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Pottery studios in Boulder, Colorado

Boulder's pottery scene is craft-serious for its size, anchored by the CU Boulder ceramics program and the broader Front Range studio-craft tradition. Studios cluster downtown, on Pearl Street, in North Boulder, and out in Niwot and Longmont. Prices are mid-market for a university town: drop-in classes from $50, six-week courses from $300-425. Several studios are run by CU graduates teaching rigorous multi-level wheel and hand-building curricula. Memberships with kiln access are widely available but waitlisted at the popular downtown studios. Date-night and drop-in classes are common on Pearl Street. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers, with strong summer camps. For longer study, the North Boulder and downtown studios have the deepest multi-level progression and best access to the broader Front Range ceramics community.

Showing 32 of 32 studios

AMIO CERAMICS
5461 Western Ave Unit b, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (20 reviews)Mon-Fri 8am-6pm
- Hand building
- Kiln access
Groundworks Art Lab - Hill
1010 Aurora Ave, Boulder, CO 80302
4.6 (27 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +2
Mudslingers Pottery Studio
414 E Simpson St, Lafayette, CO 80026
4.9 (128 reviews)Tue-Wed 12:00pm-8:00pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
- +2
Groundworks Art Lab - Main
3750 Canfield St, Boulder, CO 80301
4.7 (15 reviews)Mon-Sun 8am-9:30pm
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +2
Boulder Potters' Guild
3185 Sterling Cir, Boulder, CO 80301
4.9 (12 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Color Me Mine
1938 Pearl St #100, Boulder, CO 80302
4.6 (183 reviews)Mon-Sun 11am-8pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Tinker Art Studio
693B S Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305
5.0 (26 reviews)Tue-Thu 9:30am-6:30pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +2
Groundworks Art Lab - East
3063 Sterling Cir #1, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (7 reviews)Mon-Sun 6am-12am
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +2
Crackpots
505 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501
4.8 (453 reviews)Mon-Wed 10am-6pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Cannon St. Ceramics
200 W Cannon St, Lafayette, CO 80026
5.0 (24 reviews)Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- +4
Wheelhouse
645 Tenacity Dr Unit E, Longmont, CO 80504
5.0 (18 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +2
Wild Sweet Studios
5461 Western Ave Unit b, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (7 reviews)Mon-Thu 10am-7pm
Sunflower Art Studio
6545 Finley Pl #200, Boulder, CO 80301
4.9 (30 reviews)Tue-Wed 10am-2pm, 4pm-6pm
- Kids classes
Boulder Mountain Clayworks
471 E 10th St, Ketchum, ID 83340
4.9 (15 reviews)Mon-Sun 6am-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +2
Clay Hub by Tinker Art Studio
693B S Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305
5.0 (1 reviews)Tue-Thu 9:30am-6:30pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +2
Liz Quan Studio
4593 Broadway Unit C120, Boulder, CO 80304
5.0 (1 reviews)
Studio 5.5
2907 55th St, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (4 reviews)Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
The New Local
741 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
4.9 (46 reviews)Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
- Kids classes
- Birthday parties
bohemia
4919 Broadway Unit 7*, Boulder, CO 80304
4.9 (10 reviews)
- Birthday parties
Wilderness Art Studios
2810 Wilderness Pl, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (2 reviews)
Anna Flowers Ceramics
5461 Western Ave, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (5 reviews)Mon-Sun 9am-5pm
NoBo Art Center
4929 Broadway Unit E, Boulder, CO 80304
4.5 (20 reviews)Fri-Sat 3pm-6pm
CBArt Studios
406 Center Dr Unit C, Superior, CO 80027
5.0 (55 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
- Birthday parties
Tina Davis Studio
947 Kimbark St, Longmont, CO 80501
5.0 (8 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Potter's Touch
5191 W 112th Ave #600, Westminster, CO 80031
5.0 (226 reviews)Wed-Fri 11am-7pm
Let's Paint! Pottery Studio
8410 Wadsworth Blvd G, Arvada, CO 80003
5.0 (69 reviews)Mon, Wed, Thu 12pm-6pm
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
Ceramics in the City
5214 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80220
4.8 (243 reviews)Mon-Fri 11am-8pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Birthday parties
Into The Fire, A Paint Your Own Pottery Studio
7409 Grandview Ave, Arvada, CO 80002
4.6 (221 reviews)Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun 10am-5pm
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Pot-Luck, The Pottery Painting Place
2620 S Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80222
4.7 (120 reviews)Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun 11am-5pm
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Throwing Mud
3250 O'Neal Cir, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (1 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
Stone Leaf Pottery
6611 W 58th Pl, Arvada, CO 80003
4.7 (180 reviews)Tue-Thu 9am-6pm
Scribble Art Workshop: Boulder
2299 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
5.0 (20 reviews)Mon-Fri 10am-6pm