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MakerCon Spotlight: Meet Valley Girl Art!
Our next spotlight shines on Valley Girl Art. Valley Girl Art is Claire and Tammy (aka Hank) Valley. Claire designs and makes jewelry, as well as, designing and creating crochet clothes, stuffed animals and accessories. We asked them to tell us a bit about their work...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet Itimpi
New to MakerCon this year is Itimpi, a hyperlocal bookstore where Tampa Bay is the main genre! Itimpi is an online and mobile bookstore that promotes Tampa Bay’s rich and fascinating history through books, showcasing our local authors and their stories, fiction or...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet Anakhet’s Armoury
Anakhet's Armoury is one of our Legacy Makers, joining us each year since 2015, and we're delighted to shine the Gulf Coast MakerCon spotlight on this amazing artist. Anakhet's Armoury makes chainmaille and scalemaille items "ranging from modern pretties to historical...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet Astronaut Films and Studio
This year some of our makers are filmmakers! Here we shine the spotlight on Astronaut Films & Studio , who we're happy to welcome to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2024. Our down-the-mall hall neighbors, Astronaut Films & Studio, a creative video production company...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet Tampa Bay Inventors Council
The Tampa Bay Inventors Council makes their annual appearance at Gulf Coast MakerCon 2024, with featured inventor IN10DID, Inc. to share the latest version of the DecaTxt keyboard along with samples showing the extensive product development of the design from model to...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet the USF Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
With our proximity to the University of South Florida, we get some great MakerCon volunteers, and also some awesome student group exhibitors. This year, we're happy to welcome the USF Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) , which is active in community...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet ICEBREAKR, Creator of Socially Awkward-Less Games
Dr. Marcus Herndon is the creator of ICEBREAKR, the socially awkward-less board game, with 40+ mini-games that break the ice! We asked him to share more about what he's created, why and what he's bringing to Gulf Coast MakerCon 2024. GCMC: Why did you create...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet Black Unicorn Education
Our next Gulf Coast MakerCon Spotlight shines on event partner Black Unicorn Education! Black Unicorn Education is an emerging technology company with a mission to “make tech make sense” for everyday people by any creative means necessary! Black Unicorn Education...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet eSmart Recycling
We're super excited to have one of our long-time and favorite event partners back again for Gulf Coast MakerCon 2024! A cherished part of Gulf Coast MakerCon since 2015, eSmart Recycling combines environmental sustainability and social impact metrics which results...
MakerCon Spotlight: Meet Tampa Bay Community Network
It's time to start meeting this year's MakerCon exhibitors and community partners. First up: Meet Tampa Bay Community Network, one of our fabulous MakerCon Community Partners this year. Tampa Bay Community Network is a service of Speak Up Tampa Bay, a 501c3...
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2024 Set for June 8!
We're happy to have Gulf Coast MakerCon on the calendar for June 8, from 10 am to 5 pm at AMRoC Fab Lab and University Mall! We look forward to highlighting the area's innovative creativity from arts to inventions, from robots to cars to drones and games, education...
Makers, Artists, Inventors, Robots, Drones & More at Gulf Coast MakerCon 2023!
We're excited to mark the return of Gulf Coast MakerCon with a full fun slate of creative exhibits and activities, running from 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday, May 27 at the Tampa Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI). From artists to combat robotics, soldering to collage...