Tech-or-Treat

Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology and the Children’s Museum of Blacksburg present Tech-or-Treat, a Halloween event even scarier than a hard drive full of data that isn’t backed up. This hauntingly memorable event, for children five to twelve years old, will feature Halloween fun-themed technologies developed by students and faculty at the university in a family-friendly environment. Some highlights of the event include interactive digital Jack-o’-lanterns, eerie arms reaching out, a bubbling cauldron, ghostly images in dry ice, projected rats and snakes, and much more. Poetry, art, Halloween gingerbread house displays, and toy activities will also engage children’s imaginations and curiosity. Spooky music will be performed by the VT Strings Project.

Tech-or-Treat is a free event. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This event is sponsored by Imaginations Toy & Furniture Company.

A university-level research institute sitting at the nexus of the arts, design, engineering, and science, the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology is uniquely partnered with the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech. By forging a pathway between transdisciplinary research and art, educational innovation, and scientific and commercial discovery, the institute works to foster the creative process to create new possibilities for exploration and expression through learning, discovery, and engagement. This includes preparing students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and higher education environments to succeed in a world that demands teamwork and collaboration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines; promoting new research domains that transcend institutionalized boundaries; and participating with people of all ages in the process of co-creation.