{"id":4001,"date":"2025-09-04T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/?page_id=4001"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:24:05","slug":"bio-villafranca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/bio-villafranca\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio &#8211; Villafranca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet Vincent Villafranca at ArmadilloCon!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Vincent Villafranca will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sculptor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villafrancasculpture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vincent Villafranca<\/a> creates pieces that range from life-size native Texas wildlife species to historical figures and fantasy creatures. His work has been used for the Bradbury Awards and for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehugoawards.org\/hugo-trophies\/2013-hugo-award-trophy\/\">Hugo Awards<\/a>. In 2016, he designed the new base for the World Fantasy Award, and creates the trophies every year. Vincent is the recipient of several awards, including the Chesley Awards (2020 nomination; winner 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012), Best of Show at ConGlomeration 2014, the Jurors&#8217; Award at the 2008 WorldCon, and Best 3-D Art at the 2006 World Fantasy Convention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profile-Villafranca-1024x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profile-Villafranca-1024x1024.avif 1024w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profile-Villafranca-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profile-Villafranca-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profile-Villafranca-768x768.avif 768w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profile-Villafranca.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Vincent Villafranca at ArmadilloCon! Vincent Villafranca will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2025! Sculptor Vincent Villafranca creates pieces that range from life-size native Texas wildlife species to historical figures and fantasy creatures. His work has been used for the Bradbury Awards and for the Hugo Awards. In 2016, he designed the new base for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4001","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jennifer Juday","author_link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d47\/author\/jjudaygmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Meet Vincent Villafranca at ArmadilloCon! 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