At Hoffman, the Clay Program offers space to slow down and make with your hands.

Whether you’re learning the basics, refining your technique, or spending time in the studio, there’s room here to explore process, build confidence, and create something lasting.

Clay Program

Ceramics

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kiln services

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Classes

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Potter’s Nook

Where Form Takes Shape

Hoffman’s Clay Program is a welcoming studio space where creativity comes to life through process, practice, and play. Whether you’re new to clay or returning to the wheel, it offers a hands-on place to learn, experiment, and create alongside others.

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What It Is

A vibrant, community rooted ceramics space where creativity takes shape through making. Hoffman’s Clay Studio is a place to learn, experiment, and build confidence at the wheel or by hand, whether you’re just starting out or deepening your practice. It is equal parts studio, classroom, and gathering place, designed to support process, play, and connection.

What happens here?

  • Hands-on experiences that blend art, nature, and creative practice in an open-air setting.

  • A rotating calendar of events that bring people together to celebrate the garden throughout the year.

  • Interactive opportunities to learn about plants, ecology, and creativity across generations.

  • An open, welcoming space to slow down, wander, and connect with the natural world at your own pace.

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Clay Studio

The Hoffman Clay Studio is a community ceramics space for adults 18 and older to create, learn, and refine their practice. Because ceramics is a multi step process, projects typically take two to three weeks from start to finish.

The studio offers reserved work sessions, classes, workshops, kiln services, and select materials for purchase. All studio time must be booked online at least one hour in advance, and each session is limited to six adults. The session fee includes use of studio equipment and glazes, while clay and kiln firings are priced separately.

Full studio passes are currently sold out. Experienced potters who can work independently may join the waitlist by emailing info@hoffmanarts.org

Reserve Your Clay Studio Pass

Kiln Services

Kiln firing services are available for ceramicists creating works at home or in the studio. Firing prices are based on size and kiln space. For more information about firing requirements, contact the studio at info@hoffmanarts.org

Drop off and pick up times are:

Tuesdays and Saturdays | 10:00am–1:00pm
Thursdays | 5:00–8:00pm

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Potter’s Nook

Associates of the Hoffman Clay Studio are invited to show and sell the work they’ve created in the Studio. We are proud of the artists who work and volunteer in the Clay Program.  Their efforts sustain the studio as a place to create, learn and collaborate.  We are also happy to offer visitors the chance to purchase original, local art on site. Commissions on the work go directly to support operations and equipment in the Studio.

Please direct inquiries regarding the Potters’ Nook to info@hoffmanarts.org

Hoffman Artist Studio Tour

The popular Artist Studio Tour will take place biennially, which means the next event will be in 2026. This year, we will be bringing back the Tiny Galleries! Stay tuned here or read our newsletter for updates.