Do you or your children love to take things apart?
Are you curious about how things work?
Do you love to build and create?
Whether it’s robotics, coding and programming, engineering, nature, video games, or science, the FLX Maker Fest is for them!
Admission is FREE* this year
and will be held at the
Phelps Library and STEAM Lab Makerspace
and Phelps Community Center,
8 Banta Street, Suite 200, Phelps, NY 14532
Over 50 Makers/Vendors will offer hands-on learning & engaging STEM-related information, technologies, or projects for all ages.
Learn how to solder electronics!
Try painting with light or build a cigar box guitar!
Use a 3D Printer or Laser Engraver
to create a souvenir to take home!
Learn about rockets or try blockprinting!
Learn about space or innovative recycling
or video game design, and so much more!
This is a family friendly event sponsored by
The Phelps Library and STEAM Lab Makerspace .
* Donations will be collected at the FLX Maker Fest
to support the 2018 Phelps Library STEM Scholarship,
awarded to Midlakes graduating seniors
who are pursuing a career in STEM or STEAM
(science, technology, engineering, art, or mathematics).
The FLX Maker Fest is a day for DIY Making, Discovery, & Innovation!
This is a family-friendly event for all ages, and admission is free!
The FLX Maker Fest will be held
Saturday, May 2nd, from 11am-5pm at the
Phelps Community Center, 8 Banta Street, Phelps, NY.
Donations will benefit the Phelps Library STEAM Scholarship, awarded to
a high school senior pursuing a career in STEM/STEAM, a trade, or technical skills.
We welcome our 2020 FLX Makers!
We are now accepting maker applications, so this list will continue
to grow through the end of April 2020. Please submit your application
as soon as possible for best space allocation and accommodation.
We need your help!
Whether you want to be a Maker at the event, help spread the word
by hanging up posters at work or school, or support our mission to bridge the technical skills gap by sponsoring the event, you can find our marketing materials below!
Learn to Splice Fiber
with OTTC Fiber
Creating and Planting Seed
Bombs and more
Citizen Science activities
with WXXI Kids
Follow a Meteor Path
with Terra Science
Clockwork and Steam Power
with John Lord
Stained Glass Paper Art
Ozobots
with Midlakes STEM Club
Job Preparation with
Rockets
and Knot Tying with
Scouts BSA Troop 315
& Cub Scout Pack 46
Create & Float a Boat
with Terra Science
Exploring
with the Explorers
STEM Trailer
Altered Art and Altered Books
with artist Susan Balding
Stop Motion Animation
with Mad Dog Movies
Ceramics Manufacturing
with Seneca Ceramics
Paper Marbling
with Main Street Arts
Virtual Reality with
Light Painting with
Dan Schneiderman
Automation Across Industries with Finger Lakes
Virtual and Augmented Reality
with the Phelps Library
Dig for Fossils
with Terra Science
STEAM Activities with
Upcycled T-Shirt Crafts
with Romulus Central School
The Science and Technology behind Brewing Beer
Exploring Wool Fibers
with Feathertree Felt
Microscopic Science
with Infinite Scope
Live Steam Hobby and Machining Skills with
3D Modeling and Laser Cutting with Rochester Makerspace's
Dan McCue
Hands-on Emergency Skills, CPR, Pulse Checks,
and Lung Sounds
NASA & the Solar System
with Terra Science
Cheese Making
with Lively Run Dairy
Digital Equity with the
Stained Glass Art with
The Light Hive
Magnetic Masterpieces
Bracket Engineering
with Terra Science
Rochester Regional Health's Mobile Mammography Center
and Dishwasher Tabs
with Teresa Ferguson and
Investigate your Heart Rate
with Clifton Springs YMCA
Virtual Reality Plank Challenge with VeRacity VRcade
Edison Robots
with Geneva Middle School
Manufacturing
SEE PHOTOS FROM
THE 2018 LIGHT PAINTING
PHOTOBOOTH HERE!
