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Spark Makerspace is a makerspace in beautiful, sunny, downtown, New London, Connecticut. We are a community of makers, hackers, artists, artisans, and creative individuals.
 
  
Spark is governed by its [[Board of Directors]], with input from its [[Member Council]]. Day-to-day operations are managed by the [[Executive Director]]. Each workstation is maintained by one or more [[Leads]].
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'''Spark Makerspace''' is a [[makerspace]] in beautiful, sunny, downtown, New London, Connecticut. We are a community of makers, hackers, artists, artisans, and creative individuals. Spark was founded in 2015 by a group of artists and entrepreneurs looking to support creativity in our community. With support from CTNext, the City of New London, and some very generous individuals, we opened our first community workshop location at 86 Golden St in June 2016. Since then, we have supported our community and neighbors with an ever-growing array of tools, equipment, and workspaces for creative projects. We've organized public festivals and events, partnered with other artistic and educational organizations to further our joint goals, and hosted hundreds of classes and meetups to teach and share skills among our members and the general public.
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== Some information from our Workstations ==
  
Read our [[Code of Conduct]] and [[Bylaws]]. And we have a [[to-do list]] that you can refer to if you want to help us fill in wiki content.
 
 
This wiki is hosted on the [[VM Lab]].
 
 
== Getting Started at Spark ==
 
 
* [[Membership]]
 
* [[Workstation Training/Clearance]]
 
* Read up on [[How Spark Works]] for information on Spark Makerspace's organizational structure and how to get involved in making it a more awesome place.
 
 
== Getting started with MediaWiki ==
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
 
* Members/Leads: '''Want to help fill out this wiki? See [[How do I get edit access on this wiki?]]'''
 
* Red links are pages that don't exist yet! Click on them to get them started!
 
Be excellent to each other!
 
 
== Learn about each of our workstations ==
 
 
* [[A/V]]
 
 
* [[Electronics]]
 
* [[Electronics]]
 
** [[3D Printing]]
 
** [[3D Printing]]
 
* [[Woodshop]]
 
* [[Woodshop]]
* [[Fiber Arts]]
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* For all other stations, please see [https://sparkmakerspace.org  https://sparkmakerspace.org ]
* [[Stained Glass]]
 
* [[Screenprinting]]
 
* [[Printmaking]]
 
* [[Painting and Drawing]]
 
* [[Coworking]]
 
 
 
== Meetups ==
 
Spark has a number of regular meetups.
 
 
 
* [[Electronics Night]] '''(Thursdays, 6-7p)'''
 
* [[Drawing Night]] '''(Fridays, 7-8p)'''
 
 
 
== Classes ==
 
* [[How to Host a Class]]
 
 
 
== FAQ ==
 
 
 
* [[Printing|How do I print?]]
 
* [[Help! A Spark computer doesn't work or doesn't have software I need!]]
 
* [[How do I get edit access on this wiki?]]
 
* [[Contributing|This wiki is missing information I need!]]
 
 
 
 
 
Problems with anything wiki-related? Ping the [[Electronics Leads]].
 

Latest revision as of 20:58, 3 July 2024

Spark Makerspace is a makerspace in beautiful, sunny, downtown, New London, Connecticut. We are a community of makers, hackers, artists, artisans, and creative individuals. Spark was founded in 2015 by a group of artists and entrepreneurs looking to support creativity in our community. With support from CTNext, the City of New London, and some very generous individuals, we opened our first community workshop location at 86 Golden St in June 2016. Since then, we have supported our community and neighbors with an ever-growing array of tools, equipment, and workspaces for creative projects. We've organized public festivals and events, partnered with other artistic and educational organizations to further our joint goals, and hosted hundreds of classes and meetups to teach and share skills among our members and the general public.

Some information from our Workstations