With Montgomery County in Phase 2 of recovery from the Covid-19 shutdown, the Pottery partially reopened on July 6, 2020, with carefully redesigned classes and open studio times consistent with covid-19 guidelines to ensure the safety of students and instructors. Initial sessions were continuing adult wheel and handbuilding students who had registered for the July-September period. A second series of Fall classes began on September 29, 2020, including the addition of a Teen Wheel class. Adult and Teen classes are continuing through the winter and into 2021. Now in summer 2021 with Covid restrictions loosening, we are slowly increasing our class sizes with the hope of returning to normal before the end of the year. Note that face masks are no longer required in the Park, except for children's camps.
Glen Echo Pottery located in historic Glen Echo Park (near Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD) normally 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 of finished work, in our Gallery, open 12-5 PM on weekends
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.
Pottery Gallery
Looking for unique, handcrafted pottery? The Glen Echo Pottery Gallery is normally open from April through December. Normally our hours are from noon - 5 pm every Saturday and Sunday, and for extended hours during special events in the Park. The video provides a brief tour of our Gallery from the 2018 Gallery season. Because of the pandemic, the Gallery is closed until reduction of Covid restrictions permit. However, with appropriate precautions, we are having outdoor pop up sales.
Looking for unique, handcrafted pottery? The Glen Echo Pottery Gallery is normally open from April through December. Normally our hours are from noon - 5 pm every Saturday and Sunday, and for extended hours during special events in the Park. The video provides a brief tour of our Gallery from the 2018 Gallery season. Because of the pandemic, the Gallery is closed until reduction of Covid restrictions permit. However, with appropriate precautions, we are having outdoor pop up sales.
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Current Events:
Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park Surviving with Clay June 4 - August 1, 2021 Opening June 4, 6 - 8 pm Gallery then open Saturdays and Sundays *noon - 6 pm and by appointment * Our apologies to early visitors. Email notices we sent reflected an original understanding of an 11 am Popcorn Gallery opening on weekends. It now opens at noon.
A juried exhibit of recent work by instructors and advanced students at Glen Echo Pottery
In cooperation with the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Inc., The National Park Service & Montgomery County, MD. A slide show of some informal images from the opening weekend is shown below. For slide shows from our 2019 exhibit in the Popcorn Gallery and others of our past Popcorn Gallery exhibits click Events
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.
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Congratulations to 11 Glen Echo Potters whose work is included in the Creative Craft Council Biennial at the Strathmore Mansion in Rockville, MD, May 19 - July 24, 2021. Special kudos to Eunkyung Han from Glen Echo Pottery who won second place in ceramics with the piece shown.
Congratulations to 3 Glen Echo Potters whose work is included in the Inspired by Malcom: A Passion for Shino exhibit at Sandy Spring Museum, June 11 - September, 5, 2021.
Recent Events:
June Outdoor Pottery Sale
Saturday, June 5, 2021 11 am - 4 pm Outside our Gallery Yurt 
The slide show below shows some of the tables at the start of the sale.
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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.
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.
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.
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