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Updated 7/17/2024

Cardboard Teck Instantute

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    VT

Institution/Business Type: Arts Camp / Institute (short-term experience)

Cardboard Teck Instantute is a maker space, innovation lab and art studio dedicated to creating immersive, interactive theater, games, and products that provoke community collaboration, engagement, enrichment, and enjoyment. 

(Yes the spelling is intentional.)

"Professor" Ben t. Matchstick is founder of Cardboard Teck and is the co-creator of the PinBox 3000 (with Pete Talbot. PinBox 3000 a cardboard table top customizable pinball kit, multiple award-winner at World Maker Faire and National Maker Faire. 

The new Cardboard Teck Instantute is located at the Center for Arts and Learning on 46 Barre Street in Montpelier, Vermont. It is a "3rd space" - classroom, puppet theater, maker space, and tabletop gaming studio. The Instantute is available for tours, workshops, talks, and performances.

Depending on the age of the students, or the audience, Cardboard Teck Instantute is capable of developing theater, interactive sculpture exhibits, or puppet events.  Mostly CTI residencies steer towards the PinBox 3000 as a platform for ingenuity and problem solving, with the end result being an "ArtCade". This product is the culmination of 20 years of work in schools as artist and educator. PinBox 3000 can be done with an arts focus, a maker experience, or an interdisciplinary approach that could include content reinforcement from any subject. 

#pinbox3000 #cardboardteck #tiltthefuture 

 

Find Me

Ben t. Matchstick (he/him)
Job Title: Professor of Cardboard Teck
Phone: 802.279.8500
Address:
123 Robinhood Cir
Montpelier, VT 05602

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Additional Content:

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Arts Camp / Institute (short-term experience)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Corporation

Year Founded:

2015

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Arts Camp / Institute (short-term experience)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Corporation

Year Founded:

2015

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Incarcerated (or Formerly Incarcerated) individuals
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Ten Ribbons of Merit and three of Best in Education from World Maker Faire, Queens NY 2015

Awards

Awards:

  • Ten Ribbons of Merit and three of Best in Education from World Maker Faire, Queens NY 2015

Education

Education:

  • MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College
  • BA in Theater Arts from Northwestern University

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance
  • Design
  • Literature
  • Media
  • Music
  • Theater
  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

$300 - $5,000

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Dance
  • Design
  • Literature
  • Media
  • Music
  • Theater
  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

$300 - $5,000

State Arts Agency Roster Artist

  • Vermont Teaching Artist Roster

Venues for Rent/Use

Cardboard Teck at the Center for Arts and Learning
Venue Address: 46 Barre St. Montpelier, VT 05602
Venue Phone: 802-279-8500
Venue Type: Art Studio
Venue Fee Range Minimum: $100
Venue Fee Range Maximum: $250
Venue Capacity: 50
Venue Accessibility: Facility is physically accessible (such as parking, entrances, accessible restrooms, seating, backstage).
Additional Comments: Features include: a collection of 30+ PinBox 3000 cardboard pinball machines to play.