Salt Lake City, UT – July 26, 2024 – Craft Lake City is thrilled to announce Meta’s returning sponsorship of STEM programming at the 16th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons.
Meta and Craft Lake City’s partnership is based on an initiative to expand the festival’s audiences to Utah County. With Meta’s Utah location based in Utah County, they are passionate about providing access to interactive STEM programming to their local community. They are doing this by working with Craft Lake City to provide ticket giveaways for families at STEM Outreach events in Utah County. Additionally, Meta will have a Quest 3 VR Headset available inside the Google Fiber STEM Building for festival goers to engage with a highly interactive educational experience.
“Meta’s support for STEM programming enables us to increase our impact to a broader audience,” says Sergio Hernandez, STEM Coordinator for Craft Lake City. “We’re thrilled to be collaborating with them again this year as we work toward our shared goal of promoting local STEM education.”
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The Google Fiber STEM Building at the 16th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons features local tinkerers, tech startups, nonprofit organizations, indie game developers and educational institutions. STEM exhibitors provide festival attendees with a unique opportunity to learn about science, technology, engineering and math projects happening in Utah through hands-on exhibitions and activities. |
Festival-goers can satisfy their curiosity by engaging with local experts with anything from drones, planetary science, video games and natural sciences. STEM opportunities are aimed at inspiring both adults and youth to explore these topics in fun and innovative ways.
The 16th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons is a family-friendly event and Utah’s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival held the second weekend of August at the Utah State Fairpark. With this year’s festival featuring over 500 local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers & STEM exhibitors over three days, this highly anticipated event is not to be missed!
About Craft Lake City:
Founded in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, Executive Editor of SLUG (Salt Lake UnderGround) Magazine, Craft Lake City® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. Craft Lake City strives to further define the term “Craft,” by modernizing the definition for handmade creativity.
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Craft Lake City’s year-round programming is supported in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Program, Utah Division of Arts & Museums the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the Salt Lake Arts Council, the Sorenson Legacy Foundation and SLUG Magazine.
The 16th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons is Utah’s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival. The DIY Fest features over 500 local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers, & STEM exhibitors over three days the second weekend of August. The 16th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons features the Google Fiber STEM Building, the VIP Lounge Sponsored By Utah’s Own, Mark Miller Subaru Leave Your Mark Park Kids’ Area, the 90.9FM KRCL Stage, the GOFHA stage, the Utah Afterschool Network’s Kids Row and the PupTub Club Dog Park. Additional support is provided in part by the Willard Eccles Foundation, Stephen G. Susan E. Denkers Family Foundation, UTA, PCTV, Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation, McCarthey Family Foundation, PBS Utah, 90.1 KUER, KUAA, Offside Printing & Apparel, Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office ACE Grant, Meta, STEM Action Center, Hypha, 24tix.com, Visit Salt Lake, Water and Wellness, Cricut and XMission.