the collective
A collective of artists, thinkers, creators, inventors, and makers collaborating to awaken wonder, build community, and make the world better.
Featured
visual artist
Making art is Amber’s home. It’s where she lives, and it’s where she brews up soft sculptures and mixed media miracles out of needle, thread, and heart. She is a wicked broth of beauty and discovery and growth. Imparting inspiration to others is her super power.
designer + actor + photographer
Todd just says yes to art. It heals him, teaches him empathy, challenges him, and connects him to the soul of the world. He believes that together through art, we can learn to understand the human condition, understand each other, and do some good.
community builder, artist, safety enthusiast
Sara is an earthy goddess in overalls. She sews baby robots into life from remnants of discarded clothing. She believes in better days ahead. And when the going gets rough, her paintings are her meditations. Someday she shall build a stone wall with her bare hands.
musician
Lindsey creates orchestral dream punk music with her band, stepmom. Which is cool, because that’s where she feels the most whole: writing music, performing, collaborating.
movement + miscellaneous artist
Emily believes that art can change the world, and when she performs, you believe it too. She’s all about honesty and emotion and connection... and she feels most connected when she’s creating. More than anything, she wants you to know you’re not alone.
artist
If you listen to Emma’s work, you’ll hear the sounds of things like hope, connection, cooking, caring, and curiosity. With scraps of fabric, paper, and other environmental leftovers, she maps roads that lead to all the best destinations: nature, community, and place.
artist + maker
Moments of charcoal, paint, physical objects. Works of thought, peace, reflection. Social sculpture, interaction, casting, healing. Every day Jasmine creates herself, and her world, toward balance. "Pause. Breathe. Spread that feeling,” she says. Yes, we say.
visual artist
The playful colors, lyrical lines, and abstracted forms of Katelynn’s paintings, murals, and inflatable sculptures don’t really understand boundaries. They roar right past the imaginary lines of society, culture, and geography and straight into the light at the end of the tunnel.
poet + visual artist
Angie’s on a mission to make the world better: one poem at a time, one installation at a time, one person at a time (starting with herself). She’s not afraid to feel; and the way she works makes it ok for you to feel too. She makes us vulnerable, and that makes us powerful.
your neighbor
Gilding with gum wrappers, making music, dealing in dark rooms with analog photographs...if will wants it to exist, they just make it exist. They walk a lot, go with the flow, and dig the process of working with others to make art that’s bigger than themselves.
artist
Erin’s art is about the micro-epiphany...the memory of a moment, both personal and shared, that evokes wonder and deep responsibility for our planet. The environments she creates using recycled and repurposed materials work the magic of bringing people together.
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visual artist + LED magician
Once upon a time Matt came to Factory Obscura on a date…and never left. He creates wonder and smiles out of wires and resistors and other cool stuff that makes the world go ‘round. And when Matt lights up the world, we all live happily ever after.
visual artist + nature enthusiast
Leigh’s knitted sculptures and installations are fueled by wonder at the small details of the natural world: fungi, lichen, plant life. Her very existence creates a deeper connection with flora and fauna and earth, and collaborating with her always strengthens wild, wild ideas.
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material transformer
Chris McDaniel began to doodle as soon as he could hold a pencil. Even at a young age he knew he wanted to be an artist. As a teenager he discovered a deep passion for music, and found his voice in the world through singing. Over the course of two adult decades Chris has pursued many creative outlets, producing drawings, paintings, sculptures and songs. His work is spontaneous, flowing, and often process based. His most recent creations are performance costumes made from reclaimed materials.
crafter
Dan was once shot in the head with a nail gun. He “didn't really get hurt,” but it was quite exciting. To Dan, throwing wicked parties, and the power of friendship and community, are both extremely dope. He is an animation and electronic music magician.
movement artist
Ever since little Alana hung bed-sheet curtains over a string in her living room and performed for her family, she’s been creating in whatever space she has available. Today she blends ballet, modern dance, and aerial into seamless, energetic expression.
stained glass artist + maker
James likes to work on shiny things that catch the sun, like stained-glass panels, sculptures, and his 1971 Chevy truck. He’s also been spotted making the world better with photography, sewing, light construction, and just general awesomeness. James is everyone’s favorite dog mom.
movement artist + aerialist
Morgan doesn’t need anyone’s permission to unbox, push herself, play, and “just be strange.” Her artistic journey is all about authenticity and connectivity – with herself and with those around her. She’s full of buzzing curiosity and sees expansive possibilities all around.
artist
You need a mural? A tattoo? A painting? Fake moldy food for some weird art thing you’re doing? Call Cassie. She creates because she can’t help it...and if she has artistic boundaries, we’ve never seen them. Bob Ross is her spirit artist.
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movement artist
When Tiffany expresses herself through movement and choreography, she invites you to listen with your eyes. When you do, you’ll hear things that sound like kindness and possibility. And when she threads herself in to a team, the result is pure delight and wonder.
storyteller + community advocate
Writer, creative communicator, coveralls-wearer, braided, ball-capped goddess, and art junkie extraordinaire...Rockie can’t stop/won’t stop. She is a disciple of truth, sacred geometry, and never forgetting to be awesome.