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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 35 of 35 studios

Julie Berkowitz Ceramics
408 Stony Hill Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
5.0 (18 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Private lessons
Glazed Expectations Ceramic
205 W Main St #104, Carrboro, NC 27510
4.8 (70 reviews)Wed-Sat 10am-6pm
Community Clay Studio
200 Plant Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
4.9 (7 reviews)Mon 9:30am-12pm, 3pm-5:30pm, 6:30pm-9pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
Clayboro Studios
101 Lloyd St, Carrboro, NC 27510
5.0 (75 reviews)Tue-Fri 1pm-6pm
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Koala Craft
601 W Rosemary St Unit 107, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
4.9 (166 reviews)Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 12pm-7:30pm
- Kids classes
- Birthday parties
Clayworx Studios
136 Fayetteville St G, Pittsboro, NC 27312
5.0 (10 reviews)Tue, Thu 9am-12pm, 6pm-9pm
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
Ceramica
8245 Chapel Hill Rd, Cary, NC 27513
4.9 (68 reviews)Tue-Fri 10am-5pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
Claymakers
470 Salem St, Durham, NC 27703
4.8 (80 reviews)Tue-Sat 1:00pm-6:00pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
- +2
Janet Resnik Pottery
132 Collins Mountain Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
4.9 (11 reviews)Wed, Sun 3pm-6pm
Little Peak Pottery
9 Lucas Dr, Durham, NC 27713
5.0 (4 reviews)Mon 2pm-5pm
Glazed and Fired Ceramics
633 Chapel Hill Rd, Burlington, NC 27215
4.9 (69 reviews)Tue, Sat 12pm-5pm
Lune Spark Center for Creativity
250 S Elliott Rd #110, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
5.0 (18 reviews)Mon-Fri 7:30am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Zebulon Pottery
102 W 3rd St, Wendell, NC 27591
5.0 (486 reviews)Mon, Tue, Wed, Sun 12pm-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +4
Paint Your Pot
2755 NC-55, Cary, NC 27519
4.6 (235 reviews)Mon-Wed 10am-6pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
The ArtsCenter
400 Roberson St, Carrboro, NC 27510
4.4 (57 reviews)Mon-Fri 9am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Mays Pottery
23 Durham Eubanks Rd, Pittsboro, NC 27312
4.8 (33 reviews)Mon-Sat 12pm-5pm
UNC Art Lab
108 Airport Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
4.5 (8 reviews)
- Membership
Clay Centre
402 Lloyd St, Carrboro, NC 27510
Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
Mark Hewitt Pottery
424 Johnny Burke Rd, Pittsboro, NC 27312
5.0 (40 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Kiln access
Cary Pottery
604 E Chatham St Ste F, Cary, NC 27511
4.7 (32 reviews)Thu-Fri 10:30am-5pm
- Wheel throwing
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
Klaystation
3516 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC 27616
4.6 (220 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
- +1
Chris Campbell Pottery
42 N Flanders St, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
5.0 (1 reviews)
1:11 Art and Healing Space
3039 University Dr, Durham, NC 27707
5.0 (24 reviews)Mon, Tue, Fri 10am-3pm
- Membership
Say it With Glass
101 Two Hills Dr Unit 180, Carrboro, NC 27510
5.0 (90 reviews)Tue-Thu 10am-7pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
- Private lessons
Living Kiln Studio
1330 5th Ave #260, Garner, NC 27529
5.0 (36 reviews)Sun Open 24 hours
- Membership
- Kiln access
Carolina Clay Studio
1947 Evans Rd, Cary, NC 27513
4.8 (25 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-8pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +2
Studio Maypop
2001 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, NC 27707
5.0 (13 reviews)Thu 3pm-6pm
Delores Pottery
1010 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701
4.4 (23 reviews)Sat-Sun 11am-4pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- +4
Mad Splatter Apex - Pottery, Splatter, and Canvas Paint Studio
2016 Creekside Landing Dr, Apex, NC 27502
4.9 (998 reviews)Mon-Thu 10am-8pm
Liberty Arts Sculpture Studio & Foundry
918 Pearl St, Durham, NC 27701
4.9 (50 reviews)Mon-Sun 9am-5pm
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
White Oak Pottery
3915 Rivermont Rd #2926, Durham, NC 27712
5.0 (10 reviews)
Durham Arts Council
120 Morris St, Durham, NC 27701
4.7 (353 reviews)Mon-Sat 9am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
North Carolina Crafts Gallery
212 W Main St, Carrboro, NC 27510
4.8 (39 reviews)Wed-Fri 11am-6pm
Color Me Mine
316 Colonades Way Ste 215, Cary, NC 27518
4.8 (565 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-8pm
Children's Art Classes - Chapel Hill, NC
1129 Weaver Dairy Rd W, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
5.0 (10 reviews)