Important Shop Update
To support a healthy and safe workspace, the shop will be closed on Saturday, December 20, 2025 for mold remediation.
We will reopen with normal hours on Sunday, December 21, 2025.
Thank you for your understanding and support as we take care of the space we all share.
Make your new year resolution to learn a skill, make a thing, join a community, add to your general knowledge bank... at Ideaworks we can help you with any of those goals. All you have to do is put aside your hesitation and visit the makerspace to see how we can support your creative ambitions.
We've begun scheduling 2026 classes, so take a look now to see what's on the calendar (and check back regularly for new additions).
All of our classes and workshops are small group, hands-on, friendly, and project based. Most fill quickly, so don't miss your chance to round out the year with some new skills and a new community at the first and most comprehensive makerspace in the Central Valley!
Choose "What's Happening" from the drop-down menu above, or click on an event on the calendar below.
Our Mission and VisionIdeaworks is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, public benefit organization. “The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration,and education”. Fresno Ideaworks is a volunteer-operated, member-driven community workshop with the vision of being the inspiration hub for creative people of the Central Valley. Our makerspace facilitates skill development and innovation through hands-on teaching, collaboration, and educational resources, empowering our community with practical, artistic, and entrepreneurial skills. We are the first and most comprehensive non-profit, collaborative makerspace in the Central Valley. We are committed to maintaining and improving our facility in the Cultural Arts District of downtown Fresno, where folks from all Fresno neighborhoods can find us and participate in their own personal creative growth, and in the growth of the maker movement in Fresno. | Our MakerspaceFresno's Maker community makes it's home at 1730 H Street in downtown Fresno, California, in the historic "Crown Plunge" building. Built in 1928 by Clyde and Lloyd Jackson and managed by Reg Dauner, the Crown Plunge was the longest-operating swimming pool in Fresno when it closed in 1847. After removing the tank and installing their printing and engraving business, the Crown Plunge building remained in the Jackson family until 2018, when Fresno Ideaworks agreed to purchase it and create a permanent home for Fresno Ideaworks. Since then we have worked diligently to maintain our comprehensive woodshop, "weldatorium", machine shop, tech classroom & hackerspace, ceramics studio, textiles & fiber arts studio, modern fabrications lab. The recent addition of a lampwork glass art station is only the first step toward creating new hand-craft and fine arts opportunities to round out our established industrial arts programs. |
LEARNIdeaworks offers many opportunities to develop artistic and technical skills. What sets our community workshop apart is the accessibility to the collaborative knowledge of the diversity within our inclusive makerspace. | CREATEIdeaworks' comprehensive array of tools and equipment enables makers to bring their ideas into reality. Our community workshop empowers individuals by providing skills and inspiration. At Ideaworks creativity is not a competition. | SHARE Ideaworks is the hub of our community of makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. We love sharing ideas, projects, passions, and our craft. Join us and get inspired to MAKE! |