$0.00 (free)Cultural Festivals · Sunday, November 1, 2026
Día De Los Muertos Celebration
About
An outdoor community celebration with a morning of decorating clay calaveras, music-making, altars and art by local families and students, and hands-on activities while supplies last; a musical procession winds through the Dorothea Laub and Dance Place buildings at 1:30pm. It runs Sunday 1 November, 10am to 2pm, outside the Dorothea Laub Building (Bldg 176) in the Liberty Station Arts District, home of the San Diego Craft Collective at 2590 Truxtun Rd (MTS Route 28 runs along Rosecrans St by Liberty Station). It is free. The collective's free First Friday open studio follows on 6 November.
Good to know
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How it compares
- Kids & families
- Weekend
It is free. Most pottery classes in San Diego are not: the paid ones we list start at $25.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 2 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $275.
Other pottery classes in San Diego
- Shell Impressed Serving PlatterThe Artist Outpost · Beaches & Point LomaSAT, NOV 21 · Price not listed
- Colored Clay & Pattern WorkshopGet Centered Clay & Art Studio · East CountySAT, OCT 24 · $275 members (CASD or GCCS) / $295 non-members
- Earth to Art: Adobe Sculpture WorkshopICA San Diego North · North County CoastalSUN, OCT 25 · See listing
- How Do I Feel Today? Air-dry ClayOceanside Art Collective · North County CoastalTUESDAYS · 12:00 PM · $25
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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