OpenWorks is a project by the Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation (BARCO) who is a non-profit real estate development corporation focused on neighborhood revitalization and economic development in  Baltimore City.  OpenWorks is a two-story 34,000 square foot warehouse dedicated to being a makerspace for the creative community in the Station North Arts District.

BARCO has developed Open Works into an incubator for Baltimore’s creative economy by providing affordable working studios and access to state-of- the-art production facilities for several hundred visual artists, photographers, graphic designers, sculptors, weavers, fiber artists, fashion designers, and fine furniture makers.

OpenWorks will provide 150 individual micro-studios for designing, assembling, and finishing projects and products created in these facilities. Instruction in the safe and proper use of these sophisticated production technologies; workshops in advanced product design and fabrication; and classes in entrepreneurship, accounting, project financing, and product marketing for artists, designers, and craftspersons will be offered in dedicated classrooms and within the specialized shops and studios.

The building will house a complete wood shop, metal shop, and digital media studio along with a digital fabrication shop (CNC routers and milling machines), a 3D imaging and 3D printing studio, a microelectronics lab, and a digital embroidery and fibers studio.