Department Archives: School of Visual Arts and Design

Cuba In Transition: A Photo Journey, a new book from Keith Kovach and Linda Grimm-Kovach, explores the island nation through image and text. Fine art photographer Keith Kovach captured the images in Cuba in May 2016. His compelling street photography illustrates subtle urban beauty that’s nearly invisible to hurried passersby. They are accompanied by Grimm-Kovach’s […]

You’d think that after a half century the Grinch would remember his lesson. But every year since the December 1966 television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! first appeared, the animated green curmudgeon returns to his old tricks of sabotaging the holiday once again. “Basic human nature does not change,” said Jo Anne Adams, an […]

Two Nicholson students were named to the 2017 class of the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Students Program. Alexandra DeCespedes and Linnea Goodman are advertising-public relations majors who will graduate in the spring. Alexandra DeCespedes, an advertising-public relations and graphic design major, said she felt honored to be recognized. “As a Cuban American and […]

A video game collaboration that stemmed from UCF’s Limbitless Solutions and the School of Visual Arts & Design was recognized today for its innovation at the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge, an event that brings together top companies in the simulation and gaming industry. Limbitless Training Games won the Best Serious Game Innovation award at […]

Ryan Buyssens was the kind of kid who would take his toys apart and rebuild them in new ways. Sometimes they worked. Sometimes they didn’t. He didn’t think he’d make a career out of his tinkering, but he has. Not only is he an assistant professor for sculpture and art at the University of Central […]

UCF alum Adam Lehman won the Command X competition at the 2016 AIGA conference. His first-place award include $1,000 cash and a trove of prizes. Adam, a 2015 graduate of UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design, was one of seven young designers selected to participate in the prestigious and rigorous competition. Adam wrote an […]

UCF faculty members Anastasia Salter and Anne Sullivan contributed to a charity drive for victims, families and responders following the horrific shooting at Orlando’s Pulse LGBTQ nightclub. Orlando Modern Quilt Guild president Alissa Lapinsky was looking for a way to help, and she coordinated with the guild to launch a quilt drive. Alissa posted a […]

Keep your eyes and ears open Wednesday and Thursday around UCF’s main campus – you just may stumble across some pop-up displays that are part of the national Art in Odd Places event. Mixed-media sculptures, photography, plein air paintings, musical compositions and other interactive works of art will be scattered around campus. (Hint: places such […]

Natalie Underberg-Goode is one of eleven scholars invited to the Science of Storytelling Summit Organized by the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, the event was held October 27-28. Inspired by the work of cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner, the summit brought together a group of interdisciplinary scholars from the United States, […]

UCF faculty members Yulia Tikhonova (UCF Art Gallery), Barry Mauer (English), and John Venecek (Libraries) have been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The grant is devoted to the development of the Citizen Curator Project. In partnership with the Orlando community, the grantees will collaborate with Connie Lester (History) […]