Summary
Organization name
Junkyard Social Club
other names
JSC
2016
Tax id (EIN)
81-2417337
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
2525 Frontier Ave. Unit ABoulder, CO 80301
Boulder County, CO, US
At Junkyard Social Club, we're reinventing how community spaces work. We're an adventure playground where kids learn physics and engineering by building chain reactions from tires and designing mini golf courses from reclaimed materials. We're a discovery museum where you can climb on the exhibits. We're a rebel art venue and maker studio where creativity runs wild.
During the day, you'll find children constructing intricate water systems and epic forts in our adventure playground, while adults enjoy our café and co-working space – a perfect spot for remote work, meetings, or simply sipping coffee while watching the creativity unfold. By night, we transform into a vibrant social hub with storytelling events, open mics, and crafting parties. Our coffee house serves craft beer and cocktails, creating a space where communities gather to unwind, celebrate, and spark new ideas.
As a mission-driven nonprofit, we're committed to accessibility and inclusion. We provide free access to local Latinx and low-income groups, working actively to create a more diverse and equitable Boulder. While Boulder County remains predominantly white, we're dedicated to shifting this dynamic through intentional representation in our board, staff, and community makeup.
Since 2016, we've been crafting STEAM experiences that challenge conventional thinking. Our space, developed since 2020 with local artists and volunteers, has evolved into a creative nucleus for art, play, and discovery. We're guided by the development of divergent thinking skills: creative problem-solving, curiosity, critical thinking, and open conversation.
We build from nothing, reuse everything, and achieve great things from humble beginnings. We're pro kids, pro adults, pro play. As a nonprofit committed to putting quality of life above the bottom line, we're a platform for artists, culture-keepers, changemakers, and educators to create positive change in our community.
Your support through Colorado Gives Day helps us expand our artistic installations and strengthen our community programs, ensuring this unique space continues to grow and serve our diverse community.
Mission
Our mission is to ignite curiosity, unleash imagination, and cultivate connection at the convergence of art and science.
Our vision is to provide an intergenerational community space where adventurous play sparks a love for lifelong learning and empowers a passion for creative expression.
Background Statement
Junkyard Social Club is an intergenerational community space: rebellious playscape, cultural arts venue, and creative cafe. Together, we build from nothing, reuse everything, and achieve great things from humble beginnings. We’re pro kids, pro adults, pro fun. Our offerings are guided by the development of skills in divergent thinking: creative problem solving and expression, curiosity, critical thinking, and open conversation. We want to connect new people, spark new ideas, and give our community the tools to create the world around them.
From 2016 to 2020, we not only dreamt but also actively molded our dream. We organized pop-up events, engaged in interactive focus groups, toured global venues for inspiration, and refined our mission. The year 2020 saw us building our adventurous playground. We rallied artists, engaged with volunteers, and crafted interactive play installations from repurposed materials. These installations, both big and small, were envisioned to stimulate whole-body exploration, artistic expression, and spontaneous discovery.
Our doors first flung open to the eager community in April 2021, and the journey since then has been nothing short of spectacular.
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¿Sabías que Junkyard Social Club es una organización sin fines de lucro con una misión? Únete a nosotros para un evento de happy hour gratuito el 3 de noviembre, lleno de actividades que demuestran la misión de Junkyard: encender la curiosidad, liberar la imaginación y fomentar la conexión en la convergencia del arte y la ciencia. Facilitaremos desafíos STEAM prácticos para todas las edades y serviremos cócteles y mocktails experienciales.
¿Cuándo? Viernes, 3 de noviembre 4pm-8pm
Da inicio a la campaña Colorado Gives Day. Junkyard Social Club tiene como objetivo recaudar 5,000 dólares durante el mes de noviembre que se destinarán a programas con una misión. Las donaciones serán duplicadas por una generosa coincidencia de la comunidad.
Por favor, invita a amigos para que aún más personas puedan experimentar las grandes cosas que Junkyard Social Club está haciendo por nuestra comunidad. Si no puedes asistir al evento, considera hacer una donación directamente a través del sitio web de Colorado Gives Day. Las donaciones se destinarán a cosas como becas para programas para niños de bajos ingresos y estipendios para artistas para nuevas y mejoras interactivas en el espacio. Cada contribución, grande o pequeña, inicia nuestra ola de generosidad. Sé un donante temprano en JSC.
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Organization Data
Boulder, CO 80301