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2025

Highlights from October 2025:

  • Mat Bevel Institute Reopening in 2026.
  • New STEAM Club Sparks Creative Learning at Huachuca City School.
  • Making Music: A Symphony of Science, Sound & Imagination .
  • Building The Future: Creating The Universe Within STEAM Kits.
  • Mat Bevel Company Joins Cochise College Summer Camp Lineup.
  • Launch Pad Update.
  • The Inventors Galaxy.
OCTOBER 2025

Highlights from July 2025:

  • Making Music Begins at the Patagonia Fire House.
  • The Universe Within Expands to Huachuca City School
  • UA CATalyst Powers STEAM Kit Fabrication.
  • Interactive Slides Make Learning Come Alive.
  • Launch Pad Update.
  • Student Models Get A Mechanical Makeover.
JULY 2025

Annual Fundraiser June 2025:

Hello Art & Science Patrons – It’s the time of year when nonprofit Mat Bevel Company hosts our annual fundraiser. This year our theme is ‘How To Build An Ark.’ The Ark symbolizes the future. Building an ark is building for the future, carrying the good through the bad. The future belongs to creation. Starting building, and you’ll feel the flow.

We offer all of our programs for free to the communities we serve thanks to the support of people like you! Please make a gift this June to help us achieve our goals for the 2025-2026 year:

    1. Continue to build and market the new Welcome To Beveldom online portal to global audiences. A unique curation of an artist’s lifelong body of work, this portal aims to inspire us all to dive in and benefit from nature’s flow. Portal opens on June 10.
    2. Develop a motorized Kinetic Butterfly kit to encourage us to use our natural constructor skills!
    3. Finalize all four student final projects for The Universe Within STEAM world-building curriculum so that models are both beautiful and functional as part of scaling the program.
    4. Develop an AI-powered Learning Assistant for all four units of The Universe Within based on the four 100+ page Guidebooks.
    5. Expand The Universe Within into new venues in Santa Cruz, Cochise and Pima Counties.
    6. Fabricate, source and market Kinetic STEAM kits for The Universe Within as part of scaling the program to serve more students and generate earned income to sustain the program. (We’ll always fundraise for scholarships for those in need.)
ANNUAL FUNDRAISER JUNE 2025

Highlights from April 2025:

  • Mat Bevel Company Participates in Professionals and Educators Across Cochise (PEAC) Educational Forum.
  • From Test Circuits to Building Homemade Motors, Great Ideas Come To Life In The Power of Electricity.
  • The Power of Electricity Wraps With Constructing The Electri-Cities!
  • Pared Down Version of Headgear of Heroes Developed for La Frontera.
  • Launch Pad Update.
  • Mat Bevel Company & South32: Improving Lives Through Innovation, Education & Entrepreneurship.
  • The Inventors Galaxy
APRIL 2025

Highlights from February 2025:

  • Welcome to Beveldom portal in progress
  • Unit 3 Of The Universe Within Is Underway!
  • The Art of Kinetics World Exhibition Showcases Students’ Inventions.
  • Opening New Worlds: What’s On The Horizon For Mat Bevel Company.
  • Mat Bevel Company Receives Equity In STEAM Award For Second Year.
  • Mat Bevel Company & Sulphur Springs Electric Cooperative: Giving Back by Supporting STEAM Programs.
  • The Inventors Galaxy.
FEBRUARY 2025

2024

Highlights from December 2024:

  • Join Us In Our Mission: To Foster Creative Genius
  • Mat Bevel: The Junk Evangelist Accomplishments in 2024
  • The Universe Within: STEAM World-Building Program Accomplishments in 2024
  • Santa Cruz Creative Exchange:  Serving the Morley Arts District to Spur the Creative Economy Accomplishments in 2024
  • Benefitting Youth In Rural Communities
DECEMBER 2024

Highlights from October 2024:

  • The Universe Within Youth-Authored Books Available.
  • Creating An Online Location For The World Of Beveldom.
  • The Universe Within V 2.0 Launches at The Patagonia Volunteer Fire & Rescue Loft.
  • Prototyping New Student Models for The Universe Within At CATalyst Studios.
  • Career Exploration Comes to The Universe Within!
  • Launchpad Update.
  • Mat Bevel Company & Raise The Bar Consulting: Supporting Quality Youth STEAM Programming For Rural Communities.
OCTOBER 2024

Highlights from August 2024:

  • Morley Arts District Artist Videos Featured on Arizona Illustrated During August.
  • The Universe Within Gets Technology & Materials Enhancement!
  • The Art of Kinetics Launches In Patagonia This Fall.
  • Student Authored Books Will Be Available at The Patagonia Public Library!
  • Launch Pad Update.
  • Morley Arts District Interview Series Launches On ”We Love Nogales.”
  • Divergent Thinking Shapes Live on The Universe Within Website.
  • Inventor’s Galaxy.
AUGUST 2024

Annual Fundraiser June 2024:

Hello Art & Science Patrons – It’s June, and that’s the time of year when Mat Bevel Company hosts our annual fundraiser. We offer all of our programs for free to the communities we serve.

If one of our programmatic areas strikes your fancy, please consider making a gift to help us achieve our goals for the 2024-2025 year:

  • Launch ongoing video shorts of Mat Bevel, The Junk Evangelist’s content from the Surrealistic Pop Science Theater and Museum Of Kinetic Art

  • Integrate more technology, electronics and advanced materials into all four units of The Universe Within STEAM world-building curriculum

  • Establish Santa Cruz County’s first Makerspace in partnership with the Patagonia Public Library through The Universe Within program

  • Continue to provide marketing and communications to the Morley Arts District in Nogales, Arizona

If you enjoy what you see, share it with your friends and family. If you like the idea of free access to all, consider making a gift during our annual fundraiser.

JUNE 2024
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Highlights from April 2024:

  • Students Learn About Advanced Science of Music In Making Music!
  • Mat Bevel Company Partners With Patagonia Public Library To Create Makerspace.
  • Sponsor Highlight.
  • Launch Pad Update.
  • Mat Bevel Company Partners with AZ Cyber Initiative On Two Recompete Projects for the Registered Coop and Business Accelerator.
  • The Inventor’s Galaxy.
APRIL 2024

Highlights from February 2024:

  • First Morley Arts District Artist Story Released Featuring Paula Wittner.
  • Mat Bevel Company Receives State-wide “Equity In STEAM” Award.
  • Headgear of Heroes Launches at Patagonia Library.
  • Making Music Is In Full Swing At Patagonia Elementary School.
  • Mat Bevel Company Participates in the Santa Cruz River Corridor RECOMPETE Initiative.
FEBRUARY 2024