Come visit The Village Potters Clay Center at Westgate, a vibrant, creative, and truly collaborative community dedicated to preserving the legacy of fine craft, inspiring passion, nurturing growth, and supporting sustainable careers for the next generation of clay and ceramic artists.
Inside our bustling studios, you’ll find the working spaces of six resident professional potters who hold and foster the vision of the center, Sarah Wells Rolland, Judi Harwood, Julia Mann, Katie Meili Messersmith, Karen Dubois, and Maria Andrade, alongside more than twenty additional professional ceramic artists who call this place their creative home.
Stroll through our expansive 2,200 square-foot gallery and you’ll discover an incredible diversity of exceptional ceramic artwork, each piece reflecting the distinct voice of its maker.
Beyond the gallery, our fully equipped Teaching Center features four dynamic educational studios where creativity comes alive daily. We offer ongoing classes in wheel throwing, hand building, and an array of specialty offerings including Raku, sculpture, and surface design, welcoming beginners, seasoned makers, and emerging artists.
For those ready to dive deeper, our nationally renowned Advanced Studies Program, built on Independent Study and Mentoring (ISM), provides a uniquely relational, non-traditional mentorship model, designed for aspiring professionals to hone their skills, develop original work, and establish a foundation for business in the arts.
The Village Potters Clay Center is also home to WNC’s largest clay and tool supplier. As regional distributors for Laguna Clay, Standard Clay, and Kentucky Mudworks, and with a wide selection of tools and Amaco products, we serve as a resource hub for ceramic artists across the region.
We are proud to be an Educational Member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, continuing our commitment to craft excellence and community engagement.
Come see beautiful ceramic art, explore clay, and belong with us at The Village Potters Clay Center.
Shaping Clay, Shaping Lives!