A COMMUNITY CLAY-ART MAKER-PLACE

A dba of Midnight Potter Studios, LLC

Summer is almost about to wrap up for the kids before they head back to school. We have a few more spots available in our Polyclay Art Classes with Katelyn in early August. Check out Katelyn's Polyclay Classes under the Classes tab above to sign up. Kid's Summer Art Classes have been nice diversion this summer. 

We are getting our fall homeschool classes ready and will post a schedule for sign ups very soon for various Drawing topics and Polymer Clay classes for  Homeschool or kids ages 8-17.

​We are hiring! Check out the page under the home tab called Join the Team, for more info. We need 2-3 more people to fill our shift work schedule and show us their skills in running a small art business. We need Adults with business/accounting skills, as well so please do inquire. We will be reducing the hours of operation until we hire more staff. Please scroll to the bottom of this page to see our current hours.
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Adult Wheel throwing classes are continuing. Membership options have returned for those who are ready after taking a wheel throwing class this year. Register and log in to see the details. Our wheel class is full through the end of August. In September, we will be closing some parts of our studio temporarily while the heating system is renovated. Wheel classes in September are not being offered in case it is impossible to run them during the renovation. We anticipate being back up and running by the October class, which currently is half full already.

While Anchorage has achieved a Mask-Free reward as of May 14, 2021, we feel that there have been benefits to wearing masks in the clay studio. It is a dusty art medium, afterall, that can cause people to sneeze. So we will continue to require good fitting, hands free, face masks to be worn while working with clay in the studio during classes and studio use. Shopping in our gallery and doing PYOP activities may be done with or without a mask depending on your comfort & vaccination level. Thank you for helping us to stay healthy.
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New: Private Wheel Lessons

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OPEN HOURS
Ideally, we want to be open 11 - 9 pm Mon-Fri and 12 - 6 pm Sat.
If in doubt, please call ahead to verify that we are open.
However, until we hire the number of people needed to run the store, we will be opening later in the day until further notice. If you know someone looking for a job in an art store, please send them our way.

The next glaze kiln will fire in late July to early Aug.
Bisque firing happens as soon as enough items are available to fill the kiln, so drop off what you have as soon as possible!

Come check out the hand-made original pottery and gifts we have in stock for you! We also sell clay by the bag to play with at home. We'll kiln fire your art work after it dries too.​
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Our stock of glazes & pottery tools have increased. The new bottled glazes in stock are on sale at our introductory 20% off!
We have Amaco Potter's Choice, Velvet UG, and Celebration series; Mayco Stoneware pints and Stroke n Coat 2 oz bottles; and Clay Art Center glazes featuring these cone 4-6 groups: Craftsman, Frost, Glossy, Satin Matte, and P-Series; 

Stop by soon! Check out what's happening and drop us some love.
You can find pottery by some of your favorite potters on display in our gallery! We have work by Thais Thomas, Mary Pirtz, Isaiah Chevalier, Lynne Jablonski, Laura Walter, Jenny Ditto and a few others. 

We will soon have more BC6 clay available for purchase, but currently we have a good amount of fresh BMix5 available. 

Check out the Paint Your Pot page to preselect a piece of bisqueware to take home to paint! We are accepting reservations for use of our PYOP room. We have lots of new pieces arriving!

Please be well and stop the spread of COVID-19.

More news...
Welcome to Clay Art Space! Anchorage's community clay art studio, where you can create with real clay.

Check out our new Homeschool and School-From-Home art classes for students in elementary through high school. Learn how to draw or sketch using pencils and colored pencils. We've added our Combo Wheel & Hand-building Clay class back to our menu for January 2021 (But then stopped).
As we get the ball rolling again, more classes will be added. But we are glad to be restarting! 

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Update from the pottery studio: We are open with new hours as of 10/07/2020 for the store, gallery, PYOP, pick-up/drop-off & kiln firing services & education. We are still concerned with reducing our exposure risk to COVID-19 to keep all of us safe and healthy so your help is needed. If you are not well, please isolate.

We sell Paint Your Own Pottery Take Home Kits, Mudtools, Clay, Glazes and other pottery supplies. You can drop off your clay items for kiln firings. Please call or email us if you need a specific time. You can also shop online for some items. 

When you come to the store, please wear your mask.

Wheel throwing classes have resumed with limited spaces, new hygiene and social distancing rules to follow. Only 6 spaces will be filled per class. The wheels are spaced 6-ft apart for COVID-19 (through the end of April 2021) in two rooms. Masks are required during class. We have moved a couple wheels to another room for people who know what they're doing already and want to continue spinning clay. In May 2021, we plan to move all the wheels back into one room where they will be closer than 6-ft apart. Masks will still be required. Vaccines are recommended.

The Throw-Down Events are postponed for now.

In order to survive, we need a lot of financial support to see us through the upcoming months and to pay the rent. Please donate, or support us through purchases. We are not able to offer enough services to cover the budget while the economic crisis and pandemic continues. 

The Paint Your Own Pottery room is open by reservation. Also,  take home kits are still available to purchase on our website. You can RSVP a time to come in with your bubble group to paint pottery on specified days or the weekend.

If you can, please donate to our GoFundMe page to help us continue to provide our unique arts education opportunities for you. Many thanks to all who have helped in 2020! This is still available to donate to in 2021.
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• Sign up for a class and learn how to make your own wheel-thrown pottery
• PYOP: Choose and paint ceramic bisque-ware or glaze a hand-made stoneware pottery piece made in our studio
• Enjoy our special events, like our Throw Down (Not available during COVID). We are hopeful that these can resume in the summer of 2021.
• We are an approved vendor for ASD and we are providing art classes for home school programs. (We have updated this for Fall 2020 and will add more classes soon.)
• Find finished functional pottery to buy on our website. Click here for our Shop. 
• Support local Alaskan artists with a purchase from our First Friday Art Gallery 
• Have a piece custom made to your specifications. Send an email to request.
• Potters and hand-builders can buy pottery supplies and rent kiln space ​
• Visit on First Fridays (not happening during Covid) to check out a new artist on display. For artists looking to display their work, please inquire on the availability of the wall!

Our Mission: To provide healthy activities for a healthy community. We are improving the lives of those who live in Anchorage, AK, through Art Education.

Where We Are

5861 Arctic Blvd
​Anchorage, AK 99518

Business Hours

Temporary Hours:
​Monday - Friday 2 pm - 9 pm
​Saturday 2 pm - 6 pm
Special Events 5 pm - 9 pm
Closed on Sunday

Contact Us

(907) 563-2529
​sales@clayartspace.com

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