Have you taken any cool crafty classes in Chicago?
April 18, 2022 6:43 PM Subscribe
Think stained glass, glass blowing, welding, leather craft, screen printing, etc. I already know about Lill Street, Penguin Foot, the Parks Department and Chicago School of Leather. Is Discovery Center legit? Have you taken anything rad?
Never did manage to take a class at the Fire Arts Center, but if you wanna do foundry...
posted by ASF Tod und Schwerkraft at 7:22 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by ASF Tod und Schwerkraft at 7:22 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
Chicago Mosaic School I dream of being able to take a traditional Roman mosaic class at this school. So jealous of you.
posted by effluvia at 7:58 PM on April 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by effluvia at 7:58 PM on April 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
The Chicago Public Library has a Makers Lab that sometimes does workshops. I did a little laser cut vinyl sticker workshop there (it was a couple hours long and either free or like one dollar or two for materials), and they took you through the software and equipment process. It was fun and I got a cool laptop sticker out of it!
posted by carlypennylane at 8:10 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by carlypennylane at 8:10 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
I've taken 2 classes at the Chicago Mosaic school linked above, and they were both great (table mosaic, and glass-on-glass, which is similar to stained glass but much easier and fun, imo). Also took a multi-media art class at the the Oak Park Art League that was fun.
posted by j810c at 9:34 PM on April 18, 2022
posted by j810c at 9:34 PM on April 18, 2022
CIADC is great, I’ve done woodworking and a friend rated their metalworking class highly.
There’s a weaving school around somewhere that I really wish I had the time to try.
posted by Jobst at 4:44 AM on April 19, 2022
There’s a weaving school around somewhere that I really wish I had the time to try.
posted by Jobst at 4:44 AM on April 19, 2022
I enjoyed the basket weaving class I took at the Chicago Weaving School , and a friend found the love of her crafty life in their loom weaving classes.
posted by slmorri at 5:12 AM on April 19, 2022
posted by slmorri at 5:12 AM on April 19, 2022
I've taken some classes in traditional drawing/painting at The Palette & Chisel. There's also an informal printmaking studio.
Haven't taken anything at The Bridgeport Art Center, but looks like they have lots of offerings. (I've been to some open houses there, the ceramics place looked pretty impressive.)
posted by Bron at 7:49 AM on April 19, 2022
Haven't taken anything at The Bridgeport Art Center, but looks like they have lots of offerings. (I've been to some open houses there, the ceramics place looked pretty impressive.)
posted by Bron at 7:49 AM on April 19, 2022
I haven't taken any classes here yet, but pre-pandemic I read about a shoe making class in an arts building on Ravenswood that sounded interesting; I believe it's this one: chicagoschoolofshoemaking.com
posted by sencha at 10:37 AM on April 20, 2022
posted by sencha at 10:37 AM on April 20, 2022
The Chicago Rebuilding Exchange has a variety of workshops in both Chicago and Evanston.
posted by carrienation at 11:55 AM on April 20, 2022
posted by carrienation at 11:55 AM on April 20, 2022
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