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Pottery studios in Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville's pottery scene is concentrated in the Old City, downtown, North Knoxville, and out near the University of Tennessee campus. Prices are unusually friendly: drop-in classes from $35, six-week courses from $200-300. The community is craft-serious thanks to the UT ceramics program and the broader East Tennessee studio-craft tradition (with Arrowmont in nearby Gatlinburg), with several studios offering rigorous 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 Old City. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For serious students, Knoxville offers exceptional value with deep curricula and access to the broader Appalachian craft community.

Showing 11 of 11 studios

Mighty Mud
1528 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920
4.8 (181 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
Sees Thru Trees Pottery Studio
504 S David Ln, Knoxville, TN 37922
4.9 (29 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Beginner friendly
Liza Moz' Paint Your Own Pottery
1645 Downtown W Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37919
4.4 (121 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Foothills Paint Your Own Pottery Studio
277 S Calderwood St, Alcoa, TN 37701
4.9 (63 reviews)
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Knoxville Art Studio
6859 Harvest Grove Ln, Knoxville, TN 37918
4.9 (39 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
Creative Spark Studio
2009 E Broadway Ave, Maryville, TN 37804
4.8 (74 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Joppa Mountain Pottery
1479 Joppa Mountain Rd, Rutledge, TN 37861
5.0 (31 reviews)
Knoxville Arts Center
1127 N Broadway B, Knoxville, TN 37917
4.8 (45 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Membership
Polka Dot Pots (Sevierville, TN) inside the Wilderness at the Smokies
Wilderness Resort, 1424 Old Knoxville Hwy, Sevierville, TN 37876
4.7 (65 reviews)
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Paint Your Own Pottery
Luv N Mud Ceramics
481 Leeper Pkwy #2, Lenoir City, TN 37772
4.8 (45 reviews)
Pink Pig Pottery Studio
143 W Main St, Morristown, TN 37814
4.8 (464 reviews)
- Wheel throwing
- Drop-in