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...
Alumni Interview: Rusty Carpenter
January 18, 2012 Dr. Russell Carpenter came to Eastern Kentucky University in fall 2009 as the first director of the Noel Studio for Academic Creativity where he is also Assistant Professor of English. While a Texts & Technology student at UCF, he studied writing center spaces through the lens of cultural and political...
Opera singer Louis Roney to be inducted into Florida Artists Hall of Fame
January 11, 2012 Former Distinguished Professor of Music Louis Roney will be inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. He joins such legendary artists as Ray Charles, Ernest Hemingway and Zora Neale Hurston. Roney was football captain at Winter Park High School and honor graduate of Harvard University before serving four years...
Texts and Technology Professors Present at National and International Conferences
January 11, 2012 As part of the Department of Texts and Technology, Scot A. French and Robb Lindgren recently presented their research in conferences on the national and international level. Scot A. French presented a paper at the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in Chicago on January 7, 2012. The presentation focused on...
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...
Interdisciplinary Team Will Investigate Space, Science and Spirituality
December 09, 2011 An international research team of scientists, philosophers and humanities scholars is preparing to go where none have dared before to study the effects of outer space travel on the inner space of experience. Led by researchers from the Institute for Simulation & Training (IST), the Department of Philosophy and the...
English Undergraduates Honored at National Jane Austen Conference
December 08, 2011 In October 2011, two UCF English undergraduates, Faith Dickens and Hillary Casavant, were honored at the 2011 Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) conference in Fort Worth, Texas, for their award-winning essays in the undergraduate division of the JASNA annual essay contest. The two Austen devotees attended scholarly presentations...
Creative Writing MFA Students Create Monthly Reading Series
November 30, 2011 Parcels: MFAs in Progress is a new, monthly reading series organized by current University of Central Florida graduate students pursuing Masters of Fine Arts degrees in Creative Writing. The series aims to share the talents of the current UCF MFA students with the Orlando community. Parcels is hosted on the...
Alumni Franqui and Scheaffer honored at Black & Gold Gala
November 23, 2011 On Friday, October 28, 2011, the UCF Alumni Association held its annual Black & Gold Gala during Homecoming week at the UCF Arena. The College of Arts and Humanities was pleased to present the following alumni awards: The 2011 Rising Star Award went to Francis Franqui (pictured at left), who...
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...
Rupert to perform at Midwest Clinic
November 22, 2011 Jeff Rupert has been invited to perform at the Midwest Clinic, an international band and orchestra conference, on December 15 in Chicago. Performing with the Downers Grove South High School Jazz Band, Rupert will be a featured soloist along with Rowan University’s Dennis DiBlasio. Both Rupert and DiBlasio toured with...
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...
Students take behind-the-scenes lead in Pajama Game
October 28, 2011 The University of Central Florida’s production of The Pajama Game won’t just be a showcase for actors. The classic musical also will be a creative channel for fine arts students who are taking the lead on many of the behind-the-scenes elements, from the costumes and choreography to the set design...
Percussion students join NYC music festival
October 28, 2011 On the longest day of the year, public spaces across the five buroughs of New York City erupt with sound during the Make Music New York festival—and UCF’s percussionists were there to join in on the celebration. The festival is an innovative approach to making music—it’s a free celebration of...
Theatre UCF Alumnus Michael Marinaccio Appointed Producer of Orlando Fringe Festival
October 28, 2011 Michael Marinaccio, who received his B.F.A.–Acting in 1998 from the University of Central Florida, has been hired as the producer for the Orlando Fringe Festival. Michael has contributed greatly to the Central Florida theatre community since his days at the university, working on and off stage with local theatres including...
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...