Don’t Miss the After Party!
Join us for the MAKER FAIRE AFTER PARTY at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. The FOOD TRUCKS will be hanging around and there will be evening entertainment including the popular SPLELING BE that starts at 8pm. (This event is a 21+ event inside the KMAC w/ a cash bar available.) Click on the image to RSVP.
A Little Slice of Nerd Heaven!
We are featured in an article by Insider Louisville. They wrote a summary of some of OUR ATTRACTIONS FOR THE FAIRE on Saturday, Sept. 19th:
● GForce, a 130-foot wheeled sled you can ride, accelerating up to 2Gs
● Human Size Rock’em Sock’em Robots
● Collegiate Nerdy Derby – “No rules” Pinewood Derby – Make and Race a Car Yourself
● FIRST and VEX Robotics: Visitors can drive robots and see real teams in action
● 3D Printer Zoo – everything from a 16-foot behemoth to affordable education models
● River City Rocketry’s 12-foot tall, high-powered rocket
● Maker Mobile 32-foot trailer with CNC router, laser cutter, 3D printers
● GameDevLou - indie video games playable onsite
● KY Science Center - $5 admission and special maker activities
● KCD Kid Area - squishy circuits, catapult-making, young makers and more
● Boat building competition hosted by Frazier History Museum
● Learn to solder stations
● Many of Louisville’s favorite food trucks (and beer/wine available)
The poster is ready!
It’s going to the printers as we speak, but in case you want to forward it around, gaze at it appreciatively or print a few out and post them in your coffeeshop / library / hardware store or school – behold. (Prints 11×17.)
Many many thanks to Katie Bush Design!
Call for Makers is open!
Officially Calling All Makers!
Are you a … tinkerer? Mad scientist? Yarn bomber? Robot whisperer? Gadget fixer? User of unusual tools? Woodworker? Puppeteer? RC car fanatic? LED artist? FIRST team? Sculptor?
Want to share what you’re working on? Teach someone about it? Figure it out with other like-minded souls?
See our Call for Makers application and come hang out with us at the Mini Maker Faire.
Full press release: Louisville Mini Maker Faire Opens “Call for Makers”