Department Archives: School of Visual Arts and Design

When he was a young boy, Ryan Buyssens chopped up his toys. “Then I would do something unusual,” he said. “I would take them apart and figure out how things work, and put them together in weird ways and have them do something different. I’ve always made machines.” Until August, Buyssens was the director of […]

Friday, January 16 – Sunday, January 18 Presented by the University of Central Florida School of Visual Arts & Design, Intel® RealSense™ Technology, E2i Creative Studio and Chronosapien Interactive GAME JAM CONTEST Do you love game design? Have you ever wanted to design for the interfaces of the future utilizing intuitive gestures, motion tracking and […]

This October, Ryan Buyssens exhibited at the Kinetica Art Fair in London. Buyssens, an Assistant Professor in UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design, was invited to be featured among 20 artists from 10 countries. The Fair spotlights the convergence of art and technology and was called “a great example of art moving with the […]

“The Committee,” a documentary film by a team from UCF, recently won an Emmy for telling the story of a Florida Legislature investigative panel that sought to root out homosexuals from state universities about 50 years ago. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in December presented the Suncoast Regional Emmy for Best Historical […]

School of Visual Arts and Design Associate Professor Christopher Harris has been named a 2015 Creative Capital Artist. His film project Speaking in Tongues will be funded by a grant worth up to $95,000. Harris is one of 46 artists selected from a nationwide pool of more than 3,700 proposals. Creative Capital seeks out artists’ […]

UCF students are taking the designing of a pedestrian bridge over Alafaya Trail and University Boulevard into their own hands. On Dec. 1, UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design department held an exhibit featuring 27 bridge designs created by UCF students. Ranging from simple one-way bridges with a Pegasus in the middle, to a […]

A mixed media exhibition and discussion on creativity featuring an FSU art instructor will be hosted by the University of Central Florida Art Gallery. “Leafstorm,” featuring the works of professor Mary Stewart, will kick off with a free reception 6-8 p.m. Jan. 8 in the gallery, Rm. 140A in the UCF Visual Arts Building. The […]

A team of UCF students will compete in Leap Motion’s 3D Jam. 3D Jam is a six-week global competition for developers to build innovative experiences for desktop, virtual reality, and more. Six Digital Media majors in the School of Visual Arts & Design developed “Hollow,” a horror hayride adapted from the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” […]

A film by Justin Lader (Film B.F.A. ’06) has been nominated for “Best First Screenplay” at the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards. Described as “more surreal than romantic with unpredictable results,” The One I Love stars Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss and and Ted Danson. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Festival. The One I Love […]

“Solo,” the latest film from Robert Jones, will screen December 17 as part of the NewFilmmakers New York series. Jones is an independent film producer, writer and director as well as an Associate Professor of Film at UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design. He has directed over fifty productions including “Solo,” an animal rights […]