Workshop

Welcome to Providence Public Library’s (PPL) Workshop. Our mission is to be a community space for creativity, collaboration, exploration, and innovation.

The Workshop is a multi-purpose educational space, specifically designed to support collaborative community-based and hands-on experiential learning for youth and adults of all ages. It serves as a hub for both formal and informal learning opportunities, the use of maker tools and technology, and sound recording, mixing, and audio production in our state of the art sound studio.

The Workshop also has a classroom and partner offices open to the community and other nonprofit organizations to hold meetings, interface with the public, and work collaboratively.

The Workshop hosts a range of events, workshops, and classes and new opportunities are being added all the time. Be sure to check here and the Events Calendar for the latest information on what is going on in the Workshop.

Workshop Classes and Events

Contact

Brenda Adames
Maker Education Manager
401-455-8000 ext. 8201
badames@provlib.org

Owen Cuseo
Workshop Coordinator
ocuseo@provlib.org

 

Open Studio Hours & Trainings

During Open Studio hours, the public is welcome to drop in to utilize the MakerSpace and learn how to use the tools and equipment through hands-on, experiential learning. The Workshop Coordinator is available during open studio hours to assist in learning and to answer questions.

All Ages Open Studios:  Tuesdays - 2:30 - 6:30 pm

Adult Open Studio:  Thursdays - 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Equipment Training: Mondays - 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Equipment Training Schedule as follows: 

  • Sewing (1st Monday)
  • Vinyl cutter/ Heat Press (2nd Monday)
  • Laser Cutting/ Inkscape (3rd Monday)
  • 3D Printing/ TinkerCAD (4th Monday)

Equipment training will be limited to 10 participants. Once a person completes a session successfully, they will receive a badge to be noted on their library card.

Sign up here

Makerspace Equipment

  • Embroider clothing/fabric using our Brother SE 1900 Embroidery Machine
  • Use our Sewing Machines 
  • Use our SINGER | S0230 Serger Overlock Machine
  • Use Silhouette Cameo Machine or Cricut Machine to vinyl cut both stickers and heat press vinyl 
  • Sublimate on mugs using our Cricut Mug Press
  • Transfer your vinyl designs to shirts and other materials using out Heat Press
  • Make custom buttons using our American Button Machines (1”/1.5”/2.5”)
  • Sublimate your designs using our Epson ET-2760 Sublimation Printer
  • Laser cut or engrave on wood, acrylic or glass using our Epilog Laser Mini Cutter
  • Learn to code using Dash Robots
  • 3D print on one of our 3D printers (FlashForge Creator Pro 2, QIDI Tech X-one2, Cura Ultimaker S3)
  • Get freshly grown herbs and vegetables from our Hydroponic Tower Garden by Juice Plus+
  • Create 2D stop motion animations using our Gif-O-Graf