Makerspace Urbana, a working group of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, is dedicated to enabling the blend of arts, humanities, science and technology. Our mission is...

The Urbana-Champaign People’s History Project, coordinated by elizaBeth Simpson, is a collective effort to identify current and historical citizens, groups, places, and events which have made a significant contribution to the social well-being of the Urbana-Champaign...

Skylark Landing is the website of Amanda Davis, a student and independent maker. Amanda is currently a student at the University of Illinois, studying in the field of Industrial Design. When she’s not buried in homework, she enjoys making jewelry, art, and steampunk...

  River City Labs Makerspace is an exciting new addition to the fest this this year. Not only are we thrilled to have them traveling all the way from Peoria for the fest but they've also decided to bring their giant Quadcopter Obstacle Course with them. From what...

We're happy to share the Maker Fest floor with the wonderful folks from Weiskamp Screen Printing.  They will be setting up a table to help you make your own screen-printed poster! If that wasn't awesome enough, they also sponsored the snazzy t-shirts all of our...

The Illinois State Museum Casting Lab has made life-sized replicas of  an Ice Age Mastodon(which may be traveling to our Fest), a Giant Ground Sloth skeleton, and has replicated bones of all kinds of other prehistoric animals. Museums often replicate specimens so that...

Info City CU is a local organization focused on the wonderful goal of providing equitable and citywide access to technology, digital literacy, and relevant online content and applications. At this year's Heartland Maker Fest they will be highlighting their new CU...

  The IMC has been a central hub in the Champaign Urbana community helping foster projects that blend media, art, and technology for community empowerment and social change. We're thrilled they will be joining the Heartland Maker Fest again this year. Makerspace...

After a successful Kickstarter launch and a tour that included the 2013 World Maker Faire in New York.  The Vision 3D Printer, and it's creator Matt Underwood, will be back in Champaign for this years Heartland Maker Fest.  We were very impressed with the Vision 3D...

The main goal of Urbana Maker John Rubins of Frankenbikes is to use old bikes to make new ones, but John doesn't just make new bikes, he makes bikes the likes of which you may have never seen before! He has breathed life into long-John cargo bikes, tall bikes, woodgas...

The Illinois MakerLab is the world’s first Business School 3D Printing Lab.  We are very proud to have them back again at the Heartland Maker Fest. At this year's fair they will demonstrate some of the very cool projects created by their students using their 3D...

Take a glimpse at Maker Fest 1099 with the Society for Creative Anachronism's Arts and Sciences group! Their local artisans and creators' projects range from delicate calligraphy to heavy metal blacksmithing, with particular areas of interest in fiber arts, jewelry,...