BOSTON MAKER NEWS

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 not–in our instance, liability insurance, which is vital for Boston Makers to keep our doors open to the public!

Thank you, BCC, for this essential funding. We welcome new visitors, makers, and volunteers into the space every week to use high-tech tools for free or low-cost. We’re grateful for the support of the City of Boston and private donors who help us provide that access.

Boston Makers is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, administrated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture.

Read more about what we’ve been up to from our local paper, Jamaica Plain News.

What is is Boston Makers? How can someone become involved?

Boston Makers is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization with a mission to provide affordable access to technology, tools, and learning experiences in a collaborative environment. We’ve been building a community of “makers” since 2014 through workshops and social events. Currently, at CityPOP Egleston, we’re open four or five days a week and host monthly volunteer orientations for those who want to gain access to tools or support our mission. If you see our lights on, stop in! We love meeting our JP neighbors.

What has your participation in CityPOP buy accutane 10 mg uk meant for the Boston Makers organization?

We were honored to become part of the CityPOP community — their mission of providing free or low-cost space to artists and communities aligns with our mission and they’re good friends now. Having a concrete space to keep equipment and host events has been key to growing our volunteer base. When we opened last April, we received a number of equipment donations, including a laser cutter generously donated by the FabFoundation, which really made a difference in what we can offer.

What has been some of the most successful projects your team has worked on in your time at CityPOP?

Every Saturday morning we host a Young Makers Club, where kids come and develop their skills by working on projects with access to tools and mentors to help them. We offer this as a drop-in, donate-what-you-wish program. Also, last spring at the Wake Up the Earth festival our Angle Grinders Club made a big splash — sometimes literally — with the Spin Cycle, where kids (and grownup kids) had fun making spin art by operating a bike-powered platform, on which we place a piece of paper that others can squirt paint on while it spins. We took the Spin Cycle to the Mini Maker Faire at Boston’s Children’s Museum last summer and plan to resurrect it at Wake Up the Earth again this year. And we’re still really excited about that laser cutter!

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