Free · registration requiredFamily Events · Saturday, November 14, 2026
Small Frye: Story Time + Art
About
A morning for preschoolers and their grown-ups, run with Seattle Children's Theatre: a lively reading of Michaela Goade's Berry Song, a stroll through My Body Is a Basket, and a small air-dry clay vessel to make in the studio. Saturday, November 14, 10:15–11:15 am at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave, near the First Hill Streetcar (Broadway & Terrace) and Metro routes 3/4 on James St. Free, but registration is required (up to four tickets), with a standby line for walk-ins. The next Small Frye is December 12.
Good to know
Read off Frye’s own page. Times and prices can change; the venue’s page wins.
How it compares
- Kids & families
- Weekend
It is free. Most pottery classes in Seattle are not: the paid ones we list start at $25.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 6 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $140.
Other pottery classes in Seattle
- Pinch Pots: MugsRain Ceramic Pottery Studio · Capitol Hill & Central DistrictSAT, OCT 31 · $75.00
- Public Tour: Highlights and the Kondō FamilySeattle Asian Art Museum · Capitol Hill & Central DistrictTHU, NOV 5 · See listing
- Sculptural Bud VasesSaltstone Ceramics · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSUN, OCT 25 · $150.00
- Make a Travel Tumbler WorkshopPotterings · West SeattleSUN, OCT 25 · $50
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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