Monsters at The Washington Pavilion

Story by: Joee Taylor

The Washington Pavilion had gone on a search to find some students that could make monsters for a play and be displayed in the Visual Arts Center. Nancy Olive, Professor of Art, taught a Mixed Media Class over January 2018 that was up for the challenge. When it came to creating the monsters, students not only had to get creative with their ideas, but also the materials they wanted to use.

“It required us to scrounge for materials and incorporate whatever we could find in creating these large monsters. So we raided our closets, our storage areas and found tons of treasures for it,” Olive says.

USF student Jasmine Fletcher explains how unique this challenge was and how it was something different than their regular homework assignments.

“It was really exciting to do something outside of just the school and to see it in the public.”

Students were required to come up with their own creative, one of a kind monster to display in the Pavilion.

“His name is Hector. He’s like a gelatinous blob but he has scales to protect him as he wanders the universe. And he has like little yellow clown feet,” Fletcher says.

Sadie Hartley told us at the Washington Pavilion there are stations set up for kids and anyone who is there to create their own monsters to fill the blank walls at the Pavilion.

“And just to be able to see everyone’s individual little styles coming out and all of those things,” Hartley said.

Many USF students explained how rewarding this experience was and how excited they were to have this opportunity to inspire someone else.

“It’s for kids; it’s very exciting to get to put things up that you know that they’re going to like and appreciate and that will inspire them for more than just this moment. It will continue to go on. All of these kids can be like, ‘oh at the age of eight or nine, I had a picture up at the museum’,” Hartley says.

The Monsters at the Washington Pavilion will be up through the end of March and some of April.