Cinco De Make-O

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For a different twist on celebrating Cinco de Mayo weekend, join Burning Man Project for Cinco De Make-O and bring out the Maker in you at a FREE day of ‘maker’ workshops on Saturday, May 4th from 1 – 3 p.m. Learn how to create your own solar system or make beautiful music (or both!) at the Burning Man headquarters. The ‘Maker’ workshops are part of a series sponsored by Burning Man Project, which cover areas including the arts, education and civic engagement.


Small Scale Solar 101 will present an overview of small and portable solar technology at 1 p.m. and include solar terminology, how it can be used for art, tricks to limit power usage and more. After a break, it will be followed by Small Scale Solar 102 at 2 p.m. with a hands-on “let’s put a small system together”. Both workshops will be led by Chaz Peling of Sol Solutions.

There are two instrument-making workshops at 1:30 p.m. The first from Lydia of the musical group GamelanX is “Making Music with Found Objects”, where participants should bring discarded METAL objects such as cans, pipes, car parts, kitchen utensils, etc. Come and be amazed what can be done with common household objects and the right kind of foam and mallet to create shakers and metallophones. The second workshop will be led by members of the Exploratorium’s ‘Explorables’ group, demonstrating how to make several easy instruments out of drinking straws with all materials provided. The workshops will conclude at 2:45 with a music jam.

Please RSVP for the workshop(s) you would like to attend at
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