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Remembering Heather Winchell, 1991-2021

DATE: September 8, 2021 CATEGORIES: Community, COVID-19, Friends of Artisans, News

My heavy heart is burdened with the news that Heather Winchell passed from us last week. You may remember Heather…

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Community Conversations at Artisan’s Asylum: Community Service & Impact

DATE: June 3, 2021 CATEGORIES: Blog, Community, Events, Friends of Artisans, News, Outreach, Volunteering

As we all know, at the start of 2022, Artisans’ Asylum will open a 52,500 SF studio and fabrication space…

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Community Conversations at Artisan’s Asylum: Programming & Audience

DATE: May 17, 2021 CATEGORIES: Blog, Community, Events, Friends of Artisans, Get Involved!, News, Outreach, Past Events

As we all know, at the start of 2022, Artisans’ Asylum will open a 52,500 SF studio and fabrication space…

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Community Conversations at Artisan’s Asylum

DATE: April 23, 2021 CATEGORIES: Blog, Community, Events, Friends of Artisans, Get Involved!, News, Outreach, Programming, Social Justice

As we all know, in January 2022, Artisans’ Asylum will open a 52,500 SF studio and fabrication space in Allston-Brighton….

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Meet the Somerville High School FIRST Robotics Competition team: the Highlanders

DATE: February 26, 2020 CATEGORIES: Community, Education, Electronics, Friends of Artisans, Robotics

The Somerville High School Robotics Team is working out of Artisan’s Asylum this winter. This group of students and mentors…

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Cigar Box Guitars at the Kennedy Local School!

DATE: June 28, 2018 CATEGORIES: Blog, Community, Education, Friends of Artisans, Outreach

Member Mike Dawson spearheads projects with the local Kennedy School. Mike explains, “We are running a maker space club project…

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Join us for our maker market, demos, and STEAM activities!

DATE: April 26, 2018 CATEGORIES: Blog, Classes, Community, Education, Electronics, Events, Open Studios, Friends of Artisans, Get Involved!, Outreach

We are opening our doors! Come see us at our Open House and Maker Market Friday May 4th -6th: Friday…

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Featured Projects: Mac Pierce

DATE: April 26, 2018 CATEGORIES: Blog, Friends of Artisans, Get Involved!, Membership

What are our A2 members up to? Let’s find out! Mac, tell us a bit about your project… I’ve been…

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Featured Projects: Max Eskin

DATE: April 19, 2018 CATEGORIES: Blog, Friends of Artisans, Mechanical Design, Membership

What are our A2 members up to? Let’s find out! Meet Max Eskin! Over the past year I built a CLC…

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Help us make our mark.

DATE: June 30, 2016 CATEGORIES: Artisan Grants, Friends of Artisans, Fundraising

Artisan’s Asylum began as an ambitious experiment in community and making. But this year, we’ve taken huge strides to develop…

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