New UCF Public Art Designed to be Temporary
February 05, 2014 The latest piece of art on UCF’s main campus won’t last forever — by design. The “pop up” sculpture, a project by senior studio art major Lea Fales, is meant to exist only for a short period. “Untitled,” which Fales created over a five-week period for Associate professor Scott F....
Retired SVAD Professor Exhibits Among Art Giants
January 27, 2014 Recently retired professor David Haxton is among 40 artists exhibiting at the Museum of Modern Art featured in the exhibit Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New. His film “Overlapping Planes” is on display alongside artists including Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Morris and John Baldessari. Haxton’s film is on...
UCF Hosts Game Competition at Orlando Science Center's Otronicon Expo
January 21, 2014 The Orlando Science Center is holding its annual Otronicon video-gaming expo this weekend, and part of its draw is a 48-hour competition organized by UCF to create a video game for a virtual reality game system. The 20 chosen competitors, which have already been placed on four teams, will be...
UCF Alum's Screenplay To Premiere at Sundance
January 08, 2014 The One I Love, a film written by Justin Lader (Film B.F.A. ’06), will premiere at the 30th annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The quirky comedy stars Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss as a troubled couple, while Ted Danson plays the therapist urging them to take a...
UCF Film Students Become Producers for Five Stories 2013 Compilation
December 16, 2013 Film students at the University of Central Florida have taken on a new role: producer. A group of 28 students in a class this past semester took on the task of producing a compilation of five films by classmates, marketing them online and submitting them to film festivals around the...
Two UCF Artists Present Solo Exhibitions at Art Basel
December 05, 2013 6th Street Container Gallery is currently hosting two solo exhibitions featuring artists Stephanie Cafcules and Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz. The exhibitions will be on display until December 12, coinciding with Art Basel, the famous international art show. Cafcules presents Fluid Dynamics, her continued investigation altering synthetic materials and exploring the dynamism of...
Inflatable Sculptures Surround UCF Student Union
November 20, 2013 On November 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., a “parade” of inflatable sculptures will overwhelm the front of UCF’s Student Union. Students in the School of Visual Arts & Design’s 3-D Design classes have constructed dynamic art using recycled, found and customized plastic injected with forced air. The sculptures,...
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...