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Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is Making it BIG!

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Theresa Willingham

Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is more than twice as big as our 2014 event, featuring more than 75 Maker groups representing a wide diversity of interests, skills, hobbies, trades and professions ranging from textile and other heritage crafters, to amateur radio, inventors and … Continue reading →

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Meet the Maker: Chuck Stephens

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Theresa Willingham

We met Chuck Stephens at our very first Maker Festival, Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire, in 2012, where he joined us to showcase his stencil art. Since then he’s become a fixture in the Tampa Bay Maker community, doing everything … Continue reading →

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Help us Build our Maker Community!

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Theresa Willingham

The creative DIY entrepreneurial community has grown considerably on the Florida west coast over the last few years, due in no small measure to celebratory showcase events like Gulf Coast MakerCon, and Bar Camps in Sarasota and Tampa, which are increasingly broadening their … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Festivals, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival | Tagged Bar Camp, DaVinci's Faire, FIRST, Gulf Coast MakerCon, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Maker community, makers festival

Meet the Makerspace Makers and Attend our 3rd Annual Makerspace UnConference

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Theresa Willingham

It’s an exciting time in Tampa Bay! When we held our first “Makerspace UnConference” at our first Maker festival in 2012, there were no full scale makerspaces in Tampa Bay. The Faulhaber FabLab at the GWIZ Science Museum in Sarasota … Continue reading →

Posted in 3d printing, Art, DIY, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Robotics, Science, Young Makers | Tagged Edgar Allan Ohms, Faulhaber Fab Lab, FIRST, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, makers festival, Pasco County Library System, Tampa Hackerspace | Leave a comment

Kick off National Robotics Week at Gulf Coast MakerCon Robotics Showcase!

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Theresa Willingham

We’ll be helping kick off National Robotics Week with a Gulf Coast Makercon Robotics Showcase, front and center at our 3rd Annual Celebration of DIY Inventive Spirit. We’ll have K-12 FIRST robotics teams from around Tampa Bay. With support from … Continue reading →