Friday September 5th.Sara Ditchman is a visual artist with 13 years of ceramic experience and a BFA from University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Since 2023, she has been an artist at Fulton Street, where she now works as Membership Coordinator. This summer she moved into her third-floor studio, invested in her space, and installed a kiln that has expanded her practice in transformative ways. Her work explores focus, flow, and form—ranging from experimental sculpture that emphasizes material exploration and assemblage, to two-dimensional work that pushes shapes beyond the physical realm, and most recently to functional pottery that celebrates proportion, touch, and form.Rooted in intuitive play, her process is immersive, sensual, and bodily, requiring patience, repetition, and an eye for aesthetic exploration. In an era of digital fatigue and distraction, Sara’s work emphasizes the value of creating with one’s hands, honoring transformation, and bringing vibrance, joy, and curiosity into everyday life. Her goal is to share this by creating work that brings people joy and adds that energy and vibe to their space.To ensure the organic growth of West Town as Chicago’s emergent gallery district and further unite the neighborhood as a cultural destination, please join us in our gallery for opening night .West Town Chamber of Commerce supports and elevates similar efforts while further facilitating connection amongst Chicago’s gallerists, artists, collectors and patrons.West Town Chamber of Commerce supports and elevates similar efforts while further facilitating connection among Chicago’s gallerists, artists, collectors and patrons.With enthusiastic participation from area galleries, First Fridays offers the potential to ensure the continued development of the West Town neighborhood as a nexus of fine art and arts development in Chicago and beyond.RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED:Fulton Street Collective1821 W. Hubbard6pm – 10pmFree Parking