7th edition of RUA street art festival in Elva municipality from the 27th to 1st of June 2024
In 2024, RUA festival takes place in the town of Elva and five villages of Elva's municipality. Around ten local and international artists will gather together to create wall paintings in order to brighten up the everyday surroundings of the local people.
The heroes of the festival are the artists! Brilliant street artists from seven different countries will shape the look of RUA in 2024. Each artist has an individual style and it will be absolutely thrilling to see the compositions they've created for Estonian tiny towns!
As it's become a tradition at RUA, a painting will also be created in a local carecenter, also a street art youth camp will take place, as well as a community wall painting workshop and a tour to the freshly painted walls. The process of creating a wall painting is a rare sight, so find yourself a map of Elva and come explore the villages as well as the making-of!
PROGRAM
27 May - 1 June Creation of wall paintings in Elva town and five surrounding villages: Rõngu, Annikoru, Valguta, Puhja and Aakre
30 May - 1 June Youth street art camp in Rõngu
1 June at 11 am Community wall painting workshop in Rõngu village
1 June at 12 pm Stencil workshop for children in Rõngu village
1 June at 3 pm Tour with artists to the finished wall paintings
All events are free.
Link to Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/734458185476239/?ref=newsfeed
ARTISTS / WALLS
Greete Okas (Estonia) - Indoor wall of Rõngu carecenter, Valga mnt 9, Rõngu
Robin Nõgisto (Estonia) - Elva library, Tartu mnt 3, Elva town
Lily Brick (Spain) - Annikoru road 8, Annikoru
Ola Kalnins (Sweden) - Aakre Community house, Mõisa tee 12, Aakre
Viv Magia & Ruusa (Finland) - Kesk 32, Elva town
Viktoria Berezina (Ukraine) - Valguta bus station, Valguta
Pablito Zago (France) - Puhja youth center, Viljandi tee 28/2, Puhja
Karolis Dezuteje & Tadas Vincaitis (Lithuania) - Rõngu high school, Rõngu
Lauri Täht & Viktor Gurov (Estonia), youth camp instructors - fence in front of Rõngu carecenter, Valga mnt 9, Rõngu
YOUTHCAMP
There will be a free street art youth camp from the 30th of May until the 1st of June to introduce street art to local and Ukrainian youth of ages 14-19. All the participants will get to explore materials and techniques used in street art and to learn about the basics of composition. The main focus of the camp is to create a painting on both sides of the plank in front of the Rõngu carecenter. The instructors of the camp are Lauri Täht and Viktor Gurov from the Multistab crew.
Participation is free, and participants are offered snacks every day of the camp. To register, send your name, age, school, phone number and email address by May 10th the latest. In addition, describe in a few sentences why you want to participate in the camp and/or send us photos of your previous art creations: ruralurbanart@gmail.com
The number of camp places is limited.
The camp is supported NGO Mondo in collaboration with the government of the United States of America.
SPONSORS
The festival takes place in cooperation with Elva municipality. The main sponsors of the festival are Sadolin and Montana Colors.
Sponsors: Elva municipality, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, Institut français d'Estonie / French Institute in Estonia, Embassy of Spain, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Estonia.
Partners: NGO Mondo, Anderson's Brewery, Viinamärdi Farm, Birch Lagoon, Color Expert, Fere OÜ, Ramirent, Spekter Shop, Kanarbiku Wine Farm, Verevi motel.
Designer of the FB banner: Anna-Liisa Sääsk. Each letter is designed by one participating artist of the 2024 edition.
Sponsors / Partners of 2024
