Department Archives: School of Visual Arts and Design

SVAD student Aleisha Breter’s work will appear in the Atlantic Center for the Arts 24th Annual University Student Exhibition. Breter is one of four university students from around the state to be selected for this prestigious exhibition, juried by New York-based artist Diana Cooper. According to the ACA, “The selection process for this exhibition begins […]

Five UCF students and two faculty members from the School of Visual Arts and Design were awarded Sony Scholarships on April 19. The Sony Scholarship is awarded to current, full-time UCF students or faculty who have shown superior academic achievement in the fields of digital and emerging media such as Game Design, Animation, Graphic Design, […]

The School of Visual Arts & Design celebrates the end of another academic year with four days of free screenings. The refreshing and engaging presentation features the creativity and hard work of UCF film students. The screenings kick-off Thursday night with first-year B.F.A. students’ Directing I film projects. Friday evening features a collection of short […]

Undergraduate Charlotte Tripson was recently featured in an article by the Vero Beach Newsweekly. Charlotte is making a name for herself in the graphic design industry. While she wraps up her last year at UCF majoring in Web Design, Tripson is also running her own design company, Anabar Designs. Her company focuses on minimalistic design […]

Fragments, a new exhibition hosted by the City of Orlando Public Art Program, features art by KYLE and UCF’s own Kevin Haran. A public reception with the artists will be held on Thursday, April 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the rotunda of Orlando City Hall. Fragments is an in depth look into […]

The J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship review committee is pleased to announce four winners from all areas of the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design. All applicants are commended for their fine work and for the excellent statements outlining their goals as artists. This year’s recipients are: Austyn Bynon Andres E Aranguibel Omalix Martinez Teresa […]

Ilenia Colon Mendoza was honored with the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award for the College of Arts and Humanities at the 2013 Founder’s Day Convocation. Mendoza was nominated by Margaret Ann Zaho, an art history professor in the School of Visual Art and Design. She teaches art history and specializes in 17th century Spanish art. […]

Stella Sung and Julia Listengarten were named among the “Top 25 Women Professors in Florida” by Online Schools Florida. Sung is a Professor in UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design and director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology, and Entertainment (CREATE). She recently received the Pegasus Professor Award, the most […]

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of UCF this year, we are reminded that the core benefit of an upper-level education is the opportunity to pursue and obtain insight and knowledge over blindness and ignorance. We live in a time in which faith in religion is believed by many to provide the best solutions to […]

An artist’s book created at UCF’s Flying Horse Editions by James Siena, Sequence One, and was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in 2011, is included in their current exhibition,”Abstract Generation: Now in Print.” Sequence One, which was printed and published by Flying Horse Editions, “is a hand-printed, double-sided accordion book that stretches seventeen-feet […]