An Evening at the Avant Garde ‘Bringing Characters to Life’

Dr. Larry and Pat Thompson arrive in a pirate ship to An Evening at Avant Garde 'Bringing Characters to Life.'

Dr. Larry and Pat Thompson

Co-Chairs Bob and Joan Tufts

Co-Chairs Bob and Joan Tufts

Ringling College of Art and Design's 2016 An Evening at Avant Garde was themed 'Bringing Characters to Life.'

Miqui Lora as Effie Trinket from 'The Hunger Games' and Susan Borozan as Disgust from 'Inside Out'

Miqui Lora's Effie Trinket from 'The Hunger Games' costume was handmade with butterflies.

Judi Sterne as 'Up'

Ann Albritton as Cruella De Vil and Vicky Randall as Fiona from 'Shrek'

Samantha Centerbar as Anna from 'Frozen' and Freddie Lamoreaux as Tarzan

Michael and Stacey Corely

Robin and Brenda Cote

Ringling College of Art and Design's 2016 An Evening at Avant Garde was themed 'Bringing Characters to Life.'

Ringling College of Art and Design's 2016 An Evening at Avant Garde was themed 'Bringing Characters to Life.'

The smiley sunglasses emoji

Kevin Friedman as a time traveler

Buck and Medora Fry, Jim Roque and Jennie and Lee Duffey

Elizabeth and Lisa Intagliata

Tony Lenzo as the tower from 'Tangled'

Cheryl Loeffler as Maleficent and Marcia Jean Taub as Hot Lips from 'MASH'

Lorraine and Gregory Matthews

Nancy and Joel McElmeel

Bob Plunkett

Jeremy Putnam and Aless Cruz

Mark and Kim Standish

Freddie Lamoreaux as Tarzan

Kaiya Telle as Elle from 'Up' and Ellen Arnold as Astrid from 'How to Train Your Dragon'

Colleen Tobin as Joy from Inside Out, David Sessions as the Mad Hatter and Teri Hansen

John Watlers IV and Francesca Walters take a selfie.

Kim Westad as the rolling eye emoji and Jennifer Mumford as 'Mad'

Ann Albritton and Vicky Randall

Seth Anderholm as Darth Vadar and Sarahina Borgoiu as a pirate

Rachel Levey-Baker as Krang from 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

Kari Bunker, Eduardo Anaya, Lindsay Adams, Anais Blake and Teresa Lee-Kay

Bethany and Nathan Carr, Taylor and Erica Aultman, David Sessions and Brenda and Robin Cote

Nathan and Bethany Carr as card soldiers from 'Alice in Wonderland'

Michael and Stacey Corely

Marissa Ebanks, Derrek Gunnells and Tebello Mosenene

Zeke Eckersen and Paul Haag

Erin and Patrick Duggan with Stephanie Grosskreutz

Sarah Hoffe as the Queen in 'Cinderella, Lisa Moody as Popeye, Teresa Lee-Kay as Prince Charming and Dan Hoffe as Cinderella's ugly stepsister

Dan Hoffe as Cinderella's ugly stepsister

Avery Jackson as a mermaid and John Treanor as Tuxedo Mask

Lauren Jacobson as Velma Dinkley from 'Scooby Doo'

Tom and Sherry Koski

Ernie Kulka as Max Headroom

Miqui Lora as Effie Trinket from 'The Hunger Games'

David and Toni Lyon as Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head with John Walters IV

Charles and Brenda McDonald

Margie Morell, Kelly Romanoff and Karen Van Lindonk as three blind mice

David Morgan, 'making a spectacle of himself'

Lisa Morris and Dean Eisner

Isabel Norton as a minion

Susan Robinson and Ferruh Muktar

Jeff Schwartz as Agent Smith from 'The Matrix' and Lizzie Hautamaki as space junk

Geoff and Poppy Spencer as Oscar award winning producers from 'Inside Out'

Geoff and Poppy Spencer as Oscar award winning producers from 'Inside Out'

Steve and Joann Stein

Robin Strauss and Judi Sterne as 'Up'

Kaiya Telle as Elle from 'Up' and Ellen Arnold as Astrid from 'How to Train Your Dragon'

Valerie Terris and Wendell Anderson

Dr. Larry and Pat Thompson arrive by pirate ship to 'Bringing Characters to Life.'

Dr. Larry and Pat Thompson engage in a pirate sword fight upon arriving at 'Bringing the Characters to Life.'

Dr. Larry and Pat Thompson

Dot Woods and Zeke Eckerson with Sue and Paul Haag

Russ Zimmerman with Adam and Holly Antoszewski