Innovator Barndo building with a sign for makers

Yellowstone Fellowship · Summer 2026

No one teaches you how to build things anymore. We do.

For young builders creating their own path to independence, ownership, and community impact.

Site overview

Yellowstone is the first proof point.

The page introduces the fellowship, the tracks, the 500 tents call to action, the maker lab connection, and project updates in one clear flow.

What this page should answer

  • Who the fellowship is for.
  • What fellows actually do.
  • How the maker lab supports the project.
  • Where supporters can plug in.

Tracks

A fellowship built around real work.

Agricultural stewardship

Learn how food, land, and housing systems support each other.

AI integration

Use practical tools for planning, documentation, learning support, and impact reporting.

Build studio

Move from sketches and files into prototypes, components, and on-site project work.

Robot and drone operation

Explore the technologies that support modern construction, land mapping, and fabrication.

Impact reporting

Document what was built, what changed, and what the next cohort can improve.

Artist in residence

Translate the fellowship story into murals, visual systems, video, photography, and public-facing work.

Project overview

Training, shelter, documentation, and repeatable systems.

The Yellowstone project connects immediate shelter, practical training, and a larger path toward land-based stability.

Step 1Prepare the fellowship cohort and project roles.
Step 2Train fellows through the Innovator Barndo maker lab.
Step 3Build, document, and improve a repeatable model.
Airstream trailer in a rural fellowship setting

CTA 500 tents

Become part of the first phase.

The 500 tents call to action gives supporters a concrete way to help the project move from idea to visible, useful infrastructure.

Ask how to support

Support can connect to

  • Materials and supplies.
  • Fellow travel and readiness.
  • Tool access and safety.
  • Documentation and project reporting.
ShopBot CNC machine cutting wood

Maker lab connection

The lab turns training into proof.

Fellows learn the exact tools behind modern building: design files, material choices, machine time, assembly, documentation, and safety.

Open the maker lab finder

Project news

Updates from the build belong here.

Future Yellowstone updates can live on the News page and be linked back here, so supporters can follow project progress without searching around the whole site.

Read project updates
Evening gathering near the Innovator Barndo