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Pottery in Albuquerque, NM
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Pottery studios in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque's pottery scene runs through Downtown, Nob Hill, Old Town, and out in Corrales and Los Ranchos. Prices are friendly: drop-in classes from $40, six-week courses from $225-325. The community draws on a long Pueblo and Hispanic ceramic tradition, with several studios teaching micaceous clay and traditional firing alongside contemporary work. Memberships with kiln access are widely available and affordable. The University of New Mexico ceramics program anchors a craft-serious community of working potters, with several studios offering multi-level wheel curricula. Date-night and drop-in classes are common in Nob Hill and Downtown. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For serious students, Albuquerque offers exposure to one of the deepest ceramic traditions in North America at unusually friendly prices.

Showing 15 of 15 studios

  • Ceramica Pottery Studio ABQ

    141 Osuna Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107

    5.0 (16 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • +2

  • Hands On Clay Studio

    2281 Wilbur Ave SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105

    5.0 (86 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access

  • Burque Throwdown

    400 Coal Ave SW Ste B2, Albuquerque, NM 87102

    4.9 (66 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • +1

  • Kiln it Art Studio

    5740 Night Whisper Rd NW #290, Albuquerque, NM 87114

    4.8 (263 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access

  • Creativity Warehouse

    1950 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112

    4.8 (108 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • +1

  • Coyote Clay and Color

    5107 Edith Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107

    4.9 (32 reviews)

  • Art Attack

    3137 San Mateo Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110

    4.4 (159 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access

  • New Mexico Clay

    3300 Girard Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107

    4.8 (295 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • +1

  • Sage Valley Pottery

    4908 Corrales Rd, Corrales, NM 87048

    4.9 (36 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access

  • Peanut Pottery

    220 Copper Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

    5.0 (1 reviews)

  • HomeMade inc.

    1001 Yale Blvd SE B, Albuquerque, NM 87106

    5.0 (2 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly

  • Paseo Pottery

    1273 Calle de Comercio, Santa Fe, NM 87507

    5.0 (66 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • +4

  • Kelly Jo Designs by Wine

    6829 4th St NW, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM 87107

    4.9 (501 reviews)
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Paint Your Own Pottery

  • The Groove Artspace

    309 Gold Ave SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

    5.0 (19 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access

  • Southwest Sunflower Pottery

    2411 Dora Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104

    5.0 (20 reviews)

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