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...
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...
Three Alumni Pushing the Limits of Animation and Projection Mapping
October 07, 2015 Three Alumni Pushing the Limits of Animation and Projection Mapping A media company created by three UCF alumni is gaining distinction for their work with recent showings in the Art & Algorithms Digital Arts Festival, the Kennedy Space Center and the Orlando Science Center. Joe Rosa, ’11, Heather Knott, ’11,...
Beckler’s Horror Feature INTERIOR to Screen at LA Film Festival
September 18, 2015 UCF Film Lecturer Zachary Beckler’s horror feature INTERIOR will screen at Shriekfest 2015 on October 3. The film is an official selection for the prominent Los Angeles festival. INTERIOR is an “alternative” horror film about one man alone in a haunted house capturing evidence of the supernatural over the course...
UCF is One of 75 Organizations Nationwide to Receive Big Read Grant
September 11, 2015 The University of Central Florida is a recipient of a grant of $15,000.00 to host The Big Read in Orlando. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for...
Animation Career Review Features UCF Animation Programs
August 31, 2015 Animation Career Review’s recent “Take Two: Q&A Interview” with UCF animation professors Cheryl Cabrera and Scott Hall boasts SVAD’s Emerging Media program. The interview explores what undergrads can achieve in UCF’s Character Animation and Experimental Animation programs. The two degrees approach animation differently… Character Animation employs applied industry training and...
Experimental Animation Graduates Showcase Animated Short at Film Festivals
August 14, 2015 Four experimental animation graduates are showcasing their animated short film, The Falling Leaf, at LA CineFest, Orlando International Peace and Film Festival and the Miami Independent Film Festival. The short tells the story of a young monk who is assigned a seemingly impossible task and follows his efforts to overcome...
Danker Leads Talk after Easy Rider Screening at the Foosaner Museum of Art
August 14, 2015 On August 20, Lisa Danker will introduce the film Easy Rider at the Foosaner Museum of Art in Melbourne. Following the screening, Danker will lead a discussion about the production history, style and the impact of Easy Rider on the reception of independent filmmaking. In the film, two counterculture bikers...
UCF Art Gallery to feature Art of the Carnival Sideshow
July 10, 2015 Painted carnival banners, photographs, sculptures and film screenings are on display at the UCF Art Gallery July 16 – August 29. The exhibition tells the story of the exciting, imaginative, and dissapearing world of the carnival sideshow. The banners on display range in size with the largest spanning an entire...
New Scholarship for Architecture Students
July 08, 2015 There is a new scholarship available for Architecture B.Des. students. The annual Craig Tremblay Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Architecture will be awarded each spring with the application opening in the fall semester. This scholarship may be used to pay for tuition, textbooks, fees and any other items included in the...
Raimundi-Ortiz showcasing for Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art
July 07, 2015 Wanda Raimundi-Ortize has been selected from hundreds of Florida artists to participate in the Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art. The exhibition will be on view June 12 – September 6, 2015. The Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art is an annual exhibition...
Interview with OMALIX, SVAD Alumna
June 11, 2015 Since her graduation in 2014, OMALIX has been carving an exciting career in the arts. She graduated with a BFA concentration in painting and Magna Cum Laude from UCF. OMALIX’s selection of deeply symbolic personal paintings and photographs are currently on view at the Sirona Fine Art Gallery, Hallandale Beach,...