Membership
If you’ve worked in clay and are looking for a studio to continue your practice at your own pace consider joining our group of emerging studio ceramicists at Petaluma Pottery! There is currently a waiting list but we’d love to send you information, email petalumapottery@gmail.com
Details, logistics, and perks below.
FEE STRUCTURE
Regular Membership: $155 per month
($100 security deposit, 3 month minimum requirement)
Monitor Membership: $100 per month
(3 month commitment, $100 deposit)
More info about monitoring available upon request.
GETTING INVOLVED
Our studio membership is typically contingent upon an interview with Forrest or Kelly and will only be offered to previous students of Petaluma Pottery or those able to show proof of previous instruction in clay. In our interview process you will be asked about your level of understanding of being part of a community studio as it relates to cleanliness, communication, studio flow and organization, entering and locking up the studio, equipment operation, and your ability to use the studio safely without supervision. Don’t stress… we just need to make sure our studio is a good fit for you, and you are a good fit for our studio! Interested? Send an email to petalumapottery@gmail.com and mention “studio membership” in the subject line.
PERKS
Members are allowed to work anytime between 7:00 am - 11:00 pm, 7 days a week with the exception of when special events are taking place. We have a separate members studio and classroom studio and the members studio is always available to you. The classroom studio is also available to you anytime workshops and classes are not taking space and you can always find our current list of courses and events posted in the studio.
Access to firings! In addition to a beautiful studio with great equipment your membership comes with access to our electric kilns, and gas firings on special occasions.
Petaluma Pottery will host an open house 1-2 times a year. Our open house typically includes some sort of community activity + sale which members are invited to volunteer at and/or sell their work.
Petaluma Pottery will host ongoing membership days where members can come in alongside staff for demos, potlucks, and talks about new glazes, materials, techniques, etc. you might be interested in bringing to the studio.
Members receive 10% off all classes and workshops for themselves.
MORE DETAILS
You must clean up after yourself, if you fail to clean up after yourself you will lose your studio privileges and your deposit will not be returned. This includes your personal space, community spaces you’ve used, if you’ve spilled anything on the floor, etc. etc.
While our membership offers a robust community, there is no formal instruction for members, make sure you are working within your own skill set and knowledge base and save questions for teachers, or membership days.
You may not bring in outside clays, slips, or glazes without our approval and sign off! This is extremely important! This ensures the life of our equipment, and that all of our materials are being fired correctly and are cohesive with each other and that there is no cross contamination. As with classes, the cost of clay includes the cost of glaze materials associated with it as well as the cost to fire your work.
Members will receive their own shelf for storage. There are also two shared members shelves. Anything that exceeds these areas must be taken with you upon each visit.
Interested? Send me an email and I can send you our full member’s document and add you to our waitlist.