Collab Arts is a student-run multidisciplinary creative collective that produces meaningful youthful experiential experiences by utilizing multimedia arts, community culture, media design, and technology. The collective bridges the gap between emerging artists, designers, and producers of different disciplines and levels of experience by hosting creative team-building workshops and themed interactive exhibitions.
Name: Htet A. Shine
Year: Class of 2024
Major: Business, Film & Media Studies
Role: Team Lead
Interests: Creative technology, experience design, consumer behavior & multimedia arts
Quote: "I find my value in creating meaningful things from scratch, walking through each step of my building"
Name: Rankin Tran
Year: Class of 2024
Major: Digital Narrative and Interactive Design
Role: Business Manager
Interests: Photography & user experience design
Quote: "I'm pretty early in my learning journey, so I'm trying to learn new things!"
Name: Alina McMahon
Year: Class of 2024
Major: Marketing (Minors in Film and Media Studies)
Role: Outreach Coordinator
Interests: Film, photography, and traveling wherever and whenever possible
Quote: "I'm excited to get involved with more creative production opportunitis across many mediums along my major and minor. I enjoy primarily film and photography, and I also love trying new restaurants with friends."
Name: Sean
Year: Class of 2025
Major: Computer Science
Interests: Skiing, Programming, Rubik's Cubes, Vim, svelteJs, 90's web design, vintage tech, Pokemon, Origami
Quote: "In the process of working with Collab Arts I recognized the true power of collaboration which opened my eyes to what is possible when you combine software, art and human connection"
Name: Saskia Van’t Hof
Year: Class of 2025
Major: Digital Narrative and Interactive Design (Minors in Spanish & Global Studies)
Role: Interactive manager / secretary
Interests: Experience design, creative technology, user experience design, editorial/graphic design, web development
Quote: "I have a love for the iterative process of design, be it digital, in print, or experiential. In the summers, I enjoy taking walks, reading outdoors, and tending to my vegetable garden."
Name: Chloe Simpson
Year: Class of 2025
Major: Film & Media Production and Urban Studies
Interests: Visual art, documentary film, photography, anything creative, anthropology and how people interact with their environments and each other
Quote: "I love the process of creating things and consider myself a lover of visuals and textiles. I believe that laughter, dancing, having fun, and love are the core elements of what it means to be a human freely. "
Name: Olivia Jefferson
Year: Class of 2025
Major: Environmental Science and German
Interests: Sound and lighting design, interactive art, multi-sensory art
Quote: "An aspiring learner that wants to learn as much as possible about technology in the art world. "
Name: Gabby
Year: Class of 2025
Major: Digital Narrative and Interactive Design (Minor in Film and Media Studies)
Interests: Visual arts, fashion, shopping, and chrocheting
Quote: "An aspiring learner that wants to learn as much as possible about technology in the art world. "