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Pottery in Indianapolis, IN
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Pottery studios in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis's pottery scene is concentrated in the Mass Ave Arts District, Fountain Square, Broad Ripple, and the Stutz Business Center. Prices are friendly: drop-in classes from $40, six-week courses from $225-325. The community runs craft-serious thanks to the IUPUI ceramics program and Herron School of Art, with several studios offering rigorous wheel curricula and visiting-artist workshops alongside the standard beginner programming. Memberships with kiln access are widely available and affordable. Hand-building drops in easily; wheel throwing usually requires the intro class first. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers, with strong summer camps in Broad Ripple. For longer study, the Mass Ave and Stutz studios have the deepest multi-level wheel programs; for a casual evening, Mass Ave and Fountain Square are walkable from dinner.

Showing 22 of 22 studios

  • Fountain Square Clay Center

    950 Hosbrook St, Indianapolis, IN 46203

    4.9 (157 reviews)
    • Drop-in

  • Yellow Door Ceramics Studio

    4201 Millersville Rd #103, Indianapolis, IN 46205

    5.0 (129 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Drop-in
    • Membership

  • Pottery By You

    2280 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260

    4.9 (242 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access

  • Alley Cat Ceramics

    2209 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46201

    5.0 (38 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access

  • Beech Grove Clay Works

    339 Main St, Beech Grove, IN 46107

    4.9 (49 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership

  • Mass Ave Mudroom

    1125 E Brookside Ave Suite C27, Indianapolis, IN 46202

    5.0 (10 reviews)

  • Color Me Mine

    14300 Clay Terrace Blvd Suite 110, Carmel, IN 46032

    4.5 (180 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • Paint Your Own Pottery

  • The Wandering Peacock

    227 Jersey St, Westfield, IN 46074

    4.9 (45 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night

  • Brickyard, Ceramic & Crafts

    6060 Guion Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46254

    4.7 (146 reviews)
    • Kiln access

  • Get Dirty Ceramics

    1043 Virginia Ave UNIT 205, Indianapolis, IN 46203

    4.7 (12 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • +1

  • Jennifer Meeker Art Ceramics

    By APPOINTMENT ONLY- Come through the gate to the side green door, 927 E Tabor St, Indianapolis, IN 46203

    5.0 (48 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Beginner friendly

  • Kiln Creations

    60 N 9th St, Noblesville, IN 46060

    4.8 (240 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • +1

  • uPaint Pottery Studio

    3113 W Smith Valley Rd D, Greenwood, IN 46142

    4.7 (227 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access

  • Buck Creek Pottery

    11855 Indian Crk S Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46259

    5.0 (3 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly

  • Gravesco

    1501 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46201

    4.8 (52 reviews)

  • uPaint Pottery Studio

    13901 Town Center Blvd #200, Noblesville, IN 46060

    4.6 (89 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access

  • Create Art Studio

    6511 Ferguson St, Indianapolis, IN 46220

    5.0 (11 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership

  • Mosaic Art Studio Indianapolis

    The Stutz, 1060 N Capitol Ave Suite B335 (3rd Floor, Indianapolis, IN 46204

    4.9 (94 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access

  • uPaint Pottery Studio

    1820 E Main St, Plainfield, IN 46168

    4.7 (109 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access

  • Fired Arts Studio

    111 W Sycamore St, Kokomo, IN 46901

    4.8 (37 reviews)
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access

  • Looking Glass Pottery Studio

    1385 S 10th St Unit 1, Noblesville, IN 46060

    4.7 (15 reviews)

  • Ripple Mobile Arts

    4550 Central Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46205

    5.0 (13 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Date night
    • Drop-in

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