Our light-filled ceramics studios overlooking Winston Square Park contain everything students of ceramics could want. We offer beginner-friendly workshops and 9-week intensive classes in wheel-throwing, handbuilding, clay sculpture, and more. Our downtown studios have 19 potters’ wheels, 2 slab rollers, an extruder, 4 electric kilns, 2 31 sqft gas kilns, a fully-stocked glaze lab, and ample storage space. We have an additional ceramics studio at the Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness near Wake Forest University. Sawtooth’s Wood–Fired Kiln Pavilion is equipped with 1 train kiln, 1 wood-gas hybrid catenary arch kiln, and 3 raku kilns for atmospheric firing with classes and Visiting Artist Workshops.
Our Visiting Artist Program regularly brings esteemed ceramics artists to lead specialized workshops, and each year we host a handful of early-career Artists in Residence to teach, inspire, and energize our community. Learn more about these special programs here.
Brett McDonough
Thursdays, 6:30 - 9 PM
Oct 8, 2026 – Dec 10, 2026
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
$375.00 ($337.50 for members)
Steven Parker
Fridays, 9:30 AM - 12 PM
Oct 9, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
$375.00 ($337.50 for members)
Clemarie Thomas
Fridays, 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Oct 9, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$375.00 ($337.50 for members)
Sunsuk Lee
Fri., 6 - 8:30 PM
Oct 9, 2026
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
$62.50
Clyde Lassiter
Fridays, 6:30 - 9 PM
Oct 9, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
$333.00 ($299.70 for members)
Dodie Campbell
Saturdays, 9:30 AM - 12 PM
Oct 10, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
$333.00 ($299.70 for members)
Earle Smith
Saturdays, 9:30 AM - 12 PM
Oct 10, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$375.00 ($337.50 for members)
Warren Moyer
Mondays, 6:30 - 9 PM
Oct 12, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
$375.00 ($337.50 for members)
Sunsuk Lee
Tues., 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Oct 13, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$62.50
Pam Taylor
Thurs., 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Oct 15, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$62.50
Kathy Gondring
Tue., 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Oct 20, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$62.50
Kathy Grace
Thurs., 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Oct 22, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$62.50
Carol Ann Quinn
Fri., 1:30 - 3:30 PM
Oct 23, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$55.00 ($49.50 for members)
Kathy Grace
Fri., 6 - 8:30 PM
Oct 23, 2026
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
$62.50
Kathy Gondring
Tue., 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Oct 27, 2026
Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness
$62.50
We also own and operate these kilns on our Generations Center campus:
Our 2025-2026 Ceramics Artists in Residence are Chloe Foster (she/they), Bo Gilbert (they/them), and Steven Parker (he/him). These three emerging talents will spend the next year at Sawtooth developing new skills, fostering community connections, and creating new bodies of work while assisting with studio operations. Read more about them here.
Your donation helps fund scholarships, expand programming, and keep our studios open to everyone. Every gift keeps creativity alive in Winston-Salem.
