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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2019-03-05-maker-festival
March 5, 2019

MakerSpace Festival Coming March 23

Makers and innovators of all ages are invited to stretch their imaginations and ingenuity at the second annual SoCal MakerSpace Festival. Visitors are invited to celebrate creativity, resourcefulness and invention on Saturday, March 23 at College of the Canyons. The family-friendly festival will feature hands-on STEAM activities, free workshops and exhibitions of the latest cutting-edge technology, including 3-D printing, lasers and coding.

“We are very excited to bring the MakerSpace Festival back to the Santa Clarita Valley and the surrounding Southern California community,” said Andy McCutcheon, dean of the School of Humanities, which oversees MakerSpace. “We hope this event sparks the imagination and creativity of attendees of all ages.”

Several keynote speakers are lined up, and food trucks will be available. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Valencia campus. Admission is free and open to the public, and parking is free in all lots.

Created by Maker Media, the first MakerSpace Festival was held in the Bay Area in 2006. Since 2016, College of the Canyons has operated two MakerSpace locations at its Valencia and Canyon Country campuses.

Both MakerSpace facilities have been designed as collaborative learning areas which give users free access to tools, materials, technological resources, skills training and a variety of entrepreneurial opportunities.