Studio i and Makerspace at ImaginOn

Express yourself in Studio i and the Makerspace at ImaginOn through animated and live action videos, music or other tools including our 3D printers. These spaces have the tools needed to create content whether it’s for a school project or an engaging hobby. This space is located on the second floor in the Loft at ImaginOn and is for ages 12-18 and parents/guardians with children in this age range working on a project together to bring stories to life! 

Teens and families will gain visual literacy and storytelling skills through working with such software as GarageBand, iMovie, VeeScope, and apps from the library’s digital devices. 

Equipment includes:

  • Foam walled sound recording booth
  • Keyboard
  • Blue screen technology
  • 3D printers
  • Vinyl cutter
  • iMac computers 
  • iPad Pros with Apple Pencils
  • Sewing machines
  • Heat Press

Please call the Loft at 704-416-4660 if you would like to use the particular equipment. 

Some projects that can be created include:

  • Weather reports or music videos using our blue screen technology
  • Fashion shows wearing donated costumes from Children's Theatre of Charlotte
  • Sewing a handbag
  • Podcasts and songs recorded in the sound booth

Studio i and Idea Box at ImaginOn also provides resources for teens to volunteer and to build essential life skills. Learn more about them! Note: Currently volunteer opportunities for teens are virtual

 

 

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Summer Exhibit: “Framed: Step into Art”

Step inside the framework of famous paintings and experience art like never before in “Framed: Step into Art,” opening at ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center on May 20 through Sept. 3.

Children and adults can enjoy a robust noontime meal in Grant Wood’s “Dinner for Threshers,” climb into a tent and explore camping gear in John Singer Sargent’s “Camp at Lake O’Hara,” add corn husks to the flower tower in Diego Rivera’s “Corn Festival” and enter Clementine Hunter’s “Big Chicken” to get behind the reins of a giant rooster.

Summer Exhibit: Some Assembly Required

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is excited to announce the return of summer exhibits to ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center located in Uptown Charlotte at 300 East 7th Street. Some Assembly Required, created in partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., kicks off Saturday, May 28, 2022 and will run through Saturday September 3, 2022.

It is important to note this is NOT a Build-A-Bear workshop and no custom bears will be made.

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