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...

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...