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Creators Showcase 2025
Celebrate the diverse student work from across the UMN Twin Cities campus and enjoy creative work ranging from virtual reality, digital media, digital fabrication and more will be showcased at this event and will allow creators to engage with others, network with academic professionals.
Food and drinks will be provided. This is a free event but RSVP is encouraged.
Details:
Date: April 15th, 2025
Time:5:00-7:00pm
Place: Toaster (Walter Library, basement level)
Student Project Submissions
Aryan Patel
Unlocking Academic Success Through Sleep
Struggling to balance late-night study sessions with early morning classes? Snooze Smarter explores the science behind sleep and its impact on academic performance. Learn practical tips to improve your sleep routine, boost your focus, and achieve better grades—all while managing the chaos of college life. It’s time to turn rest into your secret weapon for success!
Alma Quiroz
Artists VS. AI
"Art has been a sign of evolved civilization ever since the start of humanity, so what happens when humanity tries to "evolve" art?" This website is a comprehensive overview on the struggle artists are currently facing as AI art has begun to take root and AI art as a whole. Although made with people with no experience with art in mind, there are resources provided for artists who are affected by AI art. The website is fully outfitted with alt text and other accessibility aspects so that anybody may be able to learn about the subject.
Khoa Le
How can music therapy affects college students' mental health?
This podcast is created to evaluate the affects that music therapy can help with mental issues and utilizing that as an effective way to enhance learning performances.
Ismail
Effects of fear in Athletes
My friend Marley and i talk about fear and how it effects athletes because we were athletes in highschool and fear was one of the big emotions we had to deal with.
Charlie Polz
NFL: The L is for Looks
I spent half the semester researching why NFL teams rebrand and what that process looks like. I decided to rebrand our hometown team, the Minnesota Vikings to show what that process could look like.
Library Resources: Library sources for research
Emma Johnson (featuring Jenny Badger and Brandon Cox)
What is the Connection Between Screens and Childhood Development?
In this podcast we explore the topic of excessive screen use with children and the effects it can have on childhood development, as well as look at personal testimonies and strategies parents and guardians can employ to prevent the negative effects of excessive screen use.
Courtney Phillippi, Delany Ross (guest speaker)
Navigating Body Image in the Digital Era
Podcast from WRIT 1301 where I talked about how social media is affecting teenage girls and body image. I wanted my podcast to feel like a personal conversation because it can be a difficult conversation to have. We covered three different things in this episode. First, being the fitness community and had a tie in with a guest speaker. Second, we talked about the reasons why some girls might be struggling with this topic. Finally, we discussed some positives and how to find good in social media.
Ella Shaw
Light I See
LIGHT I SEE is a short film that combines shadow puppetry, digital collage, and an original soundtrack to create a hypnotic, immersive experience. Through its unique visual and auditory layers, the film invites viewers to reflect on themes of inner child, love, and intergenerational healing, offering a meditative space for personal introspection and connection.
Library Resources: Media equipment (cameras, camcorder, tripod, microphones, digital audio recorder)
Koveyia McPipe
The taste of whiteness
A podcast that showcases and talks about the whitewashing of cultural foods and it's impact on our society and how we see those cultures.
Library Resources: Media equipment (cameras, camcorder, tripod, microphones, digital audio recorder), Computers/software
monroe chumklang
everyday i do
My submission, “everyday i do”, is a moving image work that I created for my experimental film class at UMN this fall. It was created by digitizing Hi-8 tapes shot by my family from when I was 1 to 5 years old. The tapes are manipulated with a variety of analog and digital methods, including i-frame manipulation and circuit bending for digital and analog glitches respectively. These layers were then combined in Priemere Pro with selected archival recordings and a digitally distorted organ score. In the piece I associate fading or inaccessible memory with the pixelation and degradation that happens with analog and digital media as they decay. It is a diaristic and essayist experiment for me where I can interrogate my childhood, both full of a lot of love and a source of anxiety for me. I am happy to provide a more detailed artist statement if necessary. Thank you for considering!
Library Resources: Computers/software
Rodrigo Rivera
A Case for Dark Short Stories
This video essay aims to explain everything good about Dark Short Stories as a genre and why you should give them a try. To do so, I used plenty humor, thorough editing, and took a lot of creative choices that are sure to engage my audience.
Library Resources: UMN Libraries (online resources)
Taylor S Tarrolly
MODERN LYRICIST
"If you’re reading this, yay. Thank you. I’m happy you’re here.
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So here’s the thing, I gottalottafeelings… no really, like all heart here… writing what I feel has always helped me make sense of things I don't understand. Through music, I’ve always found immense comfort and connectedness to others also searching for answers to life's many mysteries. I've always marveled at the power of pen and paper and observation of human nature. I’ve always been fascinated by artists’ lyrical choices and the creation of the stories and poems that become the melodies we hum in the car. I wrote my first song in third grade, and I still have the original copy somewhere...
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Years into adulthood, I realized I had completely suffocated my creativity by focusing on external expectations rather than internal exploration. (When you’re a kid, your job is quite literally to explore.) So, the third grader in me said, “f*%k it.
Nathan Adamson, Ethan Anil, Liam Babula, Jacob Cabbage, Sophie Davis, Micaela Gamino, Jack Garretson, Kennedy Gibson, Evie Hackenmiller, Michael Hansen, Ina Li, Bettie Mande, Hleedra Moua, Worakarn Moua
Robert Nayman, Aliza Noman, Emily Schoenbeck, Aeron Shine, Kevin Shull, Kristian Thompson, Kacee Wells, Xintong Xia, Connor Yarbrough
U of Much Ado
The U of Much Ado is a multi-media adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. You can click through the site and explore the way this romantic comedy has been updated to a modern university setting using podcasts, videos, photos, and the written word.
Branda Leung
[Untitled]
It was a Sunday morning, a regular morning unlike any other. And as I walked past the four-season porch to eat breakfast, I saw a sight like no other. The light glimmered through the blinds, and its morning glow shone perfectly, creating a mesmerizing scene.
I never go into that porch anymore. A childhood toy room turned cold storage unit. It wasn't until I saw that particular scene that I stopped in my tracks and took a closer look. Past versions of me were framed and abandoned, yet they welcomed me as I approached the light.
Tali Ben-Ari
Why Shakespeare?
Why Shakespeare? Why is it that we still learn about plays that were being performed in London over 400 years ago? Through personal experience, this video essay discusses the importance of teaching Shakespeare in relation to a High School’s students' reading and writing skills.
Library Resources: Media equipment (cameras, camcorder, tripod, microphones, digital audio recorder)
Amy Brewster
Exploration of Other Worlds Digital paintings of fantastical creatures in fantastical environments.
Jay Radke
Rachel Ruins De-Extinction
Final project for ANTH 3310: Fundamentals of Anthropological Genetics