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Pottery studios in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville's pottery scene is concentrated in NuLu, the Highlands, Germantown, Butchertown, and out in Crescent Hill. Prices are friendly: drop-in classes from $40, six-week courses from $225-325. The community is craft-serious thanks to the University of Louisville Hite Art Institute and the broader Ohio Valley studio-craft tradition, with several studios offering multi-level wheel curricula and visiting-artist workshops. Memberships with kiln access are widely available. Hand-building drops in easily; wheel throwing usually requires the intro class first. Date-night and drop-in classes are common in NuLu and the Highlands. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For longer study, the NuLu and Butchertown studios have the deepest multi-level progression.

Showing 21 of 21 studios

AA Clay Studio
2829 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40208
5.0 (39 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
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Payne Street Pottery & Gallery
531 N Hite Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
4.9 (88 reviews)
Paint Spot
4600 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY 40257
4.8 (143 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Stoneware & Co.
731 Brent St, Louisville, KY 40204
4.6 (296 reviews)
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Clay House Pots
741 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40202
5.0 (2 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
Mud Puddle Pottery Co.
23 Public Square, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
5.0 (23 reviews)
Side By Side Studio
2528 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
4.8 (24 reviews)
- Kids classes
New Albany Clay Collective
1015 E Main St, New Albany, IN 47150
4.8 (44 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
Kentucky Mudworks
914 N English Station Rd A2, Louisville, KY 40223
4.7 (56 reviews)
Betty Blu Pottery
1860 Mellwood Ave suite #183, Louisville, KY 40206
5.0 (2 reviews)
Ms. Audrey's Crafting Emporium
1703 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205
5.0 (85 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
Mudlark Pottery Studio
1739 Roberts Rd, Verona, KY 41092
5.0 (10 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Preston Arts Center, Inc.
8101 Warwick Ave, Louisville, KY 40222
4.9 (130 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
Ceramic Wisdom Workshop
401 6th St, Shelbyville, KY 40065
5.0 (16 reviews)
Hadley Pottery
1570 Story Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
4.7 (91 reviews)
Color Palette Polish Pottery
11701 Main St, Middletown, KY 40243
4.9 (31 reviews)
Earth & Fire
4212 Charlestown Rd, New Albany, IN 47150
4.4 (120 reviews)
Board & Brush Creative Studio - Louisville
129 S English Station Rd, Louisville, KY 40245
5.0 (73 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
Whet Your Palette
1415 Evergreen Rd, Louisville, KY 40223
4.6 (356 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
Broadway Clay
223 W Broadway St, Frankfort, KY 40601
5.0 (29 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Membership
- Kiln access
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