RUFA lecturer Antonio Faccilongo is the winner of the Story of the Year in the 2021 edition of the World Press Photo, the world’s most important photojournalism prize. The international jury examined the work of more than 4,000 photographers from 130 countries, with a total of around 74,000 images. A total of 45 photographers, including… Find out more
A first step of a common path that, from now on, will generate more and more interesting performances, interweaving the expressive potential of the protagonists: on one side RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, on the other AND – National Academy of Dance. At the center of the action, the peculiarities of the videodance… Find out more
The Academy of Fine Arts of Catania, in collaboration with the Ragusa Foto Festival, has announced a contest aimed at enhancing the work of students of photography courses that evoke the theme of the edition 2021: “the desire in its various forms”. The students will be offered the opportunity to participate to the selection for… Find out more
Starting at 5 p.m. on March 5, 2021, the project “Correspondences” will be inaugurated at RUFA Space, in the heart of the San Lorenzo district. Specifically, it is an exhibition that collects the results of the workshop of the same name that has just taken place in Rome with a group of students from the… Find out more
It has passed unscathed through the centuries, adapting to users and technologies, but always remaining very democratic in its use and above all in its consumption. The book retains its fascination: on the one hand, it is the precious custodian of knowledge and content, while on the other, it is the supreme source of information… Find out more
The fourth edition of “Lydia”, the call for artists entitled to the memory of the sculptor Lydia Silvestri, organized by the Fondazione Il Lazzaretto, expires on 22nd February. Lydia” is open to artists under 35 years of age residing in Italy with proposals of ideas for an original work of art, without limits to techniques, formats… Find out more
On January 28th, the Zeugma Collective launched the “Landscape2021” project: a call for sound and video artists that is part of the activities aimed at rebuilding a fertile ground in a moment of musical and cultural “standstill” caused by the pandemic. The experience intends to demonstrate that Zeugma is not a meteor of good intentions,… Find out more
Everything is ready for the fifth edition of “V_AIR Vimercate Art in Residence”, the annual program of artistic residencies promoted by the Department of Culture of the City of Vimercate in Lombardy, which rewards and supports contemporary artistic production. Until 12th February, artists/students aged between 19 and 35 who work in the visual arts (photography,… Find out more
The students of the School of Photography RUFA Daniele Cimaglia and Giuseppe Odore are among the winners of the REFOCUS/2 award, edited directly by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. REFOCUS/2 aimed to raise attention on the “refocusing” of reality, following the effects that confinement has had on the space-time coordinates of… Find out more
The autumn session of RUFA workshops has just ended. From October 19 to 24, 2020, the students of the Academy met with experts in design, creativity and technology. The workshops, which the Academy offers to the students every year, generate an exchange of ideas, technique and experience that are handed down from professionals to the designers… Find out more
At the end of the enrolment phase, the following places are still available for the first years of the respective courses: BACHELOR OF ARTS MASTER OF ARTS The available places will be reassigned by scrolling through the order of the candidates considered admitted and suitable for their respective courses in previous admission sessions. The registration… Find out more
The exhibition season resumes at the Maja Arte Contemporanea in Via Monserrato 30, Rome. To inaugurate this restart Anna Di Paola, already graduated from the School of Photography RUFA. The exhibition, which can be visited from October 1th to November 14th, is dipped “Misero Blu” and focuses on the works of the Molise artist who,… Find out more
Registrations are now open to participate to the TAKEAPIC contest, the free themed photo contest that will take place in Viterbo and its province on Sunday, October 11th from 10 am. The pilot project was born from a double need: to tell the artistic, natural and cultural heritage of Tuscia in Viterbo and to allow… Find out more
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
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
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
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
“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
Meetings and talks with the most influential characters of the art system to relaunch a unique and clear message: creativity does not stop. In its becoming is an unstoppable process that spans time and history, as well as generations. It has no point of reference, no beginning and no end: it is only possible to… Find out more
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