Press release
For immediate release
Images available
Contact person: Rebecca Leduc
Host Organization: San Luis Obispo Museum
of Art
Telephone number: 805.543.8562
Fax number: 805.543.4518
Email address: rleduc@sloma.org
Website addresses: sloma.org;
makerfaireslo.wordpress.com
San Luis Obispo Mini Maker Faire
San Luis Obispo, CA, February 4, 2013 — Call for Makers open now through March 9,
2013.
“Make, create, craft, recycle, build, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts,
crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology.”
The Maker Faire is coming to San Luis Obispo! The first annual SLO Mini Maker Faire is
scheduled for Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 11am to 3pm at Mission Plaza in downtown
San Luis Obispo.
The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art is excited to host the Mini Maker Faire in
collaboration with Central Coast STEM Collaborative (science, technology, engineering,
mathematics), iFixit.com, and students and faculty from Cal Poly Materials Engineering
Department, Architecture Department, Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Program,
Expressive Technology Studios, and the Science Café at Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library.
The Call for Makers, Performers and Presenters is open now through March
9, 2013. Any groups or individuals interested in participating in this inaugural event
should complete the simple application at makerfaireslo.wordpress.com.
The SLO Mini Maker Faire takes after its enormous parent event, Maker Faire, which
will host more than 100,000 visitors in San Mateo on May 18 & 19, 2013. The SLO Mini
Maker Faire will be a smaller, community-focused event, but will follow the Maker Faire
model of celebrating do-it-yourself creativity and tinkering.
Featuring both established and emerging local “makers,” the SLO Mini Maker Faire is a
family-friendly celebration. It will feature maker booths and interactive demonstrations
and performances, including an Arduino-powered Cal Poly Science Café event with
Michael Newman. Some of the types of entries proposed for the SLO Mini Maker Faire
are robotics, electronics, arts and crafts, unusual tools or machines, green tech,
sustainability, energy efficiency, bicycles, puppets, toys, projects using repurposed
materials, and how to fix things or take them apart.
Maker Faire began in 2005 in San Mateo, California by the people behind MAKE and
CRAFT magazines. Maker Faire has also appeared in Austin, Detroit and New York City.
Mini Maker Faires have started to sprout up around the United States, including events
in Ann Arbor, Sebastopol, Aspen, Kansas City, and Boston.
Follow the development of the SLO Mini Maker Faire on Twitter @slomakerfaire, on
Facebook at Facebook.com/SLOMakerFaire, or on Google+ at goo.gl/HrqR2
Website: makerfaireslo.wordpress.com
Contact: Rebecca Leduc
Email: makerfaireslo@gmail.com
Phone: 805.543.8562
Images and Logos available: http://makerfaireslo.wordpress.com/media/
SLO Mini Maker Faire is independently organized and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc.