Department Archives: College of Arts and Humanities

Last month, UCF art grad Forrest Lawson ’18 bested more than 400 artists for top honors and a $50,000 award at a regional competition for his piece 6/12/2016, a sculpture he created to memorialize the Pulse tragedy, honor its victims and communicate the emotions and responses the shooting awakened across communities.

Jerusha Cavazos ’14 made her Broadway debut in the new musical comedy about acceptance and love in October. Now, The Prom is nominated for 7 Tony Awards.

Longtime professor Tony Major remembered for contribution to film, UCF: Major died at the age of 79 after 24 years at the university and leaves a legacy of students who have gone on to careers as actors, producers, directors and talent agents.

Jonathan Beever and partner Stephen Kuebler have won the 2019-20 COACHE Innovation Award. With this award, they will continue their project on cultivating an institutional culture of ethics and responsible conduct.

Winner of the 2019 Founders’ Award, history alumna and contributor to the Veterans Legacy Program, Elizabeth Klements ’19 is returning to UCF to obtain her master’s.

Experience familia, fantasy, tragedy and comedy at Theatre UCF‘s second annual Pegasus PlayLab, a festival dedicated to developing plays by emerging playwrights. Audiences can hear three staged readings, watch a full developmental production and participate in discussions with the playwrights, casts and directors throughout June. Each production is a collaborative effort between the playwright and the […]

Apply for the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts & Wellness Innovation Awards now through October 10. Two winners will be selected and receive $25,000 each. The purpose of the awards is to build sustainable models for arts and wellness innovation both across the community and UCF campus.

David Morton recounts his trip to India, where he explored the country’s cinematic past and present. A passionate enthusiast for international cinema, he was presented with an extraordinary opportunity to go behind the scenes to study one of India’s oldest and internationally prestigious motion picture industries.

Evan Rosato 18’s tumor diagnosis felt like a death sentence. But instead of letting fear consume him, he found understanding and closure through his art.

The 2019 UCF Big Read was the featured grantee on the Arts Midwest website for the month of May.