Who We Are

We are South Bend's first full makerspace where you can create, get inspired and grow in a coworking space with democratized tools and equipment.
Being a maker, entrepreneur, inventor or artist can sometimes be hard with more competition than support, more questions than understanding and more ideas than can be easily accomplished alone. 

The vision of MAKE SOUTH BEND is to create a community space to educate, inspire and support local artists, makers and creative community members through a shared working space and tools, weekly classes and a curated gift shop and gallery of local goods and art. 

We support local makers, entrepreneurs and artists to turn their passion into a living through the low cost of s​hared space and tools, through mentoring and supportive collaboration and through the exposure of the physical and online store. We offer community members of all ages and backgrounds the chance to learn new skills and art forms through weekly classes and foster their appreciation of handmade goods. The curated gift shop offers starting artists and makers a place to sell their work and would help the community easily find locally handmade goods so they can support these artisans.

"Great people with lots of equipment and ideas. MAKE is supportive of local artists and craftspeople and is a real asset to the community."
​  - Karen Nemes, artist
"Awesome place to let your creative side run wild!"
- Theodore Schrader, craftsman

Our historic storefront is the old River Park Library building, and it's now providing resources for makers to innovate and make South Bend a better place to live and work.

Stop by at 2228 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, IN 46615

Tuesday - Friday 2-8pm
Saturday 12-6

Meet the team

Michelle FitzGerald
Chick-in-Charge & Founder
Michelle started MAKE SOUTH BEND in 2015 after wishing there was a place to just try different tools. Her favorite thing to do is something new. 
Nathaniel FitzGerald
Party Guy & Printmaker
Nat teaches printing of all kinds and laser cutting
Sarah Vaccaro
Studio Assistant & Instructor
Meredith Gillean
studio assistant

Come try something new and start making today.

We offer memberships for you to start innovating in our creative playground at your own pace, a variety of classes and workshops so you can learn and grow with guidance, and a variety of local goods and art in our store, gallery and Makers Markets. So jump on in and start creating change with us.