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Check out our pilot project at the YBCA-Room for Big Ideas: Conceiving Place.
In the summer of 2015, over a three-month period in San Francisco, SPARKmakers and Studio CNS were invited to design and transform the Room for Big Ideas. We created the multifaceted exhibition “Conceiving Place” where it highlighted CNS’ on-going artwork “The Weight I carry with Me” and our initiative the “SPARKmakers Thinkering School” – a self…
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Exciting School Year 2014-2015!
In partnership with William Penn Charter School’s Public Service Program, SPARKmakers designed and instructed thinkering events at three local middle schools this year. We also led an internship service program where we trained a group of Penn Charter’s high school students to assist in the design of the events and mentor our students. Here is in pictures what we did at St. James and Widener…
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We had a blast making flashlights!
From 1pm until sunset SPARKmakers rocked at The BLOC Party this past Saturday. We made about 30 flashlights. What an excitement! Here is a sneak peek of the day in pictures of our captive audience and helpers thinkering until sunset.
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This Saturday Sept. 27th – Join SPARKmakers at The BLOC Party on Vernon Park – 1-6pm
We are getting ready to make 50 D.I.Y. SPARKmakers flashlights with the youth attending The BLOC Party on September 27th of 2014 at the Vernon Park (5800 Germantown Ave.) The BLOC Party is the first event of its kind where a coalition of organizations will galvanize the community of returning citizens to partake in a range of activities to unify the efforts and needs of this…
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Areas of Interest:
+ sharing skills + thinkering + solving problems + repurposing, hacking, up-cycling, recycling + portability + place-based + project-based + analog and digital fabrication + sewing, woodwork, cardboard…etc. + multimedia production + micro and macro digital photography + animation, video and sound production + graphic and web design + simple machines + basic electronics + games and toy…