Passing the Spark Of Imagination to The Next Generation
September 1, 2023
Remember how you felt the first time you vidited Disneyland or Walt Disney World as a child? Garner Holt does, and he has since made a lifetime out of designing and making most of the animatronic characters you see every time you enter the "Happiest Place on Earth."
Now, he hopes to ignite more STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning in young people and ultimately launch the next generation of makers, artists, sculptors, creators, engineers and manufacturers. He's doing it through a program he has launched at his Garner Holt Productions headquarters in Redlans in San Bernardino County.
Located an hour from Anaheim's Disneyland, GHP has been building lifelike characers for Disney for nearly half a century. From the Hall of Presidents to the Pirates of the Caribbean, Holt and his team of talented artists, scuptors, designers and builders bring the classic tales of Walt Disney to life for families worldwide. Now he's teaching the next generation of skills needed to make a career out of their own imagination.
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