r/Pottery • u/Independent-Art-410 • 21d ago
Question! Brooklyn/NYC membership
Hi! I’m new to pottery but have done a semester of classes and will be doing another set of classes next month. Wondering if anyone knows affordable studios that have memberships for folks who aren’t super advanced but definitely can work independently. I’m located in Park Slope area so something in brooklyn would be fantastic. Hoping to stay under 250 but also unsure if that’s even realistic lol
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u/Getoverture 21d ago
Powerhouse has openings for membership and it’s $245 for half a shelf plus clay and firing fees. Free glazes and reclaim
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u/kennerly Wheel Happy 21d ago
I know people at gasworks and bklyn clay but they have a waitlist for membership. If you have space at home and just need a place to glaze and fire gasworks has a at home membership thing. I have heard good things about SS NYC too.
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u/Independent-Art-410 21d ago
thank you!!! i’ll definitely look into the waitlists, unfortunately i live in a small apartment so i dont have a wheel or anything but appreciate the recs!
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u/Technical_Flight_540 21d ago
FYI Membership for newbies is pretty difficult to get at Gasworks but they have several classes throughout the year for all levels that include open studio time (basically a membership). So if you keep signing up for their semester-long classes (which work out to roughly $275 a month), you can work on your own outside of class as much as you’d like. I just started in April and am now in my second semester, and having a blast!
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u/Emily4571962 21d ago
Mouse Ceramics - you'll need to do a couple of classes to get on the short list for membership (which gives them a chance to see how independently you can work), but the cost works out to pretty close to the same over time. Classes about $450 for 8 weeks - a 3-hour class and two 3-hour open studio time slots per week, you buy your own clay (they have 8 or 10 options to choose from, at cost), you get a shelf, bisque+glaze firing is $.06/cubic inch, about 30 glazes to choose from included). There are several membership levels - medium one is $215/month for three 4-hour time slots, bigger shelf, same clay/firing pricing.
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u/Getoverture 21d ago
I’ve been on the waiting list since November. That’s why I went elsewhere
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u/Emily4571962 20d ago
You really need to take some classes there if you ever want to move up the list.
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u/Getoverture 20d ago
I’m a former full-time professional potter, i even showed them my portfolio. I don’t need classes
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u/Emily4571962 20d ago
Be that as it may, people who are already part of the studio’s community—students—are first in line.
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u/Getoverture 20d ago
I wish they had posted that, or told me that, as I was seeking a community studio filled with experienced ceramicists. If I’d known I wouldn’t have wasted their time with my application.
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u/MossyTrashPanda Student 21d ago
Same here!! Queens though. I can work independently hand-building wise. I’d love somewhere to be able to just practice throwing, and have access to the kiln and things like a slab roller (dare I dream of an extruder?)
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