Mission
reDiscover was founded in 2002 and incorporated in 2004 to improve children’s art education by using recycled materials. Since 2008, reDiscover has operated the reDiscover Center in Venice, a 3,000 sf public youth makerspace. Makerspaces are shared facilities stocked with tools and materials where participants can learn, make, and share their projects and expertise. We provide makerspace services and hands-on STEAM classes, camps, field trips, exhibits, festival activities, and distance learning resources. These programs serve K-8 students through school programs, youth ages 5-15 through workshops and programs at our makerspace, and youth and adults in community programs such as Cardboard City and free art activities at farmers markets. While arts education had been a part of the organization from the start, in 2010, reDiscover began running a few week-long summer camps that emphasized using more intensive tools in creative reuse. With clamps, drills, handsaws, jigsaws, and a chopsaw, young tinkerers could utilize reclaimed wood in addition to the existing materials to make larger creations. This summer camp program grew threefold in 2015, and since then has spread to 6 different l