Halloween continues for JUMP’s Dreamweaver Collective!

Lars C. Larsen, an extremely talented Stop Motion Animation artist who has worked on films like Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings & Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio taught an incredible Stop Motion Animation workshop recently.

Dreamweaver Collective hosted veteran art director Colie Buck to lead our volunteers through a workshop on graphic design.

In this behind-the-scenes video, I take you inside the studio at JUMP Boise to show how I made my new song melodic sun. Filmed in Boise, Idaho, this video gives a look into my creative process, recording sessions, and what it’s like making original music.

Nick Badasci, a Studio Community Project participant, applied with a simple but powerful idea: to create a family-friendly open mic stand-up comedy night where anyone — kids, teens, and adults — could try out jokes, sharpen their storytelling, or simply enjoy a good laugh. 

Meris, a MOVE Studio Community Project participant, shares a series of uplifting videos designed to help high-performing, conscious individuals overcome burnout and restore their inner vitality. Through meditation, breathwork, yoga, journaling, and other time-tested practices, she guides viewers toward renewed energy, joy, and balance.

The MAKE studio has the PRUSA XL 5 head 3d printer, allowing us to print objects with multiple colors and even giving us the the opportunity to use multiple materials during the same print. The way different plastics interact with each other can be utilized to achieve results that might otherwise be impossible.

The Dreamweaver Collective has just completed a successful VFX test for our upcoming short film Costumes. This test focused on creating a convincing super speed effect — a key visual moment in the story.

150+ people participated by bringing a broken item. Over 70% of these items were fixed by a group of 40+ fixer volunteers, saving the attendees over $8,000 in estimated costs and diverting almost 500lbs from the landfill!

It’s a remote control chicken on a skateboard. It is rad. It’s name is Hennessy, a Lohmann Brown. Actually there are two of them. Count Bockula is a Master Grey and a Goofy-Foot. ABD? Not this. So lock in fam, cause we’re loosening the toe angle, and dropping in the coop. 

StoryCorps is back in the PLAY studio this fall! This time we are remembering loved ones who are no longer with us. StoryCorps is a non-profit whose mission is to document the human experience by recording conversations all across the country (our studio is the only place to record StoryCorps sessions in Idaho!).

Ana Robins, musician / teacher / theatre maker, speaks about her interactive theater experience The Fools Journey, which was made thru the Resident Creative Program at JUMP 2025. Ana’s work explores manifestations of the Tarot through live actors, elaborate props, and hands-on audience interactive experiences.

Fling-a-Frog will join an incredibly fun lineup of existing lawn games set up for the festival, such as Flywheel Toss, Tractor Pull and Duck, Duck, Fish. While the rules of the game are quite simple - aim for flies in the air and lily pads on the ground, the game is surprisingly challenging.

David Cowan, artist / playwright / theatre maker, speaks about his play Spectra, which was made thru the Resident Creative Program at JUMP 2025. David’s work explores themes and conceptualizations of viruses, future societies, outer space, and the meaning and function of Art in the human experience.

I took my daughter to work and we got into all kinds of trouble. Testing out the PVC flutes, including a giant one that uses the air compressor and sounds like a fog horn. Editing the marble maze with stickers and challenges. Trying to laser cut a hole through an old book and failing. Using the paper scraps to make paper wings. And more lol

Jessica Nebeker, a Studio Community Project participant, leads us through the journey of designing, engineering, and fabricating puppets for short films. Learn about the workflow from Fusion 360, into 3D printing, physical assembly, and finally the filming process of these wonderful art pieces.

The workshops guided the students through a typical design workflow: brainstorm ideas, sketch and rough out those ideas on paper and finally model the sketches in 3D space with clay.

Want to learn how to take your movie’s sound to the next level? Dreamweaver collaborator Justin Elias has created these tutorial videos on the post-production sound editing process. Take a look to start learning how to make your movies sound professional! And listen with headphones if you can!

Want to know how to make your movies look more like, you know, movies? Gerald Adamson, director of the Dreamweaver productions “Take One” and “Last Frame”, has put together a series of tutorial videos on the essential post-production process of color grading.

Cohen, one of our regulars in the PLAY studio has been cooking up some hot tunes over the last several months. Here’s what he has to say: “Back in March, I put a band together for a performance at Illumibrate, but I ended up deciding it wasn’t the right fit for the event. About a month ago…