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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 18 of 18 studios

AMIO CERAMICS
5461 Western Ave Unit b, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (19 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kiln access
Groundworks Art Lab - Hill
1010 Aurora Ave, Boulder, CO 80302
4.6 (27 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Mudslingers Pottery Studio
414 E Simpson St, Lafayette, CO 80026
4.9 (122 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Groundworks Art Lab - Main
3750 Canfield St, Boulder, CO 80301
4.7 (14 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Boulder Potters' Guild
3185 Sterling Cir, Boulder, CO 80301
4.9 (12 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Color Me Mine
1938 Pearl St #100, Boulder, CO 80302
4.6 (168 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Tinker Art Studio
693B S Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305
5.0 (26 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +1
Groundworks Art Lab - East
3063 Sterling Cir #1, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (7 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Crackpots
505 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501
4.8 (446 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Cannon St. Ceramics
200 W Cannon St, Lafayette, CO 80026
5.0 (24 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- +2
Wheelhouse
645 Tenacity Dr Unit E, Longmont, CO 80504
5.0 (18 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +1
Wild Sweet Studios
5461 Western Ave Unit b, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (7 reviews)
Sunflower Art Studio
6545 Finley Pl #200, Boulder, CO 80301
4.8 (19 reviews)
- Kids classes
Clay Hub by Tinker Art Studio
693B S Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +1
Liz Quan Studio
4593 Broadway Unit C120, Boulder, CO 80304
5.0 (1 reviews)
The New Local
741 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
4.9 (46 reviews)
- Kids classes
Ceramics in the City
5214 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80220
4.8 (243 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
Throwing Mud
3250 O'Neal Cir, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (1 reviews)
- Wheel throwing