The Treehouse Group and Site 3 coLaboratory are co-organizing a Mini Maker Faire in Toronto, May 7 & 8, at the Evergreen Brick Works.

A Maker Faire is a place for Makers to come together to compare notes, see what others are doing, and to spark ideas for new projects and expanded collaboration. It facilitates the exchange of information throughout a community whose members in many cases work alone or in groups that have limited opportunities to associate with one-another. Toronto Mini Maker Faire will include: commercial and non-commercial Makers, designers, hackerspaces, workshops, demos and speakers. It will be entertaining and educational. The majority of our booths will be interactive, and visitors will have opportunities to take home a part of the experience when they participate.

Friend of the Program(mers) cartoonist John Martz has generously offered to provide robot illustrations to anyone who donates over $25, and customized robot illustrations to anyone who donates $100 or more.

To FURTHER sweeten the deal, one of our donors will be selected at random to receive a copy of “Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred” by David Erik Nelson.

Who will you see there? SO many awesome people here's just a starter list!

arcnet01
Autodesk
brewersCRAP
CFC Media Lab
ClockworkZero
Cookie Friday Co.
Critical Making Lab, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
DDiMIT Lab
Derek Quenneville
Designer Beads - Laurie Wright
Dish Cooking Studio
Efston Science
Fisher Innovation - Matt Fisher
Globacore
HackLab.TO
Hackasaurus Jam
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
Joanna Recine
Kaotic Ekko's Curiosities
Kargofab Light Industries
Kinsman Physics Productions
Kwartzlab Makerspace
LadeeBee Supplies
Little Ra's
makebright
Michelle Axbey
Nanotopia
Next Level Labs - Brendan Polley
Ontario Science Centre
Richmond Hill Book Arts Guild
Sea Pebbles - Sarah Grondin
Shawn McGrath - ][ Games
Strich Labs
Upverter
wink studios
Worn Fashion Journal
Yelp.ca
Zoe Quinn

Videos made by Mini Maker Faire participants:

Neat work from project co-organizers Site 3 coLaboratory:

Flux & Fire 2010

Photos from Detroit Maker Faire 2010 & of crafts (c/o Shanghai Cowgirl)

Previous Treehouse Grown-Up Science Fairs:

Mini Maker Faire Toronto

Mini Maker Faire Toronto