MAKE: Blog: Call for Makers: Maker Faire Bay Area 2008

Call for Makers: Maker Faire Bay Area 2008

Build, CRAFT, hack, play, MAKE.

Arts • Crafts • Engineering • Green • Music • Science

Call for Makers is Open!

We are thrilled to announce that the Call for Makers is now open for Maker Faire Bay Area 2008!

More information about the Faire and the application process can be found on the Maker Faire site here.

We are really looking forward to Maker Faire and are excited to receive information about your project. If you have any questions, contact Maker Faire Director Sherry Huss (sherry@oreilly.com).

Important dates to remember

January 31, 2008 - Maker Faire Town Hall
Exploratorium - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
San Francisco

Febrary 17, 2008 - Maker Faire Tryouts (designed for new Makers and Makers that have projects that they would like to show us before the event)
Exploratorium - noon - 4:00pm
San Francisco
Please email sherry@oreilly.com to reserve a space

March 12, 2008 - Deadline for applications
Please note that space is limited so be sure to get your applications in by this date. Any applications received after 3/12/2008 will be put on a waiting list and allocated space based on availability

March 19, 2008 - Notification of Acceptance
If at all possible, we will try to notify you as soon as we review your application which should be in advance of this date

May 1, 2008 - Maker Day
More information will be shared about Maker Day in the upcoming weeks

May 3 & 4, 2008 - Maker Faire San Francisco Bay Area
It's show time!

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Jan 28, 2008 03:00 PM
Announcements, Events, Maker Faire | Permalink | Comments (1)

Comments

Oldest comments listed first.

I'm glad too it's not scheduled for the same weekend as Bay to Breakers this year. Now I can attend on Sunday.

Posted by: Adam on January 28, 2008 at 4:52 PM

Subscribe to MAKE Magazine!

Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers.

$34.95 / 1 year
(4 Quarterly Issues)

Subscribe now

Void your warranty, violate a user agreement, fry a circuit, blow a fuse, poke an eye out... Welcome to the Make Blog!

Features and more @ MAKE!

MAKE @ The NYC Toy Fair 2008 - Covering DIY!
HOW TO - Build the arms of assistance.

MADE in Japan - Part I.
MADE in Japan - Part II.
MADE in Japan - Part III.

Make store - Blinky bug kit - Blink!
Make store - Loud Objects Noise Toy Kit

Makers - MAKE Flickr pool contest. Win cool stuff!
Makers - Join the MAKE Facebook page - Meet other makers.
MAKE on Twitter - Tweet! Tweet!
What you're reading in MAKE - Data!
Add MAKE to your RSS reader - Real simple.

Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!

Click here to advertise on MAKE!

Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
Tel: 707-827-7311

Gareth Branwyn
Robot Maker

Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Researcher

Suggest a Site!

Natalie Zee Drieu
Senior Editor
CRAFT

Becky Stern
Culture jammer

Collin Cunningham
Sound Maker

Marc de Vinck
CNC Maker

Current Podcast

AHAB High Altitude Ballooning - Best of Weekend Projects mp4|mov|hd|3gp|3g2|itunes This week on Best of Weekend Projects, we look back at part two of the AHAB (High Altitude Balloon Adventure). In this epic Bre & Co. travel to Eastern Washington to launch a GPS and camera enabled balloon... More...

Get the Make blog sent via email

Enter your email to receive the Make blog each day:

WOW! Thanks to everyone involved with Maker Faire Austin: attendees, makers, exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers, and crew...it was AMAZING! Over 350 Makers and 20,000 attendees! Be sure to check out the photos @ Flickr, and our Maker Faire posts for all the action! Next year, scheduled Maker Faire's are: Bay Area: May 3rd & 4th, 2008 - San Mateo County Fairgrounds and Austin: Oct. 18th & 19th, 2008 - Travis County Expo Center!