Photo: Protagonist on Unsplash

Pottery studios in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago has a long pottery tradition rooted in the Hyde Park Art Center and Lillstreet Art Center, both of which still anchor the scene. Studios today cluster in Logan Square, Pilsen, West Town, and along the north side from Andersonville to Ravenswood. Prices are mid-market: intro classes from $55, six-week courses around $325-475. Lillstreet and other large multi-craft studios offer the deepest curricula, with wheel, hand-building, glazing, and kiln-firing tracks. Smaller neighborhood studios fill the date-night and drop-in niche. Kids and family classes are easy to find, especially on the north side. If you want progression past intro, look at the older multi-disciplinary studios; if you just want one evening of wheel time, the Logan Square and West Town studios are the easy pick.

Showing 29 of 29 studios

Pottery studio 1 - Pottery classes and events
1 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611
5.0 (883 reviews)$40-100/sessionMon-Fri 11am-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- +2
Pottery studio 1 - Pottery classes and events
3262 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
5.0 (385 reviews)Mon-Sun 10am-10pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- +3
The Pottery Studio
2525 N Elston Ave D100, Chicago, IL 60647
3.9 (40 reviews)Mon-Sun 10am-10pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Membership
- Kiln access
- Private lessons
The Pottery Loop | PotteryChicago
1770 W Berteau Ave Suite 407, Chicago, IL 60613
4.9 (121 reviews)Mon-Fri 5:30pm-9pm
Ceramics by Leo
4550 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
4.9 (77 reviews)Mon, Thu 4:30pm-9:30pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
- Private lessons
PARK WEST CERAMICS
2646 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
4.8 (37 reviews)Mon-Fri 10am-10pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +1
Penguin Foot Pottery
2514 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
4.4 (104 reviews)Mon-Fri 1pm-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- +4
Chicago Ceramic Center
3057 N Rockwell St Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60618
4.9 (45 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Color Cocktail Factory Pottery, Date Nights & Art Classes in Chicago
1142 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
4.4 (2,475 reviews)Mon-Fri 5pm-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- +3
Color Me Mine
3849 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
4.7 (319 reviews)Mon-Sun 11am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Lincoln Square Pottery Studio- Learning Center
4150 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
4.5 (29 reviews)Mon-Fri 12:30pm-9:30pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
ViaClay
208 S Marion St, Oak Park, IL 60302
5.0 (161 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +3
MADE Chicago
1980 N Milwaukee Ave #1N, Chicago, IL 60647
4.5 (31 reviews)Mon-Thu 1pm-9:30pm
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
Centered Clay Collective
800 Devon Ave, Park Ridge, IL 60068
4.8 (29 reviews)Mon, Thu 10am-3:30pm, 7pm-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +3
Freestyle Ceramics & Tufting (Bridgeport/Chinatown)
2927 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
4.8 (248 reviews)Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 12pm-9pm
The Digs Chicago
333 N Oakley Blvd #305, Chicago, IL 60612
3.9 (30 reviews)Mon, Wed 12pm-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Private lessons
Freestyle Ceramics & Tufting (Andersonville)
5127 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
4.8 (65 reviews)Mon-Fri 12pm-9pm
The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
4.7 (288 reviews)Mon-Sat 8am-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Edgewater Pottery
1207 W Berwyn Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
5.0 (6 reviews)
GnarWare Workshop
1838 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
4.8 (27 reviews)Wed-Sun 12pm-8pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Creative Claythings Inc.
2255 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
4.8 (12 reviews)Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun 7pm-9:30pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
Kneaded Earth Pottery Studio
2512 Pine Cone Ct, Naperville, IL 60565
5.0 (599 reviews)Mon-Fri 9:30am-7pm
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
Little Black Pearl Workshop
1060 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
4.6 (188 reviews)Mon-Fri 8:30am-3:30pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
Glazed Expressions
717 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
3.9 (196 reviews)Wed-Sat 11am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Pansies Pottery
3506 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657
5.0 (11 reviews)Tue-Fri 6:30pm-9:30pm
Color Me Mine
470 Village Center Dr, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
4.8 (331 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Ceramics, Arts & Crafts Studios by Mucci World
7913 W 171st St, Tinley Park, IL 60477
4.9 (191 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-7pm
Dirty Clay Co.
125 S Batavia Ave, Batavia, IL 60510
5.0 (42 reviews)Mon 12pm-2pm
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
- +1
thrown elements pottery
260 N Evergreen Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
4.5 (66 reviews)Mon, Thu, Sat 10am-6pm