Sunday, August 2 • 10AM–3PM
Join Boston Children’s Museum in celebrating making, creativity, and self expression at our annual CreatedBy Festival. This hands-on, interactive event highlights all things STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) and invites local artists, makers, and creative people to share what they do with Museum visitors in a hands-on way.
Activities
Please note: Activities are subject to change.
Art Lab
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Safety in the Noise: A Collaborative Art Installation
Help contribute to a collaborative art piece with others at the Museum using upcycled materials. This project was developed by the Spare Studio, a second-hand art supply center located in Rockland, MA.
STEAM Lab
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Kintsugi Art Workshop with Sayako Hiroi
Learn about the art of Japanese kintsugi from Boston-based artist Sayako Hiroi. Then create something of your own using broken ceramic and tile pieces in a kintsugi inspired workshop.
The Common
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Watertown Free Public Library
Design your way through several LEGO based building challenges!
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Mountain Lakes Library Makerspace and Braille Forward
Explore tactile, interactive, 3D-printed Braille resources created by the Braille Forward initiative at Mountain Lakes Library Makerspace. Then, add to our community mural using a word printed on a Perkins Brailler.
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MGA (MGenius Academy)
Explore circuits, interact with artificial intelligence robotics demos, and build your own mini toothbrush robot.
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Shadow Joy Lab
Learn about traditional Chinese shadow puppetry and create a shadow puppet of your own to perform with!
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Boston Children’s Museum
Try out stop-motion animation using an iPad camera and small figurines.
Partners
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