The Cesura Collective, in order to honour his memory, has launched a call for entries for the International Andy Rocchelli Grant Award, a photojournalist killed in Ukraine in 2014. . The aim of the project is to identify the best unpublished photographic dummy, awarding the winner the production and publication of the book by Cesura… Find out more
The project “Luna quieres ser madre” by Angelica Di Done has been selected as a finalist for the first edition of the “Young Photographers from Italian Academies” organised by Ragusa Foto Festival. The aim of the Ragusa Foto Festival 20/21: to encourage comparison A total of nineteen Italian photography institutions responded to the call to… Find out more
After a few months spent understanding the techniques involved, RUFA Visual Arts students are ready to impress. Beeswax is not only a material that is completely new to the eyes of the artists, but it is a challenge that brings together art and sustainability. And these are exactly the elements that intertwine in the exhibition… Find out more
The independent film by Andrés Rafael Zabal, coordinator of the bachelor of arts course at the RUFA Cinema School, “A Dark Rome” has been acquired by SKY Cinema for the NOW TV platform. A journey that began in 2014 and that has seen many students gradually turn into valued professionals. Many of those young people,… Find out more
From 21 to 25 July 2021, in Rome, the first edition of Swawe, the Students Workshop Activities WEek, a new format conceived and organised by the group of AIAP students of Lazio, will take place. The event aims to recreate a strong and shared sociality, which has been lost due to the pandemic, around the… Find out more
A walk through history, through the cultural stratification that only Rome can offer, but above all a tour of reflection induced by contemporary art. After the inauguration which took place last June, RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts and the Municipio I Roma Centro have scheduled a second guided tour of the sites hosting… Find out more
A collaboration between RUFA and Maiani launched a few months ago to combine two highly relevant aspects of the world of creativity. On the one hand, the ability to design the future starting with clothes and the contaminations that only the world of fashion is able to generate, and on the other, the communicative potential… 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
With a unanimous vote, sealing the excellent work done, architect Fabio Mongelli, RUFA Director, was elected, for the second consecutive term, President of CIANS – Coordination of Non-State Afam Institutions. The CIANS was created in 2017 to facilitate collaboration between public and private entities and welcomes the leaders of some of the most important Afam… Find out more
A new appointment with Piazze romane. After the inauguration that took place last June, RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts and the Municipio I Roma Centro have scheduled a second guided tour of the squares and streets that host the works of contemporary art created by the students of the Academy. The importance of… Find out more
Camilla Gurgone is the fourth winner of JaguArt 2021. “JaguArt – The Italian Talent Road Show”, a search for young talent, is a project born from the dialogue between Artissima and Jaguar Land Rover Italia. “JaguArt”, over the years, has been able to carve out an increasingly important space for itself in relation to Contemporary… Find out more
A synergy to ensure that art and sustainability can be carriers of ideas and innovation. RUFA Department of Visual Arts, the company BEEOPAK and LCA Studio Legale have started a research project that intends to use the elements produced by bees as a means of expression. This is a very futuristic project that aims to… Find out more
The finalists for the Rometti 2021 Award, the ninth edition of the international competition promoted by the Umbrian manufacturer, have been selected, and among them is our student Ilayda Caylan with the ‘People’ project, developed as part of the Product Design Course by lecturer Floriana Cannatelli. Despite a difficult academic year, no less than… Find out more
RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, is a member of Cumulus, the leading global association serving education and research in the field of art and design. Cirro Cumulus is a group within the Association, created by and for students to share their vision and skills. The group launched a competition with the aim of… Find out more
Entries for the sixth edition of the Fragellae – The Small Sculpture Award, organised by the Municipality of Ceprano (Fr) in collaboration with a team comprising Luca Grossi, Sara Ciuffetta, Nazareno De Santis (artists), Pierluigi Bove (architect and designer), and curated by Ilaria Monti, are open until 15 July 2021. The competition, which is free… Find out more
In the name of Dante, the collaboration between RUFA and the National Academy of Dance continues, and seven hundred years after his death, the two institutions have generated a series of experiences to re-propose, in a contemporary key, the scenes from Inferno. The atmospheres are those of the Divine Comedy, but the settings can be… Find out more
From 23 July to 29 August in Sicily, in Ragusa Ibla, one of Italy’s most beautiful Baroque villages and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 20/21 edition of the Ragusa Foto Festival, an international event dedicated to the different languages of contemporary photography and the promotion of young talent from all over the world, will… Find out more
Roman travertine creates more of a scandal than reality itself. At a time when we have stuffed horses and sharks immersed in formaldehyde in museums and major collections, we certainly did not expect a classical sculpture to make a noise, rendered in the manner of the great Roman animal sculpture tradition. A work in which… Find out more
The Piazze Romane project is an experiment that should be encouraged and strengthened over time. For the first time in many years Rome, and in particular Municipio I Roma Centro, has decided to open itself up to young contemporary art not by turning its attention to established and acclaimed artists who, precisely for this reason… Find out more
The Ancient Fabriano paper mills will host a polychrome woodcut workshop with 12 RUFA students, supervised by Maria Pina Bentivenga and Umberto Giovannini. The xylography is a graphic technique invented over a thousand years ago to reproduce texts and drawings in many copies. Since then, the graphic language has evolved, but the privileged relationship with… Find out more