Repurposing Technology, Making Art

We were thrilled to be selected as one of the finalists. We heard there were over 1200 applicants, so we are extremely humbled to have our idea recognized as worthy of moving on. Even if we are not selected for funding, the chance to imagine a project that could have a huge impact on Philly, aspiring electronic artists, and the hackerspace scene is awesome. We’ve already done a lot of refining on our original idea, to create a corps of interactive artist teachers. We’ll post more details soon!

Join us this Saturday for a sprint to develop installations dealing with light and interactivity for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. We’re holding this sprint at Hive76 from 10-4 pm. We’ll have bagels and coffee available for anyone who can make it, feel free to stop by anytime. Read up about this project on our blog post, or you can look at the google group to see what we’ve been brainstorming. We’ll have all the materials ready, just bring your curiosity and willingness to join a team to problem-solve a little. See you there!

The Philadelphia Sculpture Gym was just featured in this piece by the Atlantic Cities. As you’ll read in the piece, the founders Darla and Justin are just about ready to move into a 7,500 square foot space in Fishtown – very exciting! As a makerspace specifically designed for artists we are excited to see the sculpture gym take off and can’t wait to explore what interesting classes and events we can cook up together (after they’ve settled in a little.) Thanks for the mention Darla, Justin and Amy!