RUA 2022: Võrumaa - RUA Festival

Graphic design by Ingmar Järve

RUA 2022: Võrumaa

From the 13th until the 18th of of June RUA street art festival took place in Võru county’s small towns and villages: Antsla, Kuldre, Kobela, Uue-Antsla, Kirikuküla, Urvaste, Vastseliina, Mõniste and Võru.

The 5th edition of RUA festival brought a wide range of Estonian and foreign artists to Southern Estonia. In addition to the created artworks, a youth camp took place for local youth and an exhibition celebrating 30 years of graffiti and street art in Estonia was opened to the public in Antsla.

Artists and locations of the artworks:
KMG (UK) · two walls opposite the Antsla Carecenter, Tamme 2
Kairo (Estonia) · electric panel, Kuldre, Antsla
Navitrolla (Estonia) · electric panel, Kobela, Antsla
Pintsel & Sänk (Estonia) · Posti 3, Antsla
Bach Babach (Estonia) · Kirikuküla bus stop, Antsla
Ettoja (Ukraine / Lithuania) · Antsla
Taneli Stenberg (Finland) · Antsla
Päivi Lindell (Finland) · Urvaste, Antsla
Jerome Chonkston (Estonia) · electric panels, Vana-Antsla, Mõniste, Vastseliina
Plan B (Finland) · Petseri 2, Vastseliina
Dezute (Lithuania) · Liiva 21, Võru
Sashami (Estonia) · Lembitu 2c, Võru

Sponsors: Akzo Nobel Baltics AS, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Cultural Center of Antsla, Vastseliina Community Center, Mõniste Community Center, city of Võru, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Lithuanian Embassy, Finnish Institute, NPO Mondo

Partners: Fere OÜ, Color Expert, Spekter - Montana Colors Estonia, Ramirent, COOP, Spläsh Eesti.

The youth camp was funded by the Cultural Center of Antsla and & NGO Mondo. The youth camp was part of the climate changes project 1Planet4All to raise awareness, funded by European Commission and ESTDEV (Estonian Center for International Development)

Photos by Danel Rinaldo

Video by Andero Kalju