by tmw2010 | Mar 29, 2015 | Art, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Music
Elizabeth Baker, a concert pianist and composer, was at our very first Maker festival in 2012, performing as Suitcases of Sound. The New Music Conflagration, Inc. is a non-profit corporation she founded to help further public awareness and perception of contemporary...
by tmw2010 | Mar 28, 2015 | Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Young Makers
Heading up our Young Makers area is Diana Rendina, of Stewart Middle Magnet School, where she’s spent the last year developing the school’s library Makerspace and becoming the go-to expert in Tampa Bay and beyond, on all things school makerspace related....
by tmw2010 | Mar 27, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
At Gulf Coast MakerCon, we have a strong focus on entrepreneurship, invention, craft and trades, and our Inventors Showcase will feature a number of locally developed products and ideas, among them Palm Harbor based Athletes Performance Gear’s new hydration...
by tmw2010 | Mar 27, 2015 | 3d printing, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Young Makers
We’re excited about the wide range of exhibitors we have this year, including the diversity of inventors and product developers. Among our commercial makers this year is Ingocraft, which calls its product line “Modern Tools for Maker Kids.” We like...
by tmw2010 | Mar 26, 2015 | 3d printing, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Young Makers
Educator Kyle Wright brings his great students from Oak Grove Middle School in Pinellas County, to Gulf Coast MakerCon this year. Long successful with their FIRST LEGO League program, Oak Grove is expanding their project based learning to include more maker-style...
by tmw2010 | Mar 25, 2015 | Art, DIY, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
Victoria Deering brings her love of mixed media and jewelry design to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 with her company, Frenzy Beading. She took some time to tell us a bit about her work, how she got started, and what she’s bringing to Gulf Coast MakerCon. GCMC: Who...
