by tmw2010 | Mar 14, 2018 | Makers, STEM, Young Makers
FLASTEM and the Innovation Lab at St. Petersburg College will be hosting the 3rd Annual Hackathon (coding competition) for Pinellas County Schools students at Gulf Coast Maker and Comic Con, Saturday, March 24th, 2018. All students (public, private, home-school), aged...
by tmw2010 | Mar 4, 2018 | Art, comics, fandom, Handcraft, Makers
We’ve got a big variety of Makers on hand this year, selling everything from pottery to textiles and art. Psychedelic Snowflake brings the art and craft of fandom to Gulf Coast Maker & Comic Con. Renee Lewis tells us more about her work. GCMCC: What do you...
by tmw2010 | Mar 2, 2018 | Civic Makers, Coding, Gulf Coast Makers Festival
Code for Tampa Bay Brigade is a local affiliate of Code for America and part of an international network of people committed to using their voices and hands, in collaboration with local governments, to make their cities better. Code for Tampa Bay Brigade helps build...
by tmw2010 | Mar 1, 2018 | Art, fashion, Handcraft, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Textiles
April Aguiar of Zuri Crafting specializes in some pretty niche fashion accessories. Check it out! GCMCC: What do you make? AA: I make nerd/geek fashion hair bows and headbands, with the occasional bowtie. I also like hand painting wine glasses and shoes, though...
by tmw2010 | Feb 28, 2018 | Art, Education, Food, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace
We’ve got a lot of representation from Tampa Bay libraries this year, and with great reason: Many of them now have makerspace and offer an abundance of maker style programming. Palm Harbor Library, in addition to their awesome Hazel L. Incantalupo...
