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
In order to ensure the widest possible participation of the “next generation” of artists in training, the deadline for participation in the National Arts Award has been extended to 15 June. The contest, launched by the Ministry of University and Research, is aimed at students regularly enrolled in institutions and accredited courses of the Afam… Find out more
Aimed at all RUFA members, but perfectly aligned with students attending courses in Graphic design – Comics and illustration, Cinema, Computer animation and visual effects, Photography and audiovisual, the talk “Copyright in comics, animation and the image market” aims to provide useful and relevant knowledge in the management of commissions and in the operation of… Find out more
An integrated project to decline in unison a series of live talks with important figures in the creative industry and an innovative and exciting exhibition. The RUFA lecturer Rita Petruccioli, directly from the course of Graphic design – Comics and illustration, will be pulling the strings of this project. Specifically, this is a project that… Find out more
The Commission Giovani dell’Asi – Automotoclub Storico Italiano, has launched the national competition “Character Design: create it for A.S.I.” with the intent to bring the younger generation to the reality of historical motoring through an original initiative and close to the reality of university and academic. The contest, aimed at under 40 who are enrolled… 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
“Seven Seconds on the Moon” is the contest launched by Tecnica Mista, in collaboration with Wacom Italia, which aims to reward the “best space trip”. To participate you must draw an animated gif lasting between a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 30 seconds, assuming a lunar journey and using the kit available. You can… Find out more
connected from the living room of one’s own home has opened up scenarios that until now have not been sufficiently considered. The health emergency, from this point of view, has been able to bring the world closer, allowing students, the future protagonists of the creative industry, to generate new opportunities in comparison. RUFA, of course,… 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
Saturday, October 17, at the Botanical Garden of Rome, in largo Cristina di Svezia 23A-24, will be held the first edition of “Foedus Lab”: a workshop, but also an unmissable opportunity to meet, exchange, training and enrichment. The event, totally free of charge, which will be held in full compliance with all anti-covid19 regulations, will… Find out more
And now back to school! RUFA and Skuola.net have given rise to a synergy aimed at making the diary created by the students’ friendly website even more attractive and functional, which over the years has become a “must” to keep on the desk. Specifically, a part of the diary has been enriched by the comic… Find out more
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
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
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
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
RUFA is proud to announce two excellence awards for the Academy and its students at the European Design Award: – Silver Award in the “Annual Report” category; – Bronze Award in the “Student’s project” category. The editorial products through which the awards were won are the Annual Report 2018, focused on the theme of Memory in… Find out more
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
“The periodicals that launched digital publishing.” This is the theme of the talk that will take place on Wednesday 5 February from 10 am in RUFA Aula Magna in Via Taro. The meeting with Benedetta Torrani, curated by lecturer Luigi Iacobelli, is focused on the analysis of publications dealing with videogames and graphics: it is… Find out more