FRee Events
7th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrate the whole week with us!
Open Works is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with a mission dedicated to educational and economic development in Baltimore City!
Shingle Fundraiser
Open Works is building a network of makerspaces and we need your help! This month, we are building a shed by our loading dock to free up studio space inside so we can support more makers. Framing will be finished for our 7th birthday on October 6-7th.
After that, we will start shingling the shed in surplus road signs that the MTA gifted us back in 2017.
CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR SHINGLE
We estimate it will take 440 signs to cover the shed, and we are inviting you to sponsor a shingle! Each shingle costs $150, and come switch an opportunity to put a name or message on it for posterity.
Learn more about the option to donate: https://bit.ly/OWFutureFund
Questions: frontdesk@openworksbmore.com
Promotion Schedule
OCTOBER 1st-7th: $7 off of day passes for the first week of October
(for use in person, can use up to 7 times)OCTOBER 8th-14th: 25% off classes for first week of October (code: SAVE25)
OCTOBER 15th-21st: $7 off an OW tee (for use in person, can use up to 7 times)
October 6th 5 PM – 8PM Community Party – Drinks, pizza, fire circle (weather permitting), and fun! Celebrate 7 years in Baltimore!
OCTOBER 7th 1PM – 4PM Community Build – Help us hang some shingles from 1-4 PM, then hang out with your fellow makers! Drinks, pizza, fire circle (weather permitting), and fun! Celebrate 7 years in Baltimore!
Join us at Open Works, 1400 Greenmount Ave.
Come and enjoy the festivities as we commemorate our relationship with the city of Baltimore. Don’t miss it!
The Beginning
Open Works was founded in 2016 to rebuild Baltimore’s manufacturing economy from the grassroots up — one maker at a time! Now one of America’s largest nonprofit makerspaces, we support 118 jobs and work with over 1,000 young people a year through educational programs. We are here to support you wherever you are on your maker journey — learning new skills, launching new businesses, or building new relationships in Baltimore’s largest creative community.
More Recently
In Spring of 2023 began installing Solar Charging Stations, a project the will improve the digital equity in multi community spaces. The first solar station at the 29th Street Community Center this week! The funding for these prototypes was obtained by Aaron Kauffman and the Central Baltimore Partnership, thanks so much! Please let us know if there are any development projects that could use free wi-fi, send us an email, frontdesk@openworksbmore.com!
State of space 2023
This mid-year check-in with the Open Works leadership team updates the community on with accomplishments and shares insight on our vision for the rest of the year. Watch Now.
Notable Projects
In 2023, Will Holman, Executive Director at Open Works announced plans to expand to the west side of Baltimore in partnership with Coppin State University (CSU).
In 2022, Open Works passed MD SB453, a first-in-the-nation funding bill for makerspaces. The Maker Policy Playbook uses the story of that process to illustrate how to advocate for maker-friendly policies in your community! At the end of the book, an open-source toolkit includes the policy paper, legislation, social media graphics, and op-ed used in our successful campaign. The PDF download also includes hyperlinks to digital copies of these documents to make them easy to remix and reuse in other campaigns. Get you free download: bit.ly/MakerPolicyPlaybook
Make it Happen at Open Works
Looking for something else? Open Works has all the tools and resources you need to bring an idea to life, learn a new skill, find a space for your new business and so much more.
Contact Us
1400 Greenmount Ave,
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 862-0424
frontdesk@openworksbmore.com
Hours of Operation
M-F 9am to 9pm
S-Su 9am to 5pm
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