ABOUT

VISION STATEMENT:

Spark Studio Salem is a social space for making, providing tools, resources and connections; we empower our community to satisfy their creative drive.

MISSION:

To achieve the vision, Spark Studio Salem makerspace:

  • Facilitates intra-community learning and encourages the intersection of technology and art;
  • Encourages social connections through common space and facilitation of Maker events;
  • Provides local opportunities for skill training, collaboration, and lifelong learning;
  • Provides access to tools that would otherwise be out of reach;
  • Supports our community regardless of skill, income, or background.

We are a board-run organization. Our patrons have daily access to our 1300+ sq ft facility and many tools within. We have laser cutters, 3d printers, CNC machines, electronics fab and rework equipment, fiber arts, metal working, and much much more. Memberships start at $50 per month and are provided electronic access from 8am to midnight 365 days a year.

The Spark Studio Salem makerspace board currently consists of:

  • Jeremy Greenwood (President)
  • Chris Feaster (Secretary)
  • David Duncan (Treasurer)
  • Duncan Beevers (board member)
  • Greg Hanevelt (board member)

Current group projects:

  • Equipment and tool training
    • Glowforge Pro (Laser Cutter)
    • Sienci Labs Longmill Mk2 (CNC router)
    • Qidi Q1 Pro (3d filament printer)
    • Electronics Bench
    • Vinyl Cutter
    • T-Shirt Press

ABOUT US (Updated 1/2026):

Spark Studio Salem is the name we’ve given our mission of forming a makerspace in Salem, a sort of shared mad scientist garage… A community that encourages and empowers each member to learn and create through peer mentoring, dedicated work / social space, tools, and misc resources that are beyond what each member could comfortably manage on their own.

As of July 2022, we had conducted a survey of interest levels and types in Salem, registered as an official non-profit 501(c)3 organization with state and federal agencies, held many pre-covid one-off events, established a monthly “First Tuesday Social” (Originally 7pm at Salem Ale Works, then online via Slack during pandemic, and resumed in-person meetings in April at Ratchet Brewery). Pre-covid we had monthly “Third Thursday Maker Night” (5p-830p at Center 50+, 2nd floor Craft room). Assets acquired include an enclosed trailer (with associated solar panels, batteries, charging system, inverters, chairs), Longmill CNC II, and a Glowforge Pro laser-cutter.

In August 2022, Spark Studio Salem leased our first 1300 sq ft space in Salem (2701 22nd St SE)

In January 2026, Spark Studio Salem moved to our current 1500 sq ft space in Salem (2915 22nd St SE)!

Open events will be posted to:
sparkstudiosalem.com/events/