SVAD Students and Faculty Awarded Sony Scholarships
April 25, 2012 Five UCF students and two faculty members from the School of Visual Arts and Design were awarded Sony Scholarships on April 13, 2012. Sony Scholarship is awarded to current, full time University of Central Florida students or faculty who have shown superior academic achievement in the fields of digital and...
E. Brady Robinson Exhibits at FotoDC Gallery
April 23, 2012 “Desks as Portraits: An Inside Look at the DC Art World” by E. Brady Robinson will be featured at FotoDC, a premier photography gallery located in Washington, D.C. The gallery will host a reception this Thursday, giving patrons an opportunity to meet the photographer, subjects and preview the work which...
Five Chosen for J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship
April 19, 2012 Five UCF art students were selected recently to receive J.R. Hopes Art Scholarships, ranging from one who wants “to challenge the audience’s senses” to another who wants “to create positive change.” Chosen to receive the $2,000 scholarships were: Austyn Bynon (sculpture, junior): “There are boundaries present between what may be...
School of Visual Arts & Design to Host Premiere, Exhibition
April 19, 2012 The UCF School of Visual Arts & Design will host its annual premiere and exhibition on Monday, April 23, at the Center for Emerging Media, featuring student projects of animation videos, gaming applications, computer-based puppeteering, architecture, and traditional fine arts. The projects will be on public display from 6 to...
STILLmoving Exhibit Features Art by Graduating Students
April 11, 2012 The works of University of Central Florida fine arts students will be showcased during an art exhibition that debuts this week. Hosted by the UCF Art Gallery and the School of Visual Art and Design, STILLmoving will run from April 12-May 5 at the gallery, located inside of the Visual...
Flying Horse Editions Exhibit Featured by Mennello Museum of American Art
March 23, 2012 Since the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg in 1440, the process of transferring ink to paper has continued to evolve and integrate the latest cutting-edge technology. Here in Orlando for the past 20 years, the University of Central Florida has nurtured Flying Horse Editions, a collaborative research studio...
Researchers, Artists Expand Horizons in UCF Project
March 13, 2012 Some view science and art as heading in opposite directions. But many University of Central Florida research and art students say the two fields are complementary and have come together in a project that “is creating synergies that weren’t there before,” said Michael Georgiopoulos, interim assistant vice president for research...
Virtual 3-D Project to Show Orlando From All Angles
March 13, 2012 Emergency responders, school children, planners and even tourists half way around the globe one day will be able to explore Orlando in 3-D with the click of a mouse. University of Central Florida architecture students, city planners and other agencies have partnered to create the Orlando Virtual City, an interactive...
UCF Art Gallery Holds 1st Open Juried Art Exhibition
February 03, 2012 Artists from around Central Florida are being featured in UCF’s first open juried art exhibition, which opened with a reception Thursday, Jan. 26, at the UCF Art Gallery and will run through Feb. 25. Forty-seven artists were chosen to show a variety of original works, from plaster to painting to...
SVAD Graduate Wins $1000 Grant
January 30, 2012 SVAD Graduate Jay Flynn (MFA, Studio Art and the Computer) was recently awarded a $1,000 Artist Grant from United Arts Central Florida. The grant was a direct result from a final project in ART 5811 Professional Practice in Art taught by Associate Professor Elizabeth Brady Robinson last fall in which...
Flying Horse Editions Prints Featured in St. Louis Exhibition
January 23, 2012 A series of prints created at Flying Horse Editions in collaboration with Theo Lotz and Larry Cooper is currently being featured at the Bruno David Gallery in St. Louis. This collection of prints investigates the phenomenon of globalization and the disappearance of local culture and the gradual homogenization of American...
E. Brady Robinson Lectures at Smithsonian Art Museum
January 09, 2012 E. Brady Robinson spoke at the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Sunday, January 8th, exploring the immediacy of capturing images made possible by modern technology. Robinson examined early landscape paintings on view in the Luce Center in relation to her own work. The discussion was...
Create Custom Holiday Cards at UCF's Fine Arts Press
November 23, 2011 The public is invited to an open house and holiday card printing at Flying Horse Editions, the University of Central Florida’s fine art research facility. The Letterpress Happy Hour will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the UCF Center for Emerging Media, 500 W. Livingston St. in...
Ke Francis Featured in Allyn Gallup Contempory Art Gallery's "Paperwork"
November 16, 2011 Starting next month, Ke Francis will be featured in Allyn Gallup Comtemporary Art gallery’s new exhibit, “Paperwork.” His hand-colored engravings will be displayed along with works by three other artists from December 1 – 31, 2011. Ke Francis is a narrative artist who has been actively producing artwork for more...
E. Brady Robinson wins Grand Prize at Chinese Photography Festival
November 15, 2011 “Desks as Portraits: An Inside Look at the DC Art World” by E. Brady Robinson received the Grand Prize Award at the American Life exhibition, part of the 2011 Lishui Photography Festival in China. Robinson is an associate professor at the University of Central Florida’s School of Visual Arts and...
Art History Student Recognized for Research
November 04, 2011 Art History major and McNair Scholar Adee Benartzy has had a passion for the arts ever since she was a child. She moved to America from Israel when she was eight years old. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. and a career as a museum curator and is currently involved...
Feldman and Kanhai Finalists in National Science Foundation Contest
October 31, 2011 The National Science Foundation ICubed project at UCF sponsors the collaboration of students doing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics research and students from the School of Visual Arts and Design for the creation of artifacts that are inspired by STEM research. Last year, STEM students who were involved in research...
Scott F. Hall exhibits sound art internationally
October 26, 2011 Scott F. Hall, a 2011 recipient of the UCF Research Incentive Award, exhibited sound art this summer at the Brunel Electronic and Analogue Music Festival at Brunel University in London. BEAM is a playground of homemade instruments and sonic robots, focused on electronic music being performed or created live. In early November, Hall’s work will...
E. Brady Robinson Featured in The Washington Post
September 07, 2011 In January, while waiting to photograph head shots for an annual report by the CuDC, a local arts nonprofit, Robinson noticed a private workspace in a back room at Flashpoint Gallery. An ordinary assortment of stuff — glue sticks, a half-eaten box of gourmet crackers — sat on a steel...
Flying Horse Editions’ book purchased for MoMA permanent Collection
August 31, 2011 The Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, has purchased for its permanent collection a limited edition, hand-printed book by artist James Siena that was developed and published by Flying Horse Editions. The book has also recently entered the collections of Stanford University and the Johnson Art Museum at...