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
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.
News
Congratulations to Glen Echo potters,
Elka Adamowicz, Anne Bowen, Cynthia Deitch, Eunkyung Han, Michael Poness and Jean Wrathall, whose work was selected for the Teapot IX Biennial at Baltimore Clayworks, January 11 - February 26, 2022. Artists Reception on February 5, 2022, 6-8 pm.
Teapot by Eunkyung Han
Congratulations to Glen Echo potters,
Elka Adamowicz, Anne Bowen, Cynthia Deitch, Eunkyung Han, Michael Poness and Jean Wrathall, whose work was selected for the Teapot IX Biennial at Baltimore Clayworks, January 11 - February 26, 2022. Artists Reception on February 5, 2022, 6-8 pm.
Teapot by Eunkyung Han
Pottery Classes
For course listings, schedules and registration, go to the Glen Echo Pottery page on the Glen Echo Park website. See our Classes pages for further information.
For course listings, schedules and registration, go to the Glen Echo Pottery page on the Glen Echo Park website. See our Classes pages for further information.
Pottery Gallery
Looking for unique, handcrafted pottery? The Glen Echo Pottery Gallery exhibits and sells functional and decorative ceramic art created by instructors and advanced students at the Pottery. It is usually open April through December each Saturday and Sunday from 11 am - 4 pm through December 19, 2021 and for extended hours during some special events in the Park. The Gallery is now closed for the winter but will reopen in April, 2022.
The video below shows a tour of our Gallery in 2018.
Looking for unique, handcrafted pottery? The Glen Echo Pottery Gallery exhibits and sells functional and decorative ceramic art created by instructors and advanced students at the Pottery. It is usually open April through December each Saturday and Sunday from 11 am - 4 pm through December 19, 2021 and for extended hours during some special events in the Park. The Gallery is now closed for the winter but will reopen in April, 2022.
The video below shows a tour of our Gallery in 2018.
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Recent Events:
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Click Flyer 2021 for a printable reminder. 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.
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