Discover your artistic potential at CSMA's pottery studio!
Join our exceptional, professionally-led ceramics program and bring your creative visions to life. Unleash your imagination and craft beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces today!
Welcome to the Ceramics Studio at Community School of Music & Arts in Mountain View, CA!
Pottery classes are popular for a reason: it’s fun to unplug and create with clay, and the results are both useful and beautiful.
You’re invited to explore our friendly community ceramics studio — check out our course list below. There’s no limit to the variety our students produce!
Highlights of our program include:
- Clays, glazes, and tools are included with tuition. No more individual bags of clay drying out in the closet – at CSMA, clay is unlimited! We also offer a large selection of glazes and there is no need to buy tools.
- Studio and Kilns: CSMA has a large, bright, and clean ceramics studio equipped with a dozen wheels, handbuilding and wedging tables, a slab roller, and plentiful racks for student work. We have two onsite electric Skutt kilns to bisque and glaze-fire work to Cone 5, a mid-range temperature.
- Ceramics faculty: Our ceramics teachers are experts in their field. We employ professional teaching artists with a passion for sharing the techniques and artistry of pottery. Classes serve students of all ages and levels.
- Community events: Our campus is devoted to art-making. While onsite at CSMA, students experience free shows, concerts and art receptions and can even sell their work at our Pop-up art sale.
Many students take pottery classes with us for multiple years. They enjoy how the camaraderie and professionalism of the studio helps them create their best work!
I’ve been taking ceramics here for almost 5 years, and I enjoy the creativity of the classes. Students can work on whatever projects interest them, and the teachers are so experienced that they can advise you on virtually anything. I also love that all the materials are right there.
Pathways
In addition to ceramics, CSMA offers a wide range of youth, teen, and adult visual arts and music classes. (arts4all.org)
Youth and Adult Art Classes
Drawing, painting, ceramics, mixed media, digital arts.
About Community School of Music and Arts
At CSMA, we believe everyone deserves access to the arts — regardless of age, ability, or background.
Each year, we serve nearly 30,000 students through our art and music programs across the Bay Area.
Our friendly arts campus is located at 230 San Antonio Circle in Mountain View, CA.
Our mission is simple:
To nurture creativity, confidence, and connection through accessible, high-quality arts education.
We’re a nonprofit arts school offering inclusive programs — from early childhood through adult learners — designed to make creativity part of everyday life.
