September 2019
Maker Minds Workshop: Open-Source Opportunities with GitHub
Learn about GitHub, the largest, most popular platform for open-source projects. Understand the basics of creating and using open-source repositories and create a GitHub page, a free website hosting service. No coding background is required. This event is for the FIT community only.
Find out more »October 2019
Return of the Haunted Photo Booth!
On Thursday, Oct. 31, from noon to 2 pm, come in your Halloween costume to trick or treat for candy and take a professional photo in the Gladys Marcus Library's haunted photo booth! You will be sent a digital download of your photo. This event is for the FIT community only.
Find out more »November 2019
Canceled: Maker Minds Workshop: Robot Mannequin by Euveka
This event has been canceled. Come find out about Euveka, the first generation of robot mannequin, scalable and connected, capable of reproducing the human body's diversity to support the textile industry. This event is for the FIT community only. https://youtu.be/EaXcPFKBfmk
Find out more »December 2019
Maker Minds Workshop: Needle Felting with Conductive Roving
Needle felting gets and e-textile twist in this take on a trending craft. Whether you've needle felted before or you're a newbie, come make your own crazy light-up creature! This event is for the FIT community only.
Find out more »February 2020
MakerMinds Button-Making Event
Welcome back! Come to the sixth floor of the Gladys Marcus Library and make button pins. Bring your own artwork or select images from our beautiful extra magazines. This event is for the FIT community only.
Find out more »November 2022
MakerMinds Event: Origami for Beginners
Learn the basic origami techniques and folds that will allow you to expand your skills into mastering any origami form. We'll also discuss origami's applications across many different industries including fashion, packaging design and tech. This event is for the FIT community only.
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MakerMinds Event: Adaptive Style Workshop
Join the FIT Library and Open Style Lab for an introduction to the principles of inclusive design and adaptive design. Attendees will have an opportunity to participate in the ideation process and experience hands-on learning around the adaptation of existing designs to improve accessibility and the process of creating designs that are inclusive from the start! This event is for the FIT community only; REGISTER HERE.
Find out more »February 2023
MakerMinds Event: My Stabby Valentine
Take a stab at creating an e-textile valentine or anti-valentine. This project is inspired by Lynne Brunning's Stabby Valentine and uses conductive fabric and LED diode lights to make a heart that lights up with you stick it with a corsage pin! This event is for the FIT community only; register on FITLink.
Find out more »March 2023
MakerMinds Event: Crochet, Knitting, and Code!
Coding, knitting, and crochet share structural similarities: They are all information expressed in symbolic abbreviations. Because of these similarities, knitting has been used historically to convey coded messages. In this workshop, we offer the chance for students to knit or crochet their own short messages in either Morse or ASCII codes. We'll demonstrate ways to translate these into fiber and help students understand why this works. This event is for the FIT community only.
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