Creating Possibilities

Working with clay unlocks the creative spark within us. There’s nothing artificial about it — clay allows us to make something by hand. And it makes us feel connected. Grand Clay Arts members work side by side, building friendships, swapping ideas and learning from each other.
We don’t imagine the possibilities, we create them ...

In A Club Where Anyone Can Be An Artist.

Functional. Friendly. Inspiring.

Meet Our Studio

WORKROOM
Indulge In Our Space

Pottery wheels, tables for hand-building, flat rollers, forms, molds and extruders are here for members’ use. Colorful glazes await your flair. And our team will fire your work in our on-site kilns. Need clay or tools? Our supply store has what you need.

CLASSES
Embrace Learning

Everyone is welcome here — from beginner to advanced. All you need is a desire to learn and grow. We’ll teach you the basics of working with clay, glazing and firing. Then choose from a wealth of classes offered by experienced instructors to bring your ideas to life.

Available Classes From beginner to advanced artisan, learn to express your creativity with clay.

SPECIAL OCTOBER WORKSHOPS

FRESH INSPIRATION

Creating Design Composition

Discover the secrets behind creating balanced, eye-catching designs. Experiment with geometric shapes on paper to explore proportion, placement, balance, and the rule of thirds, building skills you can bring to future creations.

In the Gila Room at Cimarron

October 6, 1-3 PM

October 13, 1-3 PM

PAINTERLY PASSION

Blending With Underglazes

Bring your clay designs to life with color, depth, and dimension. Learn simple blending techniques using underglazes to create more realistic, painterly images, then practice your new skills on a small plate provided in class.

In the Gila Room at Cimarron

October 8, 1-3 PM

October 15, 1-3 PM

MAKING MADE EASY

Pumpkins & Snowmen

Create playful pumpkins, smiling snowmen or other forms from your imagination using templates and simple pinch pot techniques.

MAKE

Oct 22 & Nov 5, 3-6 PM

MAKING MADE EASY

Pumpkin Luminary

Gather your creative spirit and bring a glowing pumpkin luminary to life. Shape your festive centerpiece or cozy holiday lantern from your imagination and dress it up with hand-sculpted stems, leaves, and seasonal accents.

ILLUMINATE

Oct 26, 3-6 PM

DESIGN SCALE

Leapin’ Lizards

Indulge your playful side to create a fun, textural desert critter. Let your creativity take shape to form the body, tail, legs and head along with spines and feet!

LEAP

October 28 & 29, 3-6 PM

EASY MAKING

Pinch Pot Birds

Create simple, colorful birds for decorative accents or gifts in a single session. Then add your own style with underglazes and glazes.

MAKE

November 10, 3-6 PM

ARTFUL IMPACT

Just Hangin’ Around

Design vivid, stylized wall hangings with slab construction and texture techniques enhanced with patterns. Then add your personal style with stains, underglazes and acrylics.

DESIGN

November 11, 12 & 30, 3-6 PM

MAKING MADE EASY

Small Hanging Totem

Bring your creativity to clay and learn how simple shapes can become a playful hanging totem. Create individual components from easy-to-follow templates, then explore staining, glazing, and finishing techniques to bring your unique design to life.

DISCOVER

Nov 13 & 20, Dec 4 & 18 3-6 PM

FUNDAMENTALS

Basic Glazing

Ready to glaze your Basic Clay pieces? This is the class to learn the basics of dipping or brushing glazes to finish your artwork with color.

LEARN

November 16, 3-6 PM

NATURAL INSTINCTS

Carving Southwest Images

Design vivid, stylized wall hangings with slab construction and texture techniques enhanced with patterns. Then add your personal style with stains, underglazes and acrylics.

CAPTIVATE

November 18 & 19, 3-6 PM

CLASS CALENDAR

Aspire. Learn. Create.
Imagine What You Can Do

Explore the class calendar to view all available classes.

CAPTIVATING
Alternative Firing

We offer one of the few Alternative Firing opportunities available in the western suburbs. Elevate the possibilities with a Raku, Naked Raku, Obvara or Saggar firing.

BE BOLD

Scheduled Sunday mornings Oct - April. Additional fees required.

FEAST YOUR EYES
Explore Our Gallery

Our collection offers some of the best one-of-a-kind pieces available in the valley crafted by our own club-member artisans.

The Gallery is open during regular business hours,
Open at 9 AM Monday – Saturday

DISCOVER
Grand Clay Arts Membership

All residents of The Grand — from beginner to artisan potters — are welcome to join and create their own possibilities with clay.
Club members create works of art using a variety of clays, glazes and firing techniques.

Members are encouraged to take classes, share their artwork to display and sell in our gallery & markets at The Grand.

Visit our studio located on the east side of Sonoran Plaza for a quick tour!

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Member’s Area

Expansion Update

Architectural planning for the new studio progress.

Anticipated completion December 2027

CURRENT SCHEMATIC

Board Of Directors
Cathy Rick — President • Jim Perez-Wood — Vice President • Debbie Meyer — Treasurer • Karen LeMar — IT Director • Pat Conlen — Secretary • Sherri Singer — Member At Large • Judy Tilton — Member At Large

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