2024: A Year of Creativity and Fun at Slowfire! What a year! In 2024, we taught nearly 2,000 people , with fan-favorite programs like...

Our students had a delightful and creative experience learning to bake and decorate gingerbread houses with Ms. Kristi! First, they got...

Support Art, Empower Community! Explore works by Slowfire teaching artists Noelle Allen, Tyler Yocum, Jeny Martinez, and Veronica Fremont...

Our young artists have been working hard in our after school art club learning about different artists and their methods of art making!...

Do you have a birthday coming up? Slowfire can host your birthday party! This past weekend we hosted a 12 year old that enjoys sweet...

Ms. Maliya has been leading our Ceramics Internship Program in partnership with Youth Crossroads of Berwyn this fall, where we've teamed...

During the Fall 1 semester, Ms. Carrie and Ms. Amy led two Ceramics classes with Slowfire at Whittier Elementary, teaching Grades K-2 on...

Our Real or Cake students this session have built, frosted, mixed up and made cake BOOKS! Ms, Kristi has had so much fun teaching this...

Face painting is a vibrant and fun art form where faces become living canvases for creativity! It’s all about transforming a person into...

Let's ask it! I posed the question: What are the basics of throwing in pottery? I also prompted Chat GPT to focus on body mechanics and...

Our adult students, along with one adventurous teen (with a parent in tow), had an incredible outing at Chicago Kiln Service! Guided by...

Our campers had a wonderful week! Check out pictures from the field trip to Peggy Notebart Nature Museum, images from our campers in Real...

Those difficult adolescent years when you're "too old" for a babysitter, but "too young" to fly through life solo. The expectations...

Pictures from Exploring our Oceans, T. Swift Eras Camp, and Baking Camp Baking camps made gourmet s’mores, brownies, chocolate cake,...

Photographs from Miyazaki in the Kitchen, Swifties Love Art, and Exploring our Oceans! Swifties Love Art: To see all camp performances...

For this of you familiar with Hayao Miyazaki’s animated films, you surely remember the steaming bowls of noodles, inviting cups of tea,...

Please check out our instagram and facebook pages for video from Hi Barbie! @slowfireceramics and SLOWFIRE on facebook:...

Our campers made all kinds of art this week, from ceramic wind chimes to cherry blossoom paintings! At our Grove Art/Music GRRRRL power...

We wrapped up this week with performances, field trips, more art, and friendships. Our students at The Learning Specialist x Afternoon...

Dear Families, We are having an awesome week full of art, music, games, park outings, rain, friendships and more! Ms. Joss and Ms. Diane...