Aubrey joins us once a week in a ceramics and pottery wheel focused class. She is quickly growing her skill set on the wheel and has been...

Please welcome our two newest teachers, Chrissy and Cesar! Christina Cho holds a BS from Dominican University. She has experience in...

This week for our teacher spotlight is Ms. Evelyn! Ms. Evelyn teaches a variety of classes including painting, drawing, wheel throwing,...

During this session of art, our younger students have gotten more opportunity to explore materials in a big way. Kids enjoyed "breaking"...

Many folks are unaware that potters not only throw a cylinder on the wheel but we also let it dry to a certain point, flip it, and then...

Tate, age 13, loves incorporating Studio Ghibli into their ceramic work! They had thrown a vessel on the wheel with Ms. Noelle and came...

During class each student had the opportunity to discover how different materials affect watercolor. We used salt, sponges, tin foil, and...

We focused on movement and symmetry this week! We learned about our emotions with Miss Alex from Actor's Garden. Kids were able to...

This week for our teacher spotlight is Ms. Josslyn! Ms. Josslyn has been at Slowfire for almost a year and teaches painting and drawing...

With our nonprofit Slowfire Art Foundation, we are hoping to reach more seniors in our community who would benefit from art lessons!...

This week, we explored stacking forms! The focus in this process is developing a repeat form, throwing to a certain measurement,...

Ms. Salma and Ms. Evelyn led our Winter Camp this year along with Ms. Gigi and Alex of The Actor's Garden! Camp included coil built...

On the first day we learned all about mark-making and different line work! We discussed the difference in making straight lines, waves,...

Our students learning all about the color wheel. Each student was able to use primary colors to make their secondary colors on the wheel!

Kicking off our teacher spotlight series is Ms. Brie! Happy first anniversary at Slowfire! Beginning in first grade, Ms. Brie was already...

We work with many seniors at the Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park Township, and Brookdale Senior Center in addition to our seniors...

Original founders of Slowfire Arts Studio, Noelle Allen Wright and Alice Arreola. Scholarships for local students in need received a...

This fall we added Pre-K and Kindergarten Art Enrichment to our programming. The students have been enjoying learning the basics of art...

You can throw a cylinder, now what? Our adult wheel students come into the studio with visions of recreating romantic scenes from movies...

We are in full swing settling in to our second location at 907 S Lombard! Brie made lovely curtains for our custom shelving and tables,...