When we say Make-It Springfield is a creative home for everyone, we mean it! For over a year, a growing group of creative men have been meeting at Make-It twice a month, for comradery and creativity. They mostly share about their work, but also have coffee together, walk to the museums, try creative field trips […]
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Make-It Springfield Presents at The ArtSalon
The ArtSalon is a dynamic social evening of engaging presentations by established and emerging artists in the Pioneer Valley. The ArtSalon provides an opportunity for artists and designers of all mediums to present their work and ideas in a format called Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha) of 20 slides x 20 seconds each. The ArtSalon events […]
A Vibrant, Creative Space that Welcomes Everyone
A message from one of Make-It Springfield’s founders I remember installing the initial Make-It Springfield window display on Worthington Street in the summer of 2016. Our goal was to create a vibrant welcoming storefront, a sign of vitality in what had been a row of vacant spaces. Laura Masulis (Co-Founder) and I purchased a half-dozen […]
Finding Home
We’ve got a fearless little non-profit organization called Make-It Springfield, and it’s a home and makers’ space for those who want to live a creative life. We are obsessed with creativity and in love with western Massachusetts, and especially the city of Springfield which is clearly a place filled with vital resilient people. Creatives are […]
Our Instructors: Emerging Young Creatives Program
Feature: Malaika Ross
Lean on Others
I think we all need mentors and models and that we have to be very careful our pride does not get so big that we cannot ask others for help. If you create or design, if you want to make things, or want to invent something cool, I hope you will remember that none of us is a […]