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Christopher Sweeney is an art and design educator who teaches at the Baldi Makerspace, a space created that focuses on digital fabrication, coding, robotics, and STEAM/STEM education. As well as being a full time teacher, he has also been an  instructor at Genspace NYC, a non-profit community bio lab, running a course called “3D Printing for Biofabrication”. He is also currently the 3D Printing Instructor at the Community College of Philadelphia's  JR. STEM Academy where he teaches 3D modeling and printing to middle school students.

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Chris is a highly sought after speaker, and also runs workshops on 3D printing and emerging media locally, regionally, and nationally. Chris has presented at P.A.E.A. , N.A.E.A., ISTE.,  as well as at Construct3D, a 3D printing and digital fabrication conference hosted at Duke University, Georgia Tech, Rice University and others. He also was awarded by the Pennsylvania Art Education Association the Outstanding Secondary Art Educator Award for 2016, as well as receiving the 2019 National Art Education Association AET Outstanding Teacher of the Year.  In 2023 he won the PA Association for Educational Communications and Technology Outstanding Teacher of the Year.

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Chris is also an Ambassador for MakeyMakey, Chibitronics, and has been a  fellow with Ultimaker 3D Printer's Pioneer Education program. Chris has been featured in and written for publications such as Make Magazine, School Arts, and others. He is an avid artist, designer, and educator who most recently was a finalist in Design Philadelphias’ 2021 “Best in Emerging Design” exhibit for his bio-design work with mycelium and LED lighting.