“Design for Sustainable Cities” is an international competition aimed at students and organized by BE OPEN and Cumulus, an international association that includes the best art and design institutions in the world and of which RUFA is a Full Member. The aim of the “Design for Sustainable Cities” competition is to recognize, display and promote… Find out more
The student service design challenge is aimed at the next generation of designers. The competition is open to all design students and was launched by Philips Experience Design to engage young designers in their search for people-centered care services. Through this challenge, younger generations can in fact shape the future of care. Students are invited… Find out more
NOTICE: The deadline of the call has been extended to 15 January 2021.. From the idea of Vincenzo Grisia, president of the hotel group “Unicum Group”, was born the project “A stay in art” for young people working in “street art”. The contest, aimed at the students of the Academies of Rome, has as its… Find out more
Two days: 48 hours to make a film with actors, script, soundtrack, shooting and editing. Despite the health emergency, the “48 Hour Film Project” returns for 2020. The challenge, as defined by the organisers, is adrenaline-filled: from 4 to 6 December filmmakers from all over Italy will be able to put themselves to the test… Find out more
Not a simple formative path, but an immersive experience, full and concrete, in the creative industry that allows you to compare yourself with the top experts in the field. RUFA Masterclasses represent an ideal point of reference between its cultural background and the potential it is able to develop in the future. No exception, in… Find out more
In the belief that recognizing oneself in a symbol can increase and enhance the sense of belonging of residents to the “neighborhood community”, SinergieSolidali has launched the call for proposals for the creation of a symbol that identifies the Trieste district of Rome. Unlike the 22 districts of Rome, which have a defined coat of… Find out more
Enel, a leading company in the marketing of energy services, has organized a Hackathon to develop projects that rethink the practice of smart working, so as to generate welcoming, inclusive and innovative hybrid work environments. RUFA students, as well as new graduates, can also participate in the project, thus making use of the notions learned… Find out more
“Draw the future. Development, innovation, sustainability, beauty”: this is the theme of the 2020 edition of the Italian Design Day (IDD), the thematic review launched in 2017 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Farnesina in collaboration and with the support of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Compared to… Find out more
A project born in the classrooms of the Academy, and then open to the world. Yari Saccotelli, a graduate of the RUFA School of Cinema, is a multifaceted artist who is capable of experimenting, with consistently high results, in the various fields of contemporary expression. After several years of study, dedicated to deepening his thesis… Find out more
The first exhibition of RUFA dedicated entirely to graphics arts, the result of the work of the students during the lockdown and accessible both physically and online. Reason of pride and opportunity, for the emerging RUFA artists who exhibited, was the “contact” with the public of Roma Art Week. Printmaking has the fascinating prerogative 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
The inauguration of the 2020 edition of La Quadriennale di Roma has a twofold significance: on the one hand, it demonstrates the support of the institutions and the State for one of the events that, over the years, has strengthened the role of research and experimentation in the artistic field, and on the other hand,… Find out more
The Foundation “Culture and Art”, within the 2020 edition of “TALENT PRIZE”, awarded a Special Prize, as best emerging artist, to the graduate RUFA Federica Di Pietrantonio. A very important statement that gives merit to the work, first formative and then practical, profused by Federica in the particular path of experimentation undertaken so far. The… Find out more
Innovation comes to the family. The “Design 4 Parents” competition is open, designed to bring the theme of neo-genitoriality to the attention of the general public. The aim is to direct creativity to the development of an object or service useful to those who become mom or dad for the first time. Promoters of this competition… Find out more
RUFA teacher, Fabrizio Dell’Arno, will be present at the ninth edition of the “Colloquium on communication and innovation. Art, intervention and communication of public interest”. This is, specifically, an initiative promoted by the Universidade Municipal de Sao Caetano do Sul which is based in the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil. The important cultural event… Find out more
Martina Calanni‘s “Eureka” project won the first prize at the 2020 edition of the international competition “Bamboo Rush”, for the design of a bamboo design object. The coveted award was obtained “for having combined the basic traits in the philosophy behind the use of bamboo: the gestures of movement, the clean lines, the essentiality of… 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
Promote young artists and curators who are trained in the Academies. It is in this context that the “Recommended” project has taken shape. Conceived by Francesca Longo and Raffaele Gavarro, the initiative is addressed to RUFA and ABA graduates who will be able to exhibit their works in an exhibition, with a refined setting, followed… Find out more
RUFA and Romaeuropa Festival together again this year, to explore new forms of expression and art. The students of the master’s degree course in Multimedia arts and design, coordinated by teachers Caterina Tomeo, Ivan Paduano, Massimo Zomparelli, participated in the festival with the experience “THE POST-FUTURISTIC CAVE”, on October 2nd and 3rd at the “Cellette”… Find out more
Printmaking is the “non-place” of art. That space of thought and doing that has the license to operate in the freedom of non belonging. For some years now, work within the strict technical dictates, which are the fascinating prerogative of printmaking, has appropriated the languages of other artistic disciplines, from sculpture to installation and performance…. Find out more