Boston Makers’ New Space

We’re delighted to share the news: Boston Makers has a new space! Now through mid-March, 2018, Boston Makers is hosted by the Eliot School at their Annex space at 253 Amory Street. We’re still looking for a permanent home–but we’re […]

Scenes from our Open House

On Tuesday, May 23, we opened our doors to the community to share our search for a new makerspace, meet neighbors and local development advocates, and show off some of the amazing projects our volunteers have created at the space. […]

Thank you, Boston Cultural Council!

  Earlier this year, Boston buy cheap accutane online Makers was honored to apply for, and receive, an Organizational Grant from the Boston Cultural Council. This grant helps nonprofit organizations around Boston fund operational activities that many other grants might […]

Design Swarm Workshop at DigiFabCon

The Design Swarms workshop at the Roxbury Innovation Center on April 1, 2017, organized by DigiFabCon, was an opportunity to collaborate and culminate design concepts. In this workshop we addressed a humanitarian problem of insufficient access to tools amidst the ongoing refugee […]

A glance at Maker Faire Milwaukee

We wish we could visit every maker faire in the country and see the incredible creative projects that people are working on–but at least we have ambassadors to report back! Take a look at these photos from Maker Faire Milwaukee, […]

Spin Cycle Part 2: Wake Up the Earth

Rain didn’t stop crowds of budding artists to pedal and paint their way to masterpieces at Wake Up the Earth on May 7. Our Spin Cycle was a huge hit; thank you to our volunteers, artists, and parents who patiently […]

New Equipment! Laser and plasma cutters, fabric, and more

What a good problem for a makerspace to have: a lot of stuff! Back in November, Boston Makers volunteers sat in our makerspace in Hyde Square Task Force’s Cheverus Building discussing the kinds of equipment we’d most need to feel like […]

Spin Cycle Part 1: Design and Build

Our Microcontroller Club dedicated many evenings and weekends to learning and creating something new to them: a bicycle-powered spin art machine we dubbed the Spin Cycle. Check out photos of their work, from designs and models to drilling and final touches. […]

Making a Makerspace

With some simple Python code and an old iPhone 4 camera, we put together this time lapse video of a recent work session. Check it out!  

Boston Makers is Moving! See you at CityPOP: JP

BOSTON MAKERS JOINS CITYPOP: JP COMMUNITY JAMAICA PLAIN’S FIRST MAKERSPACE MOVES TO EGLESTON SQUARE IN APRIL Jamaica Plain, MA – Boston Makers announced that the nonprofit makerspace organization will be moving into CityPOP: JP at 3201 Washington Street, in Egleston […]

The Microcontroller Club’s “Collabyrinth”

“We’re scheming and dreaming,” is how Ted Heinrich, of Boston Makers’s Microcontroller Club, describes the wooden labyrinth the group has been building on Monday nights since April. Every other week, five or eight people show up to the Cheverus Building […]