Chicago Ceramics Crawl 2025

Saturday, September 27th
& Sunday September 28th
11am-4pm

A City-Wide Open House

Tours • Artist Demonstrations • Activities

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The Chicago Ceramics Crawl is a city-wide open house guiding attendees through Chicago’s ceramic studios and galleries. Each participating studio will showcase their specialties, facilities, and artists. Each attendee will receive a passport and a map to collect stamps for each participating studio.

The mission of the Chicago Ceramics Crawl is to build connections among our community in addition to cultivating a city wide appreciation of handmade clay wares.

Currently accepting Studio Applications!

APPLY NOW

Applications Due April 30th 2025

How Does It Work?

Plan out activities for your studio
Apply to host via our application link (due April 30th).
Aid in the promotion of the crawl
Host attendees at your studio during the hours of the crawl. (11am-4pm)

For Participating Studios

email chicagoceramicscrawl@gmail.com with questions

Start at whatever location you choose! Be sure you grab a Chicago Ceramics Crawl passport from your starting location to start collecting your punches.
Check out as many studios as you can over the course of the weekend, each will be hosting activities, art sales, and general tours!
At your last stop, turn in your passport to be considered for the raffle.
- Passports half-completed will count for one raffle entry
- Passports fully completed will count for two raffle entries
- Raffle Winners will be selected after the Crawl is completed

For Attendees

Work by Jill Birschbach from Midwest Clay Guild

Work by Jan Gulley Gerdin from Midwest Clay Guild

Work by Jen FitzGerald from Lillstreet Artist Studios