The Future Fashion show and Godbrothers Part I premiere is almost upon us! Our magazine has been sent off to the printer, we spent this week painting signage, tomorrow we’ll be building our runway, and next Friday we will celebrate all the hard work and creativity we’ve all put into this project over the past 4 months. While I’m feeling… Read more →
Month: April 2016
Spring growth at McPherson Square
What a joy it is to work at Maker Jawn. As a person with a teacher’s heart, I love the energy of learning, the twinkle in the eye when a student has the ah-ha moment. This past month we tried a little carpentry. We began making birdhouses. It was a project that yielded many an ah-ha and several pleasant surprises.… Read more →
All Staff Day 2016
EVENT REVIEW: All Staff Day DATE: April 20, 2016 It was my first All Staff Day with the Free Library of Philadelphia, so I did not know what to expect. I arrived at Central Library first thing in the morning, and was surprised to see so many people. However, I was quite pleased to see a few familiar faces. Maker Jawn ran two workshops… Read more →
Maker Jawn at Net Tuesday
About two weeks ago, Maker Jawn gave a presentation in collaboration with Net Squared, which is a global network that gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who’s interested in using technology for social change. We decided to focus on storytelling and technology while also acknowledging the role storytelling plays in legitimizing our program’s narrative.… Read more →
The line between experimenting and destroying.
Since joining the Maker Jawn team, I’ve watched many kids break a number of different tools. Most notably a button-pin maker, a sewing machine and a blender. None of these were broken beyond repair but they were out of commission until myself or another mentor could fix them outside of scheduled programming. Being the newest mentor with the program, one of… Read more →
My Top Favorite Projects for March 2016
Hello! At Maker Jawn, everyday is filled of excitement and creativity. Here I will share my top favorite projects by our Makers with you. Number 1: Artbots. These two SUPER cool and creative artbots were made and designed by our Makers at McPherson Square Branch. Number 2: Sweet Gift Ideas. (LEFT) This is made by one of… Read more →