RUA Steet Art Festival #Elva

The 7th edition of the RUA street art festival will take place in Elva municipality, Estonia! The mission of the nomadic street art festival is to bring permanent visual art to Estonian small towns. In 2024, the RUA festival will take place in the town of Elva and the six villages of Elva's municipality.

RUA Steet Art Festival #Elva is a part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 main programme.

• A R T I S T S • WALLS •
Greete Okas (Estonia) – Rõngu carecenter’s indoor wall, Valga mnt 9, Rõngu village
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 village
Viv Magia & Ruusa (Finland) – Kesk 32, Elva town
Viktoria Berezina (Ukraine) – Valguta bus station, Valguta village
Pablito Zago (France) – Puhja youth center, Viljandi tee 28/2, Puhja
Karolis Dezuteje & Tadas Vincaitis (Lithuania) – Rõngu high school, Rõngu village
Lauri Täht & Viktor Gurov (Estonia), youth camp instructors – plank in front of Rõngu carecenter, Valga mnt 9, Rõngu village
Raphe (France) – Annikoru substation near the skatepark, Annikoru village

If you want to grab a bite or need a place to stay, see what the Tartu 2024 hospitality network offers in the area: https://tartu2024.ee/recommendations-elva

• P R O G R A M •
27 May – 1 June – creation of wall paintings in Elva town and in Rõngu, Annikoru, Valguta, Puhja and Aakre
30 May – 1 June – youth street art camp in Rõngu, near the Rõngu Carecenter
1 June at 11 am – community wall painting workshop in front of Rõngu Carecenter
1 June at 12 pm – stencil workshop for children in Rõngu Community Center
1 June at 3 pm – tour with artists to the finished wall paintings. The tour starts in the parking lot of Rõngu Community Center. All participants need to have their own vehicle.
The festival takes place in cooperation with Elva municipality. The main sponsors of the festival are Sadolin, Fere OÜ 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, NGO Mondo, Anderson’s Brewery.
Partners: Viinamärdi Farm, Birch Lagoon, Color Expert, Ramirent, Spekter Shop, Kanarbiku Wine Farm, Verevi motel, Pub Üksteist.
Designer of the FB banner: Anna-Liisa Sääsk. Each letter is designed by one participating artist of the 2024 e