Skip to Main Content
Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Part-time ARTica employee Rachel “Ranch” Ward said they work overtime to fulfill the studio’s needs.

Northwestern’s ceramic technician won’t throw in the towel just yet

October 1, 2023

The first time Rachel “Ranch” Ward used a pottery wheel, it was supposed to be a punishment. When Ward’s high school art teacher caught them talking during a wheel-throwing demonstration, he demanded...

The Helicon symbol with two purple wildcats on the top right and bottom left corners with scribbled writing in the other two corners.

Helicon fosters creativity and community through literature and art

February 2, 2022

From intricate, 20-page prose to emotional short stories and poems, Helicon — Northwestern’s student art and literary magazine — celebrates all forms of creative expression.  The magazine, one...

Six pottery vases ranging in size and shape. From left to right, top to bottom colors: yellow, aqua, burgundy, blue, purple, olive green. Each vase has a white line slightly framing it.

ARTica hosts pottery activities to help community destress

January 9, 2022

From making a fish-shaped bowl to sculpting more than 10 menorahs, former Northwestern Transportation Library Assistant Joe Ellison has created a host of ceramic work at the ARTica Studios in Norris University...

A brown vase with chains on it sits on a table. The vase has green spots.

Ceramics inspire creativity and businesses for NU students

November 8, 2021

A&E This past summer, Weinberg sophomore Jane Clarke started crafting pottery at the Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago. Today, she continues to engage with pottery on campus at ARTica Studios.  Clarke...

SOURCE in Norris University Center. Student groups can access a large format printer to create promotional banners by the end of Fall Quarter, said Joe Lattal, assistant director of Student Organizations & Activities.

Large format printer offers reusable, weather-proof banners to student groups

September 27, 2017

When Rosalie Gambrah, Associated Student Government’s executive vice president, worked in ARTica Studios, she said she noticed student groups spent hours decorating promotional banners — only to use...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881
ARTica Studios