MakerFaire Welcomes FutureMakers as a Sponsor!
Make any classroom a makerspace.
FutureMakers provides young innovators and educators the highest quality coaches, tools, and materials that challenge them to design, build, reflect and grow as makers. They provide enrichment programs, pop-up labs and summer camps for Early Childhood, Elementary and Middle school-age makers.
Whether a classroom or a community event – for an hour, a day, or a week – pop-up workshops activate tools, materials and coaches in classrooms. Teachers and students love experiencing the take-home projects, and administrators appreciate how easy and affordable pop-ups are.
Plus, Futuremakers has a “gym” class for PK-8 educators who love to make and innovate. Learn how you and your students can transform the quality, scope and depth of 3D projects!
MakerFaire Welcomes UpCycle Creative Reuse Center as a Sponsor!
EXPLORE + REUSE + CREATE
UpCycle Creative Reuse Center is an Alexandria, Virginia based non-profit that connects creativity and conservation by providing a resource center for reuse materials and a creative making space for the community. UpCycle is rethinking the traditional notion of waste by collecting cast-offs from our community to serve as creative materials.
UpCycle is dependent on individual, corporate, foundation and government grants to provide a materials resource center and arts educational outreach. The materials resource center in the Durant Arts Center, which is open to the public, collects, reuses and redistributes materials Wednesday through Saturday .
MakerFaire Welcomes TimeLine Media as a Sponsor!
What can be said about TimeLine Media and Rassi Borneo when the moments he has captured are only a click away! As a professional photographer Rassi is equally adept capturing cherished lifetime events, official portraits or your next dance competition! His proficiency is matched by his excitement for every shoot he has covered!
MakerFaire is pleased to welcome TimeLine Media as our official event photographer and sponsor for our 6th annual Faire!
Maker Faire is Excited to Partner with SmartPhilm Fest for the 6th Annual Faire!
The revolution will not be televised, it will be mobilized!
The SmartPhilm Festival is the first film festival with films shot and edited exclusively on smartphones and other mobile devices. Maker Faire is proud to join them in bringing the smartphone film making and storytelling revolution to the Maker movement.
The goal is to provide a platform to the global artistic and storytelling community to document and produce their own stories in the most accessible way. Open to aspiring and professional filmmakers of all ages, SmartPhilm levels the playing field so creative minds no longer need expensive cameras and equipment to bring their stories to life. All one needs is a smartphone that shoots video, write a script, make a movie, see it on the big screen.
This year selected films will be screened during the Maker Faire at George Mason University (4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030) on June 2, 2018.
The SmartPhilm Festival will also hold a workshop for attendees to teach the art of shooting films on a smart phone device!
Maker Faire is Excited to Welcome Custom Ink as a Copper Level Sponsor!
Maker Faire has chosen Custom Ink to provide the Maker Faire t-shirts for the 6th Annual Faire!
Custom Ink provides all the design resources you need and real people excited to back you up every step of the way creating your own one-of-a-kind T-Shirt. Start creating from scratch, or upload your own artwork, photo, or logo to begin your design. Not an artist? Not a problem. Their Design Lab gives you free access to a huge library of fonts and over 68,000 pieces of art. Need a little advice or a second pair of eyes? Their Custom Creations team is on hand and excited to share their skills.
Be sure to stop by their booth in the Johnson Center Atrium to purchase AND MAKE your own Maker Faire souvenir t-shirt!
MakerFair Welcomes the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce as a Sponsor!
“Our mission is to empower our members with the vision, leadership, and resources to achieve success, while contributing to the economic growth and quality of life in our business community.”
The 6th Annual MakerFaire is pleased to welcome the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce as a sponsor. Throughout the CFCC’s existence the goal has always been the same; help members maximize their business opportunities and make our community the most “business friendly environment” possible. Board members represent not only dedicated local business owners and leaders, but community leaders, including the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority and Board of Supervisors, City of Fairfax Economic Development Authority and City of Fairfax Management; all with a focused passion to make our business community and environment even better.
The CFCC is committed to maximizing the value proposition of membership by listening to members and delivering the right services to make the CFCC the best possible investment for you and your business, regardless of the economy!
MakerFaire Welcomes Continuing Sponsor Children’s Science Center!
Explore Create Inspire
The Children’s Science Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and interactive museum where children, families and school groups can explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts through fun, engaging hands-on exhibits, activities and programs. They serve as the community anchor for STEM, filling a critical need in our current learning ecosystem and leveraging our region’s unique STEM resources to deliver innovative and relevant content.
The Children’s Science Center serves over 70,000 visitors a year at the Children’s Science Center Lab at Fair Oaks Mall and through community programs delivered to schools, libraries and STEM festivals across Northern Virginia. MakerFaire is pleased to welcome them as a sponsor of our 6th annual Faire!
MakerFaire Welcomes Berthold Academy as a Sponsor!
Berthold Academy stands out as the only elementary
and secondary Montessori school in the Northern Virginia area.
Berthold Academy delivers a high-quality Montessori education to their students while taking a vested interest in each individual to ensure happiness and success in education and life. The “I AM” Learning Model is the basis of their personalized, thoughtful approach to offering each and every student an exceptional education.
Through low teacher-to-student ratios, mindful engagement, and an extensive practical life curriculum Berthold Academy challenges your children to take ownership of their own education; to feel empowered to engage new concepts with confidence, competence, and curiosity.
Welcome Fairfax City Economic Development Authority!
MakerFaire NoVa welcomes the Fairfax City Economic Development Authority as a Silver sponsor of the 6th Annual MakerFaire! The Fairfax City Economic Development Authority (EDA), in conjunction with the City Council, fosters and stimulates economic development and redevelopment within the City providing a strong commercial tax base, sustainable local jobs, and resources for residents.
Fairfax City is the new “it” town for businesses, large and small.
The EDA is here to help your business every step of the way—not only walking you through the process of locating your business in the city, but also making sure your company thrives once you’re here. We’re a small city, and your success matters to us greatly.
Small City, Big Success!
MarkerFaire is Excited to Welcome First-Time Sponsor the Virginia Society for Technology in Education(VSTE)!
The Virginia Society for Technology in Education is the premier professional development and advocacy organization for educators in Virginia. VSTE’s vision is to be an influence in technological innovation in education and be recognized as an agent of change across the Commonwealth. They advance this vision through professional development endeavors supporting the integration of existing and emerging technologies.
VSTE is Virginia’s affiliate of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)and the Virginia state chapter for the Consortium for School Networking(CoSN).
Membership in the Society is complimentary for all interested persons. Members benefit from the Society’s advocacy efforts, free professional development opportunities, and premier access to VSTE’s activities and information.