Department Archives: School of Visual Arts and Design

The UCF School of Visual Arts & Design announces the latest winner of the J.R. Hopes Art “Eye for Broadway” Art Competition. Ashley Loonam is the winner for Kinky Boots. Ashley, a native of Long Island, New York, is pursuing a Design career, both inside and outside of school, with a dream to one day […]

UCF is sponsoring the 11th annual Otronicon at the Orlando Science Center Friday January 15 – Monday January 18. Ortonicon is a four-day conference that features exhibits, workshops, panels, speakers, and keynotes about the digital-media industry including video gaming, serious games, simulation, robotics, and virtual reality. UCF is heading a number of exhibits: Ongoing The […]

“The 2016 UCF STEAM Exhibition” is a feature of Otronicon 2016 at the Orlando Science Center. The exhibit presents paintings, drawings, photographs and 3D artworks created by UCF fine arts students and UCF CREATE elementary students in visual response to STEM topics. The exhibition includes futuristic visualizations, illustrations of current research and compelling artworks that […]

The two five-minute films from the graduating Character Animation cohort of 2015, Snacktime and Enchanted Ink, are performing incredibly in the film and animation festival circuit. The shorts have won 11 awards and were official selections in 2 International, 15 National, and 8 Local venues. The full list of awards and recognition is shown below, […]

Kovach was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in media studies, conducting collaborative research and lecturing at the National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania. His book Vienna in the Winter: A Visceral Experience of Time and Place is a collection of images made during his grant from the Austrian Fulbright Commission and Quartier21/Museums Quartier Artist-in-Residence 2015. This […]

The Arizona Outdoor Sculpture Showcase will feature “Standpipe,” a large steel sculpture by Matthew Mosher. Mosher is an intermedia artist and assistant professor in the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design The showcase is on view until November 1, 2017, hosted by the Shemer Art Center. Currently celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the center is […]

Keri Watson was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education for her online teaching method involving game-based learning. Watson teaches with role-playing games along with alternative reality games. Her alternative reality game, “Secret Societies of the Avant-garde,” was created with her colleague Anastasia Salter as a Unity-based game. The game was deployed this past spring […]

The UCF School of Visual Arts & Design announces the latest winner of the J.R. Hopes Art “Eye for Broadway” Art Competition. Autumn Barachina is the winner for Rodger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Autumn, a native of Winter Park, Florida, is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in illustration. Her artistic influences […]

Recent UCF Digital Media Graduates Peter Milko, Percy Legendre IV and Sean Pinnock of Blacksea Odyssey create Video Game coming soon to PCs and consoles in Spring 2016. Blacksea Odyssey is an American independent game studio based in Orlando, Florida founded in 2015 by Peter Milko, Percy Legendre IV, and Sean Pinnock after they graduated […]

UCF’s Healing Art exhibition is now open to entries. Healing Art is an annual, juried 2-D art exhibit created by Counseling & Psychological Services in collaboration with the School of Visual Arts & Design. The 2016 exhibition theme is “Unity.” This exhibit will showcase artworks by UCF students, alumni, faculty and staff. Healing Art is […]