Our Mission
District Clay Center strives to cultivate and promote the ceramic arts in the DMV region through quality education, exhibitions, and an extensive array of studio equipment. Our clay community embraces creativity, diversity, inclusion, respect, and a welcoming environment for students and artists of all levels. District Clay values freedom of artistic expression as essential to our clay community.
To this end, District Clay currently provides regular instruction and specialized workshops in wheel-throwing, hand-building, slip-casting, and alternative firings; a library of ceramic literature; a community artist program; community events, including semi-annual sales; and exhibitions by regional students and artists.
To this end, District Clay currently provides regular instruction and specialized workshops in wheel-throwing, hand-building, slip-casting, and alternative firings; a library of ceramic literature; a community artist program; community events, including semi-annual sales; and exhibitions by regional students and artists.
Our History
Washington DC, while rich in many arts and crafts, has lacked a single dedicated ceramic center until now. Unlike many cities of its size (such as our neighbors, Philadelphia and Baltimore), there has been no institution that provides the full spectrum of ceramic offerings. In November 2016, the new District Clay Center more than tripled in size to include a ceramic gallery, cultural outreach and education, community and low-income classes, private studio space, regular master class workshops, guest resident artists, and the largest array of ceramic equipment in the DMV area. Sign up for our mailing list to hear about all our programs. Interested in our calendar of community events? Go here.
Specific Unique Improvements the District Clay CENTER Offers:
Specific Unique Improvements the District Clay CENTER Offers:
- Classes for kids & adults for all ranges of ceramics. We now also offer private classes, corporate events and birthday parties.
- Increased studio access and shelf/studio space for over 100 local ceramic artists who wish to take the next step up in their ceramic careers.
- Multiple workshops each year by national and regional ceramic artists.
- New state of the art ceramic equipment.
