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 and sale of finished work, in our Gallery, open on weekends
Beginning November 1, 2021, all Glen Echo Pottery students and instructors must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to attend classes, use open studio, and participate in other activities in our program. Click HERE for policy details and how to document your vaccination status. We continue to follow all Montgomery County regulations and masks are required indoors in all Park facilities.
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 now open 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 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 now open 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 video below shows a tour of our Gallery in 2018.
Congratulations
to Glen Echo Potter Mike Poness whose work was selected for the Strictly Functional Pottery National at the Lancaster Museum of Art, September 24 to November 13, 2021. Recent Events:
Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park Surviving with Clay June 4 - August 1, 2021 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. 
To see slide shows of our 2021 and previous Popcorn Exhibits and special sales, click Events.
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Recent Events:
September 26, 2021
11:30 am - 4 pm Annual Seconds Sale Tables set up outside on the grass across from our Gallery 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.
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. |
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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