The Clay Studio | Our Claymobile Brings Ceramics to the Community

Claymobile Youth Programs

Claymobile partners with youth serving organizations, such as schools, community centers, and summer camps, to bring ceramics to the Philadelphia community. Our professional teaching artists provide arts education opportunities that use the tactile medium of clay to nurture imagination, critical thinking, and persistence. We offer both one-time workshops and residencies ranging from 6 to 12 weeks in length. Claymobile operates all year round.

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Claymobile Adult Programs

Claymobile partners with older adult centers, neighborhood organizations, and community spaces to bring a pop up ceramic studio to the Philadelphia community. Our teaching artists provide arts opportunities using the tactile medium of clay for creative expression, skill building, and social engagement. We offer both one-time workshops and residencies.

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After School Program

The Clay Studio is now offering an after-school program that serves as a long term artist residency for students. Participants learn to handbuild, wheel throw, and take part in other art forms such as painting, claymation and other forms of mixed media making. Students discover new possibilities for socialization and art making through collaborative ceramic projects.

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Hands on Clay

People of all ages are welcome to use their imaginations as clay and creativity come together in The Clay Studio's Hands on Clay series sponsored by PNC Arts Alive. Free and open to the public, these events encourage all to participate and play with clay!

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Clay Fest

Clay Fest is a free weekend public festival at The Clay Studio, featuring hands-on, family-friendly activities throughout the day. The fun begin at 10 a.m. and includes: practice at the potter’s wheel, wheel throwing demos, group handbuilding, bowl decorating, an ice cream social, music, and more. This community program is made possible with a grant provided through the PNC Arts Alive initiative. This is a very prestigious grant award—just 22 arts organizations in the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey region were selected for bold thinking around increasing arts access and engagement, and The Clay Studio was one.

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Claymobile's Virtual Programs

Our Claymobile goes Zoom! Claymobile's virtual programs allow students to safely create with clay from home or at your center in an online setting. Our professional teaching artists join students in Zoom to provide a virtual, hands-on lesson accompanied by a kit containing traditional clay or air dry clay. Virtual crafting sessions using other materials and mediums are also available. Sessions are typically 45-minutes in length.

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Download a printable flyer about the Claymobile Program

Download a printable flyer about Claymobile's Youth Programs
Download a printable flyer about Claymobile's Adult Programs

Art Education Resources

New resources from the Claymobile! Our team has put together a variety of resources including classroom posters, handouts, lesson plans, and vocabulary sheets. Our vocabulary sheets, classroom posters, and many of our handouts are available in both English and Spanish. We are constantly updating the content, so check back often for new resources. View Art Education Resources

Our 2023-2024 Claymobile partners

Claymobile works throughout the Philadelphia region with over a 150 partnering sites each year. See the list of 2023-2024 of partner sites!

View previous Claymobile Newsletters

02/08/2021 - Clay kits & Zoom - the perfect match for creative fun!
11/16/2020 - Virtual residencies and winter workshops from the Claymobile!
09/14/2020 - Claymobile's summer of virtual & socially distant programs
05/07/2020 - Claymobile to Go! - new virtual options from the Claymobile
03/18/2020 - An update on the Claymobile!
12/03/2019 - What does Claymobile and an elephant have in common?!
11/26/2019 - This fall with the Claymobile!
08/12/2019 - Heading back to school with the Claymobile!
05/23/2019 - Spring newsletter from the Claymobile!
12/21/2018 - Happy Holidays from the Claymobile
09/13/2018 - Exciting news from the Claymobile

The Claymobile Story

The Clay Studio is rooted in the belief that all people deserve access to high-quality arts education, and assumes a strong responsibility to engage all segments of its local community.

Since 1994, Claymobile, our award-winning community engagement program, has collaborated with schools, neighborhood organizations, and other social service agencies throughout the Philadelphia region to create innovative, hands-on approaches to learning in a safe and supportive environment. Today, the Claymobile is recognized as one of the most cost-effective arts education opportunities in the region, and serves as a model for similar programs offered around the country.

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