{"id":13495,"date":"2025-05-14T08:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/?p=13495"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:16:24","slug":"open-call-for-makers-makers-fair-2025-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/open-call-for-makers-makers-fair-2025-en\/","title":{"rendered":"OPEN CALL FOR MAKERS \u2013 MAKERS FAIR 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-manj3qba-fc3fb4d3dde272ba29d79200af293247 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>OPEN CALL FOR MAKERS \u2013 MAKERS FAIR 2025<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m88ijrk4-3cb372ccf38ef719ab2e4a03d501b909 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p><strong>The MAKERS FAIR technology and creativity festival returns on June 14, 2025, and invites makers to showcase their technological and creative projects!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Youth Makerspace Larnaka<\/strong> of the Cyprus Youth Organization is co-organizing this year\u2019s festival in collaboration with the <strong>European Capital of Culture \u2013 Larnaka 2030<\/strong>. The event is centered on maker culture, STEAM fields, innovation, and digital skills. For the third consecutive year, professionals and amateurs, creators and makers, organizations and institutions from various fields are invited to come together to promote innovation and encourage experimentation and making.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13233 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-1030x539.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-1500x785.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-705x369.jpg 705w, https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025-31x16.jpg 31w, https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OEPN-CALL-WEB-AND-FB-COVER-MAKER-FAIR-2025.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This <strong>open call<\/strong> is addressed to individuals and\/or groups from the fields of design, engineering, manufacturing, art, interactive technology, social innovation, and other related categories. Selected makers will be hosted in a designated space during the <strong>MAKERS FAIR 2025<\/strong> to present and promote original ideas and\/or products, as well as demonstrate the use of technological equipment. The primary goal of the makers\u2019 participation is to strengthen the maker community and support artistic production. Participants will have the opportunity to promote their work and businesses, connect with expert professionals and organizations, and engage with a large and enthusiastic audience.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>GENERAL INFORMATION<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The age limit for participating makers is from <strong>18 to 35 years old<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Each maker may exhibit <strong>up to 3 projects<\/strong>. The total size of the constructions must not exceed <strong>2m x 2m x 2m<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Youth Makerspace Larnaka<\/strong> will not cover the cost of transportation, creation, or presentation of the makers\u2019 projects.<\/li>\n<li>Participants and their projects must be present <strong>only during the MAKERS FAIR 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Youth Makerspace Larnaka reserves the right to use <strong>photographic and video material<\/strong> for the promotion of both the Youth Makerspace Larnaka program of the Cyprus Youth Organization and the Makers Fair festival.<\/li>\n<li>Projects\/creations exhibited at <strong>MAKERS FAIR 2025<\/strong> <strong>may not be offered for sale<\/strong> during the festival.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>PROPOSAL SUBMISSION<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Application and participation criteria<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/OPEN_CALL_EN_Makers_Fair_2025-1.pdf\">[here]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The application must be <strong>fully completed<\/strong> and sent to <strong><a href=\"mailto:makerspacelarnaka@onek.org.cy\">makerspacelarnaka@onek.org.cy<\/a><\/strong> in <strong>PDF format<\/strong>, including any supporting material deemed necessary.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>deadline for proposal submissions is May 18, 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,40],"tags":[],"location-tag":[],"class_list":["post-13495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13881,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13495\/revisions\/13881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13495"},{"taxonomy":"location-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makerspace.onek.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location-tag?post=13495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}