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It\u2019s not every day that a special effects artist will call a new creative atmosphere<\/a> inspiring.<\/p>\n

But that is what Tyler Green, also an educator, said of his new studio at Market Street Creatives<\/a>, a vendor and art space.<\/p>\n

Green, a Litchfield native, chose the Torrington venue to replace his much-smaller studio at Whiting Mills in Winsted, where he and his husband Anthony Vidiera<\/a> ran Tyler Green FX Studio<\/a>, offering classes and using the space for other projects.<\/p>\n

But after 8 years, they outgrew their digs in Winsted and began searching for a larger venue where both men could do their own work, while continuing their popular classes and events.<\/p>\n

Their favorite creation, the Spooktacular Halloween celebration, will now be held at Market Street Creatives, where the railroad tracks used by the Naugatuck Railroad and its partner, the Railway Museum of New England<\/a> in Thomaston, run right past the building. The Market Street site was a former manufacturing company in Torrington.<\/p>\n

For the Spooktacular, a vintage train car will be converted into a Halloween adventure. \u201cThe Last Stop\u201d is a paid-ticket event set for Oct. 9, as well as a live magic show and shopping. A daylong public event, free of charge, will follow Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

The move to Torrington, Green and Videira said, has already brought big changes to their respective businesses.<\/p>\n

Videira, a commercial photographer, uses a portion of the new studio for his photo\/video work, while also creating candles and other products for his \u201cChartreuse on the Loose\u201d<\/a> line.<\/p>\n

\"TylerTyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

\u201cChartreuse on the Loose, it turned into a business almost by mistake,\u201d he said. \u201cI started making stickers for my laptop, and people liked them and wanted them. I started doing that 12 years ago; I taught myself to make candles, soap, laser designs, stickers. Now I\u2019m in the top 1 percent at Etsy. It helped pay my bills during covid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green, whose classes fill up quickly and are offered weekly, has filled his side of the studio with ceiling-to-floor prints and paintings and collections of novelties, paintings, toys and other collections. The d\u00e9cor is macabre; delightful to those who enjoy this kind of creativity and imagination.<\/p>\n

The studio\u2019s individual work stations have plenty of lighting and mirrors, lots of space for supplies, and an additional room for Green\u2019s own creative work: sculptures, masks and figures for commissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first walked into this studio, it took my breath away,\u201d Green said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t finished, so everything that\u2019s been done in here is customized, just the way we wanted it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also love how we\u2019re in this vendor space, there\u2019s so much to see,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t ever have to shop at Amazon again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TylerTyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

Green\u2019s classes instruct students on how to make frightening, artistic masks, sculptures and body parts, using rubber, silicone, various mediums of paint and other methods. Most of the FX classes focus on the grotesque, vintage and modern-day horror, translated by the imaginations of the students. The most popular, according to Green, are the latex mask-making and SFX injury workshops.<\/p>\n

Green is the owner of Creative Genius LLC, and an inventor of consumer gadgets and accessories. Among many other products, according to his website, he \u201cconceptualized and developed the Wonderband Systems\u2122<\/a>, an intricate intelligent concept for gripping items, with applications in multiple industries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green was a finalist on SyFy\u2019s Face Off<\/a>, a televised special effects contest, where contestants were challenged to make masks and costumes, and has made appearances on the Today Show, NBC Connecticut and CT Style.<\/p>\n

Green and Videira said they wanted to be in Torrington because \u201cIt\u2019s so full of art,\u201d said Green.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community, the people, the spaces, what they\u2019re doing, it\u2019s such a great place to be,\u201d he said. \u201cMy motto has always been, stay creative\u2019 and that\u2019s what inspires me here. The creativity in the building is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe studio is a place to go, where we can do what we love to do,\u201d Videira said. \u201cWhatever we need, we can build it right here. It\u2019s perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since opening in 2025, Market Street Creatives, owned by Stepcraft CEO Erick Royer, has amassed 225 individual vendors, who display their wares in kiosks or booths throughout the main floor of the building, located at 100 Lawton St., Torrington.<\/p>\n

Shoppers will find repurposed antiques, leather work, clothing, housewares, body and hair care, food products, and gifts of every description.<\/p>\n

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Tyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

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Tyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

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Tyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

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Tyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

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Tyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

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Tyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

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Royer and his staff also offer classes and events for startup businesses, teaching new vendors and makers how to market their designs and products.<\/p>\n

Royer said vendors pay a fee to rent their selling space, without a commission. \u201cWe\u2019re not making anything on what they\u2019re selling, we\u2019re just collecting the rent,\u201d Royer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach vendor has their own stall and they can decorate it the way they want, using their own marketing and displays,\u201d Royer said. \u201cA lot of them work from home, and they sometimes can\u2019t afford a retail space. This gives them that opportunity; they have a physical location now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Videira was impressed by the number of vendors \u2013 which now number 225 \u2013 and the opportunity to sell what they make in Torrington.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first went inside (the vendor market) it was overwhelming, but not in a bad way,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty great. You can walk in, get a beverage and walk around. The staff is there to help, to answer questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve also seen people\u2019s businesses grow,\u201d he said. \u201cThey start with a tiny kiosk, and the next thing you know, that kiosk becomes a booth. To see all the work that\u2019s being done here, it\u2019s pretty exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Spooktacular at the Warehouse, said Videira, is a perfect fit for Torrington\u2019s Halloween celebrations.<\/p>\n

\"TylerTyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always loved Halloween and all of the weird, spooky and unusual things that come along with it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe wanted to create a place where the vendors, who might feel like the outsiders at another market, could feel like this event was made specifically for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Whiting Mills event drew an estimated 3,000-plus visitors during its inaugural weekend and continued to attract large crowds during its three-year run in Winsted, said Green.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing here, with the Naugatuck Railroad right outside, it\u2019s amazing,\u201d he said. \u201cThis year\u2019s event will be beyond anything we\u2019ve done so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TylerTyler Green, a special effects artist, and commercial photographer and artist Anthony Videira recently moved into a new studio space at Market Street Creatives in Torrington. The warehouse-turned vendor market also rents studio space for small businesses. (Emily M. Olson)<\/p>\n

Details and tickets for the Spooktacular at the Warehouse can be found on Instagram at https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spooktacularct\/.<\/p>\n

To reach Tyler Green\u2019s FX Studio, visit Facebook or Instagram<\/a> at www.instagram.com\/anthonyvideira_\/ or use Messenger. To reach Anthony Videira\u2019s studio, visit his Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/videira\/ or Instagram<\/a> at www.instagram.com\/anthonyvideira_\/<\/p>\n

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