We believe that to “make” is to create, through craftsmanship, artistic ingenuity and sheer homegrown talent. The Ormewood Park Makers Festival, presented by SAND, seeks to showcase our local makers, as well as provide an opportunity for community participation and learning. Non-profits and neighborhood organizations are also encouraged to participate in the festival to better engage our neighborhood and the surrounding communities.
When
Saturday, May 18th, 2024.
Where
The Ormewood Park community is conveniently located in Southeast Atlanta, nestled between historic Grant Park and East Atlanta Village. The Makers Festival is a street festival, with workshops and classes taking place around the neighborhood school and churches. All activities are within easy walking distance of the artist market, live music, and food and beverage vendors.
WHAT IS A MAKERS FESTIVAL?
Many friends and neighbors have heard the buzz: Ormewood Park is ramping up for this spring’s Makers Festival. For some, the first question is, “What is a Maker?”
To “make” is to create, through cleverness and skilled hands, everything from handmade fashion and jewelry, to woodworking and blacksmithing, photography and fine art, to food and music.
Every person who can make something is a Maker.
Whether you’re someone who can make something as simple as a Christmas tree ornament or someone who can blow glass or do blacksmithing, you’re considered a Maker. As football player Chris Williamson, a Maker himself, says:
“A maker is anyone that uses their abilities to create, whether it be mechanical, electrical, musical, visual or anything else. This world is full of things that were created by Makers. Without Makers, there would be no innovation and creation. That want of those things, and teaching myself how to make things in order to have them is the engine of everything I have achieved in my whole life up till now… It doesn’t matter what you make, and it doesn’t matter why. The importance is that you are making something.”
So, back to the original question: What is a Makers Festival?
A Makers Festival is an event that provides an opportunity for people to gather, connect as a community, and explore the processes of making. Makers can show off what they make and how they make it through displays, demonstrations, workshops and hands-on activities. Our festival will celebrate innovators, creators and designers, crafters, educators, tinkerers, food artisans, hobbyists, engineers and artists. The Makers Festival will be part arts festival, part crafts fair, and part something entirely new!
Why will you come?
Makers come to show their creations and share their learnings. Attendees find the inspiration to become Makers themselves. It is a platform for people to explore the magic of DIY.
How can you participate?
Interaction is the key to our festival’s success. Could you be, or do you know someone who could be, a Maker providing demonstrations, workshops, make-and-takes, presentations or other related activity? Let us know ASAP. Click the Vendor Application link and fill it out.