Support my projects & Buy a stupid sweater!
Most of my community projects are self-funded, so I try to channel my creative efforts into making fun products & selling them to support the community endeavors that I’ve been organizing over the past 12 years.
My latest community project (which will become a funding source for future technical literacy projects) is a queer friendly online smoke shop called Flying Unicorn at https://flyingunicorn.shop and will be launching soon late this summer/early fall. This sweater & a few more designs will be available on it (as well as some stoned unicorn inspired rolling paper designs, etc. that I’ve been working on)!
As always, stay tuned for more info…
pifcamp residency 2022 video
PIFcamp is an annual summer hacking camp in the Slovenian alps that I enjoy attending every year (if possible). In 2022, the organizers selected me to be the PIF resident. As a sponsored artist for the camp, I created a skillshare series that taught participants basic fabrication skills with the intention of applying those skills to storytelling media. Shout out to Rea, Tina, and Uros at Projekt Atol for hosting me & Domen and Maja for filming/editing this awesome short film about my residency!
Creative & Community project archive
Public Art
Projects
2022 Founder & project lead VRT lab: networked educational eco-hacking, South River Art Studios (ATLANTA)
2021 Co-curator ‘20/20 Vision’ group exhibition, The Bakery Atlanta (ATLANTA)
2020 Lead technical designer & fabricator of free public food shelters, Free99Fridge (ATLANTA)
2020 Lead technical designer for Black Friday Fetê by Nourish Botanica, DASHBOARD (ATLANTA)
2019 House Sculpture (permanent installation inside main atrium), Pittsburgh Yards (ATLANTA)
2019 Founder & lead organizer for Common Circuits: A DIY Electronics Festival, The Bakery Atlanta (ATLANTA)
2018 Lead artist & fabricator for interactive DIY music venue, Mother Bar & Grill (Atlanta)
2018 Lead artist & fabricator for World’s Largest Bitcoin Sculpture, Atlanta Tech Village (ATLANTA)
2017 Photography for report on gentrification - ‘BeltLine For ALL’, Housing Justice League (ATLANTA)
2017 Featured streaming artist, 9to5.tv (ATLANTA)
Technical
Literacy
Programs
Since 2013, I’ve organized over 380+ publicly accessible educational workshops, meetups, conferences and festivals that promote technical literacy skill building and DIY creative opportunities for artists. I prioritize partnerships with arts & community organizations to teach equitable tech skills to artists that want to learn outside of traditional “institutional” learning structures.
NOTABLE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
2022-2022 PIFcamp Artist-in-residence, Projekt Atol (SLOVENIA)
2021-2022 Operations manager, School of Machines, Making and Make-Believe (BERLIN)
2017-2021 “The” IT Dept & program curator, The Bakery Atlanta (ATLANTA)
2018-2019 Node leader for conference, Digital Naturalism Conference (THAILAND + PANAMA)
2017-2019 Guest lecturer at Innovation Lab, Spelman College (ATLANTA)
2017-2018 Program curator, Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery (ATLANTA)
2017-2018 Lead community event organizer, Google Women Techmakers (ATLANTA)
2016-2018 Board of directors (treasurer) & program curator, Freeside Atlanta (ATLANTA)
2016-2017 Lead conference organizer & event speaker, DevFest Atlanta 2016 + 2017 (ATLANTA)
2015-2018 Lead community event organizer, Google Developer Group (ATLANTA)
Articles + Media
2023 Mainline Zine, “Grief Weavers: A Story of Collective Healing from Weelaunee”
2022 Free99Fridge VIDEO, “Ep 6: Floyd Upgrades + Community Cleanup”
2022 Free99Fridge VIDEO, “Ep 5: Preparing for Floyd Upgrades + Community Cleanup”
2022 Free99Fridge VIDEO, “Ep 4: Reorganizing HQ + Good Wipes Delivery”
2022 Free99Fridge VIDEO, “Ep 3: Michael Fridge Breakdown”
2022 Free99Fridge VIDEO, “Ep 2: Sandra Fridge Launch Day”
2021 Free99Fridge VIDEO, “Ep 1: Sandra Fridge Relocation”
2021 “Holigays Market: A Queer Artist Market”
2021 “Atlanta brings art to life with technology”
2021 “Say Gah! to: Quianah Upton”
2021 “How to Support Atlanta’s LGBTQ Community This Pride Month”
2021 “interview with maggie kane”
2021 “On the role of creativity when helping marginalised communities in capitalistic systems”
2021 “Modeling for Mutual Aid: Maggie Kane on how DIY community organizations can survive the pandemic”
2021 “The Bakery and 20/20 Vision: Placing Community at the Core of Art”
2020 Documentary by Lev Omel, “TWENTY”
2020 “Atlanta Downtown: Black Friday Virtual and IRL Fête”
2020 “Game Design Basics for Interactive Play & Sonic Game Jam!”
2020 Parody commercial by Lev Omel, “R.I.P. (Revolution is Possible) Ad”
2020 “Atlanta Contemporary - Movement Love with Streetcat.media”
2020 “Biophony Research Residency”
2019 “Creative Loafing - Common Circuits: A DIY Electronics Festival”
2019 “I WAS THERE: PRISM AT MOTHER”
2019 “Creative Loafing - DIY Wearables: Sewing LEDs”
2019 VIDEO, “Streetcat.media - Technoself Immersive”
2019 “Atlanta DIY + Maker Spaces: The Bakery”
2018 “New holiday makerspace debuts at The Bakery” (print only)
2018 “The Bakery fosters homegrown creativity”
2018 “Digital Naturalism Conference: Maggie Kane”
2018 Google Women Techmakers VIDEO, “Women Techmakers Leads Summit 2017 in New York”
2017 “ATL Tech Scene: DevFest Atlanta 2017”
2017 “Woodruff Park and Freeside Atlanta Partnership Brings Pop Up Repair to Atlanta”
2017 “BELTLINING: GENTRIFICATION, BROKEN PROMISES, AND HOPE ON ATLANTA’S SOUTHSIDE”
2017 9to5.tv VIDEO, “Mimi Onuoha Discussion // Hosted by Streetcat.media // Live on 9 to 5”
2017 9to5.tv VIDEO, “Women Techmakers Panel: Maggie Kane, Jessica Anderson…”
2017 9to5.tv VIDEO, “Streetcat.media + NO/R: Exploring Wearable Fashion”
2017 “FIELD EXPERIMENT winner 9to5 explores audience relationships through live streaming”
2017 “Lil Data - Hard Attack Surface LIVE 2017”
2017 My Animation Life VIDEO, “Merchandising Your Art w/ Maggie Kane of Streetcat.media”
2014 Savannah College of Art & Design, Continuing Studies in Game Development (ATLANTA)
2012 Tulane University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art - Photography & Sculpture (NEW ORLEANS)