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Pottery in Chattanooga, TN
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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.

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  • Scenic City Clay Arts

    301 E 11th St #100, Chattanooga, TN 37403

    4.8 (68 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access
  • The Pottery Place of Chattanooga

    103 Cherokee Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37405

    4.6 (135 reviews)
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access
  • White Rabbit Collective Pottery Studio - Lookout Mountain

    105 Mitchell Dr Unit B, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350

    5.0 (22 reviews)
    • Beginner friendly
  • The Pottery Place of Chattanooga - Hamilton Place

    6413 Lee Hwy #135, Chattanooga, TN 37421

    5.0 (1 reviews)
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • Kiln access
  • Grit & Grace LLC- Paint your own pottery

    4421 TN-58, Chattanooga, TN 37416

    5.0 (12 reviews)
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
  • Forman Pottery

    4515 Tennessee Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37409

    5.0 (10 reviews)
  • Nashville Pottery

    2501 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206

    5.0 (688 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Membership
    • +2
  • Evergreen & More Art Studio

    276 Nelson St, Cartersville, GA 30120

    4.9 (31 reviews)
  • Smalltown Ceramics

    15875 Rankin Ave, Dunlap, TN 37327

    4.3 (41 reviews)
    • Beginner friendly
  • Pottery Art Cafe

    488 N Chancery St, McMinnville, TN 37110

    4.8 (18 reviews)
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
  • Lookout Mountain Pottery

    3005 Plum Nelly Rd, Rising Fawn, GA 30738

    5.0 (18 reviews)
  • Foothills Paint Your Own Pottery Studio

    277 S Calderwood St, Alcoa, TN 37701

    4.9 (54 reviews)
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
  • Townsend Atelier

    The Arts, 301 E 11th St Bldg suite 200, Chattanooga, TN 37402

    4.9 (66 reviews)
    • Beginner friendly
  • ClearStory Arts

    1673 S Holtzclaw Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404

    4.8 (45 reviews)
    • Drop-in
  • The Clay Pot

    1311 Hanover St, Chattanooga, TN 37405

    5.0 (27 reviews)
  • Ceramic Chaos

    1599 S Scott St, Scottsboro, AL 35768

    5.0 (1 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
  • Beyond the Brush

    3813 Dayton Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37415

    5.0 (20 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
  • Palette 2 Palate Paint Studio & Gift Shop

    6724 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343

    4.8 (25 reviews)
    • Beginner friendly
  • The Pearce Creative LLC

    31 Jack Heard Dr, Dawsonville, GA 30534

    4.9 (47 reviews)
    • Drop-in
    • Kiln access
  • Plum Nelly Shop & Gallery

    330 Frazier Ave #104, Chattanooga, TN 37405

    4.8 (29 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Beginner friendly
    • +1
  • The Chattery

    1800 Rossville Ave #108, Chattanooga, TN 37408

    5.0 (36 reviews)
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
  • MUDHOE STUDIO

    104 Riddle St, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742

    3.6 (14 reviews)
  • Two Cents Ceramics

    3052 Tunl Hl Rd SW, Cleveland, TN 37311

    • Wheel throwing
    • Membership
  • Hill Top Ceramics,LLC

    202 Durgin Hollow Rd, Chickamauga, GA 30707

    5.0 (3 reviews)

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