What: Maker Weekend
When: Saturday 26 October and Sunday 27 October
Where: Forum Przestrzenie, BAL, Artefakt – Cafe, Alvernia Studios, Teatr Czysta ReForma
Why: The joy of making!
The last weekend of October will see making happening all over Kraków. The TEDxKraków theme this year is Make! so we’ve invited a number of local initiatives as well as a few of this year’s TEDxKraków speakers to run a series of workshops and meetings under the banner of Maker Weekend.
The workshops cover all sorts of subjects, so everyone should find something that interests them. For example, you’ll be able to find out how 3D printing works, practice speaking and singing in public, learn to code, have go at tinkering or bake some bread. We’ve got a lot of surprises for you!
Here’s a list of some of the initiatives that will be taking part:
- Alvernia Studios – Poland’s most advanced film studio
- Materialination – the largest 3D printing community in Poland
- Czysta ReForma – a theatre based on a vision that is open to direct contact with modernity.
- Untitled Kingdom – specialists in iOS applications and not only…
- Grupa LASEM – a collective of artists, technicians and alchemists, creating walking works of art from paintings.
- Najedzeni Fest – the second edition of the culinary festival that presents some of Kraków’s newest restaurants and producers as well as fresh culinary ideas.
- Lukka – artisan maker of clever and creative toys that teach children to think, be patient, appreciate beauty and develop imagination.
- Panie i Panowie – PiP is a vocal group made up of five positively crazy people who create music infused with positive energy. They perform a cappella songs, that is, without the use of instruments. They have performed around Poland (while winning awards at numerous competitions) as well as abroad. They’re passionate about promoting vocal music among people of all ages.
- WebMuses – a women empowered IT-oriented community. WebMuses are interested in everything connected with information technology: from coding to design.
And we’ve also got a few workshops being led by this year’s TEDxKraków speakers:
- Bread baking workshop – led by the queen of Nordic cooking, Trine Hahnemann. We’re bringing over some Danish flour specially for this workshop so we can compare the results of baking the same recipes with different flours.
- Tinkering Workshop – for children and grandparents (not necessarily their own), led by the US-based Tinkering School founder Gever Tulley.
- “Code for Poland” – an initiative of Fundacja ePaństwo, organised in partnership with Otwartą Małopolską (Open Małopolska) with the help of Code For America. It will be launched by Catherine Bracy of Code for America and will bring together over 300 designers, programmers, activists and citizens from all over Poland to work on developing prototypes of applications for our common good.
Details of how to register for the workshops will follow soon, so stay tuned to our blog!