MakerTamara RosenfeldFilm director and producer, mostly documentaries. Conversations with the White Rabbit community inspired the feature film she is making now.
The Rogue Valley's home for builders, makers, and troublemakers
Our first year was bigger and stranger than we planned: talks, labs, workshops, shows, festivals, and a lot of coffee, all in one room steps from Lithia Park. These are some of the people who made it.
Coming Up
Coming Up at White Rabbit
Our Community
Meeting the Minds
MakerRob HeadA maker of ephemeral things. Building a web app that teaches counterpoint, the art of combining melodic lines into harmony.
BuilderSimon WeibelAdapting dual-use technology from Ukraine for commercial firefighting. Fire is the problem; technology is the puzzle pieces.
TroublemakerNikki SilvestriFounder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, and an artist. Became a baby coder at White Rabbit, building with AI for neurocomplex minds like hers.
BuilderAmy SwanClarity catalyst. Brought an app idea in to learn AI; the whole room swarmed the table, and it took on a life of its own.
MakerAndy Neal HerndonFilmmaker and mental health advocate. Started the “stupid hike for my stupid mental health” movement that got millions outside.
MakerNisha BurtonAward-winning filmmaker and generative AI specialist, with work recognized at Cannes. Teaches AI and filmmaking at universities.
BuilderMike O’BrienTwenty years in animation at Disney and Sony. Building Chatbot Soul: conversational AI with living characters, not text boxes.
TroublemakerSara Kay GodotActress, comedian, writer, director and level 3 sommelier, finding new ways to combine them all in Ashland.
BuilderMark MorrisonLeads Cold Connect, modular vaccine cooling for last-mile medicine. Also modernizes digital services for the City of Ashland.
BuilderJohn WilliamsBuilt one of the first HyperCard apps at 18, then co-founded half a dozen companies. A third-generation Ashlander mentoring Oregon founders.
MakerRobert QuattlebaumSix years at Apple, ten at Google. Now makes interactive light sculptures and bespoke electronics.
Were you here?
Tell us a story about your first year at White Rabbit.
Who you met, what you tried, what it opened up. A sentence is plenty. The best ones help us show what this place does, and we'll always ask before sharing yours.
Year one, in numbers
Catalyzing transformation
186 Open Labs
Enabling continuous peer to peer learning in a time of change.
Structuralizing potential
85 Workshops
Turning ideas into reality and building local businesses.
Opening aperture
122 Cultural Events
Helping see new possibilities for the Rogue Valley, moving from fear to empowerment.
5 North Main Street, Ashland
Come into the clubhouse.
Focused work by day, workshops and talks by afternoon, gatherings and performances by night. The coffee bar is open to everyone.
Members get daily workspace access, AI-focused intensives and expert office hours, and a community of over 100 entrepreneurs, technologists, and media artists. $100/month.
Where this is heading…Jump into the FutureWhat we're building with the people and institutions of this valley.