After-School: PLUS+ Night (Ages 14-17)

Develop your creative skills, collaborate and pick your route! Choose from our regular FREE weekly sessions in Maker City+ or SoundWave+. Maker City+: Expand your imagination and creative practice. Explore architecture, engineering and design, lead your own projects and meet inspiring professionals. Discover how your interests and skills could lead to work experience, training and future careers. SoundWave+: Jam, write, produce or record music. Join a welcoming community of young musicians, DJs, producers and creatives. Use our instruments, software and recording equipment to create your own music and develop your sound. 3 Special Sessions: Creative Coding: Try creative coding in hands-on no-experience-needed workshops! Led by Charlie Hooper-Williams, one of the software developers behind Shazam, these sessions introduce you to the exciting world of TouchDesigner, a tool for making live visuals without writing code. Learn how to make things spin, glow, warp, and sparkle as you explore the fundamentals of rendering, lighting, textures, and more. No prior coding experience needed. Perfect for anyone with basic computer skills like typing and using a mouse or trackpad.