|
2021 Advanced Classes
These in-person small format classes are designed to take your work to the next level...new sessions begin in January. BEYOND THE BASICS: IN-DEPTH WHEEL w/Chad Gunderson, Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm (8 weeks) ADVANCED WHEEL: DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL CERAMIC STYLE w/Sam Briegel, Thursdays 6pm-8:30pm (10 weeks) ADVANCED HANDBUILDING w/ Ara Koh, Saturdays 9:30am-noon (10 weeks) |
|
Call for Entry: Tempest in a Teapot
Entries Due: March 7th A juried contest to find the best, most creative and best designed teapots made by DCC students and artists. The only stipulation is that the teapots have to be made at District Clay. Prizes: Best in Show: $150* Most Creative: $100* Most Functional: $100* *In gift certificates towards the purchase of tea or other items at either Teaism DC or Upton Tea. Jurors: DCC Resident Artists Connor Czora, Chad Gunderson. Enter Here by March 7th. Winners will be announced on March 20th. |
|
DCC Coaster & Trivet Design Contest
Be Sustainable & Support Community Clay - Designs Due by Feb 14 - Taking a sustainable approach to disposing glaze, District Clay will now be mixing it with clay, reclaiming waste, and transforming it into usable objects. We are putting out this call to DCC students and artists for our first designs for DCC Trivets and Coasters. The top 3 designs, voted on by our DCC clay community, will win awards and be put into production as both 4 inch coasters and 8½ inch trivets. Prizes: 1st place: Coaster & Trivet, DCC tote or t-shirt and Jon Kerr mug 2nd place: Coaster & Trivet, DCC tote or t-shirt 3rd place: Coaster & Trivet All proceeds from the sale of these reclaimed objects will go towards District Clay’s Community Clay Program. Submit a Design by Feb 14th by going here. Copy of template and info piece is below: 
| ||
Become a District Clay Artist!
For those who want 24/7 access to District Clay, plus expanded shelving and discounts on advanced classes (among other benefits), check out our Community Artist program.
* Best for those with significant clay experience who are also interested in Independent Study.
* Free drop-ins for regular wheel classes included.
We have approximately 60 slots and are currently full. We are maintaining a wait list for those interested.
More info, go here.
For those who want 24/7 access to District Clay, plus expanded shelving and discounts on advanced classes (among other benefits), check out our Community Artist program.
* Best for those with significant clay experience who are also interested in Independent Study.
* Free drop-ins for regular wheel classes included.
We have approximately 60 slots and are currently full. We are maintaining a wait list for those interested.
More info, go here.
NEW: Our Clay for Home Program
Try out our new Clay for Home program. This program is for people who prefer to work on clay projects from home and want access to District Clay's glazes and kilns.
It's simple: you purchase 25 lbs of clay and we send you an instruction sheet on how to set up a home studio as well as links to helpful You Tube videos on creating fun clay projects. Your home becomes your new Creativity Incubator.
When you're ready, you drop off work at District Clay to be bisque and glaze fired. You can also come in and use District Clay glazes (or you can use appropriate Cone Six or Cone 10 commercial glazes.)
Find out more here.
Try out our new Clay for Home program. This program is for people who prefer to work on clay projects from home and want access to District Clay's glazes and kilns.
It's simple: you purchase 25 lbs of clay and we send you an instruction sheet on how to set up a home studio as well as links to helpful You Tube videos on creating fun clay projects. Your home becomes your new Creativity Incubator.
When you're ready, you drop off work at District Clay to be bisque and glaze fired. You can also come in and use District Clay glazes (or you can use appropriate Cone Six or Cone 10 commercial glazes.)
Find out more here.
Give us ONE SHOT. . .
Brand new to clay and want to take one of our potter's wheels out for a test ride?
Try a One Shot! class on Sunday nights from 5:30-8 pm and get a coupon for a discounted 10 week class.
Brand new to clay and want to take one of our potter's wheels out for a test ride?
Try a One Shot! class on Sunday nights from 5:30-8 pm and get a coupon for a discounted 10 week class.
Private Parties, One on One Instruction & Corporate Events are Back!
Create the perfect birthday, anniversary or friends and family Private Party Event using our socially distanced wheels and handbuilding stations. Or take a private lesson with a District Clay teacher.
Or plan a Corporate Teambuilding Event for your staff and use our Teambuilding Guides to enrich your work experience.
Either way, you'll have fun. Just let us know how many people and what format you would like. Find out more here.
Create the perfect birthday, anniversary or friends and family Private Party Event using our socially distanced wheels and handbuilding stations. Or take a private lesson with a District Clay teacher.
Or plan a Corporate Teambuilding Event for your staff and use our Teambuilding Guides to enrich your work experience.
Either way, you'll have fun. Just let us know how many people and what format you would like. Find out more here.
Like to Check out District Clay?
We are now offering 30 minute private tours during weekdays and weekends.
Come and see the largest clay studio in the DC area, see our kilns and wheel rooms and hear about all the ways we are making District Clay a safe place to play with clay.
Sign up for a private tour here.
We are now offering 30 minute private tours during weekdays and weekends.
Come and see the largest clay studio in the DC area, see our kilns and wheel rooms and hear about all the ways we are making District Clay a safe place to play with clay.
Sign up for a private tour here.
A Safe Place To Play With Clay
We've worked hard to make District Clay a safe place to play with clay. That includes socially distanced wheels and work stations, stringent entrance and cleaning/disinfecting protocols, increased fresh airflow through District Clay and HEPA (99.97%) filtration (one of our units is pictured at left) in our wheel rooms.
We follow CDC Guidelines and regularly survey our students and review our steps to see what improvements we can make.
To see our most current COVID-19 Guidelines and Procedures, please go here.
To see our COVID activity timeline, go here. To see our COVID resource page, go here.
We've worked hard to make District Clay a safe place to play with clay. That includes socially distanced wheels and work stations, stringent entrance and cleaning/disinfecting protocols, increased fresh airflow through District Clay and HEPA (99.97%) filtration (one of our units is pictured at left) in our wheel rooms.
We follow CDC Guidelines and regularly survey our students and review our steps to see what improvements we can make.
To see our most current COVID-19 Guidelines and Procedures, please go here.
To see our COVID activity timeline, go here. To see our COVID resource page, go here.
Comments from Our Returning Students
About DCC's Safety Steps
As a healthcare professional and as a person on the front line who has cared for COVID19 patients, I can say with confidence that the steps District Clay has taken to ensure the safety of our students and instructors make me feel safe. The universal use of face masks, temperature taking, hand washing, and social distancing in large well-ventilated spaces are all in line with local and federal agencies.  HEPA filtered air in the wheel rooms goes one step further. They have taken extra care to provide a safe experience by reducing class sizes, building personal glaze stations, and creating an easy to follow disinfection protocol for wheels and tools to make sure that everyone is protected during the against COVID-19. Cole Norton, Certified Nursing Assistant
Kudos to DCC for doing everything and more to ensure we are safe and fully protected during this tough time. It starts with taking our temperature, washing our hands, and masks for all, using tools washed in disinfectant solution. Every surface and tool is disinfected. The wheels are separated by physical divisions creating self contained places to wedge, throw, trim, use wax and underglaze. Everyone is masked and six feet apart. I feel very comfortable, I have been going for two weeks and will continue. I am strict and maintain myself on lockdown because I see my 93 year old mother once a week (masked ad six feet) and I don’t believe DCC as it’s set up, compromises these visits. Thank you District Clay. Maria Otero
- - - Over 30 returning students wrote comments about our safety measures. To read them, go here.
Kudos to DCC for doing everything and more to ensure we are safe and fully protected during this tough time. It starts with taking our temperature, washing our hands, and masks for all, using tools washed in disinfectant solution. Every surface and tool is disinfected. The wheels are separated by physical divisions creating self contained places to wedge, throw, trim, use wax and underglaze. Everyone is masked and six feet apart. I feel very comfortable, I have been going for two weeks and will continue. I am strict and maintain myself on lockdown because I see my 93 year old mother once a week (masked ad six feet) and I don’t believe DCC as it’s set up, compromises these visits. Thank you District Clay. Maria Otero
- - - Over 30 returning students wrote comments about our safety measures. To read them, go here.
Why Take a Pottery Class?
The Best Places to Take Ceramics Classes Across the US, Artsy, 6/2018 (District Clay made the list!)
94% of District Clay Students Give DCC a Good or Excellent rating, 1/2020
Local Company Changing the Pottery Scene, WUSA9 Feature on the District Clay Center: 8/18
District Clay Center Provides Holiday Shoppers with Pottery Bonanza, OnTap, 12/10/2019
Pottery is the new Pilates..., the New York Times, 11/2018
Creating Ceramics Can Help Combat Depression, Artsy, 9/2017
25 Reasons to Take a Pottery Class, Amaranth Stoneware, 7/2015
The Best Places to Take Ceramics Classes Across the US, Artsy, 6/2018 (District Clay made the list!)
94% of District Clay Students Give DCC a Good or Excellent rating, 1/2020
Local Company Changing the Pottery Scene, WUSA9 Feature on the District Clay Center: 8/18
District Clay Center Provides Holiday Shoppers with Pottery Bonanza, OnTap, 12/10/2019
Pottery is the new Pilates..., the New York Times, 11/2018
Creating Ceramics Can Help Combat Depression, Artsy, 9/2017
25 Reasons to Take a Pottery Class, Amaranth Stoneware, 7/2015
Where is the District Clay Center?
The District Clay Center is located at 2414 Douglas St NE in Washington DC on the first floor of the Off the Beaten Track Warehouse. We are minutes from Brookland, Union Market and Catholic U.
Our doors are on the left hand side of the building facing the street. Parking is available directly in front of the building.
Click here to contact us. Click here to join our mailing list.
The District Clay Center is located at 2414 Douglas St NE in Washington DC on the first floor of the Off the Beaten Track Warehouse. We are minutes from Brookland, Union Market and Catholic U.
Our doors are on the left hand side of the building facing the street. Parking is available directly in front of the building.
Click here to contact us. Click here to join our mailing list.
