHIOSTRO E CELLULOIDE” is a collective book that collects the essays, testimonies, and insights of people and characters (more than fifty… Find out more
Academy
Presentation of the game SanLo Defence
On Wednesday, 7 February at 10 a.m., at Aula A, Vetrerie Sciarra Roma Sapienza, via dei Volsci 122 – Rome, the presentation of the videogame set in the San Lorenzo district will be held, the closing act of the DTC call of the Lazio Region that saw RUFA participate in the project together with Roma… Find out more
Academy
CIANS meets at MAXXI in Rome to promote Italian creativity
With a debate on the theme ‘LET’S CREATE IN ITALY – Training, Innovation, Sustainable Development‘, the 22 member organisations of the Coordination of Afam Institutions met a few days ago at the MAXXI in Rome to enhance the role of academies and institutes of higher artistic education in Italy and abroad, and to implement all… Find out more
Fashion design sostenibile
Special guest in Fashion class: textile company Manteco
Special guest in the Fashion Design class: Mattia Trovato, Head of Marketing Communications of Manteco, a leading Italian textile company for sustainability and high-quality fabrics since 1943, came to visit us at the academy. Sustainable Fashion Design students had the opportunity to make a full immersion in the Manteco world, a company specialising in… Find out more
Arte cinematografica
Visit Italy with Movies Training
“Visit Italy With Movies” is a digital project by Minerva Pictures, a film production and distribution company that recently celebrated its seventieth anniversary, partnering with RUFA Rome University of Fine Arts. The project aims to promote the internationalization of Italy’s reputation through audiovisual media, which represent a significant asset for both the cultural and tourism… Find out more
Fashion design sostenibile
Let’s Talk Fashion with Letizia Palchetti Tosi, Head Designer of SHAFT JEANS
On Thursday 21 December 2023 the students of Sustainable Fashion Design will connect live via Instagram with Letizia Palchetti Tosi, Head Designer of Shaft Jeans. Directly from the Fashion classroom, we talked about how in just a few years this historic denim brand has become a reference point in the world for Made in Italy… Find out more
Computer Animation and Visual Effects
Computer Animation Masterclass with Filippo Foglietti
From 11 to 15 December 2023 Computer Animation and Visual effects students took a new masterclass with storyboard and concept artist Filippo Foglietti, RUFA lecturer in Animation Drawing. For five days, students of the two-year course had the opportunity to make a real full immersion in the world of the development of the film’s characters… Find out more
Fine Arts
Painting Masterclass with Mauro Di Silvestre
For five days, students of the Master’s programme in Fine Arts had the opportunity to express themselves creatively under the guidance of artist Mauro Di Silvestre. The masterclass emphasised the importance of the authenticity of the artist, of the work of art, and insisted on the urgency of the creative act. The two key… Find out more
Graphic Design - Comics and Illustration
Talk with illustrator Henning Wagenbreth
On Thursday 7 December, the students of GD-Comics and Illustration had the opportunity to meet Berlin-based illustrator, graphic designer and draughtsman Henning Wagenbreth, one of the greatest authors of our time. A meeting in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, curated by lecturer Claudio Spuri. Thanks to the collaboration between RUFA and Goethe-Institut, GD-Comics and Illustration… Find out more
Graphic design
Etichetta.it special guest in packaging class
On Thursday 30 November, we welcomed in RUFA digital content creator Luciano Rizzo, who introduced Graphic Design students to the interesting reality of Etichetta.it, a company specialising in the production of adhesive labels on reels and customised sheet labels. It was an exciting in-depth meeting that gave Graphic Design students the opportunity to come… Find out more
Academy
RUFA is a cultural partner of Venice International Performance Art Week
RUFA is officially a cultural partner of the eighth edition of the Venice International Performance Art Week 2023, December 15-17, 2023: one palace, three days, more than thirty artists live and on exhibit. Venice International Performance Art Week 2023 presents the exhibition “DigiLabAir | Emergencies of the Contemporary”, focusing on sustainable development as a… Find out more
Cinema
“Porta a porta” wins Best Cinematography at Terni Film Festival
The short film PORTA A PORTA by director and RUFA student Martin Marini wins the Best Photography Award at the Terni Film Festival. Last Saturday, Nov. 18, director Martin Marini and Director of Photography Federico Mastroprimiano, both Cinema students in RUFA, collected the Award on the stage of the International Film Festival, active since… Find out more