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Matt Connard

I’ve been creating since I was a little kid. I didn’t fully commit to it until I was a teenager, but art is so freeing, it keeps me alive.

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

Puppets and costume crafts for theatre, such as masks and hats.

Where do you find inspiration?

Everyday life, whether it be a song, a moment, something someone says, something that happens, etc.

What would you do with $25,000?

I would go to grad school and get my masters degree in animatronics at UNCSA, or buy a workspace to start my own workshop.

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