Makerie Workshop - Event Builds
WHAT IS IT?
Makerie Workshop is a free creative makerspace for teens where art, storytelling, and technology collide. Teens work together — guided by skilled artists, engineers, and makers — to design and build immersive story worlds from the ground up.
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Each week teen makers gather together to bring their stories to life through hands-on building, coding, sculpting, sound design, and set creation. Their final projects become full-scale, walk-through experiences — part art exhibit, part escape room — where visitors can literally step inside the worlds teens have imagined.
Think Meow Wolf, but on a grassroots scale: entirely designed, built, and powered by teens, with mentorship and materials provided by our community.
When the build is done, we open it to the community to come enjoy and show off all their hard work. Ticket sales for these events go directly to fund our program and keep Makerie Workshop free for teens to attend.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Makerie Workshop is for primarily for teens ages 14–17 (mature 13 year olds on case by case basis) in Gainesville, FL and the surrounding areas, who love to make things, build things, and dream up wild ideas. It’s for the storytellers, inventors, artists, coders, and tinkerers — the ones who like to get a little weird, try something new, and bring their imagination to life.
We’re here for teens who are looking for their people — a creative community that values curiosity, collaboration, and self-expression. Whether you’re into art, tech, design, or storytelling, there’s a place for you at the Workshop.
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If you’ve ever wanted to help build a world you can actually walk through — this is your place.
WHEN IS IT?
Our event build Maker Team meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30p-6p where we work on the current build project. We also meet on the 1st FRIDAY of each month from 7p-10p for open workshop/hang out time, come make your own thing, play board games with friends, watch old school movies together on a big screen. Bring friends! Friday Nights at the Workshop are a lot of fun. REGISTER HERE to join our Maker Team &/or to join us for our monthly Friday Hang Nights!
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We also offer periodic classes and workshops for various skills or interests, like DND Club, Film Making, DJ School, 3d Printing, Coding for Animatronics, Animation and Projections, ect. See our current CLASSES page to see whats being offered right now!
WHERE IS IT?
Makerie Workshop is located in the Top Floor of Camp Makerie's Afterschool Building.
Address: 3536 NW 8th Ave Gainesville, FL 32605 / Just park in the back parking lot and take the stairs to the 2nd floor.
HOW DO I SIGN UP MY TEEN?
Go to our REGISTER page and fill out the form. You will need to complete that with the waivers before your teen can attend. After you have registered you will get an email with instructions on how to add the SPACES app to pick times/days your teen for will attend. This is FREE, there is no cost to join in, but by registering for a day/time session, it helps us know how many participants are coming that day. You do not have to attend all the sessions to participate, even if your teen is available only periodically. Once
you are signed up for a Makerspace session, you are all set! Check out our FAQ pages or reach
out via our contact page if you have questions before you drop your teen off.
