UCF Celebrates the Arts to Brim with SVAD Creations
February 15, 2016 It’s a visual world these days – and the works of color, form and motion created by students and faculty will be on full display at the UCF Celebrates the Arts festival in April. A diverse presentation of mixed media installation pieces, banner art, films, animation, and tableau vivant (living...
SVAD Academic Program Review Schedule
February 09, 2016 SVAD students are invited to participate in the academic review process for the programs in SVAD. Students will be given the opportunity to provide feedback about the program. Below is the upcoming schedule for the program reviews: Wednesday, February 10 Photography (Regional) 2:30 – 3:00pm in Daytona Bldg. 530 Rm....
SVAD Assistant Professor of Photography makes short list for a Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
February 03, 2016 The Lucie Foundation is an international organization dedicated to supporting emerging photographers worldwide. Assistant Professor of Photography Brooks Dierdorff states: “I am excited to be in this pool. “ The Award selects individuals to create or continue a project focused on creating a story through a conceptual Fine Art approach....
MFA Thesis Exhibition: black box honey
February 03, 2016 Opening Reception: March 16th 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Evocative shapes and symbolic colors seek the past. Multiple layers of meaning can be derived from a seemingly arbitrary assortment of words. Metaphorical materials form morbid puns and domestic commentary. The Master of Fine Arts candidates Taylor Battle, Reina Castellanos, and...
Experimental Filmmaker Lisa Danker to screen her new film "Beneath a Glass Floor Lobby"
February 03, 2016 Screening alongside some of the top young experimental filmmakers working in the world today, Experimental Filmmaker Assistant Professor Lisa Danker’s new Film “Beneath a Glass Floor Lobby” will screen February 25 at the $100 Film Festival, the only celluloid-based film festival. When the $100 Film Festival was born in 1992,...
UCF to Present Workshops, Student Projects at Love Your Shorts Film Festival
February 03, 2016 Free filmmaking workshops and an evening of student films are all part of a UCF-sponsored Education Day at the Feb. 11-14 Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Sanford. Education Day, sponsored Feb. 11 by UCF’s College of Arts & Humanities, will kick off the festival activities at the Wayne Densch...
"Eye For Broadway" Announces Kinky Boots Contest Winner
February 02, 2016 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...
UCF Teams Up with Orlando Science Center at Otronicon Technology Event
January 15, 2016 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...
UCF STEAM Exhibition: When Art and Science Meet (Science, Technology, Engineering, ARTS and Mathematics)
January 14, 2016 “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...
Character Animation Short Films Triumph in Festival Circuit
January 11, 2016 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...
'The Big Read' at UCF to Focus on Zora Neale Hurston
December 22, 2015 UCF’s College of Arts & Humanities has been awarded one of 75 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to participate in “The Big Read,” a nationwide program created to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Grant recipients around the...
SVAD Professor Keith Kovach releases new book Vienna in the Winter: A Visceral Experience of Time and Place
December 07, 2015 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...
Mosher's Sculpture Selected for Arizona Outdoor Sculpture Showcase
November 05, 2015 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...
Watson's Game-based Course Featured in Chronicle of Higher Ed
November 04, 2015 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...
"Eye For Broadway" Announces Cinderella Contest Winner
October 23, 2015 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...
Digital Media Graduates Create Video Game Coming in Spring 2016
October 21, 2015 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...
Healing Art 2016: Call for Entries
October 20, 2015 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...
Buyssens Exhibits at 3D PrintShow in Paris
October 09, 2015 On October 16-17, Ryan Buyssens’ kinetic sculpture Resistance will be exhibited at the Carrousel Du Louvre in Paris, France as part of the 3D Printshow. Resistance is an interactive, mechatronic sculpture that emulates the articulated flapping of a bird’s wings. The event brings together key players from the entire 3D...
Beckler Wins Best Horror Film at LA’s Shriekfest
October 09, 2015 Zachary Beckler’s feature Interior was awarded the Grand Jury Prize of Best Horror Film at Shriekfest on October 3 in Los Angeles. “I am thrilled and was literally speechless to accept such a major award at Shriekfest. It is a fantastic festival, and the audience response was overwhelmingly positive and...
MFA Film Alumni Continues to Screen at Festivals
October 07, 2015 While matriculating in the UCF Film MFA program, John Goshorn, MFA ‘12 developed and produced The Happiest Place on Earth, a feature film that has since earned five official selections from festivals around the United States. The film world-premiered at the 25th annual Cineguest Film Festival in San Jose, CA...