WELCOME
The Champaign-Urbana (CU) Community Fab Lab is a makerspace located on the University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign campus. For those who may not have heard of makerspaces before, a makerspace is a place where people with shared interests can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment, and knowledge. In our makerspace, you’ll find tools and software you can learn and utilize to make projects all your own. During open hours, we are open to visitors from all around the community and campus.
MISSION:
Access for all: Inspire creativity, discovery, and dynamic learning
The Champaign-Urbana (CU) Community Fab Lab supports campus and community members through research, university courses, community engagement and programming, professional development, youth summer camps, and design and fabrication support for all students, staff, faculty, and community members. We seek to play a boundary spanning role across those areas and intersect with on- and off-campus communities. We are committed to creating an open, community-oriented, and capacity-building makerspace, fostering a dynamic experiential learning environment, and sparking interdisciplinary groundbreaking discoveries.
Upcoming Events
Mending Workshop
November 9 | 11 - 1 PM
We'll discuss the heartfelt act of repair; demonstrate how to patch and darn, then start stitching in groups.
Holiday Ornament Making
November 22 | 12 - 3 PM
Learn how to design and cut ornaments using our laser cutters and get hands-on help making something unique to take home ($5).
Holiday Maker Fest
December 6 | 12 - 4 PM
Come join us for a day of holiday making! We will have many hands-on activities for all ages. Local maker vendors will be here with their hand-made goods for sale. All funds raised will support the CU Community Fab Lab and Youth Summer Camps! Free event and no registration required.
WHAT WE DO:
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
makers and
learners
MAKING IN THE LAB
UIUC COURSES
WORKSHOPS
SUMMER CAMPS
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