Bill Ward's Brickpile » exhibit http://www.brickpile.com Building a brighter tomorrow with LEGO® bricks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:11:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Oops, I forgot to blog about Maker Faire http://www.brickpile.com/2009/06/18/oops-i-forgot-to-blog-about-maker-faire/ http://www.brickpile.com/2009/06/18/oops-i-forgot-to-blog-about-maker-faire/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:16:02 +0000 Bill http://www.brickpile.com/?p=420
  • BayLUG at Maker Faire 2010
  • BayLUG at Maker Faire 2008, Day 1
  • Maker Faire 2011
    • ]]>     Maker Faire happened on May 30-31, and here it is almost three weeks later and I haven’t posted anything! We (BayLUG) had a 2,000 square foot display featuring a train layout, 8-foot-long battleship, amusement park & goofy train area, giant Technic cranes, robotics demos, and lots of models of all types on display. We even had emiko oye‘s jewelry artwork made out of LEGO, fresh from tours of art museums around the country.

    I posted the pictures on Flickr right away after the Faire ended but i never got around to posting anything here about it. Click the photo to view the whole gallery or try the slideshow.

    BayLUG at Maker Faire 2009

    Related posts:

    1. BayLUG at Maker Faire 2010
    2. BayLUG at Maker Faire 2008, Day 1
    3. Maker Faire 2011

    ]]>     http://www.brickpile.com/2009/06/18/oops-i-forgot-to-blog-about-maker-faire/feed/ 0     BayLUG Exhibit Closes with Record Crowds http://www.brickpile.com/2009/01/13/baylug-exhibit-closes-with-record-crowds/ http://www.brickpile.com/2009/01/13/baylug-exhibit-closes-with-record-crowds/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:36:26 +0000 Bill http://www.brickpile.com/?p=280
  • BayLUG Museum Show Open through January 17
  • MoAH Exhibit 2008-01-05
  • BayLUG Display at MoAH now through January 6
    • ]]>     We had some great publicity for the exhibit by the Bay Area LEGO Users Group at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, CA for the last few weekends. Lines at MoAH
    There were television coverage by two different local stations, articles in the newspaper, and lots and lots of word-of-mouth advertising. We got several new members in the club and lots of people signing up for our club mailing lists or taking business cards home.

    I was sick for most of the last two weekends, but did go on Sunday (the last day) and shot some video footage. However, a couple of other club members took photos of the crowds and sent them to me with permission to post online, so I have done so in a Flickr photoset. Please check that out by clicking the photo above, or view it as a slideshow. You can also view all my photos from this exhibit (or as a slideshow).

    Next year, we’re not sure if we’ll be able to have the exhibit at the museum! The room is just not big enough to accommodate that kind of crowd. However we’ve already started talking about alternatives that would scale better, so don’t worry… we’ll still have an exhibit. We’re also talking to another museum about having an exhibit this summer but haven’t announced any details yet.

    The next public event by BayLUG is our meeting at MoAH on Saturday, February 21 (note: originally scheduled for Sunday the 22nd, but the date has been changed due to a schedule conflict). Hope to see you there!

    Related posts:

    1. BayLUG Museum Show Open through January 17
    2. MoAH Exhibit 2008-01-05
    3. BayLUG Display at MoAH now through January 6

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