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Pottery in New Orleans, LA
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Pottery studios in New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans's pottery scene runs through the Bywater, Marigny, Mid-City, and Algiers Point, with a smaller cluster Uptown near the universities. Prices are friendly: drop-in classes from $45, six-week courses from $225-350. The community is small but craft-serious, with several studios run by working potters who teach rigorous wheel and hand-building progressions alongside the standard date-night and group-event programming. Memberships with kiln access are available but limited; member shelves carry waitlists in the Bywater. Kids programs run mostly through the larger community-arts centers. For a casual evening, the Bywater and Marigny studios are walkable from the bars and restaurants; for longer study, the Mid-City and Algiers Point studios offer the deepest curricula and most consistent multi-week course offerings.

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  • BellyFire Nola: Pottery Classes & Pottery Painting

    8212 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118

    5.0 (334 reviews)Tue-Thu 2pm-7pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • +5

  • Posh Clay Studio

    3218 Taft Park, Metairie, LA 70002

    5.0 (258 reviews)Mon-Sun 9am-10pm
    • Date night

  • The London Clayworks - Pottery Classes

    2737 Dreux Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122

    5.0 (21 reviews)Mon-Sun 5am-12am
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly

  • Earth & Fire Pottery Studio

    724 Adams St, New Orleans, LA 70118

    4.3 (6 reviews)Mon, Thu 5:30pm-9:30pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • +1

  • Hands In Clay

    4125 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

    4.6 (17 reviews)Wed-Sat 10am-4pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Beginner friendly

  • Chez Clay

    862 Tchoupitoulas St #1, New Orleans, LA 70130

    4.5 (24 reviews)Thu-Sun 1pm-7pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Birthday parties

  • Clay Center of New Orleans

    1001 S Broad St Spc 116, New Orleans, LA 70125

    5.0 (12 reviews)Mon-Sun 10am-5pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • +2

  • Potsalot Pottery

    3818 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

    4.9 (32 reviews)Tue-Sat 11am-5pm

  • Wrenworks Art Studio

    2120 4th St Ste 3, Kenner, LA 70062

    5.0 (80 reviews)Thu 2pm-9pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • +5

  • The London Clayworks - Open Studio

    3000 Royal St #9, New Orleans, LA 70117

    4.6 (19 reviews)
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly

  • Byrdie's Pottery

    936 St Roch Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117

    4.4 (20 reviews)Sat-Sun 12pm-6pm
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Private lessons

  • Artsy Edge Metairie

    3228 Metairie Rd, Metairie, LA 70001

    5.0 (12 reviews)Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • +2

  • Crescent City Clayworks

    1925 Conti St, New Orleans, LA 70112

    5.0 (11 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
    • Kids classes
    • Membership
    • Birthday parties
    • Private lessons

  • Posh Paint Pottery

    1640 Hickory Ave, Harahan, LA 70123

    4.8 (92 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Kiln access
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • +1

  • ClayWork.Shop

    130 N Olympia St, New Orleans, LA 70119

    5.0 (2 reviews)Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 10am-8pm
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Beginner friendly
    • +3

  • Rivertown Pottery and Art

    532 Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70062

    4.7 (14 reviews)Wed-Sun 9am-5pm

  • Derby Pottery and Tile

    2029 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

    4.7 (36 reviews)Mon, Tue, Fri 10am-5pm

  • Ficus Ceramica

    2801 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70117

    5.0 (4 reviews)
    • Drop-in
    • Paint Your Own Pottery

  • The Makery 504

    4000 4th St, Marrero, LA 70072

    5.0 (27 reviews)Tue, Wed, Fri 3pm-8pm
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Birthday parties

  • New Orleans Art Supply

    3041 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70117

    4.2 (89 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-7pm

  • PaintSpace NOLA | New Orleans' Premier Art Studio

    1202 Soniat St, New Orleans, LA 70115

    4.9 (32 reviews)Mon-Sun 9am-5pm
    • Beginner friendly

  • Kappa Horn's studio

    2433 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70117

    5.0 (2 reviews)Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 8am-2pm

  • Rachael DePauw Pottery

    4444 S Galvez St, New Orleans, LA 70125

    5.0 (8 reviews)

  • Belle Ceramics

    2919 Lafitte Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119

    Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

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