The Rivet

🍂 MAKE this fall one to remember! Check out these upcoming classes:

🧵 CNC Embroidery Machine Clearance — Get familiar with the machine and dream up what you'll make next!

🪡 Basics of Sewing: Lined Tote Bags — Learn a new skill and leave with a practical take-home accessory.

🏺 Wheel Throwing: Getting Started — The perfect intro for beginner potters looking to build new skills! Learn the basics of wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing in this 3 session class.

🔨 Intro to Marquetry — Learn this creative woodworking technique, then practice your new skills on your very own work of art.

Ready to get crafty? Snag your spot before they're gone at TheRivet.org/Classes-and-Events

❄️ LAST CALL FOR WINTER MARKET VENDORS! ❄️

Looking for a handmade market to kick off the holiday season? This is your last chance to apply!

Join us November 7 & 8 for a festive weekend of handmade goods, food trucks, workshops, hands-on fun, and holiday shopping that supports local makers. ✨

THREE WAYS TO PARTICIPATE:

❄️ Vendor Booth — Run your own booth + connect 1:1 with shoppers
❄️ Maker Booth — We sell your products for you!
❄️ Food Trucks — Feed our festive crowd!

📍 1224 N. Atherton Street, State College
📅 November 7 & 8 | 10am–3pm
⏰ Applications close Friday, September 18 at 11:59pm

👉 Apply now at therivet.org/winter-market.

Questions? Email [email protected].

A portion of Winter Market funding is provided through a grant made possible by The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau.

🔨 READY TO GET STARTED AT THE RIVET?

Whether you’re brand new to the makerspace or ready to learn a new tool, here’s how to get started:

1️⃣ TAKE MAKER ORIENTATION
Get familiar with The Rivet, our makerspace, safety practices, shared workspaces, and how everything works.

2️⃣ GET YOUR CLEARANCES
Take the hands-on Clearance Classes for the tools and equipment you want to use independently.

3️⃣ MAKE, LEARN & KEEP GOING
Use Open Workshop Hours to work on your own, take more classes to build your skills, and keep making!

✨ Maker Orientation is FREE and required once for all new makers. Once you complete it, you can enroll in the Clearance Classes you need.

Ready to get started? Book your Maker Orientation at TheRivet.org/classes-and-events.

Read the full policy at TheRivet.org/policies.

🍂 OUR FALL CLASS DROP LANDS MON 9/14 AT NOON! 🍂

New classes.
New skills.
New things to make.

After a busy summer of camps, outreach, and our annual August reset, we’re filling up the fall calendar at The Rivet with new opportunities to learn, build, create, and get hands-on.

Been wanting to try a new tool? Learn a new skill? Finally take that class you’ve had your eye on?

Browse the fall lineup now at TheRivet.org/classes-and-events, then sign up for our newsletter to get registration links delivered straight to your inbox when registration opens Monday, September 14 at noon!

👉 TheRivet.org/classes-and-events

🔧 Before you throw it away, bring it to the Repair Café!

Have something broken, worn out, or in need of a little TLC? The Changemaker Collective () is hosting a Pop-Up Repair Café at The Rivet on September 18!

Bring your small household items, clothing, electronics, toys, tools, and other repairable items and work alongside volunteer fixers to see if they can be given a second life. You’ll have the chance to learn basic repair skills, ask questions, and keep useful things out of the landfill. ♻️

📅 Friday, September 18
🕓 4–7 PM
📍 The Rivet
1224 N. Atherton, State College

Repairs aren’t guaranteed, but the volunteer fixers will do their best to diagnose the problem and help you figure out what’s possible.

Have repair skills to share? The Changemaker Collective is also looking for volunteer repairers!

👉 Learn more: www.hvchangemakers.com/event-details/repair-cafe

After a break in August for our summer reset and closure, our Monthly Maker Meet-Ups are back for September!

Looking to connect with fellow makers, share ideas, and get inspired? Our free meetups are the perfect way to check out our creative community! These gatherings are all about co-working on personal projects, swapping tips & tricks, and meeting new maker friends in a relaxed setting.

🧶 Fiber Friends (tonight!)
📅 First Wednesday monthly | 🕕 6 - 8 PM

A meet-up for all fiber artists, from knitting & crochet to tufting, weaving, and embroidery. Work alongside others, troubleshoot techniques, and stay accountable to your projects. (No supplies included, but donated yarn is sometimes available!)

✋ Hand-Builders' Hang
📅 First Sunday monthly | 🕚 11 AM - 12 PM

A meet-up for our clay crew—bring your solo projects and nerd out over hand-building techniques like slab work, coil building, sculpture, and more! (Pottery clearance required.)

Come for the creativity, stay for the community. No instruction; just a space to make, chat, and connect. Who’s in? 🙌

🤖 Design. Build. Test. Repeat.
Build Your Own Combat Robot at The Rivet! 💥

This is your chance to design, build, and then DESTROY in the arena. 🛠️ Presented in partnership with Centre STEM powering Centre County 4-H Robotics, this 90-min class will get you competition-ready with your very own Plastic Ant-class combat robot.

You'll automatically be entered to compete at Maker Faire Happy Valley on October 3 at Axemann Brewery.

Crush your enemies.
Win the glory.
Keep the robot!

🔥 Ages 10+
👥 Teams of 1–2
💥 No experience needed!

$250 fee per team/robot includes all materials, tools, and instruction

Choose your session based on age/competition group, all run 6:00 - 7:30pm:
- SEPT 16 - Ages 10 - 14
- SEPT 22 - Ages 14+
- SEPT 23 - All Ages 10+

📍 The Rivet at Discovery Space
🔗 To register, click below, then scroll to "Upcoming Programs" and choose your session according to age/competition group.

https://ecom.roller.app/discoveryspaceofcentralpennsylvania/site/en-us/products

🔧✨ Maker Faire Happy Valley is BACK for Year 2! ✨🔧

We’re just about ONE MONTH AWAY from a weekend celebrating creativity, curiosity, and the joy of making!

On October 3–4, makers, creators, inventors, artists, tinkerers, and curious minds will come together from near and far to share what they make, learn something new, and inspire each other.

📅 October 3–4, 2026 (Sat 11–5, Sun 11–3)
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Meet our makers! Visit HappyValley.MakerFaire.com for event details, and follow for maker spotlights, event updates, and more.

Save the date and get ready to make, explore, and celebrate at Maker Faire Happy Valley! 🔨



Funding provided through generous sponsors, including a grant made possible by The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau and the Centre County Board of Commissioners.

These young potters rolled up their sleeves and dug into the world of ceramics in our Clay Play camp! ✨💜

Throughout the week, they explored foundational pottery techniques such as slip casting, hand building, and wheel throwing. We had a blast playing in the pottery studio with them!

Thank you to our 2026 Camp Sponsors:
AAUW State College, ACO Floors, Alexander Building Construction Co., Centre 1st Bank, Cindy Evcic State Farm Insurance, Geisinger, Jennifer & John Coupland, Joshua Pake, Juniata Valley Bank, KCI Technologies, Ruppert Landscape, and State College Rotary.

Our Making a Scene campers worked hard behind the scenes during this weeklong camp.

Using a variety of tools and techniques, these Middle School campers designed the set for our Elementary School campers to perform their own marine-inspired play. They cut, sculpted, and sewed props and set pieces to create an immersive marine environment. They even created a soundscape for the show!

Thank you to our 2026 Camp Sponsors:
AAUW State College, ACO Floors, Alexander Building Construction Co., Centre 1st Bank, Cindy Evcic State Farm Insurance, Geisinger, Jennifer & John Coupland, Joshua Pake, Juniata Valley Bank, KCI Technologies, Ruppert Landscape, and State College Rotary.