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Pottery studios in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga's pottery scene runs through the Southside, North Shore, downtown, and out in St. Elmo and the Northshore districts. Prices are unusually friendly: drop-in classes from $35, six-week courses from $200-300. The community draws on the broader Southern Appalachian craft tradition and connections to Sewanee and UTC ceramics, with several studios offering multi-level wheel curricula at prices well below the coasts. Memberships with kiln access are widely available and affordable. Hand-building drops in easily; wheel throwing usually requires the intro class first. Date-night and drop-in classes are common in the Southside and North Shore. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For longer study, the Southside and North Shore studios have the deepest multi-level progression.

Showing 28 of 28 studios

Scenic City Clay Arts
301 E 11th St #100, Chattanooga, TN 37403
4.8 (68 reviews)Tue-Thu 10am-8:30pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Kiln access
- +1
The Pottery Place of Chattanooga
103 Cherokee Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37405
4.6 (141 reviews)Mon-Sat 12pm-8pm
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Kiln access
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
White Rabbit Collective Pottery Studio - Lookout Mountain
105 Mitchell Dr Unit B, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350
5.0 (24 reviews)
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
- Private lessons
The Pottery Place of Chattanooga - Hamilton Place
6413 Lee Hwy #135, Chattanooga, TN 37421
4.5 (6 reviews)Mon-Sat 12pm-8pm
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Kiln access
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Forman Pottery
4515 Tennessee Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37409
5.0 (10 reviews)
Nashville Pottery
2501 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206
5.0 (950 reviews)Tue-Thu 10:30am-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Membership
- +4
Evergreen & More Art Studio
276 Nelson St, Cartersville, GA 30120
4.9 (33 reviews)Thu 1pm-5pm
Smalltown Ceramics
15875 Rankin Ave, Dunlap, TN 37327
4.3 (41 reviews)Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat 12pm-5pm
- Beginner friendly
Pottery Art Cafe
488 N Chancery St, McMinnville, TN 37110
4.8 (19 reviews)Tue, Wed, Fri 4pm-8pm
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
Lookout Mountain Pottery
3005 Plum Nelly Rd, Rising Fawn, GA 30738
5.0 (18 reviews)Mon-Sun 8am-6pm
Foothills Paint Your Own Pottery Studio
277 S Calderwood St, Alcoa, TN 37701
4.9 (64 reviews)Mon-Fri 2pm-8pm
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Townsend Atelier
The Arts, 301 E 11th St Bldg suite 200, Chattanooga, TN 37402
4.9 (68 reviews)Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
- Beginner friendly
ClearStory Arts
1673 S Holtzclaw Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404
4.8 (49 reviews)Fri 5pm-8pm
- Drop-in
Ceramic Chaos
1599 S Scott St, Scottsboro, AL 35768
5.0 (1 reviews)Tue, Thu 5pm-8pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Beyond the Brush
3813 Dayton Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37415
5.0 (24 reviews)Tue-Wed 3:30pm-6:30pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
Palette 2 Palate Paint Studio & Gift Shop
6724 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343
4.8 (25 reviews)Thu-Sat 10am-4pm
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
The Pearce Creative LLC
31 Jack Heard Dr, Dawsonville, GA 30534
4.9 (49 reviews)Tue-Sat 12pm-7pm
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
Plum Nelly Shop & Gallery
330 Frazier Ave #104, Chattanooga, TN 37405
4.8 (29 reviews)Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
- +1
The Chattery
1800 Rossville Ave #108, Chattanooga, TN 37408
4.9 (39 reviews)
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Private lessons
MUDHOE STUDIO
104 Riddle St, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
3.6 (14 reviews)
Two Cents Ceramics
3052 Tunl Hl Rd SW, Cleveland, TN 37311
Mon-Wed 8:30am-6pm
- Wheel throwing
- Membership
Hill Top Ceramics,LLC
202 Durgin Hollow Rd, Chickamauga, GA 30707
5.0 (3 reviews)Wed-Thu 5:30pm-8:30pm
Down&Under Studios
715 Signal Mountain Blvd, Signal Mountain, TN 37377
Create
102 Chickamauga Ave, Rossville, GA 30741
5.0 (10 reviews)Sat 11am-2pm
Studio Ours Cha
1401 Fort St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
4.9 (18 reviews)Wed-Sun 10am-5pm
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Color Me Mine Murfreesboro
2615 Medical Center Pkwy #1520, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
4.9 (909 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Community Arts
275 Inman St E B, Cleveland, TN 37311
5.0 (20 reviews)Wed, Fri 1pm-6pm
Painting with a Twist
1309 Panorama Dr #111, Chattanooga, TN 37421
4.8 (486 reviews)Tue 6:30pm-9pm