by tmw2010 | Apr 13, 2015 | Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Science, STEM, Young Makers
We’ve got some great Young Makers joining us, from makerspaces and schools from Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties. One of the area’s newest homes for Young Makers is Tampa’s Harmon STEM School, which is hosting a STEMathon at their booth....
by tmw2010 | Apr 13, 2015 | 3d printing, Art, Cosplay, Costuming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Props
We first met Brian Johnson as a cheerful guest walking around our first Maker festival, Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire, in 2012 carrying one of his awesome cosplay replicas, and enjoying the day. We even snapped a pic (at left). Last year, Brian joined us as a Maker,...
by tmw2010 | Apr 11, 2015 | 3d printing, Art, Contests, DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makerspace, Science, Sponsors, Young Makers
In just one week, on April 18th at 9am at the Florida State Fairgrounds Florida Center, Gulf Coast MakerCon will open its doors for our 4th Annual Celebration of the DIY Inventive Spirit! We’ll have more than 75 exhibitors representing a wide diversity of...
by tmw2010 | Apr 11, 2015 | 3d printing, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival
FreeFab 3D makes 3D printers, but more than that, FreeFab 3D helps build the Maker community in St. Petersburg and in Tampa Bay. Run by Mo Eppley, of Mity Mo Creative, which is a Gulf Coast MakerCon event partner, responsible for our wonderful graphics and...
by tmw2010 | Apr 10, 2015 | 3d printing, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace
To date, we’ve been featuring the Makers who will be at Gulf Coast MakerCon. We thought you might enjoy meeting some of the folks who are making Gulf Coast MakerCon possible, starting with event producers, Eureka! Factory. The Eureka! Factory developed as an...
by tmw2010 | Apr 9, 2015 | Festivals, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
Ten- Six! -extra Maker spaces have become available in one area of our exhibit space thanks to the generosity of the Florida Fairgrounds and some changes in space use by an existing maker group. If you thought you missed the Maker boat when we closed the application...
