This week in Maker Events
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calendar.
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Giant Cardboard Robot Gate Crashes Maker Faire
Roaming the grounds at the Maker Faire was a Giant Cardboard Robot. A gate-crashing giant cardboard robot. He was tromping through the faire greeting guests, but was also seen dancing to jug band with a moss covered Swamp Kirin. Surrealism at it’s finest. Photo by Flickr user sassymonkeymedia.
Evolutionary Art Competition @ GECCO 2010
Evolutionary Art Competition @ GECCO 2010 – Scott Draves, Electric Sheep is one of the organizers and one of my favorite artists! This competition invites conference participants to demonstrate that genetic and evolutionarycomputation can be applied to create impressive and provocative works of art. The competitionwill identify the best work, be it an image, a […]
Score! Pop up Swap in Brooklyn
Here’s a great event in Brooklyn, NY for getting rid of unwanted stuff while scoring some sweet new duds/gear/anything: In case you missed that last two swaps (that drew over 1,000 each!), this is how Score! works: Attendees bring their old clothes, music, books, etc, to the event and drop them at the door. Volunteers […]
Score! Pop up Swap in Brooklyn
Here’s a great event in Brooklyn, NY for getting rid of unwanted stuff while scoring some sweet new duds/gear/anything: In case you missed that last two swaps (that drew over 1,000 each!), this is how Score! works: Attendees bring their old clothes, music, books, etc, to the event and drop them at the door. Volunteers […]
The Calm Before the Maker Faire
T-minus 1 day and counting! Tomorrow the Maker Faire Bay Area programming begins with Education Day where hundreds and hundreds of school children will get a curated preview of the faire. To take advantage of the calm before the storm, I rolled in yesterday with all my gear, and had the place to myself while […]
This Week in Craft Fairs
Maker Faire is this weekend! If you are in the Bay Area, come out and experience the magic. It is in San Mateo. Annnnd… here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, […]
