Workshops
All workshops are for age 12 and older unless otherwise specified. Parents must come inside to fill out a minor liability waiver for children under 18 (unless previously filled out). Some workshops have limited seats available, see descriptions for details.
Pre-registration is required, and payment is due at the time of registration. Virtual workshops will send out room links 24-48 hours before a class. Virtual workshops with kits will coordinate pick-up of kits. Please direct any questions to contact@bloominglabs.org.
More workshops are still being added. Please join our announcement mailing list or follow us on Twitter! How to follow us
If there is a specific workshop you would like to see, let us know! We have a Google form: Waitlist and Interest Sign-ups. You can fill this out once for every desired workshop.
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September 2021
October 2021
Introduction to Welding: Level 0
Saturday, October 9th, 2021 – Noon-5 PM
- Format: In-Person
- Cost: $85, or $60 for members
- Maximum Class Size: 12
No experience required. Learn and practice 4 types of welding: Mig, Tig, Stick(Arc), and Oxygen-Acetylene. 30 min safety intro, then 4 stations with 2-3 attendees each for a demo on the welder and time to practice before rotating to the next. This is an introductory class intended to teach safe use so that you can practice during public nights. Required: Please wear leather closed-toed shoes, long sleeves and pants (NOT synthetic; wear denim, cotton, wool, or leather), and any hair or jewelry bound. Suggested: Please bring any of the following if you already have at home: Respirator, P100, or KN95 mask; leather gloves; welding helmet.
Ongoing
Introduction to Parkour
Mondays -- 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Format: In-Person, at Bloominglabs, 1840 S. Walnut St, Bloomington, IN
- Cost: Drop-ins welcome, individual sessions are $15 ($10 for Bloominglabs members.) Pay cash or card on location.
Always wanted to learn Parkour? Take the leap, with our in-depth Basic Parkour class: brought to you by BPK and Bloominglabs! You’ll learn all the fundamentals of the Art of Movement, in a safe and fun environment.
Study Group: Hackerspace Backend Software Infrastructure
Thursdays -- 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Format: In-Person (remote cast on request)
- Pricing: $5 a night for drop-ins at the door (cash, check, or card), Free for members
Are you interested in networks, business programs, or management software? For job skills, to try it out, to prepare for your side hustle? Come play with our systems! As a hackerspace Bloominglabs runs on volunteers, but we have curious people who what to help others and learn more. Our whole space is a do-ocracy and playground - and that includes our website, network, and management programs. Some days might have a set goal or topic, but this is a casual learn-together study group.
While the people who come will have a strong say in what we work on or can come with specific things they want to try, and we can be playing with different things, this group has been brought about to try and unify a few Bloominglabs systems so to start off this group here are the first few topics to get us started:
- Design Parameters: Look at what we currently use and brain storming our needs and wants, ranking them, and creating our ideal system map.
- List possible programs/solutions
- Divide the options out and test what parameters each program meets or does not meet
Hosting Workshops
If you wish to host a workshop please look at Hosting_workshops.
