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Gallery and Classes

Hours: Open Daily, 10am-5pm 

The Village Potters Clay Center is a vibrant creative community dedicated to the exploration of clay.

We offer classes for all levels in wheel, hand building, sculpture, surface design, jewelry making, raku and saggar firings, and more. We host both demonstrations and hands-on workshop experiences.

Our center includes a gallery selling fine ceramic art and functional work representing our six residents potters: Judi Harwood, Christine Henry, Julia Mann, Katie Messersmith, Lori Theriault, and Sarah Wells Rolland. Our gallery has four showrooms and is open six days a week.

*See calendar for hours during holidays

Are you an aspiring professional potter or just want to master your craft? Check out our 1-3 year Advanced Studies Program built upon Independent Study and Mentoring. 
Check out our Study From Afar online education too!

We are a Laguna Clay distributor and have a fully stocked tool shop with tools for sale. Our Director of Operations, Lindsey Mudge, can assist all your clay needs.

We hope you will look around our website for more information and register for a class or workshop, and shop in our gallery.

The Village Potters is located at Riverview Station, in Asheville’s River Arts District, at 191 Lyman Street, #180.

Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm

828-253-2424  • info@thevillagepotters.com

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