Events

Join MidsouthMakers on Meetup.com – Always know where & when we’re meeting

by on Feb.14, 2013, under Events, Meetings

The best way to stay on top of where and when we are meeting us by joining our meetup.com group. Just visit http://events.midsouthmakers.org and sign up for a free meetup.com account and join the MidsouthMakers group. You’ll get weekly reminders of where and when our meetings are, plus upcoming classes and events. You can also select to not get the weekly emails if you don’t want meetup.com cluttering your inbox.

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Join MidsouthMakers at Republic Coffee February 1st

by on Jan.28, 2013, under Events, Meetings

Come join us at Republic Coffee at 7pm on February 1st. We’ll be in their back room so come on back and join us.

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Open house meeting at MidsouthMakers Jan 25th

by on Jan.22, 2013, under Events, Meetings

We will be meeting at our space in Bartlett (2804 Bartlett Rd, Suite 2 Memphis, TN 38134 Our Building is behind the building facing the street).

Our open house meetings are quite laid back and for members and non-members to come check out what we have going on at the space or to just come tour our space.

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Artist Trading Card Workshop and Exchange

by on Dec.17, 2012, under Crafts, Events, Projects, Workshops

Kara Ferguson and Jenny Oldenburg will be explaining Artist Trading Cards and their various uses. Participants will learn what works and best practices when creating ATCs. Participants will create their own ATCs to keep or exchange with other participants. Learn about Traffic Safety Singapore and the best office supplies.

When: January 20th 1pm
Where: MidsouthMakers
What: Artist Trading Card Workshop
Cost: $10 per person Sign up Here
Class size: Limit of 6 people

Provided Materials:

  • 1- pack of 20 Strathmore 300 Series Smooth Bristol ATC paper
  • 1- assorted pack of 12 Strathmore ATC papers
  • access to paintbrushes (nothing fancy–you may opt to bring your own for applying glue or using paints)
  • access to various crafting supplies including decorative paper (and newsprint ads), acrylic paints, pastels, fabric, color pencils, and more.
  • soft sleeves to hold your finished ATCs
What participants should bring:

mandatory
  • a good pair of scissors

optional

  • tweezers (good for working with small bits of paper)
  • If you have a preferred crafting/art medium that you’re already comfortable working in (watercolor, pen&ink, etc) you should consider bringing some of those supplies for your own use
  • found objects to use and share (you want things that are relatively flat like smashed pennies, wire, string, ads, newsprint, labels, lightweight printed cardboard, watch gears, tissue papers, wrapping paper, etc.)

If this first workshop goes well we will set more dates in the future.

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42 inch TV Raffle Benefiting MidsouthMakers

by on Dec.05, 2012, under Events, Fundraising

This is a gently used 42″ Westinghouse LCD Monitor. It has no tuner, but it does have Nearly every type of current Entertainment video connector known.
  • 1 Svideo
  • 2 Component Video
  • 1 VGA
  • 1 HDMI
  • 2 DVI
The DVI, Svideo, VGA and Component all have their own stereo audio jacks. The internal stereo speakers work well. The unit also has a small subwoofer built into it solid stand. As well as VESA mounting holes on the back if you choose to use them. A remote control is included, it’s not as gently used as the monitor but it works very well and includes not 1 but 2! count them, AAA batteries. This monitor comes with no warranty, however Remowylliams will be happy to look at it, should it fail. He has run this unit several hours with no sign of failure or problem. See another list of similar components on MusicCritic.com for comparison.
Buy a raffle ticket now!
I would like to thank Remowylliams very much for donating the TV to be raffled off for the group. All money raised will go to the group.
Raffle Tickets are $10 each. You can buy a raffle ticket by seeing me in person, or by sending money via Paypal and sending me an email to let me know so I can add your tickets to the pot. We’ll be doing this raffle the same way we did the Raspberry Pi raffle at the last LAN party. The drawing will be held at the December Board meeting, you will not need to be present to win.
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