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MAY 05 2019

Amazon Smile

Want an easy way to support Chimera when shopping? Just make sure you’re at smile.amazon.com when shopping and checking out, and select “Chimera Art Space” as the organization you’re supporting with your purchase. Be sure to change your bookmarks to point to Amazon Smile, since this only works when you have “smile” in the address bar!

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NOV 17 2016

Chimera E.D. Helps Launch Nation of Makers Nonprofit

We are pleased to announce the launch of Nation of Makers, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping makers through supporting maker organizations.

A few months back, Chimera Executive Director, Dana Woodman, was invited to attend a meeting at the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. From that meeting, an effort to create a national organization to support the maker movement was established. Since the meeting, Dana was invited to join an interim leadership team called the…

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SEP 15 2016

Chimera's White House trip written up in Sonoma West Times

Chimera Executive Director Dana Woodman standing on the steps of the Eisenhower Building at the White House's "Nation of Makers" meeting last month.

We are honored to have been interviewed by Sonoma West Times about our recent trip to Washington DC and the White House for the Nation of Makers event.

Check out the article here!

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AUG 23 2016

Chimera E.D. Dana Woodman invited to White House "Nation of Makers" meeting

Chimera is excited to have been invited to the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy's meeting for the "Nation of Makers" program August 24th. Executive Director, Dana Woodman, will represent Chimera at this meeting of hundreds of makerspaces across the country. Chimera is honored to be chose as one of the organizations to represent the maker movement in the United States!

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JUN 15 2016

Upcoming Classes and Events!

We're constantly adding awesome classes and events to our calendar. Here are a few upcoming events you should know about!

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MAR 30 2016

Open House this Friday!

It's happened! Chimera is now very excited to announce we are opening our new 3,000 sqft facility to members and the public next Monday, April 4th at 11am.

To celebrate we are hosting an Open House and Sneak Peek event this Friday, April 1st at 6pm!

Come down, see our new space, learn about membership, classes and meetups and meet your fellow makers!

  • Friday April 1st at 6pm-10pm
  • Free, open…

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JAN 16 2016

The New Year at Chimera

Hey there and happy New Year! We here at Chimera hope 2016 is your best year yet (and that "making more things" made it onto your list of New Years resolutions!) 

Did you know that Chimera is VERY close to opening our new 3,000sqft facility? Read on to see what's up next for you favorite community makerspace!

Buildout Progress

Here is the nitty-gritty details about our buildout progress:

  • ⚡️PG&E has finished hooking up the buildings electrical (finally!)
  • Our interior electrical buildout is about 75%…

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DEC 05 2015

November Updates!!

Welcome to our status updates for the month of November. Lots has been happening at Chimera, including:

  • We have a new updated date for PGE install of December 28th.
  • If all goes well with buildout, we should be opening in January, stay tuned for an opening date (and big party)!
  • Our shop walls are now painted! (see photos below!)
  • Our awesome custom made tables are underway. They'll be welded steel frames with reclaimed wood tops and are being made by the talented Kyle Thompson and Mike Solari with…

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OCT 28 2015

October Updates!

A crowd of meetup attendees gather around Meshach who is discussing how to forge steel.

A lot has happened in October at Chimera, here is the short and sweet version:

  • We recently had a very successful jewelry meetup where guests learn multiple soldering techniques (see our gallery for photos!) 
  • Sheetrock has gone up in our space and…

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SEP 22 2015

September Move-in Updates

Lots has gone on since last month related to our move-in. We have:

  • Have an updated, tentative move-in date of the end of October/early November
  • Attained tentative permit approval pending some minor plan changes
  • Begun space layout design
  • Begun electrical layout design
  • Started to recruit and train staff
  • Formed an Executive Committee to oversee opening of our space
  • Interior wall construction should be starting any day now
  • Had an (awesome) BBQ meetup with our members to preview the new space

A lot is coming…

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