A Maker Faire is place where we celebrate the processes of learning and doing, and where we share our discoveries, curiosities, inventions, innovations and ideas as inquisitive, explorative amateurs. Tampa Bay Mini Maker is a celebration of regional do-it-yourself (DIY) character and spirit.
We held our very first Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire on March 31, 2012 and were delighted to welcome over 300 guests to our inaugural event! Check back soon for more Maker Faire fun between this year’s event and Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire 2013.
Our Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faires are family-friendly events showcasing both established and emerging local “makers” – of machines, robots, DIY science and technology, urban farming and sustainability, alternative energy, bicycles, unique hand-made crafts, music and food, and educational workshops and installations and much much more!
About the University Area Community Center Complex
Our 2012 Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire was held at the beautiful University Area
Community Center Complex on 22nd Street North, in Tampa. The University Area Community Center Complex is owned by Hillsborough County and operated by the University Area Community Development Corporation, Inc. (UACDC), a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) private/public partnership dedicated to improving lives of residents of the area west of the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus. The center is a 50,000 square foot collection of classrooms, offices, a fitness center, multi-purpose gymnasium, auditorium with stage, music and art studios, computer labs, daycare facilities, and more for area residents who enjoy free access to everything from childcare to the cultural arts in this state-of-the-art facility.
About Learning is for Everyone
Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire is organized by Learning is for Everyone, Inc. , a non–profit education resource organization empowering families and individuals with information and networking resources at all levels of learning, at all stages of life, on the web and off. Our goal is to support the Curiosity Driven Life – to help inspire the lifelong love of learning that we all need to live intentionally, meaningfully and successfully in the 21st century.
About Maker Faire:
The mission of Maker Faire events is to inspire, inform, connect and entertain thousands of Makers and aspiring Makers of all ages and backgrounds through the public gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkers, hobbyists, science clubs, students, authors and commercial exhibitors. The inaugural Maker Faire was held in San Mateo, CA and just celebrated its sixth annual Bay Area event with some 100,000 people in attendance. As Maker Faire continues to grow in popularity and relevance, it expanded to Detroit and New York City in 2010. Maker Faire is supported by MAKE Magazine and O’Reilly Media, the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company’s books, conferences and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators. Community-driven, independently produced Mini Maker Faire events inspired by Maker Faire are now being produced around the United States, including Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire.
About MAKE magazine:
MAKE is the first magazine devoted entirely to Do-It-Yourself (DIY) technology
projects. MAKE unites, inspires, informs, and entertains a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your will. MAKE is published quarterly by Maker Media, the division of O’Reilly Media, Inc., that also produces the wildly popular Make: Online , CRAFT , the Maker Shed online store for DIY kits, books, and more , and the world’s biggest DIY festival, Maker Faire
About O’Reilly Media:
O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making and evangelism.
