January Open Shop Night

As part of our Summer Maker Market, we’re excited to be hosting a mini-series of talks on creative and arts entrepreneurship to share lessons learned, tips and practical tools for small business owners, inventors, or just folks with great ideas. Want to turn a hobby into a business? Learn how to price and negotiate your product?…

We’re excited to announce our first ever Maker Market, happening August 2nd, 2024 from 5-9PM. Makers, artisans, and artists from the Phoenix Forge community and around the valley will be setting up for an indoor night market and exhibition to sell their hand-made goods, and show off their one-of-a-kind works made right here at the makerspace….

Phoenix Forge is hosting Making Music Fest, a showcase of hand-made instrument makers and performers from across the valley. Beginning on November 28th, a week of project-based workshops will invite students, members, and the public to make their own instruments and accessories, like wind chimes, a wooden Aeolian harp, or a hand-sewn guitar strap. The mini-festival…

We had such a great time at our first Open Shop Night that we’re planning another! Join us on June 21st at 6PM to explore the makerspace and get hands-on in our textiles area, wood shop, and more!  We’re opening our doors and making a few of our most popular tools and work areas available…

Take a break from books and spend a week learning hands-on skills and powerful tools and equipment at Phoenix Forge. Join us at the GWCC Makerspace for the annual Spring Training workshop series during Spring Break, March 11-15th. This event is free for all students enrolled at any college in the Maricopa County Community College…