Pottery Classes and Studio Membership in Denver's RiNo District

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Get your hands in clay at Claya, a pottery studio in Denver’s RiNo Arts District at 3440 Walnut St, Denver, CO 80205.

Studio hours: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat 10 AM to 6 PM. Sunday by appointment.
Call (720) 288-4036 or email info@clayastudios.com.

Your Pottery Studio in Denver

Pottery classes, wheel throwing, one-night workshops, and studio membership in Denver’s RiNo Arts District. Beginners welcome, with small groups, friendly teachers, and a community that shows up to make.

Classes & Workshops

Get on the wheel or build by hand. Beginners welcome.

Your shelf + keycode

Members get a shelf and keycode access.

Tools / Clay

Pro tools, clay, and glaze when you're ready to go deeper

Grand Opening Welcome

Your shelf in the arts district

Glaze firing free through December 31, 2026.

Bisque is always free for members. Glaze is free too through the end of 2026.

  • Your own shelf
  • 24/7 keycode
  • 22 Shimpo wheels
Join membership: $140/month

Starting 2027: bisque stays free. Glaze includes 500 cubic inches free each month (about 10 pieces), then $0.04 per cubic inch.

Classes and workshops

One-night workshops and six-week pottery classes

Intro to Wheel Throwing(Saturdays, 10am-12:30pm)

with Cat

Oct 24 Oct 31 Nov 7 Nov 14 Nov 21 Dec 5

Starts Oct. 24

Six class meetings, each 2.5 hours. No class Nov 28 (Thanksgiving weekend).

$325 · 6 Weeks + Open Studio
Class details

Intro to Wheel Throwing(Fridays, 12pm-2:30pm)

with Jesse

Oct 30 Nov 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Dec 4 Dec 11

Starts Oct. 30

Six class meetings, each 2.5 hours. No class Nov 27 (Thanksgiving).

$300 · 6 Weeks + Open Studio
Class details

Intro to Wheel Throwing: Fridays

with Jesse

Oct 30 Nov 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Dec 4 Dec 11

Starts Oct. 30

Six class meetings, each 2.5 hours. No class Nov 27 (Thanksgiving).

$300 · 6 Weeks + Open Studio
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Intro to Wheel Throwing(Sundays, 10am-12:30pm)

with Ethan

Nov 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Dec 6

Starts Nov. 1

Six class meetings, each 2.5 hours, plus a make-up and glaze session on Sun, Dec 13, 1:00 to 3:30 PM.

$325 · 6 Weeks + Open Studio
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Intro to Wheel Throwing(Mondays, 6pm-8:30pm)

with Mary

Nov 9 Nov 16 Nov 23 Nov 30 Dec 7 Dec 14

Starts Nov. 9

Six class meetings, each 2.5 hours. W1 Nov 9 is 6:30–9 PM (Candid conflict); W2–W6 are 6–8:30 PM. Nov 23 runs (Thanksgiving is Thu Nov 26).

$325 · 6 Weeks + Open Studio
Class details

Intro to Wheel Throwing(Tuesdays, 10pm-12:30pm)

with Mary

Nov 10 Nov 17 Nov 24 Dec 1 Dec 8 Dec 15

Starts Nov. 10

All-level wheel throwing, 6-week session. Tuesdays 10:00 AM–12:30 PM. Includes Thanksgiving week Tue Nov 24.

$325 · 6 Weeks + Open Studio
Class details

Clay, tools, glazes, and all firing included in class.

Come check out our new pottery studio

In RiNo, Denver, at 34th & Walnut: 6,000 sq. ft. to create, make, and learn!

Claya's open roll-up garage door seen from the sidewalk, with the CLAYA A-frame chalkboard sign, a couch and worktables just inside the studio.
Inside Claya: the open studio floor with rows of pottery wheels, worktables, wire drying racks, aprons on the wall and a couch in the foreground under a high white ceiling.

We'd love to see you!

  • Wall of glaze test tiles at Claya pottery studio in RiNo, Denver

    Pottery Studio Membership

    Members get a shelf and keycode access.

    Grand Opening Welcome: all glaze firing free through Dec 31, 2026. Then 500 cu-in free/mo (~10 pieces), $0.04 after. Extended Founding $140/month.

    Membership 
  • Instructor Caitlin with students at the wedging table during a class at Claya in RiNo, Denver

    Pottery Classes

    Four- and six-week classes on the wheel or by hand, plus one-night workshops when you want a single evening in clay. Small groups, patient teachers, fired work to take home.

    Classes 
  • Pottery worktable with clay and tools at Claya studio in RiNo, Denver

    Clay & Tools

    5 different clay bodies for the studio. Buy in-studio when you're ready for the next bag.

    Clay & Tools 

Class calendar

Tap a day, then book. Dots: class series · one-night · member workshop · First Friday.

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  • One-night
  • Member workshop
  • First Friday