Chicago Ceramics Crawl 2024
Saturday, Sept 7 & Sunday, Sept 8
11am-4pm
A City-Wide Open House
Tours • Artist Demonstrations • Activities
Join us for kick off the first Chicago Ceramics Crawl
The crawl is a city-wide open house geared towards 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.
This tour aims to build connections among our community in addition to cultivating a city wide appreciation of handmade clay wares.
Itinerary
Kick Off Event:
Meet & Greet
Friday, Sept 6th, 6pm-9:30pm
Meet other artists, trade whiskey sippers!
Chicago Ceramics Crawl
Open House: All participating studios
11-4pm Saturday & Sunday
9/7 - 9/8
Pick up you passport from any participating studio and explore the city! Each studio will have programming such has art sales, exhibitions, demos, or interactive events.
Closing Reception:
Claymates
Sunday, Sept 8th 6-8pm
Participating Artists:
Amber Frances, Tasha Voss, Jayne King, Jess Miller, Lizzie Fowler, Laura Williams, Dara Schuman, Chelsea Dubick, Zoe Minzenberger, Aaron Becker, Fawn Penn, Abbey Davis, Rachael Boswell
Participating Studios
West Humboldt Park
Bridgeport
Pilsen
West Town
Ravenswood
Skokie
Irving Park
Logan Square
Elk Grove
Avondale
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
How Does It Work?
Community Studio Applications are now closed — join our mailing list for next year!
LillStreet Art Center in Ravenswood
GnarWare Workshop in Pilsen
Work by Jill Birschbach from Midwest Clay Guild
The Digs Chicago in West Town
LillStreet Art Center in Ravenswood
The Digs Chicago in West Town
Work by Jan Gulley Gerdin from Midwest Clay Guild
Penguin Foot Pottery in Logan Square
Work by Jen FitzGerald from Lillstreet Artist Studios
Work by Aaron Becker from 4040 Studios