Crafty Events
A weekly roundup of craft fairs and a cal for vendors.
Crafty Events
Maker Faire Underground Sale
Can’t make it to a Maker Faire? The Maker Shed has you covered with the Maker Faire Underground Sale. We have updated the SALE category with great products at special pricing just for you and we are offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $75 with coupon code MFNY11. Be sure to check the SALE category throughout for special daily deals. Hurry, these specials end on September 21st at Midnight and some products will go out of stock!
Talk to Me Exhibition at MoMA
If you’re in town for World Maker Faire New York and have a little extra time to make your way to the Museum of Modern Art, I recommend checking out their Talk to Me exhibition, which features many of the projects we’ve posted about on this blog such as Boticalls and Cubelets.
Help Hackerspaces Happen in Cairo and Elsewhere in Africa
Maker Faire Africa is coming up next month, in Cairo, Egypt. It promises to be a three-day mashup of Africa’s most imaginative makers. And, at least two Americans will be joining them.
US White House on Education and Making at Maker Faire New York
Next Saturday, September 17th at 1pm, on the Main Stage at World Maker Faire New York, the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Tom Kalil, will participate in an all-star panel about the impact that making and the maker movement can have on education in the United States. Making, […]
Reminder: Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire this Saturday 9/10
Come out to the streets of Providence (Steeple Street, between Canal and North Main, to be exact) and join us at the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire between 2pm and 10pm tomorrow. We’ll have MakerBots, homebrewers, a mini Maker SHED, and you can even learn to solder! Check out all the makers right here.
Bring Maker Faire to Your Town
Did you know that in 2011, eighteen independently produced Mini Maker Faires will have taken place around the United States, with another six produced internationally?