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A ceramics school in the Shawangunk area of Ulster County running small six-week wheel and hand-building courses, private lessons, homeschool clay sessions, raku and a children's summer camp.

An Ardsley multi-discipline art studio whose pottery sessions cover hand-building and wheel throwing in class packs, drop-ins and private lessons, alongside clay sculpture from a model and other art classes.

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 Scotch Plains studio listed with adult and kids' wheel, handbuilding and raku, camps, parties, memberships, open studio and outside firing.

A large ceramics school with semester classes, one-time try-it nights and a waitlisted 24-hour membership, in Brooklyn and Tribeca. It also sells supplies and offers outside firing and kiln rentals.

A Navy Yard studio combining classes and studio space with a broad service side: public firing, kiln rental, glaze mixing, mold making and equipment repair.

A small Bergen Street studio sharing space with a production ceramics studio, teaching six-week semi-private wheel series capped at six students and renting member space with wheels and three kilns.

A Bushwick studio teaching wheel and handbuilding, with one flat-rate membership that includes discounted clay and classes plus full kiln rental and luster firing access.

An East Moriches studio with wheel and handbuilding classes, workshops, memberships and kiln rental by inquiry.

A Bushwick basement studio with memberships, small-group and one-on-one lessons, hourly open studio for experienced potters and drop-off firing or full-kiln rental.

A studio dating to 2005 with adult and children's classes, memberships and drop-in time across Williamsburg and a Greenpoint branch opened in late 2025. Outside artists can buy firing and rent kilns.

A North Brooklyn ceramic center with semester classes, one-off try nights, children's programs and memberships, plus an outside firing portal.

A Kingston community arts center with a separate ceramics and sculpture studio offering shelf memberships for experienced potters, supervised open-studio sessions, paint-your-own pottery and firing in gas and electric kilns.

A New Milford creative studio mixing paint-your-own pottery with clay handbuilding and wheel-throwing sessions, including a 90-minute starter wheel session and four- or six-week wheel series.

A Bushwick art studio with ceramics courses, try nights, day passes and memberships, along with drawing and painting programs and private parties.

A First Avenue studio teaching weekly all-level clay classes, mainly on electric wheels, with paid bench time for registered students and private beginner groups.

A basement studio space on Linden Boulevard offering monthly memberships with workspace, firing and a range of clays and glazes.

A Fifth Avenue studio with weekly adult classes, kids' programs and 24-hour memberships, firing electric, gas, wood and soda. It runs subsidized and free classes for marginalized communities.

A Patchogue studio listed with wheel and handbuilding for adults and kids, memberships, open studio for experienced clay workers and outside firing.

A studio built around flexible memberships and an eight-week beginner program, with no lock-in periods. Non-members can book shared bisque and glaze firings.

A Mineola studio with multi-week wheel and handbuilding programs, teen and kids' sessions, adults-only evenings, private parties and a retail shop, plus a monthly workspace membership.

A large third-floor studio in Kingston's Midtown with ongoing drop-in style intro and intermediate classes, teen and kids clay, short workshops, private lessons and parties, and 24/7 open-studio membership.

A DeKalb Avenue studio listed with adult and kids' wheel and handbuilding, paint-your-own, monthly workshops, parties, memberships and outside firing.

A multi-discipline makerspace in the Brooklyn Army Terminal whose ceramics studio has beginner classes, monthly ceramics memberships and glaze firing. A Staten Island branch is by appointment.

A community center's pottery program with adult handbuilding and wheel classes and an independent members' studio with firing included.

The Upper West Side JCC's in-person ceramics studio, offering mixed-level wheel and beginner handbuilding classes, student studio time, and a monthly open studio pass for approved advanced potters.

A neighborhood studio with classes, workshops and two membership levels, plus an annex a short distance away used for private lessons and parties. Membership is independent work without instruction.

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 Williamsburg membership studio with firing included in monthly tiers, plus beginner classes, one-on-one sessions and masterclasses.

A small Bay Ridge studio in a brownstone teaching ten-week wheel and handbuilding sessions in tiny groups, plus monthly themed clay nights, date-night lessons, raku and a glaze-and-fire-only home membership.

The public ceramics floor of an arts organization, with application-based memberships, hourly and daily drop-in use, and firing in big electric and gas kilns. Wheelchair-accessible equipment is a stated feature.

A community pottery studio in Beacon's Kube Art Center with beginner and walk-in classes, private session packages, parties, kiln rentals and 24-hour memberships.

A Rocky Point studio listed with wheel and handbuilding for preschoolers through adults, memberships, open studio and outside firing.

A membership-and-class studio chain with New York branches in Gowanus, Chelsea, Greenpoint and the Upper East Side. Branches differ in firing: Gowanus fires cone 10 reduction and Chelsea is electric mid-range.

The ceramics program of Manhattan Youth's Downtown Community Center, with all-level semester sessions, one-day samplers and family clay days. Enrolled students get open studio hours.

A nonprofit art center in downtown New Milford offering private pottery wheel lessons, adult handbuilding, kids' and homeschool clay classes, couples' wheel nights, and pay-as-you-go open studio with hourly wheel rental.

A Torrington pottery store and studio with five work stations for monthly rental, regular firings included, plus single-session wheel try-outs, a beginner handbuilding course and space for members to sell their work.

A Clinton Hill studio near the Navy Yard offering 24/7 communal and at-home firing memberships, plus beginner wheel and handbuilding classes and a monthly open studio.

The West Side YMCA's ceramics program, with a broad weekly schedule of wheel and handbuilding classes from beginner to advanced, and open studio for class participants.

A Greenpoint ceramics workshop teaching semester courses in wheel throwing, handbuilding and slip casting, with a separate loft studio nearby.

The ceramics program of a long-running Woodstock arts colony, based in the Byrdcliffe Barn, with seasonal wheel, hand-building, soda and raku courses, independent-study studio access, private lessons and firing for outside work.

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.

A McLean Avenue studio teaching all-level wheel throwing and handbuilding to adults in six-week terms.

A Broadway studio offering group classes, 24-hour membership tiers and drop-in time, with paid kiln rental and firing for non-members.