Custom Painting GI Joes (and other figures) with Zareiff
(weekend-long workshop)
I’ll hope to be able to share skills and techniques I’ve learned from customizing and painting GI Joes— skills which can be applied to figures/figurines in general— and de-sexualizing Bratz dolls, etc. Bring your action figures, dolls, and figurines, and we’ll have some here, too. I will have my own paints, which can be shared sparingly, but if you have your own ACRYLIC model paints, bring them. If you have fine tip paint brushes, bring those too! (Enamel paint will not cure on rubbery plastics; cheap crafting acrylics do not adhere well, and flake off, but can be mixed with higher quality acrylic paints.)
Electronic Space Noise Machines with Joshua and Dave
Hey, you want to make some weird, skronky, digital machines that make space noises? We’ll be building instruments with Arduinos that we can argue might be musical instruments, and that the noiz coming out of them might be considered music! I’m bringing basic parts, but if you have electronic noise-making toys, we can also see if we can coax interesting sounds out of them for your instruments. I’m sure that Furby has been wanting to say something other than what it’s been saying!
Please bring corded headphones!
Radical Community-Building with Lydia & Kat
We’ve been reading some exciting books! One is Emergent Strategy: “a lyrical, explorative, non-linear journey of … a concept [brown] defines as ‘how we intentionally change in ways that grow our capacity to embody the just and liberated worlds we long for’” (Colorlines). Another is Joyful Militancy: “Anger and rage rightly, inevitably drive militants, the authors argue, but we must also discover joy and friendship in struggle, which are our highest rewards” (Michael Hardt). We want to talk about what it would mean to put these ideas into action – and then, to put these ideas into action. No pre-knowledge of either book required!
Springer Space Program with Will
Ever want to play with explosives*? Think you’ve got what it takes to help Spring achieve new heights? Really love the sound: FWWWSSSSSSHHHHHHHHhhhhhh…..? And/or are you at all feeling crafty? Well COME ON DOWN to the Springer Space Program (SSP)! We’re gonna be located in the state-of-the-art** VAB*** except on days when we roll prototypes out to the launchpad****. This is the opportunity to be part of history. (Seriously, last time we launched part of a Volvo; now Elon Musk is putting a roadster in orbit around Mars. You’re welcome for that idea, buddy.) Come lend your technical knowhow, artistic savoir faire, or passion for zoom and pushing buttons to our talented rocket team!
Motors and most materials provided. Brief education on the aerodynamics of rockets to be provided (I swear this worked in Kerbal Space Program).
* All explosive material is properly labeled and safely handled.
** “art” see what I did there?
*** Vehicle Assembly Barn (see above)
**** Launches require relatively low wind, clear skies and no low cloud cover. There is the possibility of zero launch days. If the first day is a good launch day we’ll bring prebuilt rockets so that we can put stuff in the air.
Walking around and Drawing Things with April
What it says on the tin. We’ll walk in the woods, or around Glen Brook, or inside the house if the weather’s bad, and stop periodically for timed drawing. We’ll decide where we want to walk and how much time for each of the drawings together.