On Thursday 23 May, as part of the painting course reserved for first-year students, the workshop “Acque Scure” (Dark Water) will be held, curated by the lecturer Fabrizio Dell’Arno with the presence of Guido D’Angeli and Antonella Nardi. The workshop, sponsored by “Winsor&Newton” that will offer the necessary materials to students, is focused on the… Find out more
After the great success of the Olivetti Design Contest, at the end of the academic year, on Monday 3 June at 9.00 a.m. at RUFA – Pastificio Cerere, the Academy will have the honour of hosting the prestigious icon of Made in Italy Design. The General Secretary of the Adriano Olivetti Foundation, Mr Beniamino de’… Find out more
Following in the footsteps of contemporaneity as you walk through Rome. RUFA lecturer Gian Luca Gentili accompanied his students on a different journey in the eternal city, with the aim of re-discovering in design and architecture the modernity that the Capital expresses. An itinerary designed and thought to talk to the owners of the activities… Find out more
RUFA students Alessio Castiglia and Mattia De Nittis took first and second prizes respectively at the festival “Convergenze di immagini mediterranee” (Convergence of Mediterranean images). The project was carried out by the Comune di Atrani (Sa), the association “Maiori Film Festival” and the Campania Region. The festival aimed to present the country, its natural, artistic… Find out more
Thanks to the support provided by the professors of the School of Graphic Art, RUFA students can partecipate to the thirteenth edition of the event “Unesco Creative Cities Conference” to be held in Fabriano, in the province of Ancona, from 10 to 16 June. This project involves both the Fedrigoni Foundation and the paper factories… Find out more
The vision of art 365 days a year. A goal that, for RUFA students, means generate and design a calendar that can best represent the concept of expressiveness and contemporaneity. On these bases, the Academy of Fine Arts and Tipografare have signed an agreement aimed at producing a calendar ready to turn into competition. Thanks… Find out more
Each flag, by definition, represents a state or a group of states, the most interesting aspect of the flag of Europe is that it represents “a community of people entering and leaving”. The stars, with their points facing upwards and equidistant from each other, represent the twelve signs of the zodiac and tell the main… Find out more
The program #OfficineRufa continues with a meeting with Jesus Garcés Lambert, director of the film Caravaggio – L’anima e il sangue (2018). Who was Caravaggio, why did his life become a legend that deeply impressed our imagination? What did the young Merisi feel and think when he painted, and what can his existential and artistic… Find out more
The short film “A mosca cieca”, directed by Girolamo Capuano and written by Adriano Ricci, won the competition “Nos somos el futuro”. This project is dedicated to young directors and screenwriters from Italy and Spain and is part of the Palma de Mallorca Film Festival, chaired by Gabriella Carlucci. The event, now in its fourth… Find out more
David LaChapelle: unique, with a post-pop and surreal style, iconic and irreverent, different from the others because it brings a marked identity. A polyhedric artist who expresses himself in the relationship with the image, transmitting his thoughts in a clear and determined way. He is the “special star” of the RUFA Contest 2019 which will… Find out more
About a year after the first edition, the doors of the School of Visual Arts in New York are reopening for RUFA students. The objective is simple and direct: to give form and substance to an “exchange experience” that perfectly declines the search for contemporaneity embedded in the operational mission of the two cultural institutions…. Find out more
Expand the already existing virtuous circle between the art world and voluntary associations. This is the starting point for the experience that the non-profit organization “art4aid” carries forward with passion. The project consists in the creation of a media platform for exchange in which artists from various disciplines make available their works, which can be… Find out more
“100 BAUHAUS: the heritage in a manifesto.” This is the title of an exhibition/project, realized by the students of RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, to develop a research project in the field of visual communication, using the same techniques of exploration of the Bauhaus. The aim of the initiative, coordinated by the lecturer… Find out more
The collaboration between RUFA and Contemporary Cluster is renewed. The exhibition “The Architectura Eloquentia” will be inaugurated on Thursday 30 May at 7 p.m., with the participation of students of Multimedia arts and design course. Thanks also to the support of the lecturers Francesca Gollo and Caterina Tomeo, the students will take care of the… Find out more
The scenic graphics that will be projected to wrap the notes on stage of primo Maggio concert will be designed by the RUFA students of the Graphic and Visual design courses. Congrats: Aurora Achille, Benedetta Colonna, Francesco Floris, Ina Jung, Andrea Mattia Palmeri, Marina Picari, Luca Santarelli, Pietro Santovetti, Alessio Spigola, Ludovica Testa. Here’s the… Find out more
To contribute to the development of professional identity even after the end of the course of study. It is in this scenario that the Rome University of Fine Arts has concentrated a part of its activities, in order to support the research and artistic productions of its graduates. A modern form of patronage that compares… Find out more
New appointment with “Solo Exhibition”: from 6 to 10 May, from 9 to 20, Giovanni Lo Castro will exhibit the project “Birifrangenza” at RUFA Space, in via degli Ausoni 7, in the heart of the San Lorenzo district in Rome. The installation offers different possibilities to the mind: it allows to view multiple paths, to… Find out more
The second edition of the “Scalart” competition, promoted by the law firm “La Scala” and the “Toogood Society”, is now open with the support of “Campi 1898 – Tipografia in Monotype” and the “Cento Amici del Libro” association, aimed at promoting young artists. The initiative, addressed to young students or graduates of the Academies of… Find out more
Chinese and Arabs and then the Western peoples. Paper has been able to go through the centuries, to adapt to the times, without any reverential fear of technology, indeed supporting it. An interesting workshop was held at the RUFA Pastificio Cerere dedicated to the manufacturing process of this precious element, made in Italy excellence. Giuseppe… Find out more
The exhibition “Arte in Arti e Mestieri” (Art in Arts and Crafts) was born in 2001 and over time has been able to carve out a very important space between the festivals dedicated to the enhancement of contemporary expressionism. The contest, which last year saw the success of the student RUFA Camilla Gurgone, takes place… Find out more