Department Archives: School of Visual Arts and Design

Anna Beltran ’19, a student in the Animation and Visual Effects MFA program, is telling the story of immigrants living in the U.S. in a creative way through her work in 3D animation.

When she crosses the stage in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in studio art and a minor in sociology, Eileen Zelaya will count the moment as one of her greatest accomplishments.

From a childhood dream to her dream job, SVAD MFA student Ana Beltran ’19 brings imagination to life through animation.

As an art director and visual effects supervisor for FX Network, Michael Viscione ’08 blends creativity and technology to create viewer experiences for big-budget shows.

During the Connecting Classrooms project, American and Russian students are paired up as pen pals and given monthly tasks to present information about each other and their cultures in the target language they’re learning.

College of Arts and Humanities faculty, students and alumni collaborated with WUCF on the acclaimed material.

The collection of artwork donated by the Leibels is valued at $5.2 million. “We have always had great respect for UCF and the role it plays in the community and hope this gift will benefit the university from an educational and financial aspect for years to come,” says Steve. The collection — 3,260 pieces of unframed lithographs — isn’t just big in size. Its impact on the college, students and the UCF Gallery will be huge.

SVAD alumni Leo Cordovi ’19, Mar Martinez ’20, and MJ Torrecampo ’14 have been selected for the 2021-2022 Artists-in-Action (AiA) program at Art & History Museums of Maitland!

In the next month, the College of Arts and Humanities will offer a wide variety of information sessions and open houses related to our various degree programs.

TD Bank has teamed up with UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design to select student artwork to be featured in a new UCF campus store opening this month.