Meet the author and cartoonist Nicolas Mahler on the centenary of the great Prague writer Franz Kafka. A hundred years after Franz Kafka’s death, his literary genius continues to captivate readers worldwide. To mark this significant anniversary, Austrian author and cartoonist Nicolas Mahler presents *A tutto Kafka*, a graphic biography that humorously and creatively… Find out more
RUFA meets BAO Publishing: an opportunity to discover the behind-the-scenes of creating a graphic novel. Students of the Graphic Design and Graphic Design-Comics and Illustration courses at RUFA’s Milan campus will have the chance to engage directly with Lorenzo Bolzoni, senior designer at one of Italy’s most renowned graphic novel publishers: BAO Publishing. Monday,… Find out more
On 24 – 25 – 26 May 2024 RUFA was present with its students from GD-Comics and Illustration at the ARF – the Comics Festival. RUFA’s young illustrators devoted themselves to LIVE SKETCHING over the course of the three-day event, and were available to spectators to answer any questions and curiosity. ARF! is the… Find out more
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
Sorry, this entry is only available in IT. Nuovo bando per gli studenti RUFA di GD-Comics and Illustration: “Sessualità, disabilità, fiabe e favole”. Giunto alla Sesta Edizione, Sensuability & Comics ha la finalità di sensibilizzare e informare sul tema della sessualità e disabilità. Il Progetto Sensuability, ideato e voluto da Armanda Salvucci, presidente dell’associazione… Find out more
On 12 – 13 – 14 May 2023 RUFA was present with its students from GD-Comics and Illustration at the ARF – il Festival del Fumetto. RUFA’s young illustrators devoted themselves to the LIVE SKETCHING over the course of the three-day event, and were available to viewers to answer any questions and curiosity about their… Find out more
A research project initiated in collaboration with NUS – National University of Singapore. It is with great pleasure that RUFA actively collaborates in the scientific project “Exploring Creativity and Visualization Dimensions“. The project is undertaken by Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov (Principal Investigator) and her laboratory at the National University of Singapore (NUS) jointly… Find out more
The second edition of Swawe, the Students Workshop Activities WEekend, kicks off. On 22 and 23 July 2022, the format conceived and organised by the Lazio AIAP student group will animate Anguillara Sabazia, with an event aimed at recreating a co-created and shared sociality around the graphic project and its context. To meet again, the… Find out more
ARF! returns to the Città dell’Altra Economia in Testaccio, from 13 to 15 May 2022. RUFA students in possession of a booklet or membership card will be able to gain free entry to the Festival on Friday 13 May until 3pm.Reduced admission from 3 p.m. on Friday 13 and on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15… Find out more
The cycle of meetings: “Raccontare per immagini. Fotografia e fumetto, due linguaggi a confronto” will take place from 5 April to 11 October 2022. The new project by Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia in collaboration with RUFA and Contrasto, which intends to deepen the relationship between photography and comics, two of the visual languages… Find out more
The project Riso 02 – San Lorenzo will be on show in Milan, as part of the exhibition “The graphic arts profession – today”, from 26 November 2021 until 23 January 2022, with free access. Even in 2020, when the world had to deal seriously with the Covid-19 pandemic, RUFA‘s artistic production never stopped. In… Find out more
The title says it all and reveals the work that inspired Leonardo Canova, Luca Lombardo and Paolo Rigo. The three authors wished to bring to the press an unpublished Dante, much closer to the new generations and to the world of contemporary art. Seven hundred years after his death Dante is transformed into comics and… Find out more
The social promotion association “Nessunotocchimario” has published the announcement for participation in the fourth edition of the Contest “Sensuability & Comics”, which will take place from 25 October 2021 to 15 January 2022. Now in its fourth edition, the project, conceived by Armanda Salvucci, president of “Nessunotocchimario”, aims to break down stereotypes about women. Now… Find out more
Expo 2020 Dubai, open Call “Sustainable Fashion Talent” for the design of a gamification proposal for fashion. Deadline October 28, 2021. As part of the activities put in place for the Rome Videogame Lab edition 2021 and Expo 2020 Dubai, the Lazio Region is promoting the “Sustainable Fashion Talent” program, a collaboration and co-design initiative… Find out more
On October 22, at the Parco della Musica Auditorium (Petrassi Hall), as part of the Rome Film Festival, will host a meeting and projection of a documentary on one of the masters of world comics, Frank Miller. The meeting will be held at 7.30 pm, while the projection of “American Genius” will begin at 9.30… Find out more
The presentation of the book “Understanding Experience” written by Stefano Dominici and Laura Angelucci will take place on 20 October at 6.45 pm at RUFA Pastificio Cerere in Via degli Ausoni 7 in Rome. Stefano Dominici is a human centered design strategist, RUFA lecturer, trainer, founder of UtLab and UXUniversity, training start-up in the field… Find out more
ItaliaAdozioni, an association of social promotion, has launched the graphic design competition “Design the cover of the book Dear Adoption 2”, aimed at students of graphics, design, illustration, drawing, art and recent graduates or undergraduates in the same disciplines. The deadline for participation is 30 November. By that date, those interested should send, exclusively by… Find out more
Now in its sixth edition, the International Prize ” Contemporary Generation”, promoted by the Luiss Creative Business Center, aims to promote contemporary Italian and foreign art, support artists under 35, and expand the permanent art collection of the Luiss Business School. International Award “Contemporary Generation” . The competition requires that candidate works develop a specific… Find out more
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
The exhibition “Women in Comics”, curated by Kim Munson and the legendary Trina Robbins, arrives in Rome directly from New York. The extraordinary group exhibition of 25 artists who have made “the history of North American comics”, is scheduled from May 28 to July 11 at Palazzo Merulana and is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy… Find out more