This is re-posted from the Webmaker blog.
We love discovering Maker Party events that focus on innovative learning in the community and the NYC Makery pop-up makerspace really caught our eye. Part shop and part workshop, this pop-up makerspace welcomes individuals to stop in to play and make with technology. They also run workshops on a variety of topics including 3D printing, flight and aerial photography, making your own audio speakers, toy hacking, game design, building an Arduino controlled gardening system and more.
We had the chance to sit down with the co-founder of the NYC Makery, Hsing Wei, to ask her a few questions:
The NYC Makery is a pop-up makerspace – part shop & part workshop. A movable and temporary venue where youth and adults are encouraged to be curious, to tinker, to experiment, and to make with technology. We transform art galleries, storefronts, and street spaces into pop-up community makerspaces where communities can gather to play with the creative power of digital design and fabrication, physical computing, and computer programming.
While the NYC Makery has no permanent space…yet, we aim through a series of pop-up makerspaces, to experiment and design new experiences and workshops that explore the joy and power of making with technology. This is one of our many on-going pop-up makerspaces.
If you have a few minutes, watch this TEDx Talk and this short film about making Makerspaces and inspiring STEAM (learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math).
Everyone is given the space to try on their own and help each other out.
Inside the Makery Pop-up Space
Usually smiles, “ohhs” and satisfaction from figuring out and creating something.
It’s always helpful to be a part of a community of people teaching and learning new skills.
The people…the surprises as we make…a backyard to try launching devices…everything!
This Thursday is Independence Day in India. It’s one of only three national holidays (the other two being the Republic Day on 26 January and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday on 2 October) and is observed in all Indian states and union territories.
On Independence Day a celebration takes place in Delhi, where the prime minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a speech from its ramparts. The holiday is observed throughout India with flag-hoisting ceremonies, parades and cultural events. Indians celebrate the day by displaying the national flag on their attire, accessories, homes and vehicles; by listening to patriotic songs, watching patriotic movies; and bonding with family and friends.
The Webmaker Community is celebrating by organizing Maker Parties especially for the day, and preparing some makes that you can remix to participate in the celebration. We’re calling it the “Day of Remix”, and we hope everyone takes part!
The community invites us to:
Host a Maker Party event using ‘Indian Independence Day’ as the theme.
Make an inspiring interactive biography. The Indian Community are focusing their biographies on influential Indians or 5 things they love about India that they think the world should know about. What will your biography be about? Check out these submissions and choose one to remix!
Remix these Indian makes to be about your own country.
If your make is about India or Indian culture, you might get a Webmaker shout-out on August 15th, when we announce the best makes from the day of remix.
We love to see what you make, today, and for special days like India’s Independence, so tweet us your creations at @webmaker or @mozteach
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