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Pottery studios in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe's pottery scene is woven into the city's broader fine-art identity, with studios spread between the historic district, Railyard Arts District, and Canyon Road. Prices skew premium because of the high-art positioning: drop-in workshops from $65, multi-week courses from $375-550. The community draws on a long Pueblo ceramic tradition, with several studios teaching micaceous clay, traditional firing, and contemporary work side by side. Memberships with kiln access exist but are limited and waitlisted. Date-night and tourist workshops are common, especially during peak summer months. Kids programs run mostly through the larger community art centers. For serious students, Santa Fe offers exposure to one of the deepest ceramic traditions in North America, with workshops by visiting and resident master potters several times a year.

Showing 24 of 24 studios

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
Green River Pottery
1710 Lena St, Santa Fe, NM 87505
4.8 (38 reviews)
- Kiln access
Baca Street Pottery
730 Baca St, Santa Fe, NM 87505
4.8 (13 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
Red Sky Pottery
1519 Upper Canyon Rd Studio 6, Santa Fe, NM 87501
5.0 (36 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
Tumbleroot Pottery Pub
135 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501
4.8 (147 reviews)
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Kiln access
Fira Ceramics
1364 Rufina Cir #7, Santa Fe, NM 87507
5.0 (11 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Beginner friendly
Anna Nelson Studio
1519 Upper Canyon Rd Unit 11, Santa Fe, NM 87501
5.0 (3 reviews)
Sticks and Stones Pottery
1911 St Michaels Dr Ste D, Santa Fe, NM 87505
5.0 (8 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- +1
Red Clay Studio/ Randy Chitto
1507 Center Drive, 4326 Airport Rd Unit D, Santa Fe, NM 87507
5.0 (1 reviews)
- Membership
Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery
100 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
4.7 (73 reviews)
- Membership
Kiln it Art Studio
5740 Night Whisper Rd NW #290, Albuquerque, NM 87114
4.8 (277 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Kiln access
Make Santa Fe
2879 All Trades Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507
4.8 (61 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Heidi Loewen Porcelain
315 Johnson St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
4.1 (14 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Kiln access
whiskey & clay
1701 Lena St, Santa Fe, NM 87505
5.0 (15 reviews)
Artful Soul
227 Don Gaspar Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501
5.0 (90 reviews)
Dragonfly Art Studio: Art Programs
1513 3rd St, Santa Fe, NM 87505
5.0 (29 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
Rainbow Gate Inc
320 Sandoval St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
4.8 (34 reviews)
- Membership
J. F. Mazur Studio
1807 2nd St #58, Santa Fe, NM 87505
4.7 (7 reviews)
- Kids classes
Santa Fe Painting Workshops
1235 Siler Ln Ste F, Santa Fe, NM 87505
5.0 (103 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Beginner friendly
Living Threads Studio
1610 Lena St D, Santa Fe, NM 87505
5.0 (20 reviews)
- Date night
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Creativity Warehouse
1950 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112
4.8 (111 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +1
Casa Cristal Pottery
1488 NM-68, Velarde, NM 87582
4.6 (78 reviews)
Little Studio on the Mesa
113 Longview Dr, White Rock, NM 87547
4.9 (39 reviews)
Bluebird Studios Santa Fe
8 Joy Ln, Santa Fe, NM 87508
4.9 (35 reviews)
- Beginner friendly