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VCUarts Kinetic Imaging The Department of Kinetic Imaging offers BFA and MFA degrees to students pursuing video, animation,

The Department of Kinetic Imaging offers BFA and MFA degrees to students pursuing video, animation, sound, emerging media and the many hybrids and extensions of those areas.All students in the BFA program get a solid foundation in video, sound, and animation production. The curriculum allows flexibility, enabling students to a focus on an area or to create a cross-disciplinary art practice. Studen

t outcomes include: making art and media work that is meaningful, making meaningful analysis and evaluation, attaining high level of electronic and digital media technical skills, and professional preparation.

Congratulations to Kinetic Imaging students Bella Frank and Max Biscarr, along with Professor Hope Ginsburg, on having t...
05/12/2026

Congratulations to Kinetic Imaging students Bella Frank and Max Biscarr, along with Professor Hope Ginsburg, on having their written reflection, ‘Ocean Class’ at VCUarts, invited to be a part of OCEAN / UNI’s Critical Ocean Literacy Educator Toolkit!

🌊 For two years, our two KI students were in collaboration with OCEAN / UNI’s transdisciplinary online program and Professor Ginsburg’s [Could be just “Hope’s]
Ocean Class course, focusing at the intersection of the ocean, art and activism and engaging with a global community of ocean lovers.

The essay is deliberately more experiential than the rest of the curriculum, reflecting the act of learning, experimenting and creating that the class went through as a group, potentially inspiring educators to develop similar experiments.

🪸OCEAN / UNI’s toolkit is part of TBA21–Academy’s many transdisciplinary learning initiatives, carefully selected from among hundreds of talks, the module offers an entry point into critical ocean literacy, bringing together sessions from different semesters into a coherent structure that traces some of the central lines of inquiry developed over those years.
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CONGRATULATIONS! To our Spring 2026 KI Graduates! 🎓✨A huge round of applause for all your hard work and the best of luck...
05/11/2026

CONGRATULATIONS! To our Spring 2026 KI Graduates! 🎓✨

A huge round of applause for all your hard work and the best of luck in all your post-grad adventures! 💕 Can’t wait to see and hear about all your upcoming accomplishments!

We are so proud of each of you! Stay in touch! 💌 We miss you already
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💜  KI GALA 2026 PHOTO DUMP 💜Our students and faculty had lots of fun celebrating the end of the semester at our annual K...
05/06/2026

💜 KI GALA 2026 PHOTO DUMP 💜

Our students and faculty had lots of fun celebrating the end of the semester at our annual KI Gala! Swipe through to see our KI students performing in the talent show! 🤩

Congratulations to our students who were recognized with Awards from our Behold the Magnificent Screening, KI Mixtape Exhibition, and Senior Capstones! We also presented the Pushing Boundaries of Media Award, International Cultural Impact Award, Carter G. Woodson Award for Academic Excellence, and KI Community Spirit Award!

⭐ A special shout out to Lilith Watts from receiving the 2026 Dean’s Scholarship!

Pam Turner also received the Greatest Animation Teacher of All Time Award and was inducted into the KI Furby Hall of Fame! Thank you for everything you have contributed to our department over the many years you have been a part of it! We will miss you!

And finally, thank you Stephen Vitiello, for your incredible work as department chair the past eight years! Your leadership and guidance has been incredibly valuable to all the students, faculty, and staff. We cannot thank you enough for your service and passion for the department!

Congratulations everyone for another amazing year! 👏🥳
We cannot wait to welcome you back this Fall!
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We’d like to extend a HUGE congratulations to Kinetic Imaging Professor and Department Chair Stephen Vitiello for winnin...
05/05/2026

We’d like to extend a HUGE congratulations to Kinetic Imaging Professor and Department Chair Stephen Vitiello for winning The Enriching the Human Experience award at the VCU Annual Research Impact Awards!

VCU-ARIA - The Annual Research Impact Awards is a newly established university-wide initiative that honors exceptional research by faculty and postdoctoral fellows. From their work, and the work of their colleagues, has saved, improved and enriched countless lives through their advanced discoveries.

“His career exemplifies how research can illuminate fundamental scientific, cultural and technological processes while contributing meaningfully to the intellectual capital across the globe,” his nominator said.

Stephen’s work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Congratulations, Stephen () on all your success!
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05/04/2026

Congratulations to all the Kinetic Imaging 2026 Seniors on the Annual Senior Capstone Screening: ✨”Stranded in the Edit” ✨showcasing their videos, animations, and more from their yearlong BFA Capstone projects 🌟

Such an incredible display of talent! Thank you to all the KI faculty and students for making this happen! 🤩

Featured Artists: Mais Aljambi, Rabb Batlle, Gabby Blanks, Max Biscarr, Myranda “Elle” Creasy, Kenna Crispin, Nilaya Dhamat, Bibby Diaz-Perez, Julie Dinh, Ethan Drake, Mikhail Edwards, Quinn Fensterwald, Otto Fesperman, Faye Healy, Sarah Johnson, Shane McElhenney, Kevin Miller, Nelson Mosley, Sara Omer, Syd Osborne, Elijah Randel, Mars Rasheed, Romina Reyhani, Gabe Salabao, Joe Valentin, and Lauren Walker
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Looking to fill your schedule with courses? Kinetic Imaging has exciting new and returning electives this upcoming Fall ...
04/30/2026

Looking to fill your schedule with courses? Kinetic Imaging has exciting new and returning electives this upcoming Fall 2026 Semester! 🍁✨

OPEN FOR ALL VCUARTS MAJORS

🌐 Installation as Interaction
🖥️ 3D Computer Animation
📹 Video Art for Non-Majors

KINETIC IMAGING MAJOR ELECTIVES

🎭 Affective XR Performance: Emotion + Immersion

5 WEEK COURSES

🛠️ Installation Toolkit
🏃 Real-time Video & Camera Tracking for Interactive Works
🎛️ Synthesizer Essentials

Browse and register for available classes today! 💫
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📢 Calling all rising KI Juniors and Seniors! Are you interested in creating installations? Perhaps you have plans to sho...
04/29/2026

📢 Calling all rising KI Juniors and Seniors!

Are you interested in creating installations? Perhaps you have plans to show your Capstone project at The Anderson? You should check out these courses for Fall 2026 as they sure to help promise better outcomes for your work:

⭐️ KINE 491: Installation as Interaction with Hwiy Chang -

Gain hands-on experience experimenting with how audiences interact with your work by creating environments using objects, directions, devices, and spatial arrangements.

Develop skills that build toward a final installation project, displayed at The Anderson

🗓️ Monday / Wednesday
⏰ 6:00 - 8:50 pm
CRN: 51723

⭐️ KINE 491: Installation Toolkit with Noren G-H - .gh

Learn the practical and technical aspects of installation and how to think thoughtfully and thoroughly about installation

You will leave the course with an understanding of the elements included in installation works and be able to successfully utilize this knowledge to install future works.

🗓️ Friday | 5 Week Course: 9/25/2026 - 10/30/2026
⏰ 9:30 - 11:50 am + 1:00 - 3:20 pm
CRN 51772
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Images from “The Art Happens Here” KI Capstone Exhibition 2025

Join Kinetic Imaging Senior, Ethan Drake, for the screening of his senior capstone film, “The Triplets” !!🗓️ Friday, May...
04/28/2026

Join Kinetic Imaging Senior, Ethan Drake, for the screening of his senior capstone film, “The Triplets” !!

🗓️ Friday, May 1st
⏰ 2:00 - 4:00 pm
📍 Studio Two Three (109 W 15th St, Richmond,)
🎟️ Free Entry!

“The Triplets,” an experimental surrealist film with an additional experimental noise set to open the screening. 💫
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