GREAT NEWS:

Our Grand Reopening Celebration is Oct 11th 4-8 pm!

The Village Potters Clay Center at 44 Westgate Parkway Asheville NC 28806!

Our Clay Company is still operating out of our temporary warehouse until

our new facility opens late summer.

SUBSCRIBE to our Newsletter for all the latest updates.

Due to severe damage from Hurricane Helene, our gallery, studios and teaching center will reopen at our new location in the Aug or Sept of 2025.

Join us for our Grand Reopening Celebration on Oct 11th 4-8 pm

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

We need your help cover the significant costs of rebuilding, replace kilns, and up-fitting our 18,000 sq. ft. new space. If you’re able to support us, any donation, big or small, makes a huge difference as we work to recover.

Here are several ways you can donate to help us financially at this time.

1. Make a tax-deductible donation through our new Fiscal Sponsor

2. Donate through our GoFundMe campaign

3. You can also contact Sarah Wells Rolland by clicking this link and request the address to send a check directly to us. Just write “donation” in the subject line.

For updates on our recovery efforts: 

You can go to Our Rebuild Updates page and follow us onFacebook and Instagram.

For any inquiries, you can contact us via email at info @thevillagepotters.com. 

The Village Potters Clay Center is a vibrant creative community dedicated to the exploration of clay. Our center includes one of Western North Carolina’s premier galleries, selling fine ceramic art and functional work representing our six resident potters: Judi Harwood, Julia Mann, Karen Dubois, Katie Meili Messersmith,  Sarah Wells Rolland, and Maria Andrade Troya, our newest resident.

The Village Potters Clay Center is deeply committed to serving and supporting every person.  We maintain a community which recognizes, values, and celebrates the worth and uniqueness of all individuals.

The Village Potters does not discriminate of the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status.

Classes & Workshops

We offer in-person classes for beginners to advanced levels in wheel, hand building, sculpture, surface design, cone 6 and cone 10 reduction firings, wood and soda firings, raku and saggar firings, and speciality classes. We also offer online classes and workshops and host both demonstrations and hands-on workshop experiences.

Read our Teaching Center Policies & Procedures here.

Clay Materials & Tools

We are also a Laguna Clay and Standard Clay distributor able to assist with all your clay needs. Please visit our Clay Company page for information about the clay, dry materials, tools and more that we offer.