Peekskill Clay Studios
Peekskill Clay Studios @ The Hat Factory, 1000 N Division St, Peekskill, NY 10566
About
Peekskill Clay Studios offers pottery and hand building classes, including specific programs such as Kids N Clay, Teen Wheel, and Intro to Class courses. The program also includes children's ceramics courses, ceramics workshops, and other clay programs that use a fully equipped clay studio with state of the art equipment and one of the area's only reduction gas kilns.
Peekskill Clay Studios was founded in 2010. The studio has membership space available for experienced clay artists and a thriving membership of committed clay artists. It is located at the historic Peekskill Hat Factory, established in 1882, and is described as a tranquil place filled with light and beauty.
Director and instructor Jessica Dubin has been working in clay for over twenty years, studied at Bennington College in Vermont, and holds an M.F.A. in Ceramics from SUNY New Paltz. Instructor and studio manager Jonathan (Jon) Torres graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 2010 with a degree in Art Education with a concentration in Ceramics. Ben Green, the president, graduated from Skidmore College with a B.A., and his short film “Pipe Dreams” won the SOHO International Film Festival’s Best Short Film in 2011. Program Director Francesca Beghe Green serves in an administrative leadership role. Studio Assistant Christine Williamson White graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in Theater. Instructor Jon Townley received his BFA in ceramics from Ohio State University.
Through his role at Peekskill Clay Studios and other organizations, Jon Torres runs ceramics workshops at Peekskill Middle School, has taught ceramics as a Community Outreach Specialist for the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, and has led clay programs in the Port Chester, Scarsdale, and Edgemont public schools, as well as at Corpus Christi Holy Rosary School in Port Chester. He also works with the Pelham Art Center, teaching children's ceramics courses and outreach programs with the Office for the Aging in New Rochelle.
Last updated February 8, 2026.
Peekskill Clay Studios was founded in 2010. The studio has membership space available for experienced clay artists and a thriving membership of committed clay artists. It is located at the historic Peekskill Hat Factory, established in 1882, and is described as a tranquil place filled with light and beauty.
Director and instructor Jessica Dubin has been working in clay for over twenty years, studied at Bennington College in Vermont, and holds an M.F.A. in Ceramics from SUNY New Paltz. Instructor and studio manager Jonathan (Jon) Torres graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 2010 with a degree in Art Education with a concentration in Ceramics. Ben Green, the president, graduated from Skidmore College with a B.A., and his short film “Pipe Dreams” won the SOHO International Film Festival’s Best Short Film in 2011. Program Director Francesca Beghe Green serves in an administrative leadership role. Studio Assistant Christine Williamson White graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in Theater. Instructor Jon Townley received his BFA in ceramics from Ohio State University.
Through his role at Peekskill Clay Studios and other organizations, Jon Torres runs ceramics workshops at Peekskill Middle School, has taught ceramics as a Community Outreach Specialist for the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, and has led clay programs in the Port Chester, Scarsdale, and Edgemont public schools, as well as at Corpus Christi Holy Rosary School in Port Chester. He also works with the Pelham Art Center, teaching children's ceramics courses and outreach programs with the Office for the Aging in New Rochelle.
Last updated February 8, 2026.
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