There is no ending to the personal statements made by RUFA students who, despite the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, are continuing to build future-oriented ideas and projects in order to make the theoretical concepts learned in recent months practical. “Mutations” is the title of the short film made by the student of the… Find out more
The current Covid-19 situation in the World, has led the direction of the FuoriFestival and the Festival dei 2 Mondi to have as a priority the protection of citizens’ health, thus avoiding events where social distancing is at risk, therefore the 2020 edition of the FuoriFestival has been cancelled. Despite the cancellation, the Ecosofia Gallery… Find out more
In 1990 Roberto Memmo, who has always been interested in art in every form of expression, decided to set up a private Foundation and take on the role of its president. His passion for beauty led him to want to share, with a vast public, the creativity of the great masters through the contemplation of… Find out more
RUFA is once again on the side of contemporaneity, especially if this mission coincides with supporting art, in order to define its future canons. The Academy has decided to sponsor, in continuity with the recent past, Arte Laguna Prize, considered one of the most influential competitions in the world for emerging artists and designers, with… Find out more
The Spoleto Festival is one of those events that needs no introduction. Every year the magnificent Umbrian city opens to the world, showing its monumental beauty, intact as its historical vocation to art. The majestic scenery of the Albornoziana Fortress and the magnificent sequence of arches of the Ponte delle Torri prelude to the Roman… Find out more
Fabio Mauri (Rome, 1926-2009) is one of the masters of the Italian avant-garde after World War II. His first monochromes and Screens date back to 1957, but it was in the 1970s that he became an absolute protagonist of the national and international art scene, proposing works such as “Ebrea” (1971) and “Che cosa è… Find out more
From Matisse and Cezanne to Picasso, from Arman to Niki de Saint Phalle, many generations of artists, even very distant from each other, in terms of culture, historical period, experiences, dialectics and language. But there is one thing that brings them all closer, for 300 years now: colour. And in particular the colors of what… Find out more
Seven seconds to describe a world. The RUFA students of the Bachelor of Arts in Cinema, Chiara Guglia and Elena Viggiano, made an independent short film that was selected at the 7SIFF – 7 Second International Film Festival in Buenos Aires. The project, the only Italian short film that passed the selection, aims to create… Find out more
Among the effects still to be understood and better defined of the Covid-19 pandemic, one cannot fail to mention an approach to artistic fruition that is decidedly different from the normal routine. There have been many activities that have been developed on the web and that have allowed to convey ideas and research around the… Find out more
RUFA’s here! And there are also the two elements that accompanied the Academy’s development: research and talent. The RUFA Contest is the maximum declination of these two aspects, to be combined and mixed to create a project that eludes the banal, capable of supporting the kaleidoscopic forms of the intellect. A mission that the health… Find out more
For the last phase of the Rometti Prize, the stage and the production of the design idea, we will unfortunately have to wait for better times. The continuing emergency from Covid-19 and the restrictions currently in force, do not allow the prestigious Umbrian manufacture to host the students in the company in complete safety. However,… Find out more
The Ministry of University and Research has announced the fifteenth edition of the “National Arts Award”. The competition, addressed to students regularly enrolled in institutions and accredited courses of the Afam system, in the academic year 2019/2020, is divided into the following sections and subsections: 1) FIGURATIVE, DIGITAL AND SCENOGRAPHICAL ART: Painting, Sculpture, Restoration, Graphic… 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
At the movies? In the car! So to experience, as if it were a time machine, the sensations of films like “Grease”, mirror of an entire generation. RUFA is partner of Sunset Drive-In, the “en-plein-air” space located inside the Cinecittà Studios that, from now on, will allow you to experience the emotions of the seventh… Find out more
The appointments “powered by RUFA” continue within the Rai 5 program “Save the date”. In these weeks there have been many artistic contributions that Academy graduates and former graduates have generated in support of the network, opening a debate on what can be defined as the new course of some disciplines, especially cinema, more aligned,… Find out more
RUFA envisages the next thousand days of art after the apocalypse. The O2 Manifesto is born
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
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
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
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
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