The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse has launched Wednesday Workshops, a regularly scheduled maker space at its Temescal store.
The nonprofit works to divert waste from landfills by recycling donated goods into low-cost art supplies. The new weekly event series fulfills a second mission of educating the public on practical and artistic ways to repurpose fabric, cardboard, yarn, jewelry, books and more.
“We carved out the space to offer a little more community to our teachers and artisans,” said operations manager Bethany Kaufman. “We have all these great materials here and the workshops are a way to show some actual creative reuse ideas.”
Upcoming workshops include Making Music out of Anything Around You, where participants build instruments out of supplies in the store, go on a ‘sonic treasure hunt’, and have an improv jam.
Other workshops this month include Sound Marionettes, a workshop about simple machines, acoustics, and performance, and Beads and Energy Bells.
Each workshop is scheduled from 3–5pm at 4695 Telegraph Ave., and participation is “free to low-cost,” said Kaufman, topping out at about $10. Attendees are asked to register via Eventbrite, as each session is limited to ten to fifteen people.
The Depot has an open call for both artisans and members of the public-at-large to pitch workshop ideas. Submit suggestions to [email protected]. All workshops must involve creative reuse.
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (4695 Telegraph Avenue) is open 7 days a week, from 11–6.
