Invent Event

Twirl’s Invent Event is a unique community maker fair FREE to the public, organized by Twirl in conjunction with over 65 community partners. The first event took place in 2015 and has grown in scope and reach each year. Hundreds of community members and businesses collaborate and share their skills with the kids and families of Taos every year in this community celebration of creativity and technology!

Thank you to all our wonderful community members who contributed to Invent Event 2024!

See Twirl Taos on facebook for our photo album from this year’s event.

Our 2024 collaborators and volunteeers:

PPC Solar, Explora, VP Taos Amateur Radio Club, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Joe Caldwell, Jisk, Department of Cultural Affairs, UNM Taos, Bison Star Naturals, Carl Rosenberg, The Paseo Project, Taos Alive, Field Institute Taos, Peñasco Theatre, Taos Clay, Harwood Museum, Taos Ski Valley, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Sasha Vom Dorp, Creative New Mexico, SOMOS, Math-A-Museum, Los Alamos Mainstreet, Pooja Lopriore, Mark Goldman, Hart Print Shop, Sage Automatic Systems, Civil Air Patrol, Santa Fe Children’s Museum, STEMArts Lab, Artisan Felts, Taos Wools, Wholly Rags, European Alterations, R4 Creating, True Kids 1, The Nurturing Center at EGES, Imagine Children’s Museum, Taos Children’s Library, UNM Kids Campus, Trish Curran, Ernie Trujillo and Nicole Mora-Atencio from EGES, Arroyos Del Norte, Koko’s, Recovery Works, Sue and Cal Montgomery, Alex Cleveland, Katie Woodall, Julie Cloutman, Sarah Newberry, Siena Sanderson, Liz Neely, Ezra Bayles, Gray LeGere, Andy Greif, Amanda Macay, Rachel Mercer, Kabir Cain, Mo Kaluta, Scott MacHardy, Grayson Thomas, Kellen Emory-Crowther, Nia Emory-Crowther, Lesley Morgan, Kyle McMullin, Maggie Rael, Alix Henry, Lucy Nichols, Meena Galer, Kiki Love Productions, Richard, Neomi, William and Emy from THS, Nicky Darcey, Viola Vasquez, Howie Roemer, Emily Mendez, Susie & Lee Crowley, Vanessa Dimond, Kirsten Main, Mari Chavez, Larissa Short, Rachel Popowcer, Taos Middle School STEAM Team, TCA Interns, Youth from Taos High School, Taos Academy, Rotary Interact Club and the Twirl Board of Directors and staff ...and anyone else we may have inadvertently left off our very long list!

Invent Event 2024 was made possible through generous donations from our SPONSORS:

Ed and Amy Jaramillo, Robert T Keeler Foundation, Triad National Security, Nusenda, Taos News, Hinds & Hinds Storage, Bench of Wisdom, Phoenix Mechanical, Creative New Mexico, Taos Community Foundation, PPC Solar, Revolt Gallery, Centinel Bank, TaosNet, Ace Hardware, Magee Build, Guadalupe Credit Union, Chevron, LMNOC Broadcasting, Taos Lions Club, TSV, Brownrice Internet, Taos Lifestyle, Guerilla Graphix, Fast Signs, Taos Behavioral Health, Community Tech Solutions, Clean Taos, Taos Mountain Outfitters, MHS Inc., Taos Physical Therapy, Wildflower Playhouse, Randall Lumber & Hardware, KNCE, Kiki Love Productions, World Cup, CAV, Pizaños, Jonathan Sobol Studio, Taos Cow, Henry Architects, Taos Ceramics, Julie Braeger, Starr Interiors, Stephanie Harrison

To become a sponsor of Invent Event, contact Sandy. See sponsorship options here.

Invent Event Objectives:

Photos from the most recent Invent Events can be viewed on our facebook page.

All videos from Twirl’s 2020 Virtual Invent Event can be viewed on the Twirl Taos YouTube channel.

Twirl's 2023 Invent Event was sponsored in part by the Robert T Keeler Foundation. For more information on how you or your business can support this FREE community event, contact Twirl.

Contact Nina Silfverberg for more information, participation and volunteering!

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