East Bay Maker Resources

Want to find other makers, learn new skills, have a place to work? We’ve compiled a list of local Makerspaces just for this reason. See something missing or out of date here? Please contact us and let us know.

Oakland

Ace Monster Toys
http://acemonstertoys.org/
Open House: Every Thursday 7:30 PM

Ace Monster Toys is a Hackerspace dedicated to education, hacking, and maker culture.
A membership based group with regular free open-to-the-public classes and events.

American Steel
http://americansteelstudios.com/
Open House: Tuesdays, 7pm – 10pm

American Steel studios provide affordable work space in which artists and innovators can create, produce and evolve and engage the local community on a multitude of levels.

Hacker Scouts Oakland
http://hacker-scouts.org
Open House: Oakland Open Labs are held every 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, from 2-5pm

Hacker Scouts is a national non profit organization that focuses on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) education, skill building and community engagement with the aspiration to help children develop skills in the areas they are truly interested in, abilities that would allow them to dream big and create big.

NIMBY
http://www.nimbyspace.org/

NIMBY is a do-it-yourself (DIY), Hacker space, Maker space, Adult play ground or industrial art space that provides a place to create and innovate. Within the 65,500 square foot space can be found metal workers, jewelers, Sculptors, painters, set and prop builders, musicians, hobbyists, engineers, plumbers, electricians, computer programmers, machinists and more.

LOL: Liberating Ourselves Locally
http://oaklandmakerspace.wordpress.com/about/
Open House: Every Monday, Hack Night @ 7:30pm

Founded and led by people of color, LOL! — Liberating Ourselves Locally – is an Oakland Maker Space that provides space and resources so members of the community can be involved in all aspects of creating things that sustain us, such as food, clothing, energy, technology, shelter, and art.

Rock Paper Scissors
http://rpscollective.org/
Open House: Craft Nights, 1st and 3rd Sundays 6-8pm

Rock paper scissors collective is a volunteer-run organization that fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models. The space promotes the sharing of ideas, skills, and resources through the celebration of art, craft, education, and performance. The classes and workshops are all about sharing skills.

Sudo Room
https://sudoroom.org/
Open House: drop by for a casual visit (especially evenings and weekend afternoons), or come to a weekly general meetings every Wednesday from 7-9pm

Sudo Room is a creative community that has open membership, and is non-hierarchical and collaborative.
Sudo Room’s goal is to create an inclusive, dedicated hackerspace in downtown Oakland and to share ideas and projects in the following areas: creative use of technology, citizen science, digital citizenship and literacy, environmental sustainability, community engagement, self-government

Tech Liminal
http://techliminal.com/
Open House: Open Hack night, every Wednesday from 7:30 – 9:30pm

A coworking space for technological projects. Among happenings: WordPress classes, coaching and development, Technology consulting and education, Web design and development.

PLACE
http://aplaceforsustainableliving.org/
Open House: Open shop hours: Tuesday 6pm, Thursdays 6pm, Sundays 1pm

A public-serving, experiential learning center to showcase and foster sustainable living practices, urban homesteading, community resiliency & preparedness, social justice and artistic expression. The goal is to incubate a local sustainability hub to allow people to see solutions in practice; to gain access to the knowledge and resources to empower them to take action in their own lives, neighborhoods, towns, cities and bio-regions.

Spokeland
http://www.spokeland.org/
Open House: Tuesday 6pm, Thursdays 6pm, Sundays 1pm

A bicycle education resource located in the PLACE for Sustainable Living

The Crucible CREATE program
http://www.thecrucible.org/studio-access/create-program
Open House: The Crucible offers the opportunity to use its tools and equipment through theCREATE program. After passing studio area check-outs, current and past students can use The Crucible’s tools and equipment during regular studio hours.

The Crucible is a non-profit arts education organization that fosters a collaboration of arts, industry, and community.  Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials, and innovative design, while serving as an accessible arts venue for the general public in the Bay Area. 

Counter Culture Labs
http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/
Open House: Meet up group

A community of citizen scientists furthering innovation through hands-on projects and education in the East Bay. Focused on DIY biology and citizen science. A place to explore, learn, work on fun projects, tinker with biology and other sciences. Open to biotech professionals, scientists, and citizen scientists of all stripes.

Berkeley

Mothership HackerMoms
http://mothership.hackermoms.org/
Open House: 1st Tuesday of the month, 10am – 12pm

A collaborative space where do-it-your-selfers share tools, intelligence and community. A women’s hackerspace that offer onsite childcare through Hacker Sprouts Kids Education program.

Hub bay area
http://bayarea.impacthub.net/

A community workspace, membership based with classes and workshops open to the general public

Hayward

Hay Hackers
http://www.hayhackers.org/

Hayhackers is a hackerspace that is family and homeschool friendly forming in Hayward, CA to invent, learn, build, and have fun!

Livermore

Livermore Robot Garden
http://www.robotgarden.org/
Open House: Friday Open Access 6:30pm

A family friendly community workspace that provides access to tools in a community of interesting people building amazing things. The goal is to offer classes, workspace, project storage and learning spaces for all ages.

San Leandro

The Gate 510
http://thegate510.com/

The Gate is a 24-acre property with ground floor retail and a second floor art, tech, and maker community.  The Gate 510 goes beyond the concept of a “commercial building” to meld commerce and creativity under one roof for the 21st century’s movers and shakers:  artists, technologists, and makers.

East Bay Maker Labs
http://ebmakerlabs.com

A temporary makerspace in the Bayfair Center near Target in San Leandro.

San Leandro Coworking
http://sl-co.com/

San Leandro Coworking is a place where people can get together and work, learn, and meet/discuss things.

Benecia

Benecia Makerspace
http://beniciamakerspace.com/

Started in 2012, to inspire and empower people of all ages to turn ideas into reality with science, technology, engineering & art. The space offers classes, workspace, collaboration, and community.

Yolo County

Davis Maker space
http://www.davismakerspace.org/

A diverse group of builders, makers, hackers, and programmers that shares an interest in science, technology, art, and in what happens when those interests collide.

HackerLab, Sacramento
http://hackerlab.org/
Open House: Free Co-working Wednesdays, 9am – 12pm

Co-working space of hackers and makers community of programmers, designers, and entrepreneurs that work on cool things like mobile, web applications, prototyping, woodworking and more. A home to 20 Meetups and classes.

YOLO Young Makers
http://youngmakersyolo.blogspot.com/

A regional chapter of the Young Makers Program. 

Chico

Idea Fab Labs
http://ideafablabs.com/

A members based digital fabrication facility with a loading dock, multiple workspaces, access to standard and high-tech tools, a large gallery, indoor and outdoor areas for group activities, and an active community of makers, designers, artists, programmers and more.

All Over

Young Makers clubs
http://youngmakers.org/affiliated-clubs-2/

A community that brings together like-minded young people, adult mentors, and fabrication facilities. Mentors help Young Makers find a project vision if they don’t already have one, and then work with youth to realize that vision. Along the way mentors expose the underlying math, science, and engineering principles behind the projects and teach tool usage and safety. Collectively the members and mentors foster a collaborative culture of creativity, innovation, and experimentation.