ClaySpace Ceramics Classes and Workshops
ClaySpace NFP, 740 Front Street, Lisle, IL 60532
About
ClaySpace Ceramics Classes and Workshops offers ceramics classes, glass fusing classes and workshops, and workshops led by nationally and internationally recognized visiting artists. Classes and workshops are taught by experienced educators.
• Schedule: Office and gallery hours on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday during daytime hours
ClaySpace NFP was founded in 2006 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Illinois corporation. It operates as a non-profit clay arts studio with a 9,000 square foot studio space that includes a gallery, a dedicated small group classroom, and a computer with a presentation screen. The studio has shelving for resident artists and students, seven private studio units, and an office with a copier and computer.
The facility includes one front-loading gas kiln for Cone 9, one front-loading gas kiln for soda/salt firing, five top-loading electric kilns for clay, two test kilns, one raku kiln, 22 electric potters wheels, three slab-rollers, one extruder, a fully equipped glaze area with various Cone 5–6 and Cone 9 glazes, three spray booths, and auxiliary tools such as grinders. There is a dedicated area for glass work with various glass cutting, grinding, and shaping equipment, along with two top-loading electric kilns for glass fusing.
The on-site gallery features work by resident artists, interns, and students, and the gallery changes often with a new show of members, students, or visiting artists once a month. Customized classes can be designed for events or special subjects. ClaySpace offers scholarship awards for ClaySpace ceramic classes to deserving local high school and college students, with an application deadline of April 15 and scholarship awards announced on April 30. ClaySpace Internship positions are available each year to a preset number of individuals 18 or older, and a Resident Artist program is also offered.
The mission of ClaySpace is to develop, sustain, and promote a nonprofit art-centered community that provides educational, artistic, and collaborative programs in the ceramic arts to its resident artists and to the general public. The program is partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the DuPage Foundation.
Last updated May 27, 2026.
• Schedule: Office and gallery hours on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday during daytime hours
ClaySpace NFP was founded in 2006 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Illinois corporation. It operates as a non-profit clay arts studio with a 9,000 square foot studio space that includes a gallery, a dedicated small group classroom, and a computer with a presentation screen. The studio has shelving for resident artists and students, seven private studio units, and an office with a copier and computer.
The facility includes one front-loading gas kiln for Cone 9, one front-loading gas kiln for soda/salt firing, five top-loading electric kilns for clay, two test kilns, one raku kiln, 22 electric potters wheels, three slab-rollers, one extruder, a fully equipped glaze area with various Cone 5–6 and Cone 9 glazes, three spray booths, and auxiliary tools such as grinders. There is a dedicated area for glass work with various glass cutting, grinding, and shaping equipment, along with two top-loading electric kilns for glass fusing.
The on-site gallery features work by resident artists, interns, and students, and the gallery changes often with a new show of members, students, or visiting artists once a month. Customized classes can be designed for events or special subjects. ClaySpace offers scholarship awards for ClaySpace ceramic classes to deserving local high school and college students, with an application deadline of April 15 and scholarship awards announced on April 30. ClaySpace Internship positions are available each year to a preset number of individuals 18 or older, and a Resident Artist program is also offered.
The mission of ClaySpace is to develop, sustain, and promote a nonprofit art-centered community that provides educational, artistic, and collaborative programs in the ceramic arts to its resident artists and to the general public. The program is partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the DuPage Foundation.
Last updated May 27, 2026.
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