Open Workshops

The mission of Open Workshops is to bring science, technology, engineering, and the arts to everyone by offering community-oriented crafting space and educational events which are open, accessible, and affordable to all. What is a “makerspace”, you ask? A makerspace is quite simply a shared space dedicated to making. Makerspaces can be anywhere, any size, or target any kind of making: a basement with a sewing table, the corner of a school classroom with craft supplies, or a commercial facility with tens of thousands of square feet of dedicated machine shop space. A makerspace is a place where folks who share an interest in making can gather, share ideas and knowledge, and collaborate on projects. Okay… so what is “making”? Adam Savage, maker and former co-host of Mythbusters, describes making as taking your point of view and using it to bring something into the world. It doesn’t matter if that thing is a table, a novel, a quilt, or a line of computer code - it all counts as making if you’re putting part of yourself into it. We don’t see any reason to draw lines and exclude any kind of craft from making.