Eyebeam's annual, super-kitschy, fun-for-the-whole-family event is back! For one day and one day only, Eyebeam becomes an all-ages, multi-workshop electronic craft-making fair, with entertainment, decorations and plenty of holiday spirit. The workshops are artist-led, free (save for minimal material costs), and you’ll leave with gifts that will far surpass lopsided clay mugs of years past … All in all: A fun, thrifty, edutainment alternative to the trance- and occasionally rage-inducing department-store crawl.
Just in time for holiday gift-giving season, Saturday, December 9, Eyebeam will be transformed into Santa's tech-workshop with a day full of artist-led workshops and DIY activities for people of all ages. It's all part of the third annual Holiday Hackshop. Eyebeam's elves go "enviro-friendly" this year with projects focused on recycling and renewable energies. Create your own fun, affordable, custom DIY gifts including recycled Altoid tin battery chargers, structures created from recycled materials, paperless video greeting cards and more. Workshops range in price from $5-25 but admission to the event is free of charge.
Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, Eyebeam will transform into a high-tech version of the North Pole, with a day of artist-led workshops and DIY activities for people of all ages. The fourth annual Holiday Hackshop will feature toy hacking, heirloom vegetable planting and seed preservation; workshops about alternative energy generation; plus a few of the old favorites.
Sign up: 10 people per workshop (open to all ages, recommended that those eight years and younger are accompanied by an adult). Task: Create a small physical animation, powered by a hand crank—a riff off traditional automata making, but with cardboard, as opposed to wood.
If you haven’t yet experienced everyone’s favorite holiday gift-making event, here’s the scoop: For one day and one day only, Eyebeam becomes an all-ages, multi-workshop electronic craft-making fair, with entertainment, decorations and plenty of holiday spirit.
The majority of the workshops are artist-led, free (save for minimal material costs), and you’ll leave with gifts that will far surpass lopsided clay mugs of years past … All in all: A fun, thrifty, edutainment alternative to the trance-and occasionally rage-inducing department-store crawl.
Cost: Free.
Calling all makers, residents, fellows, and friends …
