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MAKE IT! Learn Stuff / Make Stuff / Win Stuff
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Discover, Harness, and Celebrate Your Creative Potential with MAKE IT!
Join us on this journey of creative exploration of what it means to MAKE something and anything during this month-long series of events filled with captivating activities! From the vibrant atmosphere of makerspaces to the innovative settings of art studios and computer labs, immerse yourself in the boundless possibilities of creative learning and realization while you ANIMATE, DECONSTRUCT, and much more right here on campus. Each week, a new site will host a unique event ensuring a continuous flow of inspiration and excitement leading up to our final event titled MAKE IT! where we will feature and celebrate all our makers and their creations and raffle off prizes on Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:30-6:30 @ PUL Makerspace!
Raffle
Get a raffle ticket for every MAKE IT! event you attend. The more events you go to, the greater your chance of winning a prize. We’ll announce winners during the Showcase.Showcase
Show us what you got. Bring your best creation to the MAKE IT! event on April 25. A panel of judges will pick winners and award prizes. Works from all creative medium are welcome to participate.
Prizes
Raffle and showcase winners will get to choose from an absolutely fabulous collection of art and technology prizes like Lego sets, 3D print pens, puzzles cubes, and more.-----------------------------------------------------
PLOT: Data Visualization
Tuesday, March 26 @ 10:30 AM
Stokes Library Classroom Space
All are invited to this hands-on workshop which will introduce attendees to the principles of data visualization using R’s ggplot package. Participants will learn how to make visually appealing plots in a well-informed way, understanding the basic steps and language of the ggplot package.ANIMATE: GIF Workshop
Friday, April 5 @ 3:00–5:00 PM
PUL Makerspace, Lewis Library
Registration Required: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/12241079
Why use still images when you can animate? At this hands-on workshop, Makerspace Educator Mariana Garcia Rendon will give an introduction to animation fundamentals and show participants how to create a GIF from photo frames using Adobe Photoshop. As a practice exercise, participants will stage a scene, capture frames, and create an animation. All experience levels welcome.DISSECT: Unmaking Workshop
Thursday, April 11 @ 2:00–3:30 PM
PUL Makerspace, Lewis Library
Registration Required: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/12241292
At this unmaking session, you’ll select a salvaged electronic device and disassemble it. You don’t need to know anything about electronics or hand tools to participate, and it’s totally okay if you break the device as you take it apart. Together, we will evaluate the assumptions and values embedded in technological design, explore the shapes and mechanisms that make up our daily lives, gain dexterity and confidence in using hand tools, and learn about technology recycling programs in New Jersey and beyond. All experience levels welcome.ELECTRIFY: Building Circuits in TinkerCAD
Monday, April 15 @ 4:30 PM
Digital Learning Lab, Lewis Library
Registration Required: https://cglink.me/2gi/r1943590
Interested in learning how to wire together electronics? Always wanted to make your own mini-project but had no idea where to start? Join us in the Digital Learning Lab on Monday, April 15th at 4:30 pm to start learning! You'll gain introductory skills in wiring through TinkerCAD, a free online tool that allows you to model real world components and simulate the wiring and coding of all kinds of cool projects. Come away with the ability to design and simulate things like mini-pianos and an automatic night-light!FOLD: Papercraft Dinosaurs
Friday, April 19 @ 2:00–5:00 PM
StudioLab, Fine Hall - Room B08
Registration Required: https://cglink.me/2gi/r1943030
Pepakura is a papercraft process that takes a digital low-poly 3D model and unpacks it into a series of shapes that you can print, cut, and then reassembled using glue. This process can be immensly satisfying and calming. However, for this workshop we're going to only focus on the second half: assembly. StudioLab staff have quite cleverly discovered a way to cut out and score models using our laser cutter, so you only have to worry about the gluing part. We'll have the following models available at the workshop T. rex, Stego, Trike, Bronto, or Loch Ness Monster.SHOWCASE: Make It! Showcase Day
Thursday, April 25 @ 4:30–6:00 PM
PUL Makerspace, Lewis Library
Cool projects, neat people, free food, and rad prizes. Put your work on display or come to appreciate what others have made. Students, staff, and faculty are all welcome to participate. Message makenet@princeton.edu with questions or requests for accomodations.
Food Provided (Hoagies (Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef, and Vegan Options), Potato Salad, Garden Tossed Salad with Dressing, Potato Chips. Homemade Cookies, Sodas, Bottled Waters, Seltzers and Iced Teas)
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