UCF’s researchers don’t just produce research papers, posters, and conference presentations: they also write poetry and stories, draw, paint, build, film, design, code, sew, shape, and more!
The fourth annual Creative Scholarship Showcase will highlight undergraduate and graduate creative scholarship, artistic pieces, and new productions of UCF students from a variety of disciplines during Student Research Week. Participants are encouraged to go beyond traditional research posters and create a unique deliverable that reflects their findings and creative vision. This could include various forms of expression such as visual art, multimedia presentations, performances, or interactive projects that highlight the research in a compelling way.
Creative Scholarship Showcase
Apply to present at the 2026 UCF Creative Scholarship Showcase
Important Dates:
Application Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026
Decisions Announced: Friday, February 20, 2026
Event Details
March 25, 2026
11 am – 1 pm
Cape Florida Ballroom
Event features: Appetizers, music performance by BHC scholars, and more! Bring your friends. The more, the merrier!
*This event is sponsored by the UCF Parent and Family Fund
Past Presenters
2025
Animation: Catching Light: A Film About Finding Encouragement Through Art and the Role of Women in Impressionism
Vlada Evtushenko
Art and Engineering: Collaborative Theming for Personalized Prosthetics
Nico Chen, Viviana Arroyo, David Cardona, and Nuha Khan
Art History: Remedios Varo: Peregrinaciones
Julia Condes
Documentary: Chocolate Kingdom
Mario Villavicencio
Documentary: Threading the Needle: Chinese American Adoptees and the In-Between
AJ Johnson
Gaming: Limbitless Journey: Advancing Stress-Free Training Through VR and MR Gaming
Alex Da Vera Cruz and Pavan Senthil
Graphic Novel: The Deception of a Metamorphosis
Heidi Hernandez
Theatre: The Last Firefly
Leigh Green and Ty Simons
Theatre: Rhinoceros
Matthew Conte
Studio Art: The Utilization of Art Journaling Techniques for Personal Growth and Regulation
Felicia McInnis
Studio Art: The Visualization of the American School Experience Caused by Gun Violence
Mya Osborne
2024
2023
Graduate Presenters
- “Let’s Get Kraken!” ~ Genesis Laboy Rivera
- Mentors: Christina Christie (Animation and Visual Effects), JoAnne Adams (Emerging Media)
- Title to be specified ~ Kayla Cayasso
- Mentor: David James Poissant (English)
- Title to be specified ~Trace Meshberg
- Mentor: Brigitte Kovacevich (Anthropology)
- “Dazzling: A Timekeeper’s Tale” ~ Jessica Gray
- Mentor: JoAnne Adams (Emerging Media)
Undergraduate Presenters
- “Diverse Expressions of the Black Identity in Jacksonville, Mississippi: Stories” ~ Elisabeth Campbell
- Mentor: Darlin’ Neal (English)
- “On Painted Wings” ~Sandy Ford
- Mentor: Cecilia Milanes (English)
- “New Exhibition Video for WellsBuilt Museum of African American History & Culture” ~ Hope Miller, Sebastian Garcia, Michelle Bondzie, Carol Merengwa
- Mentor: Lisa Mills (Film)
- “Art In Pediatric Prosthetic Limbs: Methods And Creative Design” ~ Viviana Rivera and Kelsey Robinson
- Mentor: Albert Manero (Limbitless)
- “Research & Creativity. The visual image of lyrics and emotional competence in the representation of art” ~ Isabel Urdaneta
- Mentor: Martha Garcia (Modern Languages and Literatures)