Workshops
2010 Brooklyn Inventgenuity Festival Wrap-up
“…an urban Woodstock for budding young scientists, engineers, artists and dreamers ” -The New York Times.
The facts:
On February 20 & 21 2010, Beam Camp, called a “haven for makers” by Makezine.com, and a crew of hearty volunteers (thanks guys!) welcomed 450+ kids and their parents to the marvelous The Invisible Dog for a weekend of collaboration and craft.
What Kids Made Happen:
Pupusas from 20+ pounds of masa
World’s Longest Dollar Chain (donated to Haiti Relief)
125 Brush Bots
75 Paper Automaton Engines
4 gigantic letters spelling the word BEAM
50 kites out of broken umbrellas
75 Altered Books
30+ New World Records
10 Flap-pets
50 Flashbulb Arrays made from recycled disposable cameras
10 lbs of garlic, soy sauce popcorn
Beam Project Leader- Big Beam Letters:
Zaq Landsberg
The Domain Guides:
Christian Cerrito
Eun Jung (EJ) Park
Will MacFarlane for PartsandCrafts
Ayun Halliday
Melissa Bourgeois
David Mahfouda for Fixer’s Collective
Steve Gerberich
Daniela Kostova & Mike DeSeve
Did you go to the Inventgenuity Festival? Tell us what you made?
Photos from Gerbo's Gravity Racer Grand Prix
Pics from Owl’s Head RAAACEWAYYY PARK!
A Glorious Day for a Gravity Race
The track was fast, yet slow,
the competitors were intense, yet polite,
the cars were inventive, yet sleek.
Get a Racer-POV of Brooklyn’s first running of Gerbo’s Gravity Racer Grand Prix right here. Courtesy of King, Mickey and Frank Snider.
Halloween Workshop Photos
Beamers gathered in Greenpoint to get ghoulish with good friends, great counselors and Gerbo.
