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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 23 of 23 studios

Fountain Square Clay Center
950 Hosbrook St, Indianapolis, IN 46203
4.9 (159 reviews)
- Drop-in
Yellow Door Ceramics Studio
4201 Millersville Rd #103, Indianapolis, IN 46205
5.0 (132 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Membership
Pottery By You
2280 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260
4.9 (247 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Alley Cat Ceramics
2209 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46201
5.0 (40 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Beech Grove Clay Works
339 Main St, Beech Grove, IN 46107
4.9 (50 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
Mass Ave Mudroom
1125 E Brookside Ave Ste C27, Indianapolis, IN 46202
5.0 (11 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Color Me Mine
14300 Clay Terrace Blvd Suite 110, Carmel, IN 46032
4.5 (241 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 (147 reviews)
- Kiln access
Get Dirty Ceramics
1043 Virginia Ave Unit 205, Indianapolis, IN 46203
4.7 (14 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 (244 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 (236 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 (53 reviews)
- 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 Ste B335 (3rd Floor, Indianapolis, IN 46204
4.9 (136 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
Looking Glass Pottery Studio
1385 S 10th St #1, Noblesville, IN 46060
4.8 (16 reviews)
Ripple Mobile Arts
4550 Central Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46205
5.0 (14 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
The Pottery House Studio
Suite #17 and #13, 223 S Pete Ellis Dr, Bloomington, IN 47408
5.0 (57 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Brightly Art Studio
22 E Main St, Brownsburg, IN 46112
5.0 (33 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
Mad Potter Ceramics
109 E Main St, Greenfield, IN 46140
4.6 (36 reviews)