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Pottery studios in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City's pottery scene is concentrated in the Crossroads Arts District, West Bottoms, Brookside, and out in Westport and the Country Club Plaza. Prices are friendly: drop-in classes from $40, six-week courses from $225-325. The community runs craft-serious thanks to the Kansas City Art Institute ceramics program, which is one of the strongest in the Midwest. Several studios are run by KCAI graduates teaching rigorous wheel and hand-building progressions alongside the standard beginner programming. Memberships with kiln access are widely available. Hand-building drops in easily; wheel throwing usually requires a short intro session first. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For longer study, the Crossroads and West Bottoms studios have the deepest curricula and access to the broader KCAI community.

Showing 20 of 20 studios

Driftwood Ceramics
1827 Buchanan St, North Kansas City, MO 64116
4.8 (74 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- +2
KC Clay Guild
500 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
4.8 (219 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +1
Letter Cat Studio, LLC
1106 E 43rd St, Kansas City, MO 64110
4.9 (128 reviews)
- Drop-in
- Membership
Claymates
517 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108
5.0 (13 reviews)
Dabble and Drip
9756 N Ash Ave, Kansas City, MO 64157
5.0 (76 reviews)
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
The Potter's Cottage
6210 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City, MO 64154
4.8 (121 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Kiln access
EPIC Arts Clay Studio
609 N 6th St, Kansas City, KS 66101
4.7 (70 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- +2
Brookside Ceramics
329 E Gregory Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64114
4.7 (76 reviews)
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Kiln access
Back Door Pottery
3922 St John Ave, Kansas City, MO 64123
4.9 (19 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- +1
House of Clay
7811 Marty St, Overland Park, KS 66204
4.8 (33 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
Ceramic Cafe, Inc
9510 Nall Ave, Overland Park, KS 66207
4.6 (422 reviews)
- Drop-in
Creative Culture
5235 W 116th Pl, Leawood, KS 66211
4.2 (114 reviews)
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Kiln access
Potter's Haven Art Studio
292 SW Blue Pkwy, Lee's Summit, MO 64063
4.7 (158 reviews)
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
Belger Arts - Crane Yard Studios and Gallery
2011 Tracy Ave, Kansas City, MO 64108
4.9 (128 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- +2
Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64108
4.7 (88 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- +2
Imagine Studios, KC
171 English Landing Dr Ste 130, Parkville, MO 64152
5.0 (6 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +2
Wandering Bud
4448 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64110
4.9 (54 reviews)
Paint Glaze & Fire | Ceramics & Coffee House
12683 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66213
4.4 (244 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +3
Water Street Ceramics
112 N Water St, Liberty, MO 64068
5.0 (7 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
323CLAY
323 W Maple Ave, Independence, MO 64050
4.8 (32 reviews)