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Pottery studios in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill's pottery scene is small but craft-serious for a town of 62,000, anchored by the UNC ceramics program and proximity to the deep North Carolina pottery tradition. Studios cluster downtown, on Franklin Street, in Carrboro across the line, and out in Hillsborough. Prices are mid-market for a university town: drop-in classes from $45, six-week courses from $250-375. Several studios are run by UNC graduates teaching rigorous multi-level wheel curricula. Memberships with kiln access are available but waitlisted at the popular downtown and Carrboro studios. Hand-building drops in easily; wheel throwing usually requires the intro class first. Date-night and drop-in classes are common downtown. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For longer study, the Carrboro and Hillsborough studios offer the deepest curricula and best connections to the broader Seagrove and Penland traditions.

Showing 22 of 22 studios

Julie Berkowitz Ceramics
408 Stony Hill Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
5.0 (17 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
Glazed Expectations Ceramic
205 W Main St #104, Carrboro, NC 27510
4.7 (71 reviews)
Community Clay Studio
200 Plant Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
4.9 (7 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
Clayboro Studios
101 Lloyd St, Carrboro, NC 27510
5.0 (44 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Koala Craft
601 W Rosemary St Unit 107, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
4.9 (168 reviews)
- Kids classes
Clayworx Studios
136 Fayetteville St G, Pittsboro, NC 27312
5.0 (8 reviews)
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
Ceramica
8245 Chapel Hill Rd, Cary, NC 27513
4.9 (59 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Claymakers
470 Salem St, Durham, NC 27703
4.8 (77 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Janet Resnik Pottery
132 Collins Mountain Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
4.9 (11 reviews)
Little Peak Pottery
9 Lucas Dr, Durham, NC 27713
5.0 (4 reviews)
Glazed and Fired Ceramics
633 Chapel Hill Rd, Burlington, NC 27215
4.9 (55 reviews)
Lune Spark Center for Creativity
250 S Elliott Rd #110, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
5.0 (17 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
Zebulon Pottery
102 W 3rd St, Wendell, NC 27591
5.0 (475 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
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Paint Your Pot
2755 NC-55, Cary, NC 27519
4.6 (229 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
The ArtsCenter
400 Roberson St, Carrboro, NC 27510
4.3 (52 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Mays Pottery
23 Durham Eubanks Rd, Pittsboro, NC 27312
4.8 (32 reviews)
UNC Art Lab
108 Airport Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
4.5 (8 reviews)
- Membership
Clay Centre
402 Lloyd St, Carrboro, NC 27510
Mark Hewitt Pottery
424 Johnny Burke Rd, Pittsboro, NC 27312
5.0 (39 reviews)
Cary Pottery
604 E Chatham St Ste F, Cary, NC 27511
4.7 (32 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Kiln access
Klaystation
3516 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC 27616
4.6 (199 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
Chris Campbell Pottery
42 N Flanders St, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
5.0 (1 reviews)