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Pottery studios in Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington's pottery scene runs through the Distillery District, downtown, Chevy Chase, and out in Beaumont and Hamburg. Prices are friendly: drop-in classes from $40, six-week courses from $225-325. The community is anchored by the University of Kentucky ceramics program and the broader Bluegrass craft tradition, with several studios offering multi-level wheel curricula. Memberships with kiln access are widely available and affordable. Hand-building drops in easily; wheel throwing usually requires the intro class first. Date-night and drop-in classes are common in the Distillery District and downtown. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers, with strong summer camps. For longer study, the downtown and Distillery District studios have the deepest multi-level progression.

Showing 22 of 22 studios

The Mad Potter
3385 Tates Creek Rd, Lexington, KY 40502
4.5 (181 reviews)
Kentucky Mudworks
800 Floyd Dr Ste 110, Lexington, KY 40505
4.8 (130 reviews)
The Pottery Place
3555 Nicholasville Rd Ste 928, Lexington, KY 40503
4.3 (34 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Kiln access
Elkhorn Pottery
116 N Broadway, Georgetown, KY 40324
5.0 (122 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Broadway Clay
223 W Broadway St, Frankfort, KY 40601
5.0 (29 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Membership
- Kiln access
Dirty South Pottery
38 N Main St, Winchester, KY 40391
5.0 (41 reviews)
Elements Clay Studio
1122 Nevins Station Rd, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
5.0 (25 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Created By You, LLC
36 N Highland St, Winchester, KY 40391
4.8 (58 reviews)
Mudlark Pottery Studio
1739 Roberts Rd, Verona, KY 41092
5.0 (10 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Tater Knob Pottery & Farm Inc.
260 Wolf Gap Rd, Berea, KY 40403
4.9 (122 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Chic Art Fusion
464 Lakeshore Dr, Lexington, KY 40502
5.0 (21 reviews)
CREATE studio
212 Woodland Ave, Lexington, KY 40502
4.8 (21 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
Painting with a Twist
2573 Richmond Rd #320, Lexington, KY 40509
4.9 (338 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
The Pottery House Studio
Suite #17 and #13, 223 S Pete Ellis Dr, Bloomington, IN 47408
5.0 (50 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- +3
Lex Center for Creative ReUse
110 Luigart Ct Unit 150, Lexington, KY 40508
4.9 (120 reviews)
- Membership
Tim Vetters Art and Pottery Classes
2224 Clear Creek Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356
5.0 (1 reviews)
Latitude Arts
740 National Ave #180, Lexington, KY 40502
4.7 (19 reviews)
Artworks at the Carver School
522 Patterson St, Lexington, KY 40508
4.9 (11 reviews)
- Membership
ARTplay Children's Studio
309 N Ashland Ave #190, Lexington, KY 40502
5.0 (24 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
Lexington Arts & Crafts Society
130 Waltham St, Lexington, MA 02421
4.8 (28 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +2
LexArts
161 N Mill St, Lexington, KY 40507
4.8 (39 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Pinot's Palette
3851 Mall Rd #110, Lexington, KY 40503
4.8 (177 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership