Chris Van Patten is the creative director at Van Patten Media, a digital agency providing beautifully handcrafted responsive websites and branding for theatre artists and arts organizations. In a previous life, Chris was a theatre artist himself, graduating from the University at Buffalo with a B.F.A. in Theatre Design. His work as a scenic designer was featured in the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design, and he was nominated for regional awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Chris is also an active member of Buffalo’s tech community. In addition to creating the #ThirdThursday series of happy hour meetups and BfloFRED (Buffalo’s Front End Developers meetup), he was a co-organizer of Buffalo’s inaugural WordCamp this past October.
