Clay Cafe Studios Art Camp
Clay Cafe Studios, 101 N Maple Ave, Falls Church, VA 22046
About
Clay Cafe Studios Art Camp is part of Clay Cafe Studios, an award winning paint-your-own-pottery studio that offers art-intensive summer camps filled with captivating activities. The studio also offers paint-your-own-pottery, walk-in pottery painting, birthday parties, special occasions, bridal events, mom’s groups, corporate team building, and after-school art enrichment programs.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Studio open daily with weekday, evening, and weekend hours
• Price: Cost of paint-your-own-pottery walk-in session is the price of pottery plus a $7 studio fee per painter.
Clay Cafe Studios is a family-owned and operated business established in 1997, with its Falls Church location’s grand opening in April 1998. The original owner, Helene Safford, is an artist and musician with a background in technology, business, and finance. After founding and owning the studio for 20 years, she passed the reins and sold the studio to her longtime manager, Gayla Hassett. Clay Cafe Studios states that its mission is to provide innovative, practical and top-quality products that improve the way people spend leisure time, with a first responsibility to the community of dual income workers and their families who use its products. The studio is described as one of the area’s premier summer art camps for kids ages 6 and up and is recognized as an award winning paint-your-own-pottery studio.
Clay Cafe Studios actively engages in many community efforts to bring art and creative activities to customers and promotes arts and community programs to enhance community engagement. It provides local elementary schools with innovative after-school art programs, develops relationships with local families, schools, and non-profit organizations, and offers art enrichment programs and fundraising assistance through creative partnerships. The studio contributes to school fundraising auctions in Falls Church and surrounding communities, has facilitated developing rain gardens and school improvements such as walkways and hall murals, and provides creative art enrichment to many area schools. It has hosted many fundraisers to help local homeless shelters and other community organizations, and owners and management routinely participate in local programs to provide meaningful, real-world business experiences to special needs and underprivileged students from area schools. The studio notes that experienced staff assist customers and give special attention to customer service, including explaining the process, teaching techniques, and helping with special projects.
Last updated July 18, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Studio open daily with weekday, evening, and weekend hours
• Price: Cost of paint-your-own-pottery walk-in session is the price of pottery plus a $7 studio fee per painter.
Clay Cafe Studios is a family-owned and operated business established in 1997, with its Falls Church location’s grand opening in April 1998. The original owner, Helene Safford, is an artist and musician with a background in technology, business, and finance. After founding and owning the studio for 20 years, she passed the reins and sold the studio to her longtime manager, Gayla Hassett. Clay Cafe Studios states that its mission is to provide innovative, practical and top-quality products that improve the way people spend leisure time, with a first responsibility to the community of dual income workers and their families who use its products. The studio is described as one of the area’s premier summer art camps for kids ages 6 and up and is recognized as an award winning paint-your-own-pottery studio.
Clay Cafe Studios actively engages in many community efforts to bring art and creative activities to customers and promotes arts and community programs to enhance community engagement. It provides local elementary schools with innovative after-school art programs, develops relationships with local families, schools, and non-profit organizations, and offers art enrichment programs and fundraising assistance through creative partnerships. The studio contributes to school fundraising auctions in Falls Church and surrounding communities, has facilitated developing rain gardens and school improvements such as walkways and hall murals, and provides creative art enrichment to many area schools. It has hosted many fundraisers to help local homeless shelters and other community organizations, and owners and management routinely participate in local programs to provide meaningful, real-world business experiences to special needs and underprivileged students from area schools. The studio notes that experienced staff assist customers and give special attention to customer service, including explaining the process, teaching techniques, and helping with special projects.
Last updated July 18, 2026.
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