Stoeckle Premieres Two Films at Berlinale
February 24, 2015 One of Germany’s first independent female filmmakers, Ula Stoeckl was invited to premier two films at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. Stoeck, considered one of Germany’s most important filmmakers, was awarded the prestigious Konrad Wolf Film Prize for her lifetime achievement in 1999 by the Academy of Art...
Dombrowski Wins Undergraduate Teaching Award
February 24, 2015 Matt Dombrowski has won the UCF College of Arts & Humanities Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. The award signifies a commitment to undergraduate education and affirms the recipient’s proven abilities as an excellent teacher. Dombowski is an Assistant Professor in the School of Visual Arts and Design. His work focuses...
Raimundi-Ortiz Presents on Wepa Woman at El Museo Del Barrio
February 20, 2015 On January 21, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz presented about the Wepa Woman at Diseño , a panelist discussion on the subject of using comic books and superheroes as vehicles for the exploration of identity. The panel took place at El Museo del Barrioin, New York City, and received federal funding from the...
Graduate Film Students Featured at Upcoming Festivals
February 19, 2015 Four graduate students in UCF’s M.F.A. film program will premiere films at upcoming festivals. Zachary Beckler, Maria Emilia Garcia, and Max Rousseau will screen their respective feature-length thesis films Interior, La Descorrupción, Pembroke Circle at the Starlite Film Festival. John Goshorn’s The Happiest Place on Earth will debut at Cinequest...
The Power of Healing Through Art
February 18, 2015 Counseling and Psychological Services, in collaboration with School of Visual Arts and Design and Student Disability Services, is having its third annual Healing Art Exhibition, featuring the artwork of UCF students, faculty, staff and alumni. The UCF community is invited to attend the 2015 Healing Art Exhibition Opening Reception on...
SVAD Student Interning at Guggenheim Museum, Venice
February 12, 2015 In December, Katia Porro, SVAD History student, left for Venice, Italy upon graduation to intern at the prestigious Peggy Guggenheim Museum. The museum is one of Europe’s premier museums of modern art. Porro also had the great fortune of studying abroad in Italy with SVAD Assistant Professor, Margaret Ann Zaho,...
Wyatt Showcases Photography in Atlanta
February 12, 2015 On December 12 – February 1, M. Laine Wyatt showcased a body of photography at the Portfolio 2014 exhibition at the Atlanta Photography Group Gallery in the Tula Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia. The competition and exhibition was sponsored by the Atlanta Photography Group and was juried by Richard McCabe, Curator...
New UCF Design Class Brings Art, Engineering Students Together
February 12, 2015 Robert Hoekstra has lived in two worlds for many years — engineering and the arts. Now, he’s officially bringing them together in unprecedented fashion at UCF. Hoekstra, an associate professor in UCF’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, was recently named an associate professor of art and is co-teaching...
Inaugural 'UCF Celebrates the Arts' Festival to Showcase Talent at Dr. Phillips Center
February 12, 2015 Staging a week of artistic presentations – ranging from a musical based on historic Civil War diaries and letters, to the futuristic tale of a young boy traveling to the edge of a black hole – the University of Central Florida will host UCF Celebrates the Arts 2015 at the...
Artist-in-Residence in Vienna: Keith Kovach
February 12, 2015 Last month, Keith Kovach was selected as artist-in-residence for Quartier21 in Vienna, Austria. During his month-long residence from January 15 through February 15, Kovach will produce a body of street photography capturing the sense of time and place of Vienna in the winter of 2015. His work will be displayed...
UCF Art Graduate Serves Our Local Community
February 10, 2015 Patty Sheehan earned her B.A. in art at UCF back when UCF was a commuter campus. She then went on to serve as President of the Colonialtown North Neighborhood Association and is a former Administrator with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Currently Sheehan is serving as the...
UCF Art Gallery Welcomes New Director
February 02, 2015 Since her arrival in Orlando six months ago, UCF Art Gallery Director Yulia Tikhonova has been busy introducing herself to the Orlando art community. She has an ambitious agenda of expanding UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design presence downtown through the arts and highlighting local artists. Her overall goal...
Inventor’s Kinetic Sculptures Combine Art, Technology
January 15, 2015 When he was a young boy, Ryan Buyssens chopped up his toys. “Then I would do something unusual,” he said. “I would take them apart and figure out how things work, and put them together in weird ways and have them do something different. I’ve always made machines.” Until August,...
SVAD Sponsors Game Jam Contest
January 13, 2015 Friday, January 16 – Sunday, January 18 Presented by the University of Central Florida School of Visual Arts & Design, Intel® RealSense™ Technology, E2i Creative Studio and Chronosapien Interactive GAME JAM CONTEST Do you love game design? Have you ever wanted to design for the interfaces of the future utilizing...
Buyssens Featured at London’s Kinetica Art Fair
January 09, 2015 This October, Ryan Buyssens exhibited at the Kinetica Art Fair in London. Buyssens, an Assistant Professor in UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design, was invited to be featured among 20 artists from 10 countries. The Fair spotlights the convergence of art and technology and was called “a great example...
UCF Filmmakers Win Emmy for Documentary
January 09, 2015 “The Committee,” a documentary film by a team from UCF, recently won an Emmy for telling the story of a Florida Legislature investigative panel that sought to root out homosexuals from state universities about 50 years ago. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in December presented the Suncoast...
Harris Awarded 2015 Creative Capital Grant
January 08, 2015 School of Visual Arts and Design Associate Professor Christopher Harris has been named a 2015 Creative Capital Artist. His film project Speaking in Tongues will be funded by a grant worth up to $95,000. Harris is one of 46 artists selected from a nationwide pool of more than 3,700 proposals....
UCF Students Create 3D Pedestrian Bridge Designs
January 06, 2015 UCF students are taking the designing of a pedestrian bridge over Alafaya Trail and University Boulevard into their own hands. On Dec. 1, UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design department held an exhibit featuring 27 bridge designs created by UCF students. Ranging from simple one-way bridges with a Pegasus...
Art Gallery to Host Exhibit, Discussion on Creativity
January 06, 2015 A mixed media exhibition and discussion on creativity featuring an FSU art instructor will be hosted by the University of Central Florida Art Gallery. “Leafstorm,” featuring the works of professor Mary Stewart, will kick off with a free reception 6-8 p.m. Jan. 8 in the gallery, Rm. 140A in the...
UCF Students Compete in Leap Motion 3D Jam with "Hollow"
December 18, 2014 A team of UCF students will compete in Leap Motion’s 3D Jam. 3D Jam is a six-week global competition for developers to build innovative experiences for desktop, virtual reality, and more. Six Digital Media majors in the School of Visual Arts & Design developed “Hollow,” a horror hayride adapted from...