Pottery in New Jersey

A Jersey City appointment-only studio with one-time wheel and handbuilding sessions, six-week beginner courses, sessions for those 55 and over, youth workshops and memberships.

A Jersey Shore clay studio for ages 16 and up running six-week wheel-throwing courses, two-hour BYOB wheel workshops, handbuilt mug pop-ups and private group sessions, with an open studio calendar.

A Hamilton Park ceramics club with adult and children's handbuilding and wheel classes, date and try nights, camps, parties and memberships after a beginner course.

A pottery school in Hoboken's Monroe Center and Long Branch, with adult and youth courses, grown-up-and-me sessions, classes for students with disabilities and a Hoboken membership.

A Somerset County pottery business with weekly classes and a gift shop in Whitehouse and workshops, kids' classes and open studio for experienced potters in Branchburg.

A Bergen County workspace for ceramic artists with a 24-hour shelf membership, along with wheel, handbuilding and private classes.

A Somerville studio and gallery led by a studio potter, listed as teaching wheel and handbuilding lessons and raku workshops, and selling stoneware, porcelain and raku made with in-house glazes.

A small Vernon pottery studio offering six-week adult classes, private lessons, one-visit pottery experiences, BYOB Sip & Spin nights and private group events for ages 7 and up.

A Westfield studio with wheel and handbuilding classes for adults, kids and families, pottery painting, camps, parties and a 24-hour potters' membership.

A Wharton studio running beginner and six-week classes and themed workshops including raku, underglaze and holiday projects.

A Metuchen studio with single wheel throwdowns, weekly classes, skills workshops and memberships for experienced ceramic artists.

A Bradley Beach maker of ceramic candles that hosts handbuilding workshops (mugs, platters, boards, coasters, ornaments), private group workshops and wheel lessons including a date-night format.

The Montclair Art Museum's studio school offers eight-week adult wheel courses from functional ware to advanced throwing, Friday Wine and Wheel nights, raku and specialty workshops, plus wheel classes for children.

A northern New Jersey clay studio group with branches in Montclair, Madison and Mendham, running adult wheel and handbuilding courses, BYOB evening events, kids' and teen programs and open studio memberships.

A membership-focused community pottery studio opened in 2024 in rural Hunterdon County, with long daily access hours, wheel and handbuilding stations, and classes, workshops and private lessons alongside.

A Jersey City ceramics academy built around ten-week courses and a raku workshop, with a kiln mainly for enrolled students and an open house after each term.

A Chatham clay studio offering four-week beginner classes and small-group drop-in workshops of six to eight people, with a later return visit to glaze.

A Glen Rock studio with mixed-level classes, specialty workshops and memberships for ages 13 and up. Firing is for students and members only.

A Spotswood studio offering wheel experiences, handbuilding, raku workshops and parties. Dates on its home page ran to 2020, so current operation is unconfirmed.

A walk-in DIY art studio (paint-your-own pottery, canvas, candles) that also teaches the pottery wheel through one-time try-it classes, kids' clay and wheel courses, private lessons and studio memberships, at Pennington and Quaker Bridge Mall.

A Main Street studio and gallery in Hackettstown with multi-week wheel courses, weekend one-time sessions, an after-school handbuilding club for kids and a range of monthly memberships.