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      <title>Branding Assets</title>
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;logo:ee118ebf16a4069ead6ee055bd1afe43&#34;&gt;Logo&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/static/assets/logo/chimera-logo.png&#34;&gt;PNG file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/static/assets/logo/chimera-logo.psd&#34;&gt;PSD file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Equipment and Tools at Chimera</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Chimera has a growing collection of &lt;strong&gt;awesome tools and equipment&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/space/&#34;&gt;our space&lt;/a&gt;. Below is an incomplete list:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;fabrication:f52cafe705773aae4a20a17bd8602569&#34;&gt;Fabrication&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;3D printers (Lulzbot TAZ)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Benchtop multi-axis CNC&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;jewelry:f52cafe705773aae4a20a17bd8602569&#34;&gt;Jewelry&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Rolling mill&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dapping and forming tools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hand saws&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bench top sander&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Small drill press&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Flex shafts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pickle pots&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tons of other tools and supplies.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;electronics:f52cafe705773aae4a20a17bd8602569&#34;&gt;Electronics&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Digital oscilloscope&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adjustable power supplies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Soldering stations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Breadboards&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Heat shrink gun&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Various parts (LEDs, resistors, stepper and servo motors and more)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Test equipment&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;other-things:f52cafe705773aae4a20a17bd8602569&#34;&gt;Other Things&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Photography strobe setup&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lots of hand tools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drawing and painting supplies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Work benches&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Whiteboards&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kitchenette&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Heating/AC&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;have-a-donation:f52cafe705773aae4a20a17bd8602569&#34;&gt;Have a Donation?&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Head over to our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/donate/&#34;&gt;Donate page&lt;/a&gt; to learn how donations work at Chimera.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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&lt;h3 id=&#34;where-is-chimera:4a1318da06786ac52626178ca960109e&#34;&gt;Where is Chimera?&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re located in downtown Sebastopol, California, an hour north of San Francisco. &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/&#34;&gt;Learn more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;what-tools-and-equipment-does-chimera-have:4a1318da06786ac52626178ca960109e&#34;&gt;What tools and equipment does Chimera have?&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Head over to our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/equipment/&#34;&gt;tools and equipment&lt;/a&gt; page to learn about what we have to offer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;how-do-you-pronounce-chimera:4a1318da06786ac52626178ca960109e&#34;&gt;How do you pronounce Chimera?&lt;/h3&gt;

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      <title>Chimera&#39;s History</title>
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;founding-early-days:ede98e4633e239f933cbfd1f4e1b766c&#34;&gt;Founding &amp;amp; Early Days&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chimera was founded in early 2012 by &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/leadership/&#34;&gt;Dana Woodman&lt;/a&gt; and a small group of people who had a vision for Sonoma County and what it could become. We founded Chimera both as a space to create and a hub for the creative community in this area.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the first few months of our history, we grew our community from a few friends to a group of over 800 people. &lt;em&gt;We quickly realized that Sonoma County and the North Bay was craving a space like Chimera&lt;/em&gt;, so we set making the dream a reality.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;ford-garage:ede98e4633e239f933cbfd1f4e1b766c&#34;&gt;Ford Garage&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After searching for a space, the Chimera founders settled on the old Ford Garage building in downtown Sebastopol.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our initial momentum slowed when the realities of the space we had chosen became clear. The City of Sebastopol required us to install fire sprinklers and emergency access doors into our main, 5,000 sq.ft. space before opening.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Luckily our &lt;em&gt;landlord was a believer in our mission&lt;/em&gt; and decided to undertake the renovations himself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;today:ede98e4633e239f933cbfd1f4e1b766c&#34;&gt;Today&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We &lt;strong&gt;opened for membership in December 2013&lt;/strong&gt; after getting our business license and insurance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re operating in our smaller, 700 sq.ft. mini-makerspace in the back lot of the Ford Garage until the main space is ready for us to move in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;tomorrow:ede98e4633e239f933cbfd1f4e1b766c&#34;&gt;Tomorrow&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our story is continually evolving and if we remember, we&amp;rsquo;ll keep this page updated as we go!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>About Chimera</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Chimera is a community arts and maker space in Sebastopol, California. We&amp;rsquo;re a diverse group of artists, makers, hackers and inventors who share a common desire to create, share and learn from each other.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;learn-more:d680e8a854a7cbad6d490c445cba2eba&#34;&gt;Learn More&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Read our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/faq/&#34;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check out our current &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/status/&#34;&gt;organization status&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;See what &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/equipment/&#34;&gt;tools and equipment&lt;/a&gt; we offer.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Read our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/mission/&#34;&gt;mission and vision statements&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Learn about &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/history/&#34;&gt;Chimera&amp;rsquo;s history&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;See who is on our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/leadership/&#34;&gt;board and leadership committees&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Learn about our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/space/&#34;&gt;current space&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/teaching/&#34;&gt;Teach at Chimera&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;View our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/press/&#34;&gt;press page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Download our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/assets/&#34;&gt;logo and other assets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Interested in donating? Checkout our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/donate/&#34;&gt;Donate page&lt;/a&gt; and our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/wishlist/&#34;&gt;Wishlist&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Mission and Vision</title>
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;our-mission:1318896575a1e9bd09fb6fde5864f80a&#34;&gt;Our Mission&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We aim to provide resources, education and community to creative people in Sonoma County and California’s North Bay.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;our-vision:1318896575a1e9bd09fb6fde5864f80a&#34;&gt;Our Vision&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chimera Arts &amp;amp; Maker Space brings access to equipment, supplies, space and education for artists, makers, hackers, inventors and creative people of all types. We strive to positively influence the arts and maker communities in Sonoma County, California.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chimera believes that by keeping talented people in the North Bay, Sonoma County will become a more vibrant, modern and competitive region as a whole. We are working to engage with people of all ages to show them new, innovative forms of expression and creation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We give people new, relevant skills and experience for a changing world by encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation in the region.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chimera is creating a thriving and diverse community of creative people that will have a profound impact on Sonoma County.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Chimera&#39;s Board and Leadership</title>
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;our-board:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;Our Board&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oren Slozberg&lt;/strong&gt; - President&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rob Cary&lt;/strong&gt; - Treasurer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/members/dana-woodman/&#34;&gt;Dana Woodman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - Founder, Executive Director&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terry Beyak&lt;/strong&gt; - Co-Founder, Secretary&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spring Maxfield&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caleb Adam Haye&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;board-bios:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;Board Bios&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;oren-slozberg:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;Oren Slozberg&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oren Slozberg has been working in the field of Education and the Arts for the last 25 years. His specialty areas include youth development theory as well as the use of art to promote critical thinking, aesthetic development and cognitive growth. For the last ten years Slozberg &lt;strong&gt;has been at the helm of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a research-based pedagogy&lt;/strong&gt; that builds cognition, critical thinking, teamwork and language skills through engagement with visual art. Slozberg first served as director of VTS in Northern California, and then for the last seven years as the program&amp;rsquo;s first National Director.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;non-profit veteran, Slozberg has raised over $10 million, managed several successful non-profit start-ups and scaled up existing programs both programmatically and fiscally&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;rob-cary:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;Rob Cary&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rob Cary was raised in Ohio and educated in Ohio, Maryland and Michigan. A graduate of Antioch College in Ohio and the University of Michigan, he completed a Smithsonian Fellowship in Maryland, worked as a legislative aide to Maryland State Senator W. Goodman and completed his M.S. in Natural Resource Policy at the University of Michigan. While at U of M, Rob &lt;strong&gt;designed gaming simulations for the UN FAO and USAID on food systems in developing countries&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Looking for hills with roads that curved, he moved to Sonoma county in 1978. For these past 35 years Rob has had both leadership and ownership positions in the business world as well as serving on various nonprofit boards. From working at Frizelle Enos, to opening up and managing the Real Goods Trading Company store in Santa Rosa and then co-owning Power Service Group, Inc., a company related to energy systems, he has had held many and varied jobs in the business world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the same time, Rob has been equally involved in non-profit community related efforts. Rob &lt;strong&gt;served on the boards of the Community Network, The Bodega Land Trust and the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center&lt;/strong&gt;.  For a short time he was also the Director of the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;caleb-adam-haye:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;Caleb Adam Haye&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Caleb Adam Haye has been &lt;strong&gt;developing software professionally since 1997&lt;/strong&gt;. He now works full time as Principal of Fire, Inc., a software development consulting company based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Caleb formed Fire in 2005, moved the company to Sebastopol in 2008, and since has &lt;strong&gt;built web and mobile apps for companies like Google, Apple, Intuit, Netflix, Yahoo!, Visa, Genentech, and Adobe&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a former Yahoo! employee, he was the initial member of the Yahoo! Media Innovation Group, pushing the boundaries of rich Internet and client media software on a variety of content delivery platforms.  While at Yahoo!, Caleb also was on the winning team for Yahoo&amp;rsquo;s inaugural Hack Day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Caleb is a sought after speaker at technology events around the world, and taught as a professor at the Academy of Art Graduate School of New Media. Caleb has worked with and in some of the worlds most respected research laboratories, including Google Creative Labs, IDEO and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;spring-maxfield:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;Spring Maxfield&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Spring Maxfield is a curator, event planner and avid supporter of all things art. With a background deeply rooted in DIY culture, Spring applies her experience and education in both art history and museum studies to create vibrant community based art projects through various approaches. An art curator for over fifteen years, Spring&amp;rsquo;s work has included shows in underground galleries, wineries as well as established art institutions. She has also worked as a costume designer and seamstress within her local theater community.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After years of putting on art events, in 2008 &lt;strong&gt;Spring co-founded The Great Handcar Regatta festival&lt;/strong&gt; which at its peak drew an attendance of up to 18,000 participants. In addition, her innovative organizational skills have been utilized at &lt;strong&gt;events such as Iron Horse Winery&amp;rsquo;s Earth Day Celebration, The Harmony Festival and Maker Faire&lt;/strong&gt;.  Spring&amp;rsquo;s support for the arts also overflows into community involvement and public art projects, where she serves on a number of grassroots, city government and private art foundation committees.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Spring holds a BA in Art History and Art Practice from Sonoma State University and an MA in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University. When not busy constructing clothing, curating art shows, improving her neighborhood with public art advocacy or riding one of her homemade bicycle contraptions, Spring can be found in the garden at her mini urban homestead with her husband and daughters in Sonoma County, CA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;dana-woodman-members-dana-woodman:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/members/dana-woodman/&#34;&gt;Dana Woodman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dana &lt;strong&gt;founded Chimera Art Space in early 2012&lt;/strong&gt; as a place to bring talented, creative and innovative people in the North Bay together. He has worked as a software consultant and serial entrepreneur for nearly a decade, &lt;strong&gt;working with companies including Google and Comcast&lt;/strong&gt; and founding two companies. He studied fine art at the University of the Pacific. He loves traveling, the outdoors and kittens.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;terry-carroll-beyak:38599f764944d27c578404510417a08b&#34;&gt;Terry Carroll-Beyak&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Terry has been a software developer for two years. He co-founded the software development consultancy firm Teleporter along with Dana Woodman in 2012.  His software career was a dramatic shift from his university education in Environmental Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. He also &lt;strong&gt;worked on the Obama 08 campaign&lt;/strong&gt;, and interned briefly at two newspapers, the Salinas Californian, and City on a Hill Press. He also &lt;strong&gt;curated and planned TEDxSantaRosa&lt;/strong&gt;, an independently organized event in the style of the TED conference.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Chimera&#39;s Space</title>
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      <title>Current Status</title>
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;membership:6562fefefc523a921714288dc55fdcdc&#34;&gt;Membership&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div class=&#34;alert alert-success&#34;&gt;Chimera is currently &lt;strong&gt;open for membership in our mini-makerspace&lt;/strong&gt; in the back lot of the Ford Garage building in downtown Sebastopol.&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our main space at Chimera is undergoing construction and should be open in a few months (&lt;em&gt;no, we don&amp;rsquo;t have a specific date yet, sorry!&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Learn more about our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/space/&#34;&gt;current space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;fiscal-sponsorship:6562fefefc523a921714288dc55fdcdc&#34;&gt;Fiscal Sponsorship&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chimera is fiscally sponsored by &lt;a href=&#34;http://sebarts.org/&#34;&gt;Sebastopol Center for the Arts&lt;/a&gt; which is the organization that allows us to accept charitable donations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;learn-more:6562fefefc523a921714288dc55fdcdc&#34;&gt;Learn More&amp;hellip;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Learn more about &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/membership/&#34;&gt;membership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Learn more about &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/space/&#34;&gt;our space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Calendar</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Check out our &lt;a href=&#34;http://bit.ly/chimera-calendar&#34;&gt;Google Calendar&lt;/a&gt; to see all our upcoming classes, meetups and events!&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2 id=&#34;idea-for-an-event:a631103cf606bbead447236a29c6889e&#34;&gt;Idea for an Event?&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have an event or meetup you want to host?&lt;/strong&gt; Propose it on our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.meetup.com/Chimera-Arts-Maker-Space/&#34;&gt;Meetup.com page&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to teach at Chimera?&lt;/strong&gt; Check out our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/teaching/&#34;&gt;Teachers page&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;meetup-com:a631103cf606bbead447236a29c6889e&#34;&gt;Meetup.com&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also recommend checking out our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.meetup.com/Chimera-Arts-Maker-Space/&#34;&gt;Meetup.com&lt;/a&gt; page if you want to get notified about new meetups and events.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Donate</title>
      <link>http://www.chimeraarts.org/donate/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://www.chimeraarts.org/donate/</guid>
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;donate-now:e893892674bf973b5e7e5bb08ee38f06&#34;&gt;Donate Now!&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Your cash donation will go to helping us pay for rent and utilities, purchase equipment and supplies and put on events, meetups and classes!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;equipment:e893892674bf973b5e7e5bb08ee38f06&#34;&gt;Equipment&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Got something awesome you want us to have?&lt;/strong&gt; If you have equipment that you&amp;rsquo;d like to donate, please have a look at our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/wishlist/&#34;&gt;Wishlist page&lt;/a&gt; to see what we&amp;rsquo;re in need of and how equipment donations work at Chimera.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;volunteering:e893892674bf973b5e7e5bb08ee38f06&#34;&gt;Volunteering&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t have things or money to donate but want to help?&lt;/strong&gt; We&amp;rsquo;re always looking for people to help us clean and move things, produce events and do odd jobs. If that&amp;rsquo;s interesting to you, please let us know your availability on our &lt;a href=&#34;https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chimera-art-space&#34;&gt;Google Group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have a particular skill?&lt;/strong&gt; Then you might want to consider &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/teaching/&#34;&gt;teaching at Chimera&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;about-your-donation:e893892674bf973b5e7e5bb08ee38f06&#34;&gt;About Your Donation&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;tax-receipt:e893892674bf973b5e7e5bb08ee38f06&#34;&gt;Tax Receipt&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since we&amp;rsquo;re a 501(c)3 organization, we can offer tax receipts for valid donations we accept and that are valued. Tax receipts are for relatively large donations. If you donate some post-its&amp;reg;, we&amp;rsquo;re not going to give you a tax receipt.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you want a tax receipt for your donation, please let us know otherwise no receipt will be issued!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;reimbursements:e893892674bf973b5e7e5bb08ee38f06&#34;&gt;Reimbursements&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chimera does not offer any reimbursements for donations. If you&amp;rsquo;d like to donate something to Chimera and want something in return, the only thing we can offer is a tax receipt (and our thanks!).&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Get in Touch with Chimera</title>
      <link>http://www.chimeraarts.org/contact/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
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&lt;h2 id=&#34;got-questions:3c4864f00d23f7ea35511ec930ce1d9c&#34;&gt;Got Questions?&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;ve got general questions about Chimera, first reach out to members on our &lt;a href=&#34;https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chimera-art-space&#34;&gt;Google Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Our members can answer most common questions about Chimera.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to get in touch with &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/leadership/&#34;&gt;Chimera administrators&lt;/a&gt;, please email us at: &lt;a href=&#34;mailto:info@chimeraarts.org&#34;&gt;info@chimeraarts.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Please be patient if we don&amp;rsquo;t respond right away, we get lots of email and we are all volunteers!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;have-donations:3c4864f00d23f7ea35511ec930ce1d9c&#34;&gt;Have Donations?&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;d like to donate equipment, time or money, please head on over to our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/donate/&#34;&gt;Donate page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;want-to-teach:3c4864f00d23f7ea35511ec930ce1d9c&#34;&gt;Want to Teach?&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re interested in teaching at Chimera, please learn more on our &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/teaching/&#34;&gt;Teachers page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;stay-in-touch:3c4864f00d23f7ea35511ec930ce1d9c&#34;&gt;Stay In Touch&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re curious about staying up to date with what&amp;rsquo;s going on at Chimera, &lt;em&gt;sign up to our &lt;a href=&#34;http://eepurl.com/zRv7D&#34;&gt;email newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to get an email once a month with announcements of new classes/events/meetups as well as news and updates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;contact-info:3c4864f00d23f7ea35511ec930ce1d9c&#34;&gt;Contact Info&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our &lt;strong&gt;address&lt;/strong&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6791 Sebastopol Ave.&lt;br /&gt;
Sebastopol, CA 95472&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our &lt;strong&gt;phone number&lt;/strong&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(707) 861-0278&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our &lt;strong&gt;email&lt;/strong&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;mailto:info@chimeraarts.org&#34;&gt;info@chimeraarts.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Teach at Chimera</title>
      <link>http://www.chimeraarts.org/about/teaching/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interested in teaching at Chimera?&lt;/strong&gt; We&amp;rsquo;re always looking for talented educators to teach classes at Chimera.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are some things to know about being a teacher Chimera:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You don&amp;rsquo;t need to have a degree in your area of knowledge (but that&amp;rsquo;s a plus!).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We take a percentage of class proceeds for paid classes. Usually it is &lt;em&gt;50% to you and 50% to the Chimera&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You &lt;em&gt;don&amp;rsquo;t need to be a member to teach a class at Chimera&lt;/em&gt;, although members earn more when teaching.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Members get a discount on classes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Classes are &lt;em&gt;open to the public&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We appreciate references so we can vet you as a teacher.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Classes must be 6 students or less&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re interested in teaching a class, &lt;em&gt;the first step is to post your idea in our &lt;a href=&#34;https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chimera-art-space&#34;&gt;Google Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to see if members would be interested.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;let-us-know:416f445d9bade50adf875443b512ceeb&#34;&gt;Let Us Know&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After you&amp;rsquo;ve read and completed the above, &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/contact/&#34;&gt;contact us&lt;/a&gt; with the following information:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proposed date(s)/time(s)&lt;/strong&gt; for your class (give us alternates in case a date isn&amp;rsquo;t available)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class fee&lt;/strong&gt; per student (if any)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Materials fee&lt;/strong&gt; (if any)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites&lt;/strong&gt; for students (if any)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class description&lt;/strong&gt; (2-3 paragraphs about the class, what will be taught and who the class is relevant to)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teacher bio&lt;/strong&gt; (why should people trust you as a teacher?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Age restrictions&lt;/strong&gt; for students (e.g. if it&amp;rsquo;s an adults only class, let us know!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Any &lt;strong&gt;photos&lt;/strong&gt; of what students will learn (helps to sell your class)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Fabrication Shop Project</title>
      <link>http://www.chimeraarts.org/fab/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chimera is attempting to raise money to get an industrial fabrication shop.&lt;/em&gt; This page outlines the plan, our current progress and how you can help.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;current-progress:bb6990c5eb84f9646242b110cc028b5a&#34;&gt;Current Progress&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goal:&lt;/strong&gt; $12,000&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Raised:&lt;/strong&gt; $2,170&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;As of March 5th, we have &lt;strong&gt;collected $2,170&lt;/strong&gt; out of our &lt;strong&gt;goal of $12,000&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-plan:bb6990c5eb84f9646242b110cc028b5a&#34;&gt;The Plan&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The general game plan is this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We are looking for a space that meets our needs for a fabrication facility (see Space Requirements below)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We are attempting to raise at least $12,000 to pay for the space and a few months of operating costs.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If we don&amp;rsquo;t meet that goal in a reasonable time frame, we will refund people&amp;rsquo;s money.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The space is intended as a fabrication shop and may include the following activities and tools:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Welding&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CNC milling&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Plasma cutting&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lathe&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Break&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pipe bender&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Table saw&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drill press&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;General power tools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hand tools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Work benches&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Project storage&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;And more&amp;hellip;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If we find a space and raise the money, we will cash the checks and start the process of renting, which will require the following expenses:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use permit (if needed)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;First/last month rent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Setup costs (repairs, walls, etc)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other fees&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Without your help, this won&amp;rsquo;t happen: Get Involved!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;space-requirements:bb6990c5eb84f9646242b110cc028b5a&#34;&gt;Space Requirements&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Below is a list of the requirements we have for a space:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;At or less than $2,000/month lease&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2,000 sq.ft. or larger&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;220 volt/220 amp/3-phase of power or greater&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Roll up door(s)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Outside space (covered a plus)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;High ceilings (15ft+)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kitchette, bathroom&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ventilation of some kind.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In Santa Rosa or Sebastopol (and possibly Cotati)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/docs/zoning/index.htm&#34;&gt;M-2 or M-3&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&#34;http://qcode.us/codes/santarosa/view.php?topic=20-2-20_24-20_24_020&amp;amp;frames=on&#34;&gt;IG General Industrial&lt;/a&gt; or better zoning&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can find the zoning for a particular address &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/docs/zoning_data/index.htm&#34;&gt;on this website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;See something we&amp;rsquo;re missing? &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/contact/&#34;&gt;Let us know&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;getting-involved:bb6990c5eb84f9646242b110cc028b5a&#34;&gt;Getting Involved&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;pre-pay-for-membership:bb6990c5eb84f9646242b110cc028b5a&#34;&gt;Pre-Pay for Membership&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The most important way you can get involved is to pre-pay for membership. We&amp;rsquo;re asking for &lt;strong&gt;$300 from each interested individual&lt;/strong&gt;, but you can of course donate more to the cause if you really want to see this project happen. By pre-paying for membership, your money will go towards your first 3 months of membership and setup costs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;To pre-pay for membership, please email us at &lt;a href=&#34;mailto:info@chimeraarts.org&#34;&gt;info@chimeraarts.org&lt;/a&gt; with the subject &amp;ldquo;Fabrication Shop Membership&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If we do not reach our goal in a sufficient timeline, we will refund your money. You can also request us to refund your money any time before we settle on a space (we will let you know before we cash checks!). But remember, this is a big undertaking and will take time; please be patient.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;donate:bb6990c5eb84f9646242b110cc028b5a&#34;&gt;Donate&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you don&amp;rsquo;t have the money to pre-pay for membership, but want to help us, &lt;strong&gt;please consider &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.chimeraarts.org/donate/&#34;&gt;donating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&#34;find-a-space:bb6990c5eb84f9646242b110cc028b5a&#34;&gt;Find a Space&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also need help finding the right location. Check out our list of requirements above and help us search for spaces. Good places to look are &lt;a href=&#34;http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/off/nby?zoomToPosting=&amp;amp;catAbb=off&amp;amp;query=&amp;amp;minAsk=&amp;amp;maxAsk=2000&amp;amp;minSqft=2000&amp;amp;maxSqft=&amp;amp;nh=103&amp;amp;nh=105&amp;amp;hasPic=1&amp;amp;excats=&#34;&gt;Craigslist&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.keegancoppin.com/&#34;&gt;Keegan &amp;amp; Coppin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Bruce Shapiro</title>
      <link>http://www.chimeraarts.org/members/bruce-shapiro/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Trained for and practiced internal medicine for five years, before discovering what was to become a lifelong obsession with connecting things that move to a computer. My first experiments with stepper motors in 1990 resulted in Eggbot&amp;ndash; a spherical plotter for decorating my kids&amp;rsquo; Easter eggs.  Twenty years later I teamed up with Evil Mad Science Laboratories, which led to its release as an &lt;a href=&#34;http://egg-bot.com/&#34;&gt;open-source project&lt;/a&gt; and popular seller on their site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My continued fascination with motion control branched into art and educational uses&amp;ndash; as artist-in-residence at the Science Museum of Minnesota, 2001-4, I taught classes (kids building and programming their Eggbots) and worked on NSF-funded grants creating exhibits.  During the same period, I began ongoing series of large scale motion control sculptures that have been permanently installed in science centers in the US, Canada, Europe, and  Australia.  More info on both the educational and art sides of my work can be found &lt;a href=&#34;http://taomc.com/&#34;&gt;on my site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most recently, I have discovered (and fallen deeply in love) with makerspaces, starting as a member of &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.mnmill.org/&#34;&gt;The Mill&lt;/a&gt; in Minneapolis and then as one of the founders of &lt;a href=&#34;http://nordeastmakers.com/&#34;&gt;Nordeast Makers&lt;/a&gt; in St. Paul.  Now that my wife and I have moved out to Sebastopol, I am delighted to find Chimera and its wonderful community&amp;ndash; my hope is to continue both making, teaching and learning here!&lt;/p&gt;
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