EC Maker Faire

We're so excited to see you tomorrow!
Please note: There is limited parking at the lot adjacent to the building (with a little roadwork in the mix!) however, there are a few lots just up the street which will also allow you to see Union's beautiful campus. See the maps below and click on the link for more directions and parking information.
https://electriccity.makerfaire.com/directions/

JUST ADDED! The RNA Institute brings Hop the Helix to this year's Maker Faire!
Hop the Helix is an interactive step-dance video game powered by a desktop AI supercomputer. Players select a song - each step danced adds a letter to your RNA sequence. As the RNA grows, it is translated into protein code and live-folded into a protein structure. Players dance RNA and watch it fold! This is an educational outreach tool used to demonstrate the relationship between sequence and structure in biology; developed by the RNA Institute at The University at Albany (SUNY).

This is going to be so cool! And...HOT! This year we welcome Jeremy Entwistle of SPARK and French Mountain Studios. See a professional foundry operation where participants design original artwork, carve it into a sand mold, and watch as instructors pour liquid aluminum into every mold. Their bio-foundry system heats and melts aluminum with a renewable fuel, waste vegetable oil! Every artist takes home a cast aluminum tile the same day!

SPARK maps directly to NYS and national curriculum frameworks across visual arts, science, and engineering design. Metal casting is transformative, permanent, and reliant on process — which makes it one of the most direct ways to teach real-world decision-making.

https://frenchmtnstudios.com/pages/spark

Electric City Maker Faire will return to Union College’s beautiful campus in Schenectady, NY on October 4th 2026 from 11 am - 4 pm. The biennial event is hosted by the Union College Maker Web, and for a smaller event it has a lot to offer! This year I'll again be sharing projects for families from my books and articles for Make: Magazine, including the giant paper straw pyramid community build from PAPER INVENTIONS, as well as the wild quilling and light-up bases that were so popular at Maker Faires around the state this past year. Come try out Chibitronics new Launchpad LEDs and batteries and check out the other projects on display. Be sure to come say Hi!

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DID YOU KNOW that the Electric City Maker Faire organizer and Maker Web at Union College Director, Cole Belmont, will be receiving an Innovation Award from Tech Valley Center of Gravity, who will also be at the Faire this weekend! Congratulate Cole when you see him this Sunday!

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There are over 40 exhibitors, awesome hands-on experiences, games and PRIZES (don't forget to register for your FREE admission to be automatically entered into the RAFFLE).
There are exciting things in the works for Sunday. See you there!

Meet the 2026 Makers - Electric City Maker Faire

Electric City Maker Faire to bring inventors, designers and tinkerers to Union Publication Date September 24, 2026 The Electric City Maker Faire returns to Union’s campus Sunday, Oct. 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at College Park Hall.The event is free and open to the public.Making encourages inventors, designers and tinkerers to use higher-order reasoning and problem-solving sk...

We are so excited to have Main Street Studio sharing their adventures in their Wild Clay project.
Stop by to see examples of local clay, learn about the geology and history behind our area's clay deposits, and try making something with wild clay yourself!