EVENTS
Leave Your Mark: Exploring the Art of Printmaking
How can we experiment with printmaking techniques to transform ideas into original works of art?
What you’ll learn:
Learn the fundamentals of block printing by designing and carving from printing blocks made from styrofoam and rubber.
Develop creative design skills by experimenting with composition, texture, and pattern.
Apply techniques to produce unique, hand-printed pieces.
Pulling Threads: Creating with Fiber
How can you transform yarn, string, and thread into unique works of art?
What you’ll learn:
Create a yarn bracelet using straws as a simple loom.
Use a circular loom and yarn to create unique string art designs.
Explore coding and stitching by creating designs for an embroidery machine.
Making Sawdust: Woodworking for Every Maker
What can you make with wood, even with little or no experience?
What you’ll learn:
Learn to use a variety of basic hand tools
Build simple toys and useful objects
Explore, create, and tinker with wood
Beyond the Flat Card: Designing Interactive Paper Creations
How can we transform 2D materials into 3D engineering projects?
What you’ll learn:
Learn the basics of paper circuits and how to create a switch.
Experiment with pop-up strategies and 3-D paper engineering.
Integrate hand sewing and embroidery
Scrappy Rockets: High-flying Launches on a Budget
How can you use simple materials to design and build a functioning rocket?
What you’ll learn:
Explore the basic concepts of rocketry and identify key rocket components.
Design and construct multiple rockets ready for launch.
Experiment with different propulsion techniques and compare their performance.
Water in Motion: Investigating Design, Engineering, and Flow
How can you use simple materials to design and build a functioning rocket?
What you’ll learn:
Explore the basic concepts of rocketry and identify key rocket components.
Design and construct multiple rockets ready for launch.
Experiment with different propulsion techniques and compare their performance.
Here Comes the Sun
How does a solar cell create electricity?
We know that solar power can lower our power bills, but can it do anything else? What if we could build some mechanical devices that run on solar power? Let’s try! Come play with solar power, build, tinker, and create, all with the power of the sun.
Scratching the Surface
What is surface tension? How might we utilize this force to do interesting things?
Have you ever seen an insect “walking” on water? How does that work? What other mysteries does water hold? This Playshop will have us experimenting with water and surface tension. You will be amazed at what you might discover.
Coding Your Story
Coding doesn’t require secret languages or complex symbols—it can be explored through simple, intuitive tools like Scratch and OctoStudio. In this session, we’ll investigate how devices and hands-on materials can interact in creative ways to help us tell our stories.
Let’s Connect!: Simple Yet Amazing Circuits
Simple Yet Amazing Circuits - How can circuits be used to tell a story
Our Playshops have included electric circuits for the past few years. This time we will be expanding our creations by adding switches, motors, lights, and other devices. No experience is necessary, just curiosity and a willingness to have fun. Come see what story you can tell with simple electrical concepts.
Just Hanging Around Mobiles
How do we tell a story through creating a hanging sculpture?
There are many ways to explore balance. Standing, stacking, building, and more. But how about hanging? This Playshop will see us building mobiles, an art form which balances hanging objects. We will use a variety of materials and incorporate story elements into our creations, making your creations unique and personal.