The health emergency has not only conditioned the flow of our daily life, but has imposed new rules, dictated by regulatory constraints and fears, but accompanied by expectations and, above all, the desire for rebirth. Sometimes the rooms have felt like closed cells, sometimes open spaces in which to wander looking for ourselves and others,… Find out more
June 2020
Multimedia Arts and Design
Live Talk “Safe and Sound” with Nicola Ratti
THE LIVE TALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Wednesday 24th June, at 6.30 p.m. on the Instagram channel @rufa_university, a new appointment with SAFE AND SOUND: the project dedicated to sound research directed by Caterina Tomeo, critic, curator, writer and coordinator of the RUFA Master of Arts in Multimedia arts and design. With a series of initiatives… Find out more
Cinema
RUFA, un live talk dedicato al racconto della street art
Tales behind the walls is the title of the live talk that will take place next July 2, starting at 6.30 pm on the Instagram @rufa_university account. On the one hand the teacher Claudio Spuri, on the other hand two of the most famous representatives of street art, Alicè and UNO. Alice Pasquini, in art… Find out more
Announcement
“Francesco Fabbri” Award, the ninth edition dedicated to emerging art and contemporary photography is now underway.
The ninth edition of the “Francesco Fabbri” prize, an event that aims to be a point of reference for operators and the public who turn their attention to research in contemporary art, opened last June 1. The Fondazione Fabbri, aware of the serious crisis in the cultural system following the Covid-19 pandemic, and in particular… Find out more
Design
Rometti Prize, RUFA student Ilayda Caylan flies into the finals
The 2020 edition of the Rometti Prize also continues under the sign of RUFA. The project by Design student Ilayda Caylan produced as part of the Product design course of the teacher Floriana Cannatelli, presented in recent months to the selection jury, is one of the 4 finalists called to compete for the coveted award…. Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
RUFA teacher Alessandro Carpentieri tells his story on Rai Radio 3
Seven photographers, including RUFA teacher Alessandro Carpentieri, talk to the microphones of RaiRadio 3’s Battiti program, with the aim of describing their best shot. A narrative that lasts a whole week: a daily photograph to convey to the viewer not only the instant, but also the circumstances, chance, perseverance, willpower but also the luck that… Find out more
Graphic design
New life to “Alfa-Beta”
In the world of graphics, but not only, the name of Aldo Novarese is an icon. Born in Pontestura, in the province of Alessandria, on June 29, 1920, he immediately became famous thanks to his extraordinary ability in character drawing: an activity that he carried out from the age of sixteen, cultivating his creativity also… Find out more
Cinema
RUFA, the School of Cinema protagonist on Rai 5
Creativity doesn’t stop. It was a message, simple and clear, that RUFA launched forcefully during the quarantine period and which is now clearly expressed thanks to the work of many students and graduates of the Academy who have resumed to express themselves and “fly high”. As part of the program “Save the date”, broadcast on… Find out more
Academy
RUFA is a Full Member of Cumulus
A welcome message that ideally connected the world. RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, after the videoall that certified its entrance, is officially a member of Cumulus, the international association that welcomes universities, academies and colleges specialized in arts, design and media teaching. Cumulus was founded in 1990, but has been operating as an… Find out more
Academy
RUFA ALERTS BOX ON LINE
You’ll find them in your email. #11 Notice students, teachers and staff – Teaching phase 3 of 02/07/2020 #10 – Teachers notice: remote exams of 18/06/2020. Download from email: exams calendar and suggested protocol. #09 – Notice to Cinema and Film Arts teachers and students – Cinema service and equipment management of 19/05/20. #08… Find out more
Announcement
Erasmus+ call for an internship or job abroad
The application may be submitted until 17th July 2020. Enrolments are open to Erasmus+, the international programme that allows students or recent graduates to have access to an internship or placement, autonomous and funded, to be carried out in foreign companies or firms, during which they can carry out an individual work project approved by… Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
Contemporary photography and photobooks, we talk about it with Laia Abril and Fiorenza Pinna
On Monday 22nd June, at 18.30, RUFA teacher Fiorenza Pinna and the artist Laia Abril will discuss, on the Instagram @rufa_university account, the theme Contemporary photography and photobooks. Laia Abril is a photographer and spanish artist. She has collaborated with the magazine “Colors” and has exhibited her works in the United States, China, Switzerland, Italy… Find out more
Academy
RUFA – Experience nel segno di Instagram
Talk and live performance Instagram to broadcast the RUFA – Experience to those who feed on art. This is the scenario that has led the Academy of Fine Arts legally recognized by the Mur, to plan a series of activities that, starting from social activities, can contribute to nourish the sense of belonging and identity… Find out more
Announcement
RUFA, partner of Rewriters to rewrite contemporary imagery through your shots
A project to rewrite the contemporary that sees RUFA students as protagonists. The artistic and cultural movement Rewriters, which is also a newspaper, has launched a contest to select the “rewriters” of contemporary imagery through photographic shots that are able to tell in an innovative way the world in which we live. The initiative is… Find out more
Announcement
Online the announcement of the Zavattini Prize 20/21
From June 10, 2020 will be online the announcement of the fifth edition of the Cesare Zavattini Award promoted by the AAAMOD Foundation, in which young filmmakers between 18 and 28 years old who want to make short film projects through the creative reuse of archival cinema can participate. A jury will select the nine… Find out more
Cinema
Better one day, an independent film-documentary
Study, deepen and then follow up those contaminations and collaborations that make art a path never trivial. “Meglio un giorno” is the first documentary film by two young independent directors: Elena Rebeca Carini and Ilaria Giangrande. Elena is a RUFA graduate who received her master’s degree in cinematographic art on February 27th with a mark… Find out more
Graphic Design - Comics and Illustration
RUFA, riprendono i live talk su Instagram: il 12 giugno Mirka Andolfo
Continuing with the project launched last May, with the aim of expanding the concept of creativity beyond the physical barrier driven by quarantine, RUFA has scheduled a second wave of live talk involving the Academy’s online communication channels and especially the Instagram @rufa_university profile. Comparing the characters of the national art system was therefore a… Find out more
Design
For two RUFA students the international competition “StaroNature” is coloured with bronze
In recent months Staron, a company specializing in the production of “solid surfaces”, has launched a special design competition aimed at strengthening the theme of design and nature. The result is a truly intriguing contest, called “StaroNature“, which originates in the play on words between the brand name and the word nature. The aim of… Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
You are not here, make yourself at home
“YOU ARE NOT HERE, MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME” is the answer, in the form of a book (which will never be printed) of the first year students of RUFA School of Photography: academic year 2019/2020. Each of them was asked to develop feelings, thoughts, worries, joys and fears, compared to the unexpected and new moment… Find out more
Academy
Si apre la registrazione per il “Grande Venerdì di Enzo”
The registration for the “Grande Venerdì di Enzo”, the creative portfolio review organized by the Art Directors Club Italiano, now in its 9th edition, will open on Thursday, June 4th. This year it will be held online with the presence of 75 creative directors from all over Italy. The goal, for the many artists who… Find out more