On December 12, 2016, makers and friends gathered at Boston Makers for our second annual(!) holiday party. Since opening in April, our volunteer list has expanded to 50 people, and we were delighted to invite them to the space to […]
CityPOP Egleston Opens For One-Year Run In Jackson Glass Building The grand opening of CityPOP Egleston, a new arts-centered community space, brought light, energy, balloons and enthusiasm to the old Jackson Glass and Rainbow Foods building at 3195 Washington St. […]
Great turn out at our holiday party this year! Complete with a 3D printer raffle, Tool Tree, photo booth, and sing-a-along, everyone had a wonderful time. Thanks to all who donated to our tool drive and to all who came! On […]
Hooray for our volunteers! The past few days the team has been hard at work painting the space. We still have plenty of house projects to do, but we’re loving the new vibe. Thanks to everyone who helped out.
What a great turn out we had at our screening of the Maker documentary last week, the kick-off event of our Summer Social Series! Maker is a feature-length documentary on the maker movement and its impact on society, culture, and economy […]
Boston Makers and Hyde Square Task Force participated in Art Week this Spring. Complete with drum circles, dancing in the square, and musical performances the event was a hit. Boston Makers had a booth where you could play music through […]
Another wonderful year at Wake Up the Earth Festival! The sun was shining and turnout was amazing. Thousands of our neighbors gathered to enjoy the music, food, and fun. This year we shared a table with the Elliot School and Stony […]
This January, we had a few teen represent Boston Makers at Youth Lead the Change, — a groundbreaking participatory budgeting (PB) process launched by the City of Boston to engage Boston youth in directly deciding how to spend $1 million of the […]
Last weekend, Boston Makers set up a booth at the JP Crafts Fair, an annual show featuring handcrafted gifts, art, jewelry, clothing, pottery, folk art, and delicious food made by Jamaica Plain locals. Throughout the day we had the opportunity to […]
See photos from our Young Makers Club
On October 31st, we worked with the Hyde Square Task Force teens to build a fun Halloween interactive for young children to enjoy after the Main Streets Trick or Treat Parade. They made 24 plastic pumpkins light up and rock to the […]
There are a couple of seats still available in our “Make Your Halloween Costume Light Up” workshop happening on Saturday, Oct. 25th from 10:00 Am – 1:00 PM. This is a fun easy and fun introduction to electronics with no […]
Boston Makers and Hyde Square Task Force experimented this week with MaKey MaKey an open source micro controller that turns everyday objects into touch pads! Check out the photos below. MaKey MaKey is an invention kit created by Jay Silver […]
Great workshop this week with the Hyde Square Task Force! Participants learned how to fold origami cubes, and about how to make a circuits that make LED lights work. When combined learn more about this… http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/paper-circuitry-at-home-electric-origami/ This little LED-lit cube […]
Boston Makers held their first pop-up maker event during JP First Thursdays this May, where they gathered community organizations such as Stonybook Fine Arts, JP Knit and Stitch, and the Eliot School, alongside a number of local makers to hold […]
