PlaceMakers | Rochester Prototyping Festival
Date: September 15 - 17, 2016
Time: Thursday 4 pm - 8 pm, Friday 11 am - 10 pm, Saturday 10 am - 1 pm
Where: 3rd Street SW by 1st Ave SW, Downtown Rochester, MN
Cost: FREE
PlaceMakers is Rochester's prototyping festival offering the public a glimpse into the many different ways a public space can be transformed.
Join the community in this three-day public space design festival as 16 teams called, "Makers," create life-size prototypes that show different ways public spaces can be improved upon. Click here for more information about the 16 different prototypes.
What is Prototyping & Why?
Prototyping: (noun) to create, test and try an experimental model of a new idea or object.
Prototyping public space is a way of involving a range of people like creatives, builders and artists to come up with possible solutions to a physical space. Think of a prototyping festival as a "block party for the future of our city."*
Schedule & Activities
All sixteen prototypes will be open and available for viewing and interaction during the dates and times listed below. Additional activities and schedule available by clicking the dates below.
- Day 1 - Thursday, September 15
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Festival Open: 4 pm - 8 pm
Theme: Professional Night Out
4 pm - 6 pm - Reception and Kickoff at Dooley's Pub Patio: A special reception to kick-off PlaceMakers 2016 to recognize and congratulate the 75+ individuals who make up the 16 prototyping teams shaping “Health and the Built Environment” in Rochester! Click here to RSVP via our Facebook Event Page.
4 pm - 8 pm - Makers Demonstrations: Makers will provide live demonstrations about their prototypes. Check back for updates.
5 pm - 8 pm - Live DJ: Live DJ entertainment by Apollo Music Group.
6 pm - 8 pm - Mayo Clinic Transform: We are excited to have members of the international Mayo Clinic Transform community join us as part of their three-day innovation conference, September 14-16.
Food/Beverage Tents: Check back for updates.
- Day 2 - Friday, September 16
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Festival Open: 11 am - 10 pm
Theme: A Day of PlaceMakers
Meet the Makers and Their Prototypes: Makers get the chance to present on their protypes seen at PlaceMakers | Rochester Prototyping Festival. Schedule below:
- 11:30 am - Rocker Talker
- 11:45 am - Sit next to Me, Sue!
- Noon - Creative Crosswalks
- 12:20 pm - Artscaping the Bikeway
- 12:45 pm - Bike Corral
- 5 pm - Destination Inner Peace
- 5:30 pm - Kids on the Block
- 5:45 - Chime In
- 6 pm - SWAMP
- 6:30 pm - Recharging Stormwater
- 7 pm - Living Wall
- 7:15 pm - Multilingual Pedestrian Signage
- 7:30 pm - Inner Ear Echo
- 8 pm - Town Cube
- 8:15 pm - Info Alley
- 8:30 pm - The Artery
5 pm - 8 pm - Live DJ: Live DJ entertainment by Apollo Music Group.
9 pm - 10 pm - Artbash at PlaceMakers: Rochester Art Center invites Artbash attendees to PlaceMakers for a very special after party bash.
Food/Beverage Tents: Check back for updates
- Day 3 - Saturday, September 17
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Festival Open: 10 am - 1 pm
Themes: Kids & Families
Kids Passport Activity: Kids are encouraged to pick up a PlaceMakers Exploration Passport.
Pick up a PlaceMakers Passport from the Information Tent
Visit at least 8 prototypes to be entered to win 1 of 3 prizes. Prizes include a membership to the Rochester Children's Museum and gift cards to Games by James
FREE cookie for each child who completes and turns in a passport. Cookies provided by City Market.
Additional Kids Activities by Rochester Art Center
- Art Center’s Drawing Chairs
- Blocks
- Expanded activities presented by the Rochester Children's Museum
Food/Beverage Tents: Check back for updates
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Prototyping potential solutions shows the community the many ways a public space can be transformed
Other Links
Prototypes & Makers
Maker's Resources / Maker's Night
Call for Proposals (application closed)
News
PlaceMakers | Rochester Prototyping Festival selections made - Press Release
RDA DMC Call for Proposals - Press Release
Looking for ideas in downtown Rochester - KIMT 3
Calling all artists and makers — prototyping festival now accepting proposals - The Med City Beat
R-Town, the show about Rochester (Episode 106), - KSMQ TV
RDA DMC Call for Proposals - Post-Bulletin
Presented by
In Partnership with
Supporting Partner
Participating Partner
With generous support from
*Source, Ray Boyle, Our City Co-Founder
