In 1996, Andrew Menschik and Michael Fuller started Imagivations with a vision
of creating a company that would act as a catalyst for the imagination of
others to create whatever product, prop, exhibit, gadget or specialty that
person needed or wanted. In the beginning, they used a garage as their
workshop and an old school bus as their ‘office.’ Today, they have an over
7,000 square foot building – where they create anything from the smallest
props to the largest exhibits and sets. Andrew and Michael have produced
‘products of the imagination’ for clients as diverse as set designers, art
directors, dental offices, car dealerships, conventions, seminars, retail
stores, designers, churches, hotels and more.
Andrew Menschik was born in Washington D. C. in 1957
to Dr. Zygmunt Menschik (Professor of Anatomy at Georgetown University) and
Jadwiga Menschik a Registered Nurse.
He grew up in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where he attended the
Milton Hershey School from 1969-1976. Chocolate industrialist Milton S.
Hershey and his wife Catherine founded the Milton Hershey School in 1909. The
school offered a residential experience in a wholesome environment, that
provided a quality education, and a wealth of enriching and exciting
opportunities that lead Andrew to the arts. At age 16, he became the stage
manager of the school’s theatre. There, he put on shows three times a year,
made props, painted scenic paintings and a hundred other things needed to put
the show on.
He attended Georgetown University for two years.
Michael Fuller was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
in 1975. He also attended the Milton Hershey School from 1984-1994. And, like
Andrew, was the Stage Manager through his sophomore to senior years.
After a year of college and doing scenic work for other
shops, he went into business with Andrew in 1996 and created Imagivations.
Michael is the ‘mechanical whiz’ of the company and his
specialty is radio-controlled props. If you have a vision, he can bring it to
reality and make it fly, smoke, sing, swing, move or…the possibilities are
endless.
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