Glen Echo Pottery located in historic Glen Echo Park (near Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD) offers
- Year-round classes for adult and teen students spanning all skill levels
- Master potter workshops with nationally known visiting artists
- Annual Popcorn Gallery exhibit of recent work by advanced students and staff
- Pottery-making demonstrations and exhibits and sale of finished work, in our Gallery, open on weekends April to December.
News!
Sprigs: Ornament and Structure
with Jennifer Azzariti
Sunday, March 3, 2024
9:30am -12:30pm
Arcade Building, room 202/203, Glen Echo Park
Workshop Full.
To join a waitlist for a future workshop, contact Margetgepottery@gmail.com.
with Jennifer Azzariti
Sunday, March 3, 2024
9:30am -12:30pm
Arcade Building, room 202/203, Glen Echo Park
Workshop Full.
To join a waitlist for a future workshop, contact Margetgepottery@gmail.com.
Recent Events:
Space Harmony
Balance
2023
Popcorn Gallery
Glen Echo Park
May 5-28, 2023
Open noon-6 pm
Saturdays & Sundays
and by appointment
Artists' reception May 5,
6-8 pm
Our annual juried exhibit of ceramic art produced by instructors and advanced students at Glen Echo Pottery ! Some views of the exhibit below.
Pottery Classes
For course listings, schedules and registration, go to the Glen Echo Park website. See our Classes pages for further information.
For course listings, schedules and registration, go to the Glen Echo Park website. See our Classes pages for further information.
Glen Echo Pottery is a fully-vaccinated studio. All students must provide proof of vaccination to attend classes and related activities and wear masks indoors. Please click here for detailed information.
Pottery Gallery
Looking for unique, handcrafted pottery? The Glen Echo Pottery Gallery exhibits and sells functional and decorative ceramic art created by 28 juried instructors and advanced students at the Pottery. It is open Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until 4 pm* through December 17, 2023 and for extended times during some special events in the Park. See more examples of our work on our Gallery page. * Note time change from hours in video below.
Looking for unique, handcrafted pottery? The Glen Echo Pottery Gallery exhibits and sells functional and decorative ceramic art created by 28 juried instructors and advanced students at the Pottery. It is open Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until 4 pm* through December 17, 2023 and for extended times during some special events in the Park. See more examples of our work on our Gallery page. * Note time change from hours in video below.
Other Past Events:
2022 Rhythm and Balance
An exhibit of juried work from Glen Echo Pottery instructors and advanced students.
Popcorn Gallery
Glen Echo Park
May 6 - June 5, 2022
Reception May 6, 5-7 pm
In cooperation with the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Inc.,
The National Park Service & Montgomery County, MD.
The slide show below provides a peak at the show..
Lots of beautiful functional and decorative pots, sculpture, holiday decorations and ceramic jewelry! A few tables from our 2020 Winter Sale are shown below. Help us continue to improve Glen Echo Pottery.
As a non-profit organization we rely on tuition income and an active cadre of volunteers. Improving our facilities and replacing old equipment requires more, successfully competing for grant support and then raising the required matching funds! Click on I'd like to donate to see how you can help by contributing to our general fund or specify the special Kathy Darby Community Outreach Fund through which we fund pottery workshops for low-income youth. |
September 26, 2021
11:30 am - 4 pm Annual Seconds Sale Tables set up outside on the grass across from our Gallery
To see slide shows of our 2021 and previous Popcorn Exhibits and special sales, click Events.
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Free public parking in the main lot at Glen Echo Park. Enter via Oxford Rd off of MacArthur Boulevard. Follow the path over the bridge and towards the carousel and signs to the Sale. Click here for a map.
7300 MacArthur Boulevard at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 20812
Phone: (301) 229-5585 Email: info.glenechopottery@gmail.com
Glen Echo Pottery is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government, the Arts and Humanities Council
of Montgomery County, and from the Maryland Arts Council.
of Montgomery County, and from the Maryland Arts Council.