New Artwork "Stars" in Building Dedication
October 25, 2013 The UCF School of Visual Arts and Design is pleased to announce the upcoming dedication of public artwork on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. As part of the dedication of the new Classroom II and ROTC Building at UCF, artist Malcolm Robertson will be honored for his work...
UCF Grads Launch Animation Studio
October 23, 2013 In 2010, alumni Joe Rosa, Heather Knott, and Chris Brown launched a new animation studio in Central Florida. Ninjaneer Studios is a full-service studio specializing in 3-D animation and projection mapping. The group founded Ninjaneer shortly after graduating with B.A. degrees in Digital Media: Visual Language. All three specialized in...
Film Grad Among "25 People Shaping the Future of Design"
October 23, 2013 Complex Magazine has named UCF alum Nick Briz to its online list of “25 People Shaping the Future of Design.” Nick Briz (B.F.A. Film, 2009) is a new-media artist, educator, and organizer. He is also a co-founder of GLI.TC/H, an international conference, festival, and gathering for glitch artists, coders, theorists,...
Robinson's Work on Display at FotoWeek 2013
October 17, 2013 Transfer, a series of photographs by E. Brady Robinson, will be on display at FotoWeek 2013 in Washington, D.C. Her work is part of Uncover/Discover, a competition juried by Margaret Heiner and George Hemphill. The exhibit will be debut in an outdoor gallery at National Geographic Musuem on November 1....
Photo District News Profiles Photography Program
October 11, 2013 The latest issue of PDN Edu magazine features a profile of the UCF-Daytona State photography program and its relationship with the Southeast Museum of Photography. Photo District News reviewed three photography programs with connected and dedicated museums, placing UCF’s partnership with Daytona State College among lofty company. The other featured...
Movie by UCF Grad Featured in MIT Technology Review
October 07, 2013 MIT Technology Review recently reviewed The Perfect 46, a feature film written and directed by UCF alum Brett Bonowicz. Read the review online. Bonowicz screened the film at the Consumer Genetics Conference in Boston on September 25. The story centers around a genome-analysis company that has developed an algorithm to...
UCF Animated Shorts Honored at Central Florida Film Festival
October 02, 2013 The two short films written and produced by the class of 2013 Character Animation program were honored at the Central Florida Film Festival. Ember and Gaiaspora were named finalists for Best Animated Project. Ember won the award and was also a finalist for Best Florida Project and Paul Leder Best...
Studio Art Senior Featured in Sculpture Walk
October 01, 2013 The first large-scale public art sculpture by Lea Patrice Fales, University of Central Florida senior and Studio Art major, will be installed next month for the Museum of Florida Art’s 2013-2015 DeLand Sculpture Walk, along with eleven other artists. The opening reception is being held on October 17, 2013; everyone...
UCF Animated Shorts Appear at SIGGRAPH, Film Festivals
September 16, 2013 Two short films produced by the SVAD Character Animation program are making multiple festival appearances. In July, Gaiaspora and Ember were displayed on the convention floor at SIGGRAPH 2013 in Anaheim. In addition, both films were accepted into the Central Florida Film Festival and AniMazing Spotlight! Festival in Los Angeles....
Zaho Authors Art is an Endangered Species
September 13, 2013 Art is an Endangered Species: A History of Western Art: Paleolithic – Romanesque, a new book from Margaret Ann Zaho, was recently released by Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. Featuring more than 200 illustrations, the book covers the early history of Western Art with a focus on visual literacy and the...
Film Grad Featured in Acclaimed Literary Journal
September 13, 2013 “Flamingo City,” a short story by UCF alum Giovanna Varela was recently published in Folio, a nationally recognized literary journal. Folio, founded in 1984 and based at American University in Washington, D.C., includes poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Folio is also known for interviews with prominent writers and has published...
UCF Alum Works on Animated Features at Reel FX
September 04, 2013 UCF alum Greg Hulet is now working on major international films with Reel FX. After graduating cum laude in 2011 with a B.A. in Digital Media—Visual Language, Greg became a Layout Artist at Reel FX, one of the industry’s best special effects production houses. Greg says, “For almost a year...
Festive Colors of Caribbean Art to Fill UCF Gallery
August 30, 2013 An exhibition and lecture series about Caribbean art will be featured Sept. 5-27 at the UCF Art Gallery. The vibrant show has been curated with a multicultural focus that seeks to link the diverse populations of Florida and the Caribbean. The show, Caribbean Expressions: Art, Life & Culture, will showcase...
Hall Featured in WPA Juried Exhibition
August 30, 2013 The work of Scott F. Hall will appear in an upcoming Washington Projects for the Arts exhibit. Scott’s video art has been selected for inclusion in the WPA’s Experimental Media 2013 Video Screening Series. Screenings will be held on September 12 at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., on September 23...
SVAD Students and Faculty Featured in Professional Artist Magazine
August 28, 2013 The latest issue of Professional Artist Magazine features an online course and book from E. Brady Robinson. The article also highlights UCF’s ART 5811 Professional Practice in Art, a fully online course developed and taught by Robinson. In this class, students learn professional practices that help prepare them for the...
Event Management Minor Debuts this Fall
August 22, 2013 Rosen College of Hospitality Management has partnered with the College of Arts and Humanities to offer a new minor program in Event Management. The Event Management Minor is open to any degree seeking student in the College of Arts and Humanities. This minor is well suited and intended for students...
Photography Alum Shooting for The New York Times
August 16, 2013 The New York Times recently published photographs by Aldrin Capulong, a 2010 graduate of UCF’s Bachelor of Science in Photography. His photos accompany an article on the mysterious deaths of marine life in the Indian River estuary. Capulong’s images appear in the August 8 print edition and the online article...
Flying Horse Editions Collaborates on Innovative Fine Arts Prints
August 13, 2013 The University of Central Florida’s fine art, limited edition press Flying Horse Editions is proud to announce the completion of a portfolio of images in collaboration with Brooklyn-based Forth Estate Editions and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Printmaker Glen Baldridge came to UCF’s Center for Emerging Media to produce a groundbreaking...
Gallery 500 Serves Up 'Medium Rare' Summer Art Exhibit
July 19, 2013 UCF’s downtown Gallery 500 will host the opening of this summer’s featured group show, Medium Rare, which will showcase the works of several artists working toward their MFA in the university’s Emerging Media graduate program. The opening, at 500 W. Livingston St., Orlando, is in conjunction with city’s Third Thursday...
Awards for Artists: J.R. Hopes Scholarship Winners
July 19, 2013 “Life is a constant game of observation, considering potential in the things I see, the people I meet, and the experiences I have to turn into art…” —Austin Bynon, one winner of the 2013 J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship Jim Hopes, creator of the J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship in the College...