This week · Friday 23 to Thursday 29 October 2026

Make something this week

One thing made a day: a class, a drop-in studio, a printshop with the doors open. Paid stops are the ones worth paying for; the free ones are really free.

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🏺 This week’s trail

7 stops, from ViaClay on Friday to Pinot's Palette Logan Square on Thursday. The tickets add up to $1184.

stops

free

$1184

for the whole week

Friday

Stop 1 of the week

ViaClay

$95Stop 1 · 6:00 PMFriday Night Wine-o-RamaViaClay · Oak Park & West SuburbsA two-hour wheel-throwing night for complete beginners with a wine tasting (about two glasses each, from Anfora Wine Merchants); clay, tools, instruction, glazing and firing are included,…

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6:30 PMDate Night ThrowdownLillstreet Art Center$125 7:30 PMGhostly GardensPinot's Palette Logan Square$45

Saturday

Stop 2 of the week

Pinot's Palette Logan Square

$45Stop 2 · 7:00 PMGalaxy BeachPinot's Palette Logan Square · Northwest SideAn evening group painting class where each guest paints the studio's Galaxy Beach design on their own canvas. It runs 7–9pm at Pinot's Palette Logan Square, 2768 N Milwaukee Ave (Logan…

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10:30 AMMatcha Bowl on the WheelColor Cocktail Factory$45 10:45 AMMake & Paint a Charcuterie BoardColor Cocktail Factory$55

Sunday

Stop 3 of the week

Spudnik Press Cooperative

$125Stop 3 · 10:00 AMLetterpress PostersSpudnik Press Cooperative · West Loop & Near WestA four-hour Sunday workshop setting and printing posters on Spudnik Press's letterpress equipment. Sunday 25 October, 10am to 2pm, at Spudnik Press Cooperative, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite…

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12:00 PMWhisk Broom Weaving with Abeni PiersonDuSable Black History Museum and Education Center$55.20 12:00 PMWatercolor Workshopindigo & violet studio$70

Monday

Stop 4 of the week

The Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts

$250Stop 4 · 5:30 PMDrawing the Facial FeaturesThe Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts · Downtown & Near NorthA weekly drawing course with Addison Xu concentrating on eyes, noses, mouths and the other features of the face. It meets Mondays from 26 October to 14 December, 5:30pm to 7:30pm, at the…

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6:00 PMBookbinding 101Spudnik Press Cooperative$125

Tuesday

Stop 5 of the week

The Chicago Mosaic School

$360Stop 5 · 1:00 PMMosaic IThe Chicago Mosaic School · North SideA six-week beginners' course in mosaic: cutting, adhesives, substrates, layout and grouting, finished with two projects in traditional and contemporary styles. This section, taught by…

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5:00 PMPortrait DrawingThe Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts$250 7:00 PMHaunted CampfirePinot's Palette Logan Square$60

Wednesday

Stop 6 of the week

Aartwerk

$270Stop 6 · 6:40 PMPainting II / Drawing IIAartwerk · North SideAn intermediate-to-advanced course for students past the basics, working through color theory and a range of materials toward an original composition. This Wednesday-evening group meets…

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6:00 PMSkills Stained Glass Class: 3-D Cottage HouseFlan's Glass$695 6:00 PMHead & Face Portrait Art Anatomy Through Quick-Sketch DrawingThe Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts$230

Thursday

Stop 7 of the week

Pinot's Palette Logan Square

$39Stop 7 · 7:00 PMFright NightPinot's Palette Logan Square · Northwest SideA Thursday group painting class with a Halloween design called Fright Night, each guest painting their own canvas. It runs 7–9pm at Pinot's Palette Logan Square, 2768 N Milwaukee Ave…

Or walk a different week

76 eventsThe whole weekThree picks a day, every category 🎶 ListenThe music week0 stops · 0 free · $0 🎬 WatchThe film week2 stops · 0 free · Unpriced 🧒 KidsThe family week7 stops · 6 free · Unpriced 🆓 Spend nothingThe free week7 stops · 7 free · $0

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