Open Works

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Open Works
Formation2013
TypeNon-profit
Purpose Hacking, DIY, Arts, Craft
Location
  • United States
Origin
Baltimore, MD
General Manager
Will Holman
Website Official Website

Open Works is a 34,000 square feet "incubator for Baltimore's creative economy." [1] [2] It houses shared wood, metal, and digital fabrication, textiles, and electronics workspaces, as well as 150 private studios. [3] They're also a Fab lab and have a mobile program. [4] The $10m project's establishment was funded by Baltimore Arts Realty Corps. (BARCO), a non-profit dedicated to creating "safe, affordable, sustainable spaces for artists." [5]

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