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Pottery Studio ✦ Memberships & Classes
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Forbes 30 under 30 Chicago!!

What an insane thing to wake up to today !

I’m so grateful for this city where we’ve been able to build a community of artists, and the possibility for growth here. I’m overflowing with love for all who have supported us through this journey ♥️

And of course so much love to the other half of the Digs @zoe.minz.ceramics We always like to say that we just universally lucked out with each other, balancing each other perfectly as business partners.

Thank u thank u thank u, to our city, to our mentors who supported us, to our families. All your love brought us here and we are forever thankful ♥️ taken in Chicago, Illinois by @thedigschicago

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Join us for the first iteration of our Material Cultures workshop and lecture series, Reclamation Praxis on Sunday, October 25th from 1-4 PM @thedigschicago.

This event brings together artist-educators Naomi Coke and AJ McClennon for a conversation on wild clay, sustainable artmaking, and the cultural histories held within the materials we gather and create with.

The conversation facilitated by @samiahfulcher will be shortly followed by a hands-on wild clay processing demonstration led by Naomi. Materials provided. No prior experience necessary.

Naomi Coke: @fearofablackfemme is an oral historian, community design practitioner, and land artist whose practice draws on Jamaican Maroon lineages, material reclamation, and intergenerational land healing. With a background in regenerative building practices and archival research, Naomi’s work focuses on place-based approaches to repair, relation building, and Black-Indigenous futurity.

AJ McClenon: @middlenamejanae is an assistant professor at SAIC and active multidisciplinary artist in Chicago by way of Washington, D.C. whose work brings personal narrative into conversation with empirical data to explore sociopolitical concepts of truth, cultural amnesia, and their absurdities.

$10-20 sliding scale suggested donation. 100% of donations go directly to our featured artists for sharing their time and expertise. Priority for BIPOC artists, educators, and community members.

Spaces are limited. RSVP link in bio. by @thedigschicago

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Stop by The Digs tomorrow at 11 AM to discuss the work of Vicki and Nyia. Bring a friend! Light refreshments will be available. by @thedigschicago

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Want to make a personalized gift for a loved one? Always dreamed of sipping your morning coffee out of a mug that says FREE THEM ALL? This is the workshop for you! Personalize your own ceramic mug with Walls Turned Sideways and The Digs Chicago. Workshop proceeds go to support Walls Turned Sideways programming. No experience with clay needed!

WHEN: Biweekly on Sunday November 8 from 11 AM - 1 PM
WHERE: Walls Turned Sideways, 2717 W Madison St

All mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe. Pick-up your mug 4-weeks after the workshop date from Walls Turned Sideways!

Registration is required for this workshop and capacity is LIMITED. Register at givebutter.com/affirmation-mugs2026 (link in bio)

Sliding scale $15-$50!

No one turned away for lack of funds! Reach out to mira@wallsturnedsideways.org if ticket by @thedigschicago

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YALL! The 3rd annual Chicago Ceramics Crawl is THIS WEEKEND!

We can't wait for you to explore this wonderful collection of Chicago's Ceramic Studios.

Add the Digs to your weekend route!

FRIDAY 10/9 6pm-9pm for the CCC Meet & Greet. Participating studios, members, and ceramics enthusiasts are all welcome (RSVP IN BIO!)
Our friends at @ceramicsupplychicago will be dishing out samples! Huge thank you to them for sponsoring this year's crawl (and supplying us all with so many goodies year round!)

SATURDAY 10/10 11am-4pm for @chicagocritiquegroup , a demo by the lovely @daraschumanceramics , and tours!

SUNDAY 10/11 11am-4pm for tours and snacks. We also will have Day Passes available for purchase all weekend (:

Big thank you to the organizers (@laura.williams.studio / @fawn.penn / @zoe.minz.ceramics and to the participating studios, we can't wait to hang and share our labors of love!

See you this weekend! ! !

#chicagoceramicscrawl #communitystudios #chicagoceramics by @thedigschicago

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Ready to expand your knowledge of ceramic techniques? Join Big Feeling Ceramics in an 8-week course that teaches you how to work in Nerikomi!

Nerikomi is the process of stacking and cutting colored pieces of clay to form different patterns. You'll learn to stain clay, make your own patterns, shape your objects, and refine designs. Perfect for ceramicists looking to pick up a new handbuilding technique - no wheel skills required!

Sign up today! ⭐️ Thursday evenings through November 19 🌝 by @thedigschicago

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🏺Join the Digs for your Ceramic Crawl weekend!

The Digs is a nonprofit community ceramics studio built around supporting working artists, expanding access to arts education, and creating more opportunities for people to make, learn, and connect through clay.

For Crawl weekend, they're keeping the studio active—come see what a regular day at The Digs looks like, meet the people who make here, and stick around for a little friendly competition. 👀

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
💬 Chicago Critique Group | 11 AM–1 PM
Sit in on a live critique and get a look at how local artists are thinking and talking about their work.

🏺 Studio Tours + Open Work Time | 11 AM–4 PM
Walk through the studio, meet members, and see what’s actively being made at The Digs.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11
🏺 Studio Tours + Open Work Time | 11 AM–2 PM

🏅 CERAMICS OLYMPICS (open to all!) | 2–4 PM

Come cheer on our ceramicists as they put their clay skills to the test. A little competition, a little chaos, and a very good way to start or close out your Crawl weekend.
📍 333 N Oakley Blvd, #305
🚗 Street parking available

Image 3: Inside one of The Digs studio spaces
Image 4: The Digs during the Annual Holiday Market!
Images 5-6: Digs Members at work by @thedigschicago

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with love, getcha hands in some dirt ♥️ by @thedigschicago

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We can't believe it's been almost a month since the empty bowl fundraiser! We had SUCH a great time welcoming you all to the studio to admire the hard work of our artist members and to share in some delicious sundaes 🍦 🍒

Since the fundraiser, we're so excited to share that we've surpassed our fundraising goals and have brought in 2 new Rohde kilns to our community studio! This means faster firing times, faster classwork pickup, and all-around more efficiency in the way that The Digs runs ⭐️ and it's all thanks to YOU! 🫶 by @thedigschicago

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🏺 **START THE CRAWL WITH US!**

Before we embark on our Chicago Ceramics Crawl weekend, we figured we’d warm up with a Meet + Greet at The Digs on Friday, October 9 from 6–9 PM.

Come meet fellow ceramicists and clay enthusiasts from around the city, bring a handmade bowl for our Bowl Swap, and spend the evening with some of the people you’ll be crawling with all weekend.

A big shoutout to our friends at @ceramicsupplychicago, who are sponsoring this year’s Crawl and popping up for the night with clay samples and a little look into their Elk Grove operation. They supply so many Chicago studios and we’re very grateful to have them joining us for the night. ❤️

Friday, October 9 | 6–9 PM
📍 The Digs Chicago
🏺 Handmade Bowl Swap
🧱 Chicago Ceramic Supply Pop-Up
📨 RSVP IN BIO

Chicago Ceramics Crawl | October 10 + 11

#ChicagoCeramicsCrawl #ChicagoCeramicsCrawl2026 #ChicagoCeramics #ChicagoPottery #ChicagoArtists #ChicagoMakers #CeramicArt #PotteryCommunity #MadeInChicago by @thedigschicago

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To celebrate Chicago Exhibition Week (CXW), the Digs is hosting a ONE NIGHT ONLY exhibition at the studio! September 17th, 5:30pm - 10pm

Digs member Jeremy Carter curates "Meld Form," a collaboration between artist and curator exploring how context and display can further activate the viewer experience. By experimenting with installation concepts, presentation, and play within the maker's space, the series shines a light on Chicago’s creative community. Together, artist and curator invite new perspectives through immersive environment-building. In this iteration, Carter explores the nostalgic tone of Saylor’s work through found objects and personal objects from the artist

Charlotte Saylor is a Chicago-based artist whose practice involves collecting, composing, and painting. She forages for discarded objects such as cardboard or VHS tapes, arranging them in unexpected ways while still allowing for their previous forms to linger. The color, texture, and rhythm of the paint, whether it’s oil, acrylic, casein, or encaustic, recontextualize these objects, framing and holding them with care.

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Charlotte Saylor
Casein, encaustic, thread, ripped vintage sewing pattern, and bark from a twig on panel. by @thedigschicago

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