Dublin Maker - 10th Anniversary
Year Awarded
2021
Amount
€50,000
- Organisation:University College Dublin (UCD)
- Audience:Primary Students, Transition Year Students, Primary Teachers, Post Primary Teachers - Junior Cycle, Post Primary Teachers - Senior Cycle, Parents, Third Level, General Public
- Location:Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow
- Topic:Engineering
Project Summary
Dublin Maker 2022 will be the 10th annual independent national showcase of the Maker movement in Ireland. It takes the form of a tented festival format held in the citizen-friendly Merrion Square Park in Dublin in July. It is a free-to-attend, independent, community-driven event targeting the curiosity of the general public. Dublin Maker takes the form of a “show and tell” experience where STEM inventors/makers, sourced through an open call, have an opportunity to showcase their creations at individual booths in a carnival atmosphere.
Makers range from tech enthusiasts to hackers, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, artists, science clubs, students, inventors and commercial exhibitors. They are of eclectic backgrounds, coming from all over Ireland and beyond. Dublin Maker’s mission is to entertain, inform and connect the makers of Ireland while inspiring the next generation of Ireland’s makers and inventors especially in the fields of engineering and science.
Dublin Maker is an urban festival that is accessible and available to all regardless of social, economic or educational background. The accessibility of the event is afforded by a beautiful central civic space and will be augmented through targeted marketing/branding campaigns as well as a carefully created curation process, which includes our identified and committed community partners. After a year of making sawdust in garden sheds, solder fumes in spare bedrooms and knitting in front of Netflix, Dublin Maker 2022 will be a celebration of the return to in-person making, collaboration and the sharing of knowledge and tools.