A new exhibit showcasing local students art will open Thursday night at Two Rivers Gallery.
The first-ever MakerLab Youth Immersion program taught 12 students ten new skills over the past year. During the first eight months, students met weekly to hear from local professionals about things like first nations carving, metalsmithing, and laser engraving. The next four months were spent pursuing a particular field.
At the start of the program, Erica Haugland wanted to attach a bunch of pencil crayons and carve a bowl out of them. She pursued woodworking in the final third of the program and her bowl will proudly be on display at the exhibit.
She believes the program taught a lot of useful skills, especially for a second-year engineering student like herself.
“The 3D printer and the laser engraving both can make excellent models and things like that, so, definitely applicable for things that I’m learning and I will definitely continue using these skills.”
Now that the program’s done, she recommends it to other students.
“It was heavily subsidized and it was probably the most inexpensive way to learn ten new skills. You got to meet people and have fun and (it was) definitely worth it.”
All 12 students’ art will be on display tomorrow 7:30 PM in the Rustad Gallery.
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