10th Annual South Slope Derby

August 26, 2017
Noon

Every year in the end of August you can experience the thrill of witnessing our participants from the summer Soap Box Workshop race their fun, funky, eco-friendly contraptions down 17th Street in Brooklyn.

Our 10th Annual South Slope Derby is set for August 26th 2017!

Since 2007, our Derby has been a staple of the neighborhood. Each year, the Soap Box Workshop encourages children to think outside the box. Children plan their inventions using sketches and calculations, bringing them to life with found and recycled objects as well as building materials. Over the course of the workshop, participants turn piles of seemingly useless trash into functional machines while learning about construction and design and, more importantly, having fun. Leading up to the race, kids test drive their gravity racers, ensuring the safety and functionality of each invention. At the Derby participants get to race their cars for real as friends, families, and neighbors cheer them on as they race down the street.

2017 Judges:
Carlos Menchaca (District 38 ,Council Member)
Elise Long (Spoke the Hub, Artistic Director and Founder)
Peter Reich (Creator of the Swift Folder Bicycle)
Katherine Moriwaki (Scrapyard Challenge, Co-Founder)
Donny Levit (New Pulp City, Editor-in-Chief)
Severn Clay-Youman (Civic Architecture Workshop, Founder)
Rebecca Daruger (826NYC, Director of Education)

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