Make - Create - Collaborate
Mission: Supporting makers with the space, equipment, education, and community to create a spark in their creativity.
Vision: To be a vibrant community hub for making, creativity, and collaboration in southeastern CT.
Spark MakerSpace is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law (EIN: 47-5056168).
In this interim period please log in and enjoy our virtual programming!
Virtual Electronics Night
You're invited 6-7 PM Thursday nights! Have the quarantine blues? Miss electronics night at spark? Join us this Thursday and every Thursday through the end of May. We'll be sharing what we've been working on, what cool stuff we're doing, and what's keeping our spirits up while we're all stuck at home. Email electronics@sparkmakerspace.org ahead of the Virtual Electronics Meetup. All are welcome!
Join our Friday Drawing Night
Join us for Friday Drawing Night! 6-7 pm. We've been drawing virtual still-lifes and the human figure. Please note: We may be drawing nudes.
Attention Members!
In precaution, and to help stop/slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus Spark Makerspace will be open to a limited capacity. We are calling this our phase one opening.
Spark Makerspace is open to members at a limited capacity from 6AM to 10PM, 7 days a week.
Please note that safety cleaning and sanitization will still be done every day between the hours of 9 and 10 AM. (So that bathroom are clean every 24 hours and cleaning solutions are mixed and potent)
During this phase, Spark Makerspace will not be providing any new tool or station certification classes and members are limited to stations they have already been previously certified per the station leads. We will also not be taking on any new members at this time.
Sign up to be on the membership/tour waiting list: here
Members must comply with this safety protocol while in Spark Makerspace, which includes all the station-specific protocols. This guide will be updated as the situation evolves.
Please see protocol: here
Book a station and time: here
If it is your first time booking a station please create a login
Spark would like to always be a safe space for creative minds. In the wake of this pandemic, we want to be safe and responsible and are thinking of the safety of our membership. Please stay safe, stay positive, stay creative, and stay making.
Wishing you all the best,
Spark Makerspace
If you have any questions or concerns please email casey@sparkmakerspace.org
"Spark is a dynamic, collaborative hub on upper State Street; a place where people of diverse backgrounds come together for the common purpose of sharing, making, and creating in community. Spark offers New London the unique opportunity to support and join community collaboration to help change the course of our increasingly polarized lives." - Ashby Carilse (Board Member)
CONNECT
WITH US:
HOURS
Member Access:
Every Day 6am - 10p
New Member Signup:
We currently aren't taking new members to Covid.
HOW IT WORKS
Spark Makerspace is a community workshop and learning center. For a small monthly membership fee, we provide access to tools, equipment, and work space for a wide variety of making activities, including art, woodworking, electronics, and more!
OUR PARTNERS, FRIENDS, AND SPONSORS
OUR STORIES
Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation
BUILDING SPARK!
EVENTS
Check out our calendar of events to see upcoming classes, meet-ups, and group projects! Many of these events are open to the public, and we'd like to invite everyone to show up, get involved, and see what Spark is all about!