Celebrating Craft and Community

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Pop-Up Workshops!

2025

Sat. October 11th - Pumpkin Sculptures!

10am - 12:30 @ Torrey Meadows Park. San Diego, CA 92129

Fri. October 17th - Pumpkin Sculptures!

5:30- 7:30pm @ Castelli & Pizarro Family Vineyards & Winery 8220 Merge Ave. San Diego, CA 92129

Classes

Our studio offers many beginner classes in both wheel and hand building techniques. These are perfect for folks who are ready to begin their journey in ceramics and working with clay.

If you just wanting to dust yourself off from a long hiatus or want to challenge yourself, we offer intermediate wheel, hand building and portrait sculpture classes.

Check out our offerings below to see which is right for you!

*All classes are 18+. Youth 14+ may attend with adult regristrant.

Registrations Opening Soon!

Handmade Happy Hour

Wind down your week with good friends, good drinks and clay! Handmade Happy Hour is a perfect Friday night destination for you to kickstart your creative energy for the weekend with our fun wheel and hand building workshops. (21+)

$75 per session

Available Workshops

Upcoming Workshops and Events

  • Open House

    Come meet the studio and see what we’re about! Enjoy free art activities, snacks and early bird perks for classes and memberships. More info soon!

  • Workshops

    Learn a plethora of unique processes in clay or other craft mediums from visiting artists in our one day workshops!

    $120 per session

  • Weekend Intensives

    Take a more expansive dive into different clay and craft processes over the course of two days. A great way to spend a weekend!

    $240 per session

Memberships

Monthly Membership
$210.00 every month for 1 year

Experienced potters looking for a space to create are encouraged to sign up for our studio memberships! With a membership, you are joining our welcoming community of artists and makers and establishing a creative home for your practice. Memberships also include:

  • Unlimited studio access during our open studio times.

  • Unlimited firing of pieces made in studio (*within size limits)

  • Full access to all studio tools and equipment (excluding kilns and pug-mill)

  • Access to all house glazes

  • Individual storage space

  • $10 monthly guest pass

  • First dibs on workshop registration.

Age: 18+

*Open studio is a non-instructional working period. Those interested in memberships must have prior experience and be able to work safely and independently during open studio times.

Registrations Opening Soon!

Open Studio

Dedicated non-instructional work time available for members and students to drop in anytime during our open studio hours.

With 12 wheels, several large work tables and plenty of storage space for your in-progress works, you can work at your own pace and enjoy the full use of our facilities.

Open Studio Hours

Tuesdays: 1p - 9p

Wednesdays: 10a - 6p

Fridays: 1p - 5p

Saturdays: 9a - 12a

Sundays: 1p - 6p

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Who we are

Studio Manzanita is a welcoming community that celebrates ceramic and craft practices from around the world.

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