Jade Pottery turns pottery painting into a hands-on event, hosting step-by-step classes and private gatherings at its Pavilion studio and partner venues. Participants choose a ceramic piece, decorate it with guidance, and leave the glazing and firing to Jade Pottery before collecting the finished work. The studio also makes handmade porcelain earrings and other ceramic pieces.
The KilnThe Kiln is a Brecksville pottery studio where visitors of all ages make and fire their own work through wheel-throwing classes, paint-your-own pottery, and hands-on workshops. Alongside its family-friendly activities, the studio gives experienced ceramic artists open-studio space and offers low-fire firing services for work made elsewhere. Its custom light-up ceramic cutouts and seasonal clay camps add a distinctly local, creative twist.BRECKSVILLE, OH
Peekskill Clay StudiosAt The Hat Factory in Peekskill, Peekskill Clay Studios runs a fully equipped community clay studio where people learn pottery and hand building while experienced artists maintain their own workspace. The Hudson Valley facility offers classes for adults and teens, memberships for independent clay artists, and one of the area’s only reduction gas kilns. Its small staff and committed membership also support exhibitions, workshops, and open-studio events.PEEKSKILL, NY
Whitney Smith PotterySince discovering wheel throwing at Cabrillo College in 1994, ceramic artist Whitney Smith has built a full-time practice around making pottery in her Vallejo studio. Her work brings a painter’s eye to clay, with each piece receiving a distinctive, colorful surface shaped by hand rather than repeated from a fixed pattern. The result is functional pottery made to bring beauty into everyday life.NEW YORK, NY
Neighborhood PottersIn Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood, Sandi Pierantozzi and Neil Patterson make hand-crafted functional pottery designed for everyday rituals, with Neil’s altered wheel-thrown forms and Sandi’s textured, hand-built work giving the studio its distinctive character. Neighborhood Potters also teaches ceramics, hosts public events and showcases local makers, extending its role from working studio to community gathering place. The pair recycle every scrap of clay, use no lead or toxic glaze ingredients, and heat their recycled 1851 studio with residual kiln warmth in winter.PHILADELPHIA, PA