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Pottery studios in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham's pottery scene is concentrated in Avondale, Forest Park, downtown, and out in Mountain Brook and Homewood. Prices are unusually friendly: drop-in classes from $35, six-week courses from $200-300. The community is anchored by the Birmingham Museum of Art and the broader Alabama craft tradition, with several studios offering multi-level wheel curricula at prices well below the coasts. Memberships with kiln access are widely available and affordable. Hand-building drops in easily; wheel throwing usually requires the intro class first. Date-night and drop-in classes are common in Avondale and downtown. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For serious students, Birmingham offers exceptional value with deep curricula at low prices; for a casual evening, Avondale and Forest Park are walkable from dinner.

Showing 26 of 26 studios

Do It Yourself Crafts
1909 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL 35209
4.8 (247 reviews)Mon-Thu 10am-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- +1
Earthborn Studio Inc
7575 Parkway Dr, Leeds, AL 35094
4.6 (71 reviews)Fri-Sat 9am-2pm
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Kiln access
Red Dot Gallery
1001 Stuart St, Birmingham, AL 35209
4.9 (59 reviews)Wed-Thu 9am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
Sips n Strokes Bham
2233 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
4.0 (78 reviews)$40-100/session
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
MAKEbhm
4000 3rd Ave S Ste 102, Birmingham, AL 35222
4.8 (39 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Pinspiration Birmingham
201 Cahaba Park Cir #500/600, Birmingham, AL 35242
4.9 (150 reviews)Thu 3:00pm-7:00pm
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Alabama Art Supply
1006 23rd St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
4.8 (418 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Wiley Pots
4320 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
5.0 (1 reviews)Mon-Wed 10am-9pm
Civil Stoneware, Inc Studios
1710 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203
5.0 (9 reviews)Mon, Wed, Fri 12pm-2pm
- Date night
Art Zone
736A Shades Mountain Plaza, Birmingham, AL 35226
5.0 (194 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
Hammer & Stain Birmingham
No physical address, Birmingham, AL 35226
4.5 (31 reviews)
- Date night
- Birthday parties
- Private lessons
Studio By the Tracks
301 20th St S, Irondale, AL 35210
4.9 (17 reviews)Mon-Thu 9am-4pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Birthday parties
susan gordon pottery
1910 28th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35209
5.0 (2 reviews)Tue-Fri 10am-5pm
Space One Eleven Arts Center
2409 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203
4.8 (36 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
- Kids classes
Imagine Clay Studio
310 Doug Baker Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35242
Mon-Sat 10am-4pm
- Membership
Painting with a Twist
701 Doug Baker Blvd #106, Birmingham, AL 35242
4.5 (164 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
ArtPlay
1006 19th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
4.9 (35 reviews)Mon-Fri 10:00am-6pm
- Membership
PAINT ALL THE THINGS formerly Sips n Strokes Trussville Studio
5870 Trussville Crossings Pkwy Ste 118, Birmingham, AL 35235
4.5 (21 reviews)Mon-Thu 6:30pm-9pm
- Kids classes
- Birthday parties
Weaver Ceramics
295 Reeves Ln SW, Bessemer, AL 35022
4.9 (7 reviews)Tue, Thu, Sat 1pm-4pm
Moon Struck Pottery and Makers Space
1260 Dauphin St, Mobile, AL 36604
5.0 (21 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Artsy Studio
194 Main St, Trussville, AL 35173
4.9 (21 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
- +1
Top Notch Ceramics
3136 Floyd Bradford Rd, Trussville, AL 35173
4.6 (9 reviews)Fri-Sat 10am-4pm
- Kiln access
Busy Brush Studio
1425 Montgomery Hwy #115, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
4.7 (10 reviews)Mon-Thu 10:00am-7:00pm
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +3
Shelby County Arts Council
105 W College St, Columbiana, AL 35051
4.9 (215 reviews)Mon-Thu 10am-5pm
Pottery Studio Pavlov Ceramics
113 Pope St, Birmingham B1 3AG
5.0 (177 reviews)Tue, Thu, Fri 6pm-8:30pm
Glaze Room Pottery Painting
59A Caroline St, Birmingham B3 1UF
4.9 (145 reviews)Mon-Thu 2pm-9pm