Stan Winston & Steve Warner Festival of the Moving Creature
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Join the mythical entourage of two giant creatures roaming and bringing joy to Grounds!
Designed, built, and engineered by The Art of the Moving Creature class co-taught by Melissa Goldman (School of Architecture), Annie Temmink (Drama), with Eric Schmidt (Art), the beasts will come to life in a parade through central Grounds and end with a dance party to celebrate this captivating pair. The Festival begins at the UVA Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds adjacent to Culbreth Road with a parade loop to the Rotunda around sunset.
The Creatures first came to Grounds in 2013, and new designs return this year to honor the festival’s namesakes Stan Winston, Hollywood special effects legend and UVA alum, and late UVA Drama Assistant Professor Steven Warner, a co-founder of the original festival and longtime teacher of the Creature class.
Creature Couture Pre-Festival Workshops
Unleash your inner designer and craft your very own beastly embellishment as one of the creature’s entourages. Whether a wearable headpiece or black light lantern, everyone's invited to make a piece to parade alongside the creatures and add a splash of magic to the spectacle of mythical marvels!
The Creature Couture Pre-Festival Workshops are free and open to the public:
Fri, Apr 12
11AM–12:15PM & 12:30–1:45PM
UVA Drama Shop
Sat, Apr 20
11AM–3PM
Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. Charlottesville
Part of the Tom Tom Festival
The SW2 Festival of the Moving Creature is sponsored by UVA Arts, The Jefferson Trust, the Stan Winston School of Character Arts, the UVA Department of Drama, and the UVA School of Architecture.