Free for high school stude…Workshops & Classes · Friday, November 13, 2026
Teen Artslab: Build Your Ceramic Vessel
About
A free after-school clay workshop for high schoolers led by Michelle Im, a 2024 alum of MAD's Artist Studios program: participants coil-build a vessel, decorate it with underglazes and take the finished piece home. It's at the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, right above the 59th St–Columbus Circle station (A/B/C/D/1). Friday, November 13, 2026, 4 to 6 pm; free for students ages 13–18 with a valid school ID, with advance registration required and limited space. It's the second Teen ArtsLab on our calendar this month, a week after MAD's Design in Motion session on November 6.
Good to know
Pick a date and tell us how many. We arrange it with MAD for you. Free to ask; nothing is charged today.
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How it compares
- Kids & families
It is free. Most pottery classes in New York are not: the paid ones we list start at $25.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 10 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $113.
Other pottery classes in New York
- Wheel Throwing Course (experienced)Mud Matters · MidtownMONDAYS · 6:15 PM · $248 / 4 weeks · $310 / 5 · $372 / 6
- Beginning Handbuilding with Anjuli WrightGreenwich House Pottery Chelsea · Lower ManhattanTHRU WED, DEC 9 · $470
- Six-week Ceramics Session: Wheel and Handbuilding (greenpoint)Choplet Ceramics Studio · North BrooklynTHRU THU, DEC 10 · $420
- All-level Wheel, 6-week CourseChoplet Greenpoint · North BrooklynTHRU THU, DEC 10 · $420
New to pottery?
Most first classes are either a wheel taster, where you learn to centre clay and pull up a cylinder, or hand-building, where you shape a mug, dish or planter with pinch, coil and slab techniques.
- Wear clothes that can get muddy and keep nails short; rings and bracelets come off before the wheel.
- Expect two to three hours for a single session. Clay, tools and firing are almost always in the price; glazing sometimes costs extra.
- A one-time class is the cheap way to find out whether you want a five- or six-week course, which is where the wheel actually starts to click.
Taking it home: Not on the day. Pieces dry, are fired, glazed and fired again, so studios usually hold them for two to four weeks.
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