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Pottery studios in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond's pottery scene runs through Carytown, the Fan District, Scott's Addition, Church Hill, and Manchester. Prices are friendly: drop-in classes from $40, six-week courses from $225-325. The community is craft-serious thanks to the Virginia Commonwealth University ceramics program, which is one of the strongest in the Southeast. Several studios are run by VCU graduates teaching rigorous multi-level wheel and hand-building curricula. Memberships with kiln access are widely available and affordable. Date-night and drop-in classes are common in Carytown and Scott's Addition. Kids programs run year-round at the community art centers. For longer study, the Fan and Manchester studios have the deepest multi-level progression and the strongest connections to the broader VCU ceramics community.

Showing 31 of 31 studios

Still Life Ceramics Studio RVA
1600 Altamont Ave, Richmond, VA 23230
4.7 (17 reviews)Mon-Fri 11am-7pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Kiln access
- +1
Shockoe Bottom Clay
1714 E Main St, Richmond, VA 23223
4.9 (63 reviews)Fri 11am-5pm
- Hand building
Hand / Thrown Pottery Studio
123 W Brookland Park Blvd, Richmond, VA 23222
4.7 (37 reviews)Mon-Tue 1:00pm-6:30pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +1
clay ground
1000 Carlisle Ave Ste 100c, Richmond, VA 23231
5.0 (26 reviews)Sat-Sun 10am-2pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- +2
Rosewood Pottery Studio
2217 W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23220
4.2 (32 reviews)Sat-Sun 12pm-6pm
43rd Street Studios
1410 W 43rd St, Richmond, VA 23225
5.0 (11 reviews)Sun 10am-2pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Private lessons
All Fired Up Short Pump
2232 Old Brick Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060
4.7 (119 reviews)Mon-Thu 10am-6pm
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- +2
CREATE Pottery Shop
4668 Commonwealth Centre Pkwy, Midlothian, VA 23112
4.5 (123 reviews)Tue-Sat 10am-8pm
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
Studio Two Three
109 W 15th St, Richmond, VA 23224
4.8 (184 reviews)
- Membership
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
- Private lessons
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
1812 W Main St, Richmond, VA 23220
4.7 (339 reviews)Mon-Sun 9am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Kiln access
- Private lessons
The Urban Kiln
11624 Timberton Ct, Glen Allen, VA 23060
5.0 (13 reviews)Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
- Kiln access
Crossroads Art Center
2016 Staples Mill Rd, Richmond, VA 23230
4.7 (92 reviews)Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
- Membership
Robin Cage Pottery
1412 W 43rd St, Richmond, VA 23225
5.0 (2 reviews)Sat 10am-4pm
Paint On Pottery
1430 High St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
4.7 (89 reviews)Tue-Sun 11am-5pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
Starving Artist Studio
153 Herman Melville Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
4.9 (306 reviews)Mon-Wed 12pm-6pm
- Drop-in
- Paint Your Own Pottery
- Birthday parties
Clayworks Supplies, Inc.
2277 Dabney Rd F, Richmond, VA 23230
4.8 (97 reviews)Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kiln access
Art Factory & Party Place / Art & Coffee
4810 Market Square Ln, Midlothian, VA 23112
4.9 (641 reviews)Mon-Fri 7am-6pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Sweet Art Emporium
13610 James Madison Hwy, Palmyra, VA 22963
4.9 (47 reviews)Thu, Sun 12pm-4pm
- Membership
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
Vintage Glass and Pottery
Hub Shopping Center, 6925 Lakeside Ave, Richmond, VA 23228
4.9 (91 reviews)Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun 11am-4pm
Happy Palette
10450 Ridgefield Pkwy, Henrico, VA 23233
5.0 (10 reviews)Tue-Thu 10am-5pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
- Birthday parties
Richmond Clay House
1017 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118
4.7 (79 reviews)Mon-Sun 8am-10pm
The Cultural Arts Center
2880 Mountain Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060
4.6 (745 reviews)Mon-Thu 9am-9pm
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Beginner friendly
- Birthday parties
Laurel Gallery
2805 Hungary Rd, Richmond, VA 23228
4.8 (48 reviews)Thu-Fri 12pm-5pm
Paint the Towne
411 N 8th St, Richmond, IN 47374
4.8 (184 reviews)Mon, Tue, Wed, Sat 10am-6pm
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Kiln access
- Birthday parties
Richmond Art Center
2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA 94804
4.7 (31 reviews)Wed-Sat 10am-4pm
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Drop-in
- Membership
River City Clay
1811 Huguenot Rd #408, Midlothian, VA 23113
5.0 (3 reviews)Mon 10am-12:30pm, 6:30pm-9pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Drop-in
- +3
Paint 'N Play RVA
1334 Sycamore Square Dr, Midlothian, VA 23113
4.3 (44 reviews)Sun Open 24 hours
- Kids classes
- Date night
- Birthday parties
Alma Bella Academy
3424 W Hundred Rd, Chester, VA 23831
5.0 (8 reviews)Tue-Wed 12pm-8pm
Richmond Clay Center
541 Southlake Blvd, Richmond, VA 23236
5.0 (10 reviews)Mon-Sun 9am-9pm
- Membership
43rd Street Gallery
1412 W 43rd St, Richmond, VA 23225
4.8 (32 reviews)Wed-Sat 10am-5pm
- Kids classes
- Membership
- Private lessons
City Clay LLC
700 Harris St #104, Charlottesville, VA 22903
4.8 (15 reviews)Fri-Sun 11:00am-5:00pm
- Wheel throwing
- Hand building
- Membership