From giant urban mechanical puppets to wind-driven, beachcombing beasts to animatronic state-of-the-art movie monsters, moving creatures are a mix of joyful spectacle, precise engineering, fearless experimentation, and resourceful fabrication techniques. This interdisciplinary project will engage students from Architecture, Studio Art, and Drama in a yearlong collaborative workshop to research, to design, and to construct creatures that will come to life for The Stan Winston Arts Festival of the Moving Creature on April 20, 2013.

This Festival is directed by Steven Warner, Lecturer and Technical Director of the Department of Drama, Eric Schmidt, Studio and Gallery Technician of the McIntire Department of Art, and Melissa Goldman, the Fabrication Facilities Manager of the School of Architecture.

For more information on the project and the festival, follow their work on these websites:

UVA Magazine Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUOP1Mo61s&feature=youtu.be

Video and Blog describing the festival and the work completed up until now.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/stan-winston-school-at-university-of-virginia

Guest Artist and Workshop Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MQ4z4RP6eM

Facebook Site, is a great way for our readers to stay current.
https://www.facebook.com/TheStanWinstonArtFestivalOfTheMovingCreature