About
Imagine, design and create at the CRAFT Maker Space!
Located in Limerick City on the Mary Immaculate College (MIC) campus, the CRAFT Maker Space is a new, exciting, fun venue to inspire the public to connect with their inner Designer, Engineer, Scientist, Mathematician, Inventor, and Artist through a wide range of energetic and thrilling STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) activities and workshops.
CRAFT Maker Space at MIC
Creative Arts and Future Technologies (CRAFT) is an initiative at Mary Immaculate College to catalyse the public's engagement with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) through a variety of activities and workshops focusing on building creativity, innovation and STEAM skills for life.
These STEAM workshops are accessible and inclusive opportunities to engage with STEM experiences that are fun, engaging and inspire curiosity, for a wide range of audiences including schools, families, young people and adults, through
This CRAFT Maker Space on the MIC campus, is the first of its kind in the mid-west region of Ireland. This unique and innovative initiative focuses on STEAM through exploration and play as well as design and make activities.
“Creativity is a way of seeing the world, a way of solving problems a way of thriving in an environment that is constantly changing”
Impact and Collaboration
The aim of the CRAFT Maker Space at Mary Immaculate College is to empower children, teachers and the public to embrace innovation, enhance creativity and critical thinking skills. This is achieved through exploration, play, STEAM activities and design, and build opportunities. Play allows both children and adults to explore how things work, consider possibilities and try out ideas and engage in problem solving. The open-ended learning experiences develops the participants’ higher-order thinking, creativity, independence, collaborating and ownership of learning.
The CRAFT Maker Space provides opportunities to learn how science is practiced, to understand the role of science in society, and to promote STEAM related careers.
Our Team
CRAFT and the CRAFT Maker Space are managed by the staff from Enterprise and Community Engagement in Mary Immaculate College. Having experience in Education, Science, Mathematics, Business and Administration, the team is dynamic and ambitious to deliver quality STEM and STEAM experiences for children, schools, young people, teachers, parents and the wider public.
Together with a range of volunteers from our staff and student population as well as industry partners, we look forward to welcoming you to events and workshops in the CRAFT Maker Space.
Industry Partners
At CRAFT Maker Space we are delighted to work with many industries, businesses and local organisations across the Mid-West region. Having their support ensures that our workshops and activities are relevant and up to date with the latest technologies and developments in industry. Working with industry volunteers also provides workshop participants the opportunity to meet with Scientists, Designers, Engineers, Mathematicians and Artists and talk to them about their careers and work.
Volunteer
CRAFT Maker Space is a busy place and we are always on the look out for volunteers to assist us with our workshops. If you are an MIC student and would be interested to gain hands-on, practical experience working with children and sometimes adults working through STEAM challenges and activities, then please contact us for more information on how you can get involved.
