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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 24 of 24 studios

AA Clay Studio
2829 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40208
5.0 (40 reviews)Sat-Sun 12:00pm-4:00pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +3
Payne Street Pottery & Gallery
531 N Hite Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
4.9 (90 reviews)Tue, Thu 6pm-8pm
- Birthday parties
Paint Spot
4600 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY 40257
4.7 (155 reviews)Mon-Thu 11am-6pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Stoneware & Co.
731 Brent St, Louisville, KY 40204
4.6 (301 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-4pm
- 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 (27 reviews)Tue-Thu 12pm-6pm
Side By Side Studio
2528 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
4.8 (24 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-3pm
- Kids classes
- Birthday parties
New Albany Clay Collective
1015 E Main St, New Albany, IN 47150
4.8 (47 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Kentucky Mudworks
914 N English Station Rd A2, Louisville, KY 40223
4.7 (58 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-4pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kiln access
Betty Blu Pottery
1860 Mellwood Ave suite #183, Louisville, KY 40206
5.0 (2 reviews)Mon-Fri 9:00am-6:00pm
- Birthday parties
Ms. Audrey's Crafting Emporium
1703 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205
5.0 (97 reviews)Mon-Thu 4pm-8pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
Mudlark Pottery Studio
1739 Roberts Rd, Verona, KY 41092
5.0 (11 reviews)Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11am-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
- +1
Preston Arts Center, Inc.
8101 Warwick Ave, Louisville, KY 40222
4.9 (137 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-6:30pm
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
Ceramic Wisdom Workshop
401 6th St, Shelbyville, KY 40065
5.0 (20 reviews)
Hadley Pottery
1570 Story Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
4.6 (92 reviews)Wed-Sat 9am-3:30pm
- Kids classes
- Kiln access
Color Palette Polish Pottery
11701 Main St, Middletown, KY 40243
4.9 (31 reviews)Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat 10:30am-4pm
- Birthday parties
Earth & Fire
4212 Charlestown Rd, New Albany, IN 47150
4.3 (127 reviews)Mon-Thu 12pm-7pm
Board & Brush Creative Studio - Louisville
129 S English Station Rd, Louisville, KY 40245
5.0 (76 reviews)Mon-Fri 5:30pm-9pm
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
Whet Your Palette
1415 Evergreen Rd, Louisville, KY 40223
4.6 (360 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-10pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Broadway Clay
223 W Broadway St, Frankfort, KY 40601
5.0 (32 reviews)Mon-Fri 11am-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Membership
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
- Private lessons
Elements Clay Studio
1122 Nevins Station Rd, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
5.0 (25 reviews)Fri 11am-5pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- +1
Fire Studio & Gallery
11300 Westport Rd Ste 400, Louisville, KY 40241
4.8 (133 reviews)Tue-Thu 11am-5pm
- Membership
Art Sanctuary
2012 Northwestern Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40203
4.7 (413 reviews)
Metro Arts
8360 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY 40258
5.0 (5 reviews)Mon-Thu 8am-8pm