About the Pottery
Pottery classes have been offered at Greenwich House for nearly its entire history, beginning with classes as part of a larger handicraft program in 1904. The Pottery officially became a department within Greenwich House in 1909. The teachers, students and residents that have worked in the Pottery’s classrooms over the years have included such renowned names as Peter Voulkos, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Betty Woodman, Ghada Amer, Ann Agee, Kathy Butterly, Simone Leigh and David Salle.
Studios at Greenwich House Pottery’s 16 Jones St. center are equipped with:
- two hand-building classrooms
- two throwing classrooms with 28 wheels
- a mold-making and slip-casting studio
- one gas kiln
- five electric kilns
- two slab-rollers
- two clay mixers
- three de-airing pug mills
- one extruder
- and a spray booth
There are seven clay bodies available: porcelain casting slip, white stoneware, throwing stoneware, sculpture stoneware and red earthenware, and grolleg porcelain is available for purchase. A large selection of glazes, slips and washes includes materials for both high and low temperature firing.
The Pottery is generously supported by:
- The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
- Robert and Beatrice Hompe Foundation
- Lenore G. Tawney Foundation
- Windgate Charitable Foundation
- Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation
