Classes and Workshops
Intro to Arduino
Saturday, May 25th – Sunday, May 26th – Saturday, June 1st – Sunday, June 2nd : 12 – 3pm
Fees for this class are $250 for the general public and $225 for Machine Project members. All materials included..
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Light-Sensitive Oscillators: Learn to Make Sound Circuits
Sunday, June 16th : 12 – 4pm
Fees for this class are $85 for the general public and $75 for Machine Project members. All materials included..
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Refund Policy
Please note: All class fees include a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $25 that will be deducted from your refund if you sign up for, then drop, a class.
So, for example, if you sign up for Machine Sewing 101 and pay the $155 class fee, but then remember that you have trapeze school final exams that conflict with the Sewing class and shouldn’t have signed up after all, we will refund you $130 of your tuition payment.
Gift Certificate Purchase:
If you have a Machine Project gift certificate you’d like to redeem for a class, please email us at machine@machineproject.com and let us know!
Class Ideas?
Do you have any suggestions of workshops you’d like to see at Machine Project?
Email m@machineproject.com and let us know!
Past classes:
The classes below are over, but if you have interest in any of them, please let us know!
Architectural Drafting for Hackers, Makers and Visionary Dilettantes
With Anne Hars. May 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th & June 4th, 5th : 7-10pm
Guitar Pedal Workshop
With Paul Rothman. May 16th : 7-10pm
Yodels of the World
With Kate Conklin. April 27th : 3 – 5pm
Pantomime Workshop
With Kate Conklin and Benedikt Negro. April 22nd : 7 – 9pm
Glitch Art Workshop
With Phillip Stearns. Saturday, April 13th : 1 – 5pm
Bulgarian Folk Singing
With Kate Conklin. Saturday, March 30 : 3 – 5pm
Embroidery for Artists
With Jenny Hart. Sunday, March 3rd : noon – 3pm
DIY Tonic & Bitters Class
With John Park. Tuesday, February 12th : 7 – 10pm
Lie Detector Workshop
With Chris Kallmyer. Thursday, February 7th : 8 – 11pm
Musical Soldering Workshop
With Mark Allen. Tuesday, February 5th : 8 – 11pm
Mind Reading Workshop
With Krystal Krunch. Sunday, February 3rd : Noon – 3pm
Field Recording Workshop
With Clay Chaplin. Saturday, January 26th : Noon – 2:30pm / Sunday, January 27th : 2 – 6pm
Gastrochromatography
With Chelsea Martinez. Tuesday, January 15th / 7 – 9pm
Experiments in Hydraulics and Pneumatics
With Nick Rodrigues. Saturday, December 1st & Sunday, December 2nd / 12 – 3pm
Drawing & Drones 2
With Melissa Manfull & Sublamp. Sunday, November 25th / 11am – 3pm
Bulgarian Singing Workshop
With Kate Conklin. Sunday, November 18th / 3 – 5pm
FLOWERS DREAMING THE ELEVATION ALLEGIANCE: A (Soma)tic Poetry Workshop
CAConrad. Saturday, November 17th / 12 -3pm
Intro to Arduino
With Scott Cazan. Saturday, November 3rd / Sunday, November 4th & Saturday, November 10th : 12 – 3pm
Mask-Making Workshop
With Joe Seely. Tuesday, October 23rd & Thursday, October 25th : 7 – 10pm
Third Eye Workshop
With Tim Perkis and Sara Roberts. Sunday, October 21st : 10am to 4pm
Ghosts!
With Chris Weisbart. Thursday, October 11th : 7 – 10pm
Bodies, Sensors and Sound.
Natalie Metzger and Stephanie Smith : Sunday, September 23rd – Saturday, September 29th – Sunday, September 30th : 12 – 3pm
Public Labs Map Making Workshop.
With Stewart Long. Sunday, September 23rd : 11am – 5pm
Noise Object Workshop and Group Sound Experiment.
With Brian Crabtree & Sara Roberts. Tuesday, September 11th 2012 : 7 – 10pm
Staple Draping Workshop.
With Laura Brody. Sunday, September 9th 2012 : 11am – 3pm
Motors and Mechanisms.
With Michael Kontopoulos. Sunday, June 10th, Saturday, June 16th, Sunday, June 17th 11am – 2pm
Mask-Making Workshop.
With Joe Seely. Sunday, May 6th & Saturday, May 12th
Special Theatrical Effects Workshop.
With Chris Weisbart. Saturday, April 28th 2012
Intro to Electronics.
Taught by Elisabeth McMullin. Saturday 4/21, Sunday 4/22, Saturday 4/28, Sunday 4/29
Sound Synthesis Class.
Taught by Christopher Mckinlay. Saturday 3/17 Saturday 3/24 Saturday 3/31 Saturday 4/7
Intro to Microcontrollers with Arduino.
With Elisabeth McMullin. Saturday 1/28 Sunday 1/29 Saturday 2/4 Sunday 2/5.
P.I.E. (Personal Immersive Environments).
With Amy Jo Diaz and Casey Hughes. Sunday, January 15th 2012.
Drawing Plants, Not The Usual Approach.
Taught by Mercedes Teixido. Saturday, November 19th 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding.
With Matt Jones. Sunday, November 13th, 2011.
Introduction to Bookbinding.
With Kristin St.John. Saturday, November 12th 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday, October 30th, 2011.
Exploration of Millinery: Unconventional Materials
With Corina Haywood. Saturday, October 22nd 2011.
Drawing and Drones
With Gail Swanlund & Brian Saia. Sunday, October 9th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday, October 2nd, 2011.
Intro to Oxyacetylene Torch Welding Class
With Matt Jones. Sunday, September 25th, 2011.
Intro to Millinery: Felt Hats
With Corina Haywood. Saturday, August 27th & Sunday, August 28th, 2011.
Exploration of Millinery: Sculptural Straw Hats Class
With Corina Haywood. Tuesday, August 16th & Thursday, August 18th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday August 28th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday August 14th, 2011.
Intro to Oxyacetylene Torch Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday August 7th, 2011..
Introduction to Microcontrollers with Arduino
Tuesday August 2nd, 2011.
Exploration of Millinery
With Corina Haywood. Sunday July 30th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday July 24th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday July 10th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday, June 26th, 2001.
Sound Synthesis Class
With Christopher McKinlay. Tuesday June 14th, Saturday June 18th, Tuesday June 21st, Saturday June 25th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday June 5th, 2011.
Sounds Around the Home
With Rick Potts. Sunday May 29th, 2011.
Sound Recording/Engineering Class
With Christopher McKinlay and Jonathan Snipes. Tuesday May 24th, Saturday May 28th, Tuesday May 31st, Saturday June 4th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday May 8th, 2011.
Intro to Max/MSP
With Elisabeth McMullin and Casey Anderson. Thursdays May 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th, 2011.
Information Design: Visualizing Data
With Djego Padilla. Saturday April 16th, Sunday April 17th, Saturday April 23rd, 2011.
POST-BOOK: Bound sequences unbound. A workshop in designing for print
With Djego Padilla. Saturday April 16th, Sunday April 17th, Saturday April 23rd, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday April 10th, 2011.
Intro to Millinery: Felt Hats
With Corina Haywood. Saturday April 9th and Sunday April 10th, 2011.
Programming the iPhone 101
With Chandler McWilliams. Tuesdays March 22nd and 29th, and Thursdays March 24th and 31st, 2011.
Musical Soldering Workshop
With Chris Kallmyer and Scott Cazan. Sunday March 13th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday March 13th, 2011.
Intro to Arduino
With Elisabeth McMullin. Tuesday March 8th, Thursday March 10th, Tuesday March 15th, Monday March 21st, 2011.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley. Sundays February 27th, March 6th, March 13th, 2011.
Intro to Processing
With Chandler McWilliams. Tuesdays February 22nd and March 1st, Thursdays February 24th and March 3rd, 2011.
Basic Electronics for Artists
With Casey Anderson. Mondays February 21st and 28th, Mondays March 7th and 14th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday, February 20th, 2011.
Basic Electronics for Artists
With Casey Anderson. Tuesdays February 8th and 15th, and Thursdays February 10th and 17th.
Online Sci Fi Writing Course
With Mark von Schlegell. 10-week course begins February 7th, 2011.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday, January 23rd, 2011.
Intro to Millinery: Fascinators
With Corina Haywood. Saturday, January 22nd, 2011.
Crocheted Balls + Fingerless Gloves
With Cheryl Cambras. Sunday, January 16th, 2011.
The Good Kids’ Guide to Being a Bit Bad: Cars Edition
With Tom Jennings and Jason Torchinsky. Saturday, January 8th, 2011.
Make Your Own Ginger Ale and Root Beer
With Joel Fox. Saturday December 18th, 2010.
Build and Play a Portable “Electric Eel” Synthesizer
With Noah Vawter. Saturday December 11th, Monday December 13th, Wednesday December 15th, Friday December 17th, 2010.
Typography Workshop: Potato-Type Ransom Notes
With Micah Hahn, Spencer Cross and Cinema Speakeasy. Sunday December 5th, 2010.
David Tudor’s Rainforest IV: A sound installation workshop
With Casey Anderson. Saturday December 4th + Sunday December 5th, 2010.
Introduction to Millinery: Felt Hats
With Corina Haywood. Saturday November 20th + Sunday November 21st, 2010.
The Transparent Substrate: Paper-making with Beets
With Julia Goodman and Scott Cazan. Saturday November 13th, 2010.
Introduction to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday November 7th, 2010.
Introduction to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday October 24th, 2010.
Introduction to Millinery: Fascinators
With Corina Haywood. Sunday October 17th, 2010.
Multimedia Effects in the Haunted Mansion
With Chris Weisbart. Saturday October 16th, and second session Sunday October 17th, 2010.
Proto-Chiptunes: A DIY digital synthesis Workshop
With Phil Stearns. Saturday October 9th, 2010.
Introduction to Crochet: Make your own Jellyfish
With Cheryl Cambras. Saturday September 11th + 12th, 2010.
Introduction to Millinery: Fascinator Class
With Corina Haywood. Saturday September 12th, 2010.
Introduction to Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday September 12th, 2010.
Knot-Tying Workshop
With Tim Phillips. Monday September 13th 7-9pm.
Pinhole Camera Workshop
With j.frede. Sunday August 15th, 2010.
Amateur Bicycle Mechanics: Parent and Child Edition, + Intro to Junkyard Salvaging
With Mister Jalopy, Jesse and Randy. Tuesday August 10th, 2010.
Amplified Party + Contact Microphone Workshop
With Casey Anderson and John P. Hastings. Saturday July 31st, 2010.
Information Design: Transforming data into information, information into knowledge, and knowledge into stories
With Djego Padilla. Tuesday July 27th, Wednesday July 28th, Thursday July 29th, Friday July 30th, 2010.
Intro to Processing
With Chandler McWilliams. Sundays July 25th & August 1st, 2010 and Mondays July 26th & August 2nd, 2010.
Visual Effects Workshop: Green Screen for Beginners
With Chad Goei. Saturdays July 17th, 24th, & 31st, 2010.
The Alphametaphorm & the Typescape: Typographic Workshop
With Djego Padilla. Tuesday July 13th, Wednesday July 14th, Thursday July 15th, Friday July 16th, 2010.
Field Recording Workshop
With Clay Chaplin. Saturday June 12th & Saturday June 19th, 2010.
My Open Arduino EEG Class
With Aaron Bocanegra. Mondays June 7th – July 12th, 2010.
Automatic Speech Recognition Class
With Joseph Tepperman. Thursday June 3rd, Sunday June 6th, Thursday June 10th, Sunday June 13th, 2010.
Intermediate Welding for Aesthetes
With Christopher McCormick. Tuesday May 11th, Thursday May 13th, Tuesday May 18th, Thursday May 20th, 2010.
Sound Synthesis Workshop
With Christopher Mckinlay. Saturday May 1st, Thursday May 6th, Saturday May 8th, Thursday May 13th, Saturday May 15th, 2010.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday April 25th, 2010.
Paleolithic Net-making Workshop
With Mike Metzger. Saturday April 17th, 2010.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday April 11th, 2010.
Paleolithic Bone Tools Workshop
With Mike Metzger. Saturday April 10th, 2010.
Sensors and Pattern Recognition
With Heather-Marie Knight. Wednesday April 7th, Saturday April 10th, & Wednesday April 14th, 2010.
Intro to Arduino
With Carlyn Maw. Sundays April 4th & 11th, 2010 & Thursdays April 8th & April 15th, 2010.
Intro to MIG Welding
with Matt Jones. Sunday March 28th, 2010.
Intro to Electronics
With Carlyn Maw. Sundays March 21st & 28th & Thursdays March 25th & April 1st, 2010.
Intermediate Sewing 102: Pattern-making and Alterations
With Annie O’Malley. Saturdays March 20th, 27th, and April 3rd 2010.
Intro to MIG Welding
With Matt Jones. Sunday March 7th, 2010.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley. Saturdays Feb 13th, 20th, and 27th, 2010.
Soldering
With Brian Crabtree & Kelli Cain. Saturday, Feb 6th, 2010.
Ableton Live
With Steve Nalepa. Saturday Feb 6th, 2010.
Introduction to Bookbinding
With Kristen St. John. Jan 12th, 14th & 19th, 2010.
Musical Soldering Workshop
With Mark Allen. Jan 7th, 2010.
Introduction to Motors and Mechanisms
With Michael Kontopoulos. Jan 3rd, 6th & 9th, 2010.
Echo Park Medicinal Forage
With Nance Klehm. Wednesday, Dec 7th, 7-8:30pm, 2009.
Basic Soldering: Mignonette Game Kit
With Rolf Widenfelt. Saturday, Nov 21st, 12-3pm, 2009.
Programming the iPhone 101
With Chandler McWilliams. 4 sessions in November, 2009.
Paleolithic Skills & Survival Workshop series
With Mike Metzger. Oct 31, Nov 1, Nov 14, Nov 15th, 2009.
Monster Prop & Costume Workshop
With Hunter Jackson. 6 sessions in October, 2009.
Sensors and Pattern Recognition
With Heather Knight. 4 sessions in September, 2009.
Kraut Fest 2009!
With Mark Frauenfelder, Erik Knutzen, Kelly Coyne, Jean-Paul Monsche, and Oghee “Granny” Choe. September 6th, 2009.
Make Your Own Pizza Dough & Oven-building Workshop
With Michael O’Malley. Sept 12 & 13, 2009.
Beginning + Intermediate Tabla
With Robin Sukhadia. Sunday, August 30th, 2009.
Build Your Own Hydrophone Workshop
With Clay Chaplin. Aug 16th & 23rd, 2009.
Monster Prop and Costume Workshop
With Hunter Jackson. Aug 4, 6, 11, 13, 2009.
Musical Soldering Workshop: CRITTER Edition
With Mark Allen. July 25, 2009.
Programming the iPhone 101
With Chandler McWilliams. July 5, 8, 12, 16.
Introduction to JITTER: Visual Media in Max/MSP
With Perry Hoberman. June 18, 23, 25, 30, 2009.
Machine Sewing 102: Pattern-making and Alteration
With Annie O’Malley, this is an intermediate level sewing class. Sundays May 17th, 24th, and 31st, 2009.
The Command-line Ecosystem… hidden on your Mac
With Gregory Whitescarver. Sunday, May 10th, 2009.
Basic Electronics Class
With Lewis Keller. Saturdays May 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd, 2-5pm.
Max/MSP for monome users
With Brian Crabtree. NOT for beginners! Thursday, April 16th, 2009.
Field Recording Workshop
With Clay Chaplin, two part workshop – Part 1 on Sunday, April 5th, Part 2 on Saturday, April 11th, 2009.
Computer Music Gaming: Intro to SuperCollider
With Ezra Buchla. Saturday March 7th, 2009.
Intro to Soldering/Build Your Own Synth workshop
With Palle Henckel. Saturday February 21st, 2009.
Intro to Processing
With Chandler McWilliams. Two Saturdays Feb 14th & 21st, and two Mondays Feb 16th & 23rd, 2009.
Intro to Max/MSP
With Lewis Keller. Sundays Feb 8th, 15th, 22nd and March 1st, 2009.
Intro to Arduino
With Elisabeth McMullin, Saturdays Jan 24th & 31st, 2009 and Sundays Jan 25th & Feb 1st, 2009.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley. Saturday Jan 31st, Saturday Feb 7th, and Sunday Feb 8th, 2009.
Motors and Mechanisms
With Jason Torchinsky. January 17th & 18th, 2009.
Introduction to Crochet
With Cheryl Cambras. January 17th & 18th, 2009.
Intro to Soldering
With Mark Allen. January 11th, 2009.
Introduction to Arduino
With Jacob Tonski. 4 class meetings, Sundays, November 16th and 23rd; Mondays, November 17th and 24th, 2008.
Intermediate Circuitbending
With Phil Stearns. Two-day workshop, Saturday October 25th and Sunday October 26th, 2008.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley. Sundays Sept 21st, 28th and Oct 5th, 2008.
Introduction to Processing
With Chandler McWilliams. Saturday Sept 6th and 13th and Tuesday Sept 9th and 16th, 2008.
Unix for N00bz: How to Access Your Files From Anywhere
With Ryan O’Toole. Tuesday July 22nd, 2008.
Ghillie Suit Construction Workshop
With Hanna Rose Shell. Saturday July 5th, 2008.
Basic Crochet + Amigurumi Workshop
With Cheryl Cambras. Saturday June 7th, and (optional) Sunday June 8th, 2008.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley, 3 consecutive Saturdays, May 10th, 17th, and 24th, 2008.
Basic Electronics
With Lewis Keller, Sundays May 11th and 18th, Tuesdays May 13th and 20th, 2008.
Max/MSP/Jitter
With Brian Crabtree, April 22, 24, 29, May 1 (four meetings) Tuesdays and Thursdays 2008.
Felt + Circuits Workshop
With Brian Crabtree and Kelli Cain, April 19, 26, May 3 (three meetings), Saturdays, 2008.
Instrument Invention Workshop
With Walter Kitundu, Saturday, April 12, 2008.
Henna Workshop
With Saroj Sukhadia, Sunday, March 23, 2008.
Daal 101: Cooking Workshop
With Saroj Sukhadia, Saturday, March 22, 2008.
Ongoing Tabla classes through mid-April!
With Robin Sukhadia. 2008.
Living Kitchen Workshops
With Nance Klehm; Pickling on Monday Feb 18th, Cheese-making on Monday March 3rd, and Wine-making on Monday March 10th, 2008.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley. Saturdays Feb 9th, 16th, and 23rd, 2008.
Introduction to Microcontrollers with Arduino
With Mark Allen. Two Saturday afternoons January 5th and 12th and two Wednesday evenings January 9th and 16th, 2007.
Intro to Electronics + Circuitbending
With Phil Stearns. Saturday December 8th, 2007.
Tissue culturing workshop
With Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr of SymbioticA. Sunday Dec 2nd, 2007.
Bionic Arduino! Introduction to Microcontrollers with Arduino
With Tod Kurt. Sundays Nov 11 & 18, and 2 Tuesdays Nov 13 & 20, 2007.
Do-It-Yourself Community Wireless Networking AKA How the Internet Works
With Ryan O’Toole. Saturday November 17th, 2007.
Introduction to Robotic Art
With Douglas Repetto. Sunday October 14th and Saturday October 20th, 2007.
Animatronic Ghost Workshop
With Joseph L. Girandola. Sunday October 7th, 2007.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley. Sept 29 & October 6 (Saturdays), 2007.
Introduction to PD
With Lewis Keller. Sept 9th + 16th (Sundays 12-4) and Sept 11th & 18th (Tuesday nights), 2007.
Introduction to Processing: Computer Programming for Artists
With Mark Allen. Thursdays August 2, 9 and Sundays 5, 12, 2007.
Build a blubber bot
With Jed Berk. Saturday June 30th, 2007.
Electronics for Artists
With Mark Allen. Sundays June 10 & 17, and Tuesdays June 12 & 19, 2007.
I CAN HAS VAR?
With Mark Allen. Saturday June 16th, 2007.
Webhosting Bootcamp
With Jason Brown. Sunday May 13th, 2007.
Tubez 4 Noobz
With Jason Brown. Tuesday May 22nd & Tuesday May 29th, 2007.
Max/MSP class
With Jonathan Zalben. Sundays May 13, 20, and 27, 2007.
I need a website now! Basics of building your own webpage
With Jason Brown. 2007.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’Malley. April 21st & 28th, 2007.
Felt+Circuits
With Kelli Cain & Brian Crabtree. Sundays, March 11 – April 1, 2007.
MAX/MSP
With Brian Crabtree. Thursdays, March 8 – March 29, 2007.
Fabrications and Alterations: Used Garment Couture (Intermediate sewing)
With Ellen McCartney and Jessica Hutchins. Sunday Feb 11th and 18th, 2007.
Sewing + Electronics
With Syuzi Pakhchyan. Saturday February 10th, 2007.
Graphic Design for N00bz
With Ben Benjamin. 2 Sundays, January 14th and 21st, 2007.
Introduction to Solar Robotics
With Mark Allen. Sunday Dec 3rd, 2006.
Machine Sewing 101
With Julie Schworm. Saturday, Dec 2nd and Saturday Dec 9th, 2006.
Machine Sewing 101
With Leah Piehl. Saturday, Nov. 18th and Sunday Nov. 19th, 2006.
Square waves for beginners
With Mark Allen. September 30th, 2006.
Spooky Projects – Introduction to Microcontrollers with Arduino
With Tod E. Kurt. October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2006.
Max/Jitter
With B. Dean. June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2006.
Graphic Design for N00bs
With Ben Benjamin. August 5th, 2006.
Machine Sewing 101
With Annie O’ Malley. July 22nd and 29th, 2006.
Web design for N00bs
With Jason Brown. 2006.
Circuit design and fabrication = sound objects
With Brian Crabtree. Feb 18th, 2006.
Programming Digital Media in OSX with Python
With Andy Kopra. Jan 29th, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, 2006.
Good walls make good neighbors – an introduction to basic construction
With Ryan Taber. January 8th, 15th, 22nd, 2006.
A build your own noise thing workshop spectacular
With Silent G, The Logic, and Mark Allen. December 11th, 2005.
Machine sewing
With Mercedes Teixido. Nov 5th and 6th, 2005.
Hyperbolic Crochet
With Daina Taimina, Christine Wertheim, and Margaret Wertheim. August 7th.
MAX/MSP/JITTER
With Brian Crabtree. July 31st, August 14th, 21st and 28th, 2005.
Electron Wrangling for Beginners
With Mark Allen. June 12th- July 3rd, 2005.
Introduction to Processing
With Krister Olsson. 2005.
Electron Wrangling for Beginners
With Mark Allen. 2005.
Introduction to Electronics for Artists
With Mark Allen. 2005.
max/msp/jitter
With Brian Crabtree. 2005.