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TERRIFIC TEA SETS
with HADRIAN MENDOZA Sunday, June 5, 3-5:30 PM, $75 Join us to create your own ceramic tea set! In this 2.5-hour workshop intensive with DCC instructor Hadrian Mendoza, you will learn how to create a functional tea set that includes a teapot and 2 small teacups. This workshop is hands-on and is intended for students with a minimum of 6 months of experience at the potter's wheel. During the intensive, Hadrian will demonstrate throwing techniques for making proper teapots, as well as expert approaches to avoiding loose lids and dribbly teapot spouts. Participants will discuss important concepts around tea sets including both functionality and aesthetics. By the end of the workshop, you will have your own handmade tea set, experience in creating ceramic teaware, and the techniques necessary to avoid drips and dribbling. |
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CREATIVE MONOPRINTING on SERVING PLATTERS
with JILL ROSS MELTZER June 12 & 19, 2-6 PM, $205 Join us to learn monoprinting techniques for your clay creations! Monoprinting is a decorative technique that combines printmaking and ceramics for an attention-grabbing surface! In this workshop, you’ll learn how to create one-of-a-kind underglaze decals using low-tech materials and how to print them on serving platters hand-built on your own instant slump mold. The workshop is suitable for both hand-builders and wheel-throwers alike, and no drawing skills are required. There will be 2 sessions a week apart. |
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Smokin' Pots
Call For Entry, due 5/20/2022 Apply now! For District Clay's first 2022 juried show, we are looking for your best smokeware! Current District Clay artists, students, and teachers are encouraged to make smoking-hot pottery in the coming weeks to submit for the exhibition. Smokeware can be interpreted in a broad sense - your pottery submission can be utilitarian smoking-ware (pots for smoking from) *or* smoke-fired ware (raku-fired pots). Prizes will be awarded for Best in Show, Best Smoking-Ware, and Best Smoke-Fired Ware. Find out more! |
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Summer Camp Enrollment is Now Open!
Session 1: July 18-22 • Session 2: July 25-29 Give the your kids the gift of clay this summer and perhaps send them on a lifetime adventure! During this one week camp, your kids will learn each of the fundamental techniques for making beautiful ware from clay. Try out some handbuilding fun for Kids Ages 8-12, or try out the wheel and handbuilding for Kids Ages 12+! |
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Beyond Keeping the Doors Open in 2021,
DCC Created a Safe Space for Creativity to Thrive
We hope District Clay has been a haven for teachers, students and artists during these challenging times.
Thanks to all our students, artists, work/study colleagues and our teachers for a fantastic year.
Here are just some of the highlights.....
From January 1 - December 19, 2021 we tracked 16,653 visits to DCC.
Workshops returned - and included Shino glazing, mastering decorating techniques, Science of Ceramics 101, making coffee pour-overs, carving and texturing clay, throwing perfect planters, creating oval serving dishes, building whimsical character busts, paperclay and the the fundamentals of glazing. Plus a full roster of roster of beginner and advanced raku workshops.
Jon Kerr was promoted DCC Studio Director and Connor Czora became our first Creative Director.
Chad Gunderson redid our Cone 10 glaze palette, soliciting student input along the way.
Long time teacher Carol Herwig retired (congratulations!) and we said good-bye to Resident Artist Chad Gunderson & former Resident Artist and DCC teacher Sam Briegel.
We welcomed four new teachers: Ray Bogle (Raku), Hadrian Mendoza (Advanced Wheel), Amy Minish (Kids & Family) and Jenny Beech (Wheel).
We increased our class offerings to 32 per week and expanded our artist program to 84 community and associate artist spaces.
We offered 5 holiday open studio sessions at no cost.
We increased our drop in times for current students, including open studio, to 55 hours a week!
We turned an artist studio into a temporary gallery so that we could showcase student work in juried shows such as Vase to Vase and Tempest in a Teapot.
The District Clay Gallery re-opened with a Resident Artist exhibition City Upon A Hill, featuring Connor Czora.
We created a new wheel room & added 5 new wheels - and re-opened our lounge.
We added a new large oval kiln, bringing us up to 3 electric kilns.
Our students and artists had record breaking Spring and Holiday Sales, selling over $40K for the first time.
Under Ara Koh's direction, our Community Clay created new programs with the Phillips Collection and the Wounded Warrior Project and continued to offer virtual classes to underserved kids at THEARC in Southeast DC.
DCC artists created ornaments for Vice President Kamala Harris' Christmas Tree.
We successfully instituted a Vaccination Only policy for entrance to District Clay.
We received an award from Local First Awards in the category of DC Makers.
DCC Created a Safe Space for Creativity to Thrive
We hope District Clay has been a haven for teachers, students and artists during these challenging times.
Thanks to all our students, artists, work/study colleagues and our teachers for a fantastic year.
Here are just some of the highlights.....
From January 1 - December 19, 2021 we tracked 16,653 visits to DCC.
Workshops returned - and included Shino glazing, mastering decorating techniques, Science of Ceramics 101, making coffee pour-overs, carving and texturing clay, throwing perfect planters, creating oval serving dishes, building whimsical character busts, paperclay and the the fundamentals of glazing. Plus a full roster of roster of beginner and advanced raku workshops.
Jon Kerr was promoted DCC Studio Director and Connor Czora became our first Creative Director.
Chad Gunderson redid our Cone 10 glaze palette, soliciting student input along the way.
Long time teacher Carol Herwig retired (congratulations!) and we said good-bye to Resident Artist Chad Gunderson & former Resident Artist and DCC teacher Sam Briegel.
We welcomed four new teachers: Ray Bogle (Raku), Hadrian Mendoza (Advanced Wheel), Amy Minish (Kids & Family) and Jenny Beech (Wheel).
We increased our class offerings to 32 per week and expanded our artist program to 84 community and associate artist spaces.
We offered 5 holiday open studio sessions at no cost.
We increased our drop in times for current students, including open studio, to 55 hours a week!
We turned an artist studio into a temporary gallery so that we could showcase student work in juried shows such as Vase to Vase and Tempest in a Teapot.
The District Clay Gallery re-opened with a Resident Artist exhibition City Upon A Hill, featuring Connor Czora.
We created a new wheel room & added 5 new wheels - and re-opened our lounge.
We added a new large oval kiln, bringing us up to 3 electric kilns.
Our students and artists had record breaking Spring and Holiday Sales, selling over $40K for the first time.
Under Ara Koh's direction, our Community Clay created new programs with the Phillips Collection and the Wounded Warrior Project and continued to offer virtual classes to underserved kids at THEARC in Southeast DC.
DCC artists created ornaments for Vice President Kamala Harris' Christmas Tree.
We successfully instituted a Vaccination Only policy for entrance to District Clay.
We received an award from Local First Awards in the category of DC Makers.
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.
If you want to see District Clay before making a decision, you can schedule a tour by going here.
For more info on the program, 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.
If you want to see District Clay before making a decision, you can schedule a tour by going here.
For more info on the program, go 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 Saturday and Sunday nights 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 Saturday and Sunday nights and get a coupon for a discounted 10 week class.
Private Parties, One on One Instruction & Corporate Events
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.
Want 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.
District Clay Covid Guidelines
Everyone Entering District Clay Must Supply Proof of Vaccination.
Masks are Currently Required While Inside District Clay.
On Monday, March 14th, District Clay will Transition to Masks being Voluntary.
Go here for more information.
Everyone Entering District Clay Must Supply Proof of Vaccination.
Masks are Currently Required While Inside District Clay.
On Monday, March 14th, District Clay will Transition to Masks being Voluntary.
Go here for more information.
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.
Leave us a voicemail (301) 615-1434.
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.
Leave us a voicemail (301) 615-1434.
