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The National Week of Making is here!

Starting today and running through June 18th, makers across the country will be sharing their skills, building new things, and celebrating the maker movement as a whole to create a “Nation of Makers”. Week of Making began last year when President Obama challenged the nation to “join us as we lift up makers and builders and doers across the country.” The maker movement plays an important role in education, lifelong learning, and entrepreneurship. It encourages creativity and invention.

In Rochester, we have a strong history of innovation. We support STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Week of Making is a perfect fit for Rochester, and we are partnered with the White House Office of Science and Technology as a Maker City.

During the Week of Making, June 12-18, many events will be taking place across the greater Rochester region, including:

Saturday, June 13th:

10am – 4pm

Rochester Mini Maker Faire Kickoff (Rochester Museum & Science Center): Our kickoff event to announce the call for applications from makers, crafters, tinkerers, and artists for our second annual event and to celebrate the start of the National Week of Making. The kickoff event will take place in the Eleanor Eisenhart Morris Ballroom at the Rochester Museum & Science Center at 10am. After the kickoff, attendees are invited to visit the science museum where several local makers and makerspaces will be showing off their work.

10am – 3pm

Second Saturday (Hungerford Building): Mellow open studio event where you can shop and engage with artists while they are at work on their projects. Shopping directly within an artist’s studio is one of the best way to support your creative community.

11am – 2pm

Father’s Day Craft Make-and-Take (Dan’s Crafts & Things):

Join Dan’s Crafts & Things this Saturday to make this fun paper tie craft for Father’s Day! This make-and-take runs from 11am to noon and 1pm to 2pm.

1pm – 4pm

Make Greeting Cards (Rochester Makerspace): Make your own greeting cards using stencils and potato prints! Materials will be provided. Free event!

Sunday, June 14th:

2pm

Sunday Crafternoon (Rochester Makerspace): A gathering where you can meet, socialize, show off your projects, share ideas, and be inspired. The form of Crafternoon is very open; there is no lesson, no one central project being worked on. It is a bring-your-own-project event and you are welcome to bring any type of project to Crafternoon – knit/crochet, papercraft, metalwork, beadwork, jewelry, scrapbooking – anything as long as it’s portable for you! Crafternoon is free and everyone is welcome.

Monday, June 15th:

6pm – 9pm

Robots! Robots! Robots! (Rochester Makerspace): It’s Robot Night at the Makerspace. We have some robots that live at the Makerspace, and some that will be visiting. Feel free to bring your own, and we’ll make it a robot party!

Tuesday, June 16th:

6pm – 9pm

Maker Show & Tell Night (Rochester Makerspace): Drop by and see what people are making at the Rochester Makerspace. Do you have something you’d like to show? Email the Makerspace and they will get you on the list.

7pm – 10pm

Hack Night (Interlock Rochester): Weekly meetup for Interlock Members (and their guests) to come and visit, work on their projects, or share what they’ve been working on. It’s open to visitors but the First Tuesday’s of the month are the best time to visit if this is your first time.

Wednesday, June 17th:

6pm-8pm

STEM Expo (Greece Athena Performing Arts Center): 6th Grade students of Greece Athena Middle School and community organizations will be showing off their STEM related projects. Everything from 3D printing to using DNA for storage. Open to the public!

6pm – 9pm

Wall Art for a Purpose (Rochester Makerspace): Bring Recycled, New or Create-on-the-Spot Paintings / Pictures / Wall-hangings. The Makerspace will then be donating all of the collected/created pieces to the residents at the local YWCA. Drop in for a short bit or stay and create the whole time. Hey! Bring some munchies, too, to add to the fun!

6:30pm-7:30pm

Make Your Own Glass Pendant (Rochester Brainery): Make your very own glass pendant! Join the folks at the Rochestery Brainery to make some creative fun that you can proudly wear home! The class fee ($20) includes everything you’ll need to decorate your very own glass pendant.

Thursday, June 18th:

6pm – 9pm

Introduction to Traditional Watercolor Painting (Rochester Brainery): This class will expose students to the traditional art of water color painting using the three main kinds of water color paints: stains, transparents, and opaques, as well as the appropriate paper, and brushes needed to achieve fine-quality watercolor results. Students should bring a visual that they would like to paint, preferably something abstract like a landscape picture, or plant or other natural object. Class fee is $20.

6:30pm – 8:30

Let’s Make Seed Balls! (Rochester Makerspace): Seed balls are marble sized balls of clay, dirt and seeds that can be used to propagate seeds or to spread plants like wild flowers by throwing them into inaccessible areas. Rain will dissolve the balls and the rich soil they’re made of will help the seeds get started. Join the Makerspace for this fun event!

6:30pm – 9pm

Stained Glass Meetup (Rochester Makerspace): Join the Makerspace for this free event! Drop in and learn how to create something amazing with stained glass.

7pm – 9:30pm

Microcontrollers & Robotics Meetup (Rochester Makerspace): Work on your Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone projects with other users of these small inexpensive computers. All skills level are welcome. We’ll help you by sharing our knowledge wand experience.

When posting about these events, be sure to use the hashtag #NationOfMakers on your tweets and facebook posts.

Ithaca Week of Making events: http://ithacagenerator.org/events/calendar/.

Buffalo Week of Making events: http://www.meetup.com/buffalolab/.

For more information on the National Week of Making, check out https://www.whitehouse.gov/nation-of-makers.

The Rochester Mini Maker Faire is excited to announce that we will be hosting a kickoff event to announce the call for applications from makers, crafters, tinkerers, and artists for our second annual event and to celebrate the start of the National Week of Making. The kickoff event will take place in the Eleanor Eisenhart Morris Ballroom at the Rochester Museum and Science Center on Saturday, June 13th, at 10am. After the kickoff, attendees are invited to visit the science museum where several local makers and makerspaces will be showing off their work.

We can’t wait to see everyone again and see what you have been working on since November!

Our official press release can be downloaded here: link.

Date: Saturday, June 13th

Time: 10:00am

Location: Eleanor Eisenhart Morris Ballroom at the Rochester Museum and Science Center (map)

The 2015 Rochester Mini Maker Faire will be held on Saturday November 21, 2015 from 9 AM to 5 PM.

We are pushing to make the Rochester Mini Maker Faire bigger and better than last year’s faire. We are taking into account feedback that we have gotten from our Makers as well as attendees that took the time to complete surveys. Thank you all for the great feedback as it helps in planning for the 2015 faire.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the months, weeks, and days ahead.

The Rochester Makerspace posted a ton of photos from the first Rochester Mini Maker Faire on January 11th, 2015! These photos are really well done by Tharin Maddox. Check them out at: http://www.rochestermakerspace.org/maker-faire-2014-photos/#

Also don’t forget to see our other collections of photos from the Rochester Mini Maker Faire that can be found at the locations below. Let them all the photos be an inspiration as we begin planning for the 2015 Rochester Mini Maker Faire.

Our official photos taken by the amazing Ria Tafani! We highly recommend working with her. Find them here. You can request prints at:www.riatafaniphoto.com/Clients/Makers-Fair/

Photos taken by Co-Chair Antonio Scordo including before the faire photos. Find them here.

Photos taken by Co-Chair Daniel Schneiderman. including before the faire photos. Find them here.

One of the Makers that we would like to feature is Shawn Dunwoody.

Shawn Dunwoody

Shawn is a maker that you will find, along with his work, everywhere around Rochester. On top of helping organize the Greentopia Fashion Week, creating viral videos, and bringing arts to inner city school communities, he is often found painting large works of art in downtown Rochester. His work is usually based around a quote, either from a historical figure, a phrase often heard, or a suggestion from a local resident. Shawn often has volunteers and school groups help him out.

Photo taken from M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence on Facebook

We have met up with him on a few occasions when planning Rochester’s first faire and have been greeted by a mind that is just filled with beautiful images. Images that not only make the snowy Rochester area a beautiful place, but art to improve and inspire lives.

Photo Taken From Facebook

At the Rochester Mini Maker Faire, Shawn will be bringing a 40’ by 5’ canvas for anyone attending to help paint. He is using the phrase “Make art everywhere!” as a jumping off point for the event. When you meet him at the faire, you will be welcomed with so much positive energy that it will be impossible not to smile.

Photo from Hart’s Local Grocers

Don’t be surprised if you find a paintbrush in your hand within seconds of walking up to his booth. We can’t wait to make more art with him and the rest of the community.

Hello everyone!

We are putting the finishing touches on the Rochester Mini Maker Faire so it has been a very busy past week. But we are happy to say that we are only two days away and everything is looking good!

Just a reminder that over 80% of our booths are absolutely free to participate. We do have a little less than 20% that are selling items that they have made. You may want to do a little shopping and beat the Black Friday rush while at the Faire. Regardless we want to save you money on the entrance fee.

The Advance Tickets are heavily discounted from the at the door price. Where else can you take the entire family, 2 adults, 3 kids ages 5 to 18, and kids under 4 are free . . for just $30 for a Family Pass? At the door the price goes up to $45! Save $15 for your family and buy the ticket online. You get a PDF that you print out, and we simply scan it at the door. It will also speed your entry as you won’t have to stand in the line for ticket purchases.

The Advance single ticket is $7. At the door it is $12! You can save $5 per single ticket by purchasing tickets online! And just like with the Family Pass, you will get into the Faire faster through the ticket scanning line.

Get your Online Tickets Here http://rochesterminimakerfaire.eventbrite.com

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