SVAD Sponsors Game Jam Contest
January 13, 2015 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...
Buyssens Featured at London’s Kinetica Art Fair
January 09, 2015 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...
UCF Filmmakers Win Emmy for Documentary
January 09, 2015 “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...
Harris Awarded 2015 Creative Capital Grant
January 08, 2015 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....
UCF Students Create 3D Pedestrian Bridge Designs
January 06, 2015 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...
Art Gallery to Host Exhibit, Discussion on Creativity
January 06, 2015 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 Students Compete in Leap Motion 3D Jam with "Hollow"
December 18, 2014 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...
Film Alum Nominated for Independent Spirit Award
December 09, 2014 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...
New York Film Series to Feature Jones "Solo"
December 02, 2014 “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...
"Eye for Broadway" Art Competition Winners
November 25, 2014 The UCF School of Visual Arts & Design proudly announces the winners of the inaugural J.R. Hopes “Eye for Broadway” Art Competition. The competition invited SVAD students to create art inspired by upcoming Broadway performances at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Joy Garcia won for The Phantom...
Print Your Own Holiday Cards at Flying Horse Editions' Open House
November 13, 2014 Letterpress. Learning. Libations. UCF’s Flying Horse Editions will host an open house on Thursday, November 20 for visitors of all ages to have a hands-on experience with letterpress and to print their own holiday cards. Letterpress is the process of printing from an inked raised surface when paper is impressed...
Haran Wins First Prize at National Juried Exhibition
November 12, 2014 SVAD Associate Professor and Assistant Director Kevin Haran earned first prize at the annual Works on Paper exhibition at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Massachusetts. His mixed-media drawing UFO 3 was selected from over 700 entries. Juror Al Miner, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of...
Film by Barry Sandler Screens at Writers Guild Event
November 06, 2014 Knock ‘Em Dead a film written by Barry Sandler, recently screened at the Writers Guild of America’s Los Angeles headquarters. The WGA’s Gay & Lesbian Writers Committee and Committee of Black Writers hosted a special preview screening of the new comic murder mystery on November 3. Knock ‘Em Dead follows...
UCF MFA Graduate’s Films Playing at Four Festivals this October!
October 24, 2014 UCF MFA Film graduate Zachary Beckler who directed “Interior” and “Where is Alice?” will be premiering both films at four locations this October. “Interior” and “Where is Alice?” will be showing at the Orlando Freak Show Horror Film Festival, Atlanta Horror Film Festival, Knoxville Horror Film Festival and Atlanta Horror...
Sandler Honored by the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema
October 20, 2014 The Montreal International Festival of New Cinema will present a special 30th anniversary screening of Ken Russell’s classic psycho-sexual thriller Crimes of Passion, written and produced by UCF film professor Barry Sandler. Crimes of Passion, first released in 1984 is now considered a cult classic, and has maintained a strong...
SVAD Professors Featured in Experimental Animation Show
October 16, 2014 UCF School of Visual Arts & Design professors Matt Dombrowski and Scott F. Hall is featured in an exhibit at Purdue University. Their work will screen at the Fountain Gallery in Lafayette, Indiana as part of “Set in Motion: Video Art & Experimental Film Nights.” “Set in Motion” is a...
J.R. Hopes Sponsors Inaugural "Eye for Broadway" Art Competition
October 15, 2014 The inaugural J.R. Hopes “Eye for Broadway” Art Competition is now open to students in UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design. The competition invites participants to create pieces of artwork inspired by upcoming Broadway performances at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. One winner will be selected...
UCF brings digital art to Art & Algorithms festival
October 03, 2014 Art and math — when those two words are together, it’s usually in an either/or scenario, but one local festival is hoping to break that trend by bringing the two together. The Art & Algorithms Festival will take place in Downtown Titusville, focusing on digital art as an artistic medium....
Visual Arts Faculty to be Featured at Exhibit
September 30, 2014 UCF’s annual School of Visual Arts faculty show will be held Oct. 9 to Nov. 7 in the university art gallery. The free exhibit will showcase painting, sculpture, book arts, drawing, photography and experimental digital media. A reception for the participating artists, who have received both national and international recognition...
M.F.A. Student's Film to Premiere at Fort Lauderdale Festival
September 25, 2014 Pembroke Circle, the debut feature film from recent graduate Max Rousseau, will premiere at the 2014 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Rousseau wrote and directed the film for his M.F.A. thesis. According to Rousseau, “Pembroke Circle could not have been made without the help and support of the UCF Film...