Stillmoving: B.F.A. Art Exhibition

April 12, 2012 - May 5, 2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

The UCF Art Gallery is pleased to present STILLmoving, the 11^th annual Bachelor of Fine Arts student exhibition.

The exhibition will showcase artwork by both studio art and animation students from the University of Central Florida, including multimedia and animation and more traditional pieces such as painting, photography, prints, and sculpture.

STEAM Exhibition

April 5, 2012 - April 7, 2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 5, 2012 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the UCF Art Gallery

The STEAM project is presented by the UCF ICubed project and funded by the National Science Foundation and University of Central Florida. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

The initiative has brought together science and arts faculty members and their students to create paintings, sculptures, drawings and posters that illustrate the complex research of genetic coding, theoretical physics and other topics to those that may not readily grasp the ideas.

Participating Art and Design students attend a 3-week long seminar, as part of their course of study, and produce science-inspired art based on the STEM researcher's explanations of science and engineering concepts. During the past two years, research students have met with art students to explain scientific breakthroughs and concepts. The artists, in turn, created tangible artifacts to exemplify the ideas.

Epilogue: M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition

March 15, 2012 - March 31, 2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 15, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the UCF Art Gallery.

The M.F.A. Studio Art & the Computer graduating class of 2012 presents Epilogue, a group thesis exhibition showcasing contemporary work in painting, photography, sculpture, and multimedia.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

January 26, 2012 - February 26, 2012

The UCF Art Gallery invites you to its first ever open call, juried art exhibition. Local artists from the Central Florida area feature original works in a variety of mediums based on the theme Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

The UCF Art Gallery is committed to the development of relationships with the local community by providing opportunities to dialogue, experience, and reflect on art as creators and spectators.

Come and support your local arts community!

East/West A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking

December 1, 2011 - December 18, 2011

The “East/West: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking” is a printmaking portfolio that reflects and celebrates the pluralistic existence of printmaking practice and printmaking education in the United States. This portfolio showcases 100 of the most prominent printmakers/educators representing every state in the USA. Unlike most portfolios, this project asked participants not to respond to a certain theme but rather asked the artists to embrace their current image making techniques and conceptual concerns. The result is a portfolio of prints that are diverse in image and that embrace and celebrate the tradition and the alternative in printmaking techniques found in lithography, intaglio, woodcut, silkscreen, archival pigment, hybrid, intaglio types, and photo-relief prints.

The artists in the “East/West: A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking” portfolio were chosen based upon their long and distinguished careers as both artists and teachers practicing the art of printmaking in a fashion coined from the tradition of the major midwest universities in the 1960’s –“ the artist/teacher in residence”. This portfolio celebrates these artists as innovators for their continued development of the printmaking medium and their own unique artistic visions as evidenced by their work and continued success as educators. These printmakers have had and continue to have dramatic impacts on printmaking education, their institutions and printmaking workshops.

In addition, the UCF Art Gallery is home to a donation box for the Knights Pantry which helps Knights in need. Help share the joy of giving by contributing non-perishable foods to our donation box at the opening reception or at any time during gallery hours.

UCF Faculty Exhibit

October 13, 2011 - November 13, 2011

The UCF Art Gallery exhibits work by the Faculty of the School of Visual Arts and Design. This group exhibit presents diverse ideas through images created by the following renowned artists and designers:

George Donald, Dan Novatnak, Cheryl Cabrera, Joo Kim, Keith Kovach, Carla Poindexter, Steven C. Spencer, Kevin Haran, Scott F. Hall, Charlie Abraham, Robert Reedy, Victor Davila, Robert Rivers, Dennis Ahearn, David Haxton, M. Laine Wyatt, Jon Friskics, Jason Burrell, M.C. Santana, Walter Gaudnek, Ke Francis, Carlos Barrios, Joanne Adams, Matt Dombrowski, Wanda Ortiz

Departures VI

August 25, 2011 - September 25, 2011

On loan from the Southeast Museum of Photography, a service of Daytona State College, Departures VI is a juried exhibition which showcases recent photography from graduates of both Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida’s photography program.

The University of Central Florida and Daytona State College have a remarkable partnership that offers students a four-year bachelor’s degree in photography. Departures VI presents work from more than twenty graduates of this program. The diversity of the exhibit and the fresh eye of the graduates makes this show an exciting experience for all who see it.

The profound images of Departure VI are a compliment to renowned photographer Berenice Abbott’s paraphrase, “To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, a more selective, more acute seeing eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world.”

Overload: 10th Annual BFA Art Exhibition

April 7, 2011 - April 29, 2011

The UCF School of Visual Arts and Design is proud to present “Overload” – the 10th Annual BFA Art Exhibition under the direction of Professor Keith Kovach.

More than fifty artists will be displaying their own unique vision representing media ranging from traditional to digital. Come and experience painting, drawing, illustration, sculpture, printmaking, photography, ceramics, animation, and book arts!

We are simultaneously presenting four showings during the month of April. View the Applied Arts work from April 7-14 and April 21-28 at the VAB (Visual Arts Building – 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816). Opening nights: April 7 and 21 from 6 to 9pm.

Digital Arts are being shown at the Center for Emerging Media in downtown Orlando, 500 W. Livingston St. 32801, across from the old Amway Center, April 8 – 15 and April 22 – 29. Opening nights are April 8 and 22 from 6 to 9pm.

Regular hours for both galleries are 10am to 5pm.

Brass Tacks: MFA Thesis Exhibition

March 17, 2011 - March 31, 2011

MFA Thesis Exhibition
Studio Art and the Computer

• Margges Albekord
• Jillian Perez Dudziak
• Brittany Metz
• Patricia Nuss
• Ben Rupp
• Gary Seymour, Jr.
• Debi Starr

This exhibition was made possible in part by the Alice and William S. Jenkins Foundation.

Places, Spaces, & Traces

March 17, 2010 - March 29, 2010

A new exhibition will showcase the photography of candidates from UCF’s Master of Fine Arts program in Studio Art and the Computer. "Places, Spaces & Traces" will feature the work of Jeanay Fullerton, James Hall, and Sarah Stead, who are scheduled to graduate in May.

An opening reception at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18, will be free to the public.

Read more on UCF Today

Fresh From Chelsea: 21 Young NYC Artists

January 14, 2010 - February 26, 2010

Works from the Lisa and Robert Feldman collection

Opening reception: Thursday, January 14, 7-9pm

New York City’s up-and-coming contemporary artists are the focus of this new exhibit. It features the artists represented by the galleries located in New York City's art district called Chelsea who are currently defining contemporary art. While artists in this exhibit are well established, each is still at the beginning their artistic career.

Organized by Amy Vigilante, Director, University Galleries, University of Florida with Robert Feldman. This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation.

See Orlando Weekly's exhibition review.