About Me
Peter Weishar is a Professor of Themed Experience and Program Director of the Themed Experience Graduate track at the University of Central Florida. He currently serves as an Associate Member of the TEA Eastern Division Board and Chair of the TEA Academic Network. Professor Weishar was the Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Florida State University where he founded and was Director of the FSU Themed Experience Institute. He also served as Dean of Entertainment Arts at SCAD where he founded the first MFA in Themed Entertainment Design. Weishar is the author of three books, Digital Space: Designing Virtual Environments (McGraw-Hill), Blue Sky: The Art of Computer Animation (Abrams) and CGI: The Art of the Computer Generated Image (Abrams). He currently writes a column on education and themed experience and entertainment for in Park Magazine.
My story
I'm a native New Yorker who went from Professor of digital art and animation at the NYU Film School to Dean of Film, Digital Media and Perfoming Arts at SCAD where I founded the Themed Entertainment Design MFA. From there I went to FSU to be the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and now, for the past three years I've been running the Themed Experience program at UCF.
Current Company & Position
Director and Professor of Themed Experience at UCF
Past company & position
Dean of Entertainment Arts at SCAD
Location
Savannah, GA
