We are excited to announce our DRAFT workshop schedule! We say draft because we are still confirming details and are considering one or two more options.
At Electric Sky, we host workshops to help you improve your practice as a creative artist, designer, or technologist. These hands-on workshops for the most part will be tied to the theme (2026: Supernatural), and some will encourage you to add a project to our pop-up art show. Learn, connect with other creative folks, and share!
- Green Workshop Tent:
- Friday 8:30pm-9:30pm Make your Own Pepper’s Ghost
- Saturday 9:30am-11:00am Soldering 101, Make an LED Pin
- Saturday 11:30am-1:00pm Hacking ESP32s to Make a Music Box
- Saturday 1:30pm – 3:00pm How to Set Up Analog Feedback Loops for Glitchy Video Art
- Saturday 3:30pm – 5:00pm DJ Your Own Private Radio Station
- Yellow Workshop Tent:
- Saturday 10:00am-11:00am Lighten Up with LED Charm Jewelry (kid friendly)
Workshop Descriptions:
Make your Own Pepper’s Ghost
Friday, July 31st, 8:30pm-9:30pm
Learn this historic art of theatrical illusions! At this workshop you will create your very own “Pepper’s Ghost” animation inside a glass orb. You will learn how to both create the object and the animation using a simple craft snow globe and a phone app. Ages 15+*
Hosted by Shelly Farnham. Shelly is a classically trained painter who also works with interactive, experimental technologies in sculptural installations. See https://shellydianefarnham.com Image and workshop lesson plan drawn from instructions shared by Ellingson.tv, later published in Make Magazine: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C87wINvS-93/
Soldering 101: Make an LED Pin
Saturday, Aug 1, 9:30am-11:00am
Come to this workshop to learn the basics of soldering while you assemble a light-up LED pin to take with you. The workshop will begin with a description of what soldering is and the theory behind it. Your host Andrew will then discuss safety and demonstrate good and bad solder joints. Participants will then be invited to try soldering by assembling a provided kit which will result in a small (1″-ish) blinky LED pendant pin. Ages 13+*
Hosted by Andrew Cole, a multidisciplinary engineer and tech artist with extensive experience making interactive, kinetic, sound and lighting projects. Andrew is a veteran of Electric Sky and a member of the art group Totally Legit. See https://aocole.net/
Hacking ESP32s to Make a Music Box
Saturday, Aug 1, 11:30am-1:00pm
At this hands-on workshop we create a small embedded music player together, using ESP32’s, a small, inexpensive, yet powerful microcontroller! Ages 15+*
Hosted by Cam Smith, a Seattle-based new media artist exploring surveillance, AI, and technology’s societal impact. https://smith.cam
Lighten Up with LED Charm Jewelry (kid friendly)
Saturday, Aug 1, 10:00am-11:00am (Yellow Tent)
Light yourself up with a fun and simple project for all ages, creating a charm bracelet lit up by LEDs! For this workshop you will familiarize yourself with basic jewelry-making elements and tools. If you are feeling adventurous you may also make matching earrings.
Ages 6+
Our hosts include Shelly Farnham and others from the Totally Legit crew, who have decided this is the summer of jewelry and LEDs. See https://TotallyLegitLLC.com
How to Set Up Analog Feedback Loops for Glitchy Video Art
Saturday, Aug 1, 1:30pm-3:00pm
Nicholas will teach you how to set up an analog feedback loop using a common crt television, a laptop, and a camera, demonstrating a simple and accessible way to create glitchy video art. Ages 15+
Hosted by Nicholas Bowen a creative technologist, abstract generative artist, and software engineer. See https://instagram.com/offlineartisan
DJ Your Own Private Radio Station
Saturday, Aug 1, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Learn the basics of playing your favorite playlist as a DJ “on the decks”, and how you can then broadcast your music even in the remote mountains using a private FM radio. After this workshop the DJ station will be set up for workshop attendees to play all night long. Ages 15+
Josh creates art and tech experiments including: interactive installations, electronics, light/audio, graphic design, music, woodwork, food trucks, and more—often built for group shows and collaborative spaces. In the tech world, he builds web front-ends. Born in WA in 1982, he now lives on Camano Island chasing ideas and pugs.
art.doublejosh.com
Space is limited in our workshops, so be sure to register in advance. We will be sending registered attendees the workshop sign up information mid July. In other words registered participants will receive sign up priority.
*Several of the workshops are designed for mixed-age attendees. Parents should attend workshops with kids 14 and under, and should be within earshot for ages 15 – 18. Workshops marked “Ages 15+” indicate the complexity of content, manual dexterity, or patience required is not appropriate for kids but a teenager could probably handle it.