by tmw2010 | Apr 13, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Robotics, STEM, Young Makers
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2016, wrapped up Saturday, April 9, as our biggest and most successful event yet. The whole idea of the event is to create an opportunity to network and share skills, crafts, ideas, and innovations born and raised in our Florida Gulf Coast...
by tmw2010 | Apr 7, 2016 | Contests, Cosplay, Costuming, DIY, Drones, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, jewelry, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Robotics, steampunk, Upcycling, Young Makers
Our 2016 Gulf Coast MakerCon event program is now available for your browsing – and downloading – pleasure! See the event layout, and check out our great list of exhibitors by booth number in the program or in this separate MakerCon Exhibitor Directory....
by Terri Willingham | Apr 6, 2016 | 3d printing, DIY, Education, Electronics, Gaming, inventors, Makers, Mentoring, Robotics, Science, STEM, Young Makers
Here at Gulf Coast MakerCon, we get excited about all of our makers… but we really get fired up about our amazing youth makers!! It is our pleasure to introduce you to a wonderful, intelligent and inspiring young man, Rocket Burns, who will be making his debut...
by tmw2010 | Mar 27, 2016 | Gaming, Gulf Coast MakerCon, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors
Allyn Kahn is a long time Chess coach turned award winning game maker, best known for the Mentagy Puzzle. Allyn has exhibited at Gulf Coast MakerCon previously, and we’re happy he’s joining us again this year. You can check out this great recent story in the Tampa Bay...
by tmw2010 | Mar 22, 2016 | Education, Festivals, Gaming, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Young Makers
While most of our exhibitors are Makers of their own fun, a few are distributors of supplies and affinity products, like Beth Main, of Simply Fun, an independent game making company that builds skills development in youth through board games. We asked Beth to tell us...
by tmw2010 | Mar 4, 2016 | Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Makers, Makers Festival
Back again with us this year, is Gamers on the Edge! They were great fun last year, bringing a new spin to leveling up. Angel Miranda tells us a bit more about Gamers on the Edge, and what they’re bringing to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2016. “We believe in...
