Our first week of Summer Camp is in the books! From 3D printing and laser cutting to resin art, soldering, and cardboard engineering, campers explored the Nova Labs makerspace while creating projects that showcased their creativity and new skills.

What happens when a public artist shifts focus from transforming city spaces to creating moments of quiet reflection? Nova Labs resident maker Tamao Nakayama shares her journey back to her Japanese roots, preserving traditional arts through hands-on workshops, cultural experiences, and the launch of her new venture, Tamao Atelier.

The Nova Labs drive team heads for the field, following Perry the Platypus, their 2025 entry in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).

The Nova Labs First Robotics Competition (FRC) team had a rollercoaster of a season! Our goal was to make it to Worlds, and by winning Ashland to compete at Owings Mills and Districts, we all worked hard to achieve that goal. When we did make it to Worlds, we were all blown away by the sheer enormity of the convention center, and by the creativity and uniqueness of all the other teams' robots and their approaches to problem solving. Waiting to find out if we might be chosen

Summer Camps are Open for Registration This summer, take time to MAKE! Spark and unlock your child’s creativity with a camp at Nova Labs MakerSchool. Your YOUNG MAKERS (K-3rd grade) can become a LEGO master builder, a wizard, or an artist. These camps provide rich, creative environments for our youngest makers to soak up the maker ethos. Your KID MAKER (4th - 6th grade) will get to build space stations, windmills, castles, catapults, lashed together bamboo structures, and mor

This year Makerschool was grateful to receive grant support from the VELA Education Fund, which focuses on non-traditional and new approaches to education. VELA recently featured Makerschool in a “Selfie” video story about the work we are doing, and had a great writeup on the VELA blog: This fall, a team of instructors hosted a weekend workshop for teen girls to learn welding, woodshop, and metalshop skills. During the worst of the pandemic, Nova Labs even hosted a “makerscho

NL Makers Repairing Old Sewing Machines: Revived & Reused for Refugees’ Economic Prospects, for Women’s Health, and for the Environment Article by MakerSchool English 7th-12th Grade Class Interview of Isaac Zama and Kathy McCabe conducted by MakerSchool English 7th-12th Grade Class Edited by Melanie Cameron Nova Labs Makers are making with a purpose! Sewing machines destined for landfills are given new life, and women who have lost their homes and livelihoods are being given