Makerspace-like places you can visit right now:

• CoLab of the Innovation Design Institute: A Makerspace at Arcata High School, with help from the Arcata Arts Institute. 
• Mind’s Eye Mafufactory in Ferndale. A place to take what is in one’s imagination and make it with one’s own hands.  A school of the “maker’s arts,” we feature an inspiring, well-equipped workshop and knowledgeable staff to help you realize your vision.
• The Sanctuary: the Sanctuary provides essential resources that would not otherwise be available to artists & makers with limited space, tools, or knowledge. The public is invited for Open Lab hours in our studio and workshop spaces, where they explore and create with the guidance of knowledgeable technicians.
  • Open Saturdays Noon to 6pm, $5 per hour for machine use. 
  • Sewing, printmaking, bicycle repair, woodworking, music, ceramics, small metals and more!
• SoulShine Arts: Humboldt County’s premier public glass studio. They specialize in custom blown glass lighting and one of a kind artwork. In Eureka on the 101.
  • Torches, Furnace, vented glassblowing studio & gallery.
• Eureka Bike Kitchen Website or much more active Facebook Group: The Community Bike Kitchen provides tools, resources and knowledgeable mechanics to empower residents to maintain and repair bikes, particularly those that lack the access, or the means, to purchase a new bicycle.
• The Ink People Center for the Arts: The mother or midwife of many local non-profit’s in the area, especially the DreamMakers and the MARZ Project, have been working towards creating a Makerspace in Humboldt for quite some time. They may be vital in the next phase of our Makerspace. 
• Cooperation Humboldt helps to build a solidarity economy on California’s North Coast. They support existing cooperative efforts and create new solutions where needed. Their Tool Lending Library is makerspace adjacent, and their Skill Share program is worth joining.