O’More Teams up With the Zoo at Grassmere
The annual Ghouls at Grassmere event is scheduled from October 18th – 21st and O’More College of Design students have gotten into the spirit. The new attraction created by the students is the Eerie Estate, a 3-D experience that incorporates the visual communications majors’ innovation through projected print and animation technologies.
Students from various majors have spent months on this tent experience. “O’More believes community-centered projects such as this one are important to both the students and the organization we are supporting,” said Josh Lomelino, O’More visual communications department chair. “We’re excited for the opportunity to showcase our students’ talents.”
The students were responsible for coming up with the Eerie Estate concept and name, the logo and for the creative direction it would take. Once the initial groundwork was laid, they began creating the print and motion graphics. “The zoo gave us a lot of creative freedom,” said student Allison Toner. “I think we’ve come up with a very kid friendly but Tim Burton-like experience. We were inspired by the O’More campus and the [ca. 1866] Abbey Leix mansion, so we incorporated a lot of that into the designs. We wanted to represent the College, and this way it feels as if you are walking through an actual haunted home.”
“Nashville Zoo is extremely thankful for the hard work the students have put in to this project,” said Zoo Events Director Kindell Williams. “O’More has brought their creative genius and dedication to creating Eerie Estate, which I am sure will be the hit of this year’s event and introduce many young people to art in a new format.”
Find out more about Ghouls at Grassmere at www.nashvillezoo.org.
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Photo: O’More visual communications students worked together to complete a Chromadepth 3-D project for Nashville Zoo’s annual Ghouls at Grassmere Halloween event.
(L-R) Sarah Keaggy, Allison Toner, Lloyd Norman, Brianna Miele
