Florida State University College of Fine Arts alum Mario Caserta (BS Studio Art 1999) recently launched Fancy House of Visual Effects with colleague Randie Swanberg, an imaginative visual effects, design and post production cooperative whose focus is combining premium creative service with personalized relationships.

The 42-year-old native Tallahassee artist has gone viral on Twitter as his followers salivate over his oil paintings. The piece that started this cycle of virality was Verrier’s painting of “Grilled Cheese,” posted on March 2. It had more than a half million likes and over 58,000 retweets as of last week.

In a new episode of the “CERTIFIED: Certiport Educator Podcast”, Associate Professor Rob Duarte talks about his work as an arts educator that incorporates discussions about technology in his teaching in the FSU Department of Art.

Ctrl [Alt] Self, featuring FSU alumni  Elise Thompson, Lucia Riffel, and Brittany M. Watkins reflects on the growing dependence and relationship with digital environments through painting, installation, and video. Whether online or off, scrolling content transfers from person to person, moving from screen to memory and back.

Venvi Art Gallery, located at 2901 E. Park Ave, Tallahassee, FL. presents an upcoming solo show by Art Alum Bella Falbo, from June 3 thru July 28. There will be an opening reception on June 3, from 5pm – 8pm.

We are so proud to announce that Pathways 2022: The Carlos Malamud Prize Exhibition at UCF Art Gallery is featuring three FSU Art Alumni this year. Among the finalists are MFA ’21 April Webb, MFA ’20 Channing Gray and BFA ’13 Eric Odina. The exhibition runs from May 19 thru September 2, 2022. The UCF Art Gallery is located at 12400 Aquarius Agora Dr., Visual Arts Building (VAB) 140, Orlando, FL 32816-1342.