UCF MFA In Emerging Media Open Studio Tour
September 22, 2014 On Friday October 17 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, the UCF MFA in Emerging Media candidates will host their semi-annual Open Studio Tour. The studios, which house 16 MFA candidates, are located at the Center for Emerging Media, 500 West Livingston, Orlando, FL. This event is a semi-annual tradition, connecting candidates...
Buyssens Exhibits Animated Sculptures at World Maker Faire
September 19, 2014 The art of Ryan Buyssens will be on display at the World Maker Faire in New York City, September 20- 21. Buyssens is an artist, designer and inventor who makes kinetic art inspired by his own curiosities about various phenomena. He will be exhibiting devices of his own design called...
SVAD Professor's Debut Book Published by MIT Press
September 12, 2014 Anastasia Salter’s debut book was released in August from The MIT Press. Salter, an Assistant Professor in UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design, co-authored Flash: Building the Interactive Web with John Murray. Salter and Murray investigate Flash’s innovative role in shaping interactive experiences on the web and new forms...
UCF Alumna's Film at Global Peace Festival Features Affleck, Foxx, Other Stars
September 12, 2014 What a star-studded lineup filmmaker Jenni Gold, a UCF graduate, assembled for her latest movie: Ben Affleck, Jamie Foxx, Gary Sinise, Jane Seymour, Marlee Matlin, Geena Davis, William H. Macy and others. And their film has an uplifting message for everyone: Push forward to reach your dreams. Gold’s dream —...
U.S. News Lists UCF as No. 3 'Up-and-Comer' University
September 12, 2014 The University of Central Florida was ranked today as the nation’s No. 3 “up-and-comer” university in the 2015 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings of more than 1,300 higher-education institutions. The ranking is part of the magazine’s annual compilation that gauges universities in a dozen categories. The up-and-coming...
Wyatt Presents Talk and Exhibition at Southeast Museum of Photography
September 09, 2014 On September 3, M. Laine Wyatt delivered an Artist Talk at the Southeast Museum of Photography. She was recognized at a reception for her solo photography exhibition Obsessions, Curiosities, and Fancies. The exhibition, which runs until September 21, features photographic works drawn from five different series traversing expansive topics: the...
SVAD Professor Designs Core Technology for Single-String Guitar
September 08, 2014 Scott F. Hall designed the core guitar technology used by the architecture and design firm MONAD Studio to create the single-stringed guitars he recently played at Florida International University’s Miami Beach Urban Studios. The works are 3-D printed wall-mounted art as well as experimental instruments. Hall explains the construction and...
First annual Indie Galactic Space Jam a Success!
August 27, 2014 On July 26, programmers, animators, modelers, musicians, sound effect designers, game designers, space industry professionals and other interested parties gathered at the Orlando Science Center for the first annual Indie Galactic Space Jam. The event was comprised of teams racing against the clock to build the best games they can...
The Committee to Screen at the Orlando Museum of Art
August 25, 2014 The Orlando Museum of Art will screen The Committee on September 4 as part of its award-winning 1st Thursdays event series. Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt is a documentary by UCF students and professors. It recently won the International Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Durban Gay...
MFA Film Wins Top Honor at New Hope Film Festival
August 07, 2014 The Tailor’s Apprentice, a film by Jeff Lehman (M.F.A. Emerging Media – Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema, ’13), won two awards at the New Hope Film Festival. The film took top honors with the jury award for Best Picture as well as the Audience Choice Award for the Mid-Atlantic region. Founded by D....
Hall Featured in European Art Journal
August 05, 2014 Scott F. Hall and collaborator Freya Gustava were recently reviewed in the art journal Stigmart10. Their piece, “Strata (Fleeting Memories),” is featured along with 14 other works from a pool of nearly 700 submissions. “Strata” was co-produced by the pair in 2012. Hall and Gustava, an experimental artist/musician in Tyne...
The Committee Wins International Jury Award for Best Documentary
August 01, 2014 A documentary by University of Central Florida students and professors won the International Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in South Africa. Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt is the product of a 2011 UCF honors class taught by Lisa Mills of...
Digital Designers Bring Opera to Life
July 24, 2014 When a dark and dingy prison scene fades quickly into a sunlit desert landscape, it’s evidence of good theater. But when it takes place without stagehands, set pieces or painted backdrops, it’s innovation. State-of-the-art digital projection transformed 13th-century Asia and entertained opera viewers during “The Red Silk Thread: An Epic...
Alumna's Short Film Honored at Cannes
July 09, 2014 Growing up in a family of movie buffs and watching the Oscars every year, it seemed Katie Damien, ’01, was destined for a future in film. In fact, she made her first movie when she was 12 years old, and she hasn’t stopped making movies since. Born and raised in...
Christopher Harris will Screen Reckless Eyeballing at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
June 27, 2014 Christopher Harris will screen his film Reckless Eyeballing at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London as part of their Artists’ Film Biennial 2014. The film will be screened in the “Avant-Noir” program on Saturday, July 5th, 2014. Avant-Noir surveys the work of contemporary film and video artists who are...
Harris Selected for Inaugural Exhibition of Florida Prize in Contemporary Art
June 18, 2014 Christopher Harris is among artists selected for the inaugural exhibition of the Orlando Museum of Art Florida Prize in Contemporary Art. The invitational exhibition will feature ten of the most progressive and exciting artists working in the State today. Additionally, one of these outstanding artists will be selected to receive...
Metrah Pashaee Won the First Prize Award at the 2014 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival
June 18, 2014 UCF alumni Metrah Pashaee won the First Prize award at the 2014 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival in Haverhill, Massachusetts for her short video Human Body Battleground Organ Organism. Human Body Battleground Organ Organism is an appropriated moving image collage investigating human sex organs as disembodied vessels. Utilizing a digital voice...
UCF to Host Arts Festival at Orlando's New Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
June 17, 2014 The University of Central Florida will join the inaugural season of downtown Orlando’s new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts by hosting a 10-day arts festival in April, organizers announced Thursday. The center is planning a year full of concerts, Broadway shows, dance performances and other events, including the...
Francis and Moshell Granted Emeritus Status
June 13, 2014 Two College of Arts & Humanities faculty members were granted emeritus status Wednesday during the annual Founders’ Day ceremony. The status is awarded to faculty and administrators who have worked at the university for at least five years. The title honors the contributions and distinction they achieved at the university,...
Wyatt Presents "Obsessions, Curiosities, and Fancies" in Solo Exhibit
June 05, 2014 Obsessions, Curiosities, and Fancies, a solo exhibition by M. Laine Wyatt, opens at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach with a reception on June 11. The exhibition, which runs until September 21, features photographic works drawn from five different series traversing expansive topics: the nature of women’s relationship...