This July 7th 2016 METRO and City of Los Angeles launched a new bike share program. The Reef is one of the Downtown Los Angeles locations, We are thrilled!
It’s a great thing to get people excited about and a great bonus for us at Maker City LA!
Learn More: https://bikeshare.metro.net/
Maker City LA is proud to announce a partnership with California Institute for The Arts (CalArts), whereby the internationally recognized institution for the performing and visual arts will program a joint CalArts/REEF/Maker City LA residency through September 2015.
This program offers CalArts graduates from the School of Critical Studies and the School of Art a unique opportunity to continue their ambitious practices in a public context as they transition from the institution. The CalArts REEF residency fosters a significant connection between writing and art making and aims to select artists whose projects require the support of a studio and resources at crucial points in their early careers.
We are thrilled to welcome the following artists into the program:
Elliot Vrendenburg – MA, School of Critical Studies, Aesthetics and Politics Program
Emerson Whitney – MFA, School of Critical Studies, Creative Writing Program
Danielle Bustillo – MFA, School of Art, Art and Technology Program
Eve Lauryn La Fountain –MFA, School of Art, Photo and Media Program and School of Film/Video, Film/Video Program
These graduates promise to fulfill diverse and engaged studio projects over the next six months. We look forward to seeing their work as they progress through their residencies.
The current residency runs April - September, 2015 in the Maker City LA AIR space (suite 1150)
Stay tuned...
Loving this nod to Maker City home base, The Reef, as a major player in the DTLA tech start-up scene. Check out the choice except and link to full Los Angeles Times article below:
Another building transformed by the tech economy is the LA Mart, a longtime center for trade that in recent years added a creative space for tech and design companies. The building was rebranded the Reef, which Senior Vice President Ava Bromberg said is meant to conjure a "complete creative habitat" that spurs innovation.
General Assembly — an education institution that offers courses in tech, design and business — opened a downtown L.A. campus at the Reef in December. A venture capital firm recently leased space in the building, and over the next few months, TechShop — a chain of member-based workshops that provides access to tools, training and space — plans to build out a 20,000-square-foot facility there.
Read the full article here.
Earlier this week, TechShop CEO Mark Hatch returned to Maker City LA at The REEF to lead a discussion about the state of LA's tech and innovation landscape with special guests Ava Bromberg (The REEF SVP), Michelle Garakian (Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti) and Brent Bushnell (CEO of Two Bit Circus). Local tech innovators, maker community members, entrepreneurs and potential investors came out to join the conversation and to support TechShop's efforts to open a 9th outpost at The REEF, in downtown LA.
Check out these choice tweets from the event:
What is @techshop? A place for community to partake in the #makermovement -@MarkHatch pic.twitter.com/z0J6VObgYN
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
We can inspire a whole generation to think about what's possible: to do, make, create @techshop town hall #bringtechshoptola
— Maker City LA (@MakerCityLA) May 22, 2014
Michelle Garakian of @LAMayorsOffice starts tonight's tech panel by sharing the Mayor's vision of tech as the bridge for the middle class
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
Er, are you team #SiliconBeach or Team #techLA? Competition much? Between Manufacturing/Contemporary Art/Digital Media LA is a star!
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
We have heritage industries that are phasing out in LA, our innovation capital funders need to step up & invest in LA.
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
Yay new acronyms! Remember STEM? How about STEAM? Science Tech Engineering ARTS and Mathematics.
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
FACT: LA graduates more engineers than anywhere in the country. Let's give them a reason to stay here. #techLA #makercityla
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
How do we spark cross-pollination in LA? Events, physical rallying points, these things are critical...
— Maker City LA (@MakerCityLA) May 22, 2014
.@techshop coming to @MakerCityLA will be such a game changer! Imagine making space , machinery and tools accessible to the people
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
That's a wrap! Thx to @MakerCityLA & @techshop for bringing this discussion together. Here's to keeping the convo going to spur more action!
— Consensus Inc. (@ConsensusLive) May 22, 2014
In March, TechShop announced plans to open in downtown Los Angeles at The REEF. For more information on investing and/or joining the campaign to bring TechShop to Los Angeles, go tohttp://invest.techshop.ws/los-angeles.
Big thanks to new Maker City LA community member Consensus Inc. for live tweeting this event!
LA-based costume designer and host of the darling Costume Cafe Podcast, Colleen Monroe recently interviewed our very own Ava Bromberg about the vision behind The REEF, Maker City LA, and The Atelier - our one-of-a kind creative work-space for fashion/costume/accessory designers and textile artists! It should be noted that this interview took place in the podcast studio, conveniently located in our very own Media Lab! Listen to the full interview here or check out the highlights below:
Ava Bromberg
Urban Planner and Visionary who creates creative spaces for designers and makers to collaborate and learn from one another to forge new breakthroughs in design
The Reef: A Creative Habitat, Los Angeles, California
"Costume and Fashion Designers have really been isolated in their own silo, and I think ideally, they should be in a community with other creators, as well as, learning other skills that help them as 21st century creatives."
- Ava Bromberg
Last week we broke awesome news that TechShop has plans not only to come to LA, but to make The REEF (where Maker City LA is based) their latest home! Friday evening, the San Francisco-based company's CEO Mark Hatch and Founder Jim Newton lead an invigorating information session at Maker City LA about the significance and influence of the Maker Movement. They also shared details about the facility as well as the goals for funding and membership commitment to be achieved over the next four months in order to make TechShop Los Angeles a reality.
Here's a sampling of choice tweets from the evening:
Yay! @techshop is coming to LA! Joining the ecosystem at The Reef. "Welcome to the ground floor, welcome to the revolution." - @MarkHatch
— Jen Uner (@jenuner) March 22, 2014
"We have space here to go nuts!" - @markhatch talking about the debut of @Techshop in LA at The Reef w @makercityLA
— egg productions (@eggproductions) March 22, 2014
The creative class isn't coming. It's already here @techshop #bringtechshoptola #DTLA #makercityla
— Maker City LA (@MakerCityLA) March 22, 2014
"Laser cutter is the gateway drug." @markhatch talking the allure of making at @techshop /space coming to LA! cc @ericgarcetti @makercityLA
— Jen Uner (@jenuner) March 22, 2014
Was fantastic meeting Jim Newton @TechShopJim and @MarkHatch last night @MakerCityLA. Very inspiring. #WeAreTheRevolution
— Carina (@CarinaMinaBoBe) March 22, 2014
Needless to say, we are thrilled about the impending presence of TechShop LA, as it will lead to unprecedented opportunities for collaboration and plenty of DIY goodness for the Maker City LA community.
For more information on investing and/or joining the campaign to bring TechShop to Los Angeles, go tohttp://invest.techshop.ws/los-angeles.