White Paper: Maker Faire Long Island and the Long Island Explorium 2024
May 31, 2024
Introduction Maker Faire Long Island is an annual event that brings together makers, innovators, and creative minds to showcase their projects and
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What is Maker Faire?
Maker Faire is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show hobbies, experiments, projects.
We call it the Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth - a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness.
Glimpse the future and get inspired!
The Maker Faire Long Island Call for Makers is open but with very limited exhibits left #LIMakerFaire. Please email limakerfaire@longislandexplorium.org for inquiries.
The Maker Faire Long Island can’t happen without Volunteers! We need people willing to help put on the “Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth” for everyone in our community.
Come to the Maker Faire Long Island!
Maker Faire Long Island 2025 at Stony Brook University
The Long Island Explorium is proud to present the 8th Annual Maker Faire Long Island on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at Stony Brook University—Long Island’s premier academic and research institution.
As part of the global Maker Faire brand, this event celebrates creativity and innovation across Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM). The Faire brings together 100+ makers and welcomes over 2,000 attendees of all ages for an inspiring day of discovery, learning, and fun.
Attendees can experience everything from cutting-edge robotics, kinetic and interactive art, and engineering marvels to hands-on workshops, live demonstrations, and spectacular performances. By merging the classic science fair with innovation, artistry, and engineering excellence, Maker Faire has earned its reputation as the “Greatest Show & Tell on Earth.”
The move to Stony Brook University marks an exciting new chapter, offering expanded space, increased accessibility, and fresh opportunities to engage with a diverse lineup of makers and creators. Since 2015, Maker Faire Long Island has grown into a signature event for the New York Tri-State area, attracting makers, educators, families, and curious minds from across the region and beyond.
Whether you’re a maker, a learner, or simply an enthusiast, we invite you to join us for a day of innovation, creativity, and community spirit at this year’s Maker Faire Long
Island.
See the web version of the press release here: https://longisland.makerfaire.com/news/
Apply as a Maker today at: https://longisland.makerfaire.com/call-for-makers/
Early Bird Tickets are on sale now: https://maker-faire-long-island-2025.eventbrite.es
See Some of Our 2025 Makers.
ImpressArt Studio Hand-Stamping
ImpressArt Studio is a creative space where friends and family can come together to design and create personalized metal jewelry, in a fun, hands-on and inspiring environment. Our classes offer a unique and interactive experience, perfect for beginners or seasoned makers alike, where you can learn something new or expand your crafting knowledge. Join us to bring your custom jewelry and more hand-stamping projects to life at ImpressArt Studio!
Long Island Droid Builders
Long Island Droid Builders We are in the Long Island area of New York. Our members have custom built their own life size, operational droids including R2-D2 from Star Wars as well as robots from Doctor Who. We operate them for charitable and community events.
FIRST Long Island Robotics
FIRST Long Island is the non-profit all volunteer organization that administers FIRST Robotics Competitions for students K-12 on Long Island. Over 5,000 students are building robots for friendly competitions in four different age and skills groups.
404: Boring Not Found
404: Boring Not Found is a playful collection of interactive little machines that blink, sing, nod, and respond to your presence. Behind them are sensors, motors, Arduino, and visual programming—but more importantly, they are built for fun, for inter
Kaiju Alotl
Elliot Langston makes intricate Kaijus and Anime characters out of pipe cleaners. He is excited to teach you how to make Kaijus. https://kaijualotl.com/
Stony Brook Solar Electric Boat
Stony Brook Solar Racing is a student-led design team dedicated to designing and building high-performance solar electric boats for two annual competitions: Solar Splash and Promoting Electric Propulsion (PEP). Each year, the team constructs two vessels—a manned and an unmanned. The manned boat is 14 feet long, runs on 36 volts, and controlled via throttle and steering levers. For Solar Splash, solar panels are mounted to continuously recharge the batteries. The unmanned vessel, which competes exclusively in PEP, is a half-scale model of the manned vessel, and was originally remote controlled, but is currently getting upgraded for autonomous operation.
Princesses with Powertools: Learn to Hand Drill
Perfect for kids (and kids at heart)! Learn to use your first powertool from our amazing women engineers dressed as princesses, and find out why #brilliantisbeautiful! You’ll leave with a customized constellation projector you made yourself!
M0SA1CS
This interactive installation places audiences in a mosaic of RGB pixels, placed in a mosaic-esque, warped time and space, reflecting on the perfect illusions of the digital world, under which images, spacetime, and even identity can be pixelated.
What to Expect: Scenes from Previous Year’s Maker Faire Long Island
