Artefacto Autumn Update – New workshops, publications & collaborations

It’s been a while since our last update and we’ve been working on some exciting new projects and collaborations that we wanted to tell everyone about.

We recently worked with Guildford Library on the Arts Council funded Read:Code:Make project. This was a collaboration of artists and digital makers, who came together to create interactive art installations at the library. You can read more in our three part blog series (part 1, part 2 and part 3).

We’ve also recently attended the first UK Maker Education conference, written an editorial for the UKSG, an article for the MmIT e-journal(PDF) and a guest post for the Princh blog.

ILI2018 Talk and Scavenger Hunt:

This year is the 20th Internet Librarian International conference (16th & 17th Oct) and we’re excited to be part of it. We’ll be there talking on the first day about interactivity and User Experience (UX) and we’re also running an interactive scavenger-hunt adventure. Find out more at http://www.internet-librarian.com/2018/Tuesday.aspx.

PD/Training courses:

We’ve also got a couple of upcoming one-day training courses happening in London.

These courses are both beginner-friendly and designed for library staff of all levels to learn more about digital making and 3d printing and how they can use these technologies to support users and deliver innovative new services. Comments from participants in previous training include “That was the most fun and educational training I’ve ever done” (Liverpool Library Staff).

Makercart:Code Club Maker Kit:

We’ve just developed a smaller version of the Makercart with a focus on physical computing to help support and expand the work you’re already doing with your Code Clubs. It contains some exciting tech, activities and documentation to bring some excitement into your programme . Please get in touch to find out more!

Maker Education Newsletter

We recently launch MakerEd Weekly, a weekly curated newsletter that puts the 5 best links for maker educators in your inbox every week to help you keep up with the latest news, products and projects. To subscribe or to check out previous issues, please visit http://weekly.makered.io/

New Society for Library Makerspaces website coming soon

We’ve been working with the Society for Library Makerspaces on a brand new website, launching soon so keep an eye out for that (follow @solimuk to stay up to date with developments).

Fun Palaces and Libraries Week

A reminder that Fun Palaces events will be happening in libraries across the UK on the 6th and 7th of October, just before Libraries Week. We’ll be at Redbridge Library delivering ‘Drawbots’: turning robots into drawing machines… It’s a great time to deliver making activities at your library. Join the fun!

Please remember that Artefacto can deliver a wide range of workshops, including: Intro to digital making, creative coding, 3d design and printing, robotics and more. Please visit https://www.artefacto.org.uk/workshops for more info and do get in touch if you’d like to chat with us about your ideas or find out more about what we do.