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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 23 of 23 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 (26 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Mudslingers Pottery Studio
414 E Simpson St, Lafayette, CO 80026
4.9 (116 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Groundworks Art Lab - Main
3750 Canfield St, Boulder, CO 80301
4.9 (13 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Boulder Potters' Guild
3185 Sterling Cir, Boulder, CO 80301
4.9 (13 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Color Me Mine
1938 Pearl St #100, Boulder, CO 80302
4.6 (165 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Tinker Art Studio
693B S Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305
5.0 (25 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 (429 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Cannon St. Ceramics
200 W Cannon St, Lafayette, CO 80026
5.0 (22 reviews)
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- +2
Wheelhouse
645 Tenacity Dr Unit E, Longmont, CO 80504
5.0 (16 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
Boulder Mountain Clayworks
471 E 10th St, Ketchum, ID 83340
4.9 (15 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +2
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)
Studio 5.5
2907 55th St, Boulder, CO 80301
5.0 (4 reviews)
The New Local
741 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
5.0 (46 reviews)
bohemia
4919 Broadway Unit 7*, Boulder, CO 80304
4.9 (10 reviews)
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)
NoBo Art Center
4929 Broadway Unit E, Boulder, CO 80304
4.5 (20 reviews)
CBArt Studios
406 Center Dr Unit C, Superior, CO 80027
5.0 (52 reviews)