Joanne Adams

SVAD Faculty

Last updated on: August 16, 2011

Office: EXPO room 301e
Office Hours: Fall10 OTC 500, room154: T 11:30-1:30am CEM Office 301e: M 2:30 - 4:30, W 2:30-4:30pm

Degrees: MFA Digital Media, BFA Painting
CV: [ DOC ]
Bio:
Working as a bench jeweler and ceramics sculptor and painter throughout her undergraduate study, Jo Anne Adams began her artistic career with a BFA in Painting from the University of New Orleans in 1984. Adams embarked on her 15 year career in the field of 2D animation through the traditional Ink and Paint Department at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida hand inking and painting cels for theatrical and television release in1989. Working her way into the Layout Department as the Blue Sketch artist granted exposure to many areas of the production process and the ability to learn the nuances of story and its visual development which are applied in her teaching at UCF. After achieving her MFA in Digital Media from the University of Florida in 2007, Jo Anne began her teaching career at the University of Central Florida in 2008. Examples of Jo Anne Adams' personal work encompassing drawing, painting, digital video and traditional animation can be viewed at www.joanneadams.blogspot.com