Northern Colorado Potters' Guild

Category: Guild Also called: Noco Potters’ Guild; Noco Potters’ Guild & Studio; Northern Colorado Potters Guild; nocopottersguild.org Last checked: 2026-10-05

What it is

The Northern Colorado Potters’ Guild (Noco Potters’ Guild & Studio) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit potters’ association in Fort Collins, Colorado. About and Membership pages describe a member-run guild founded in 2005, roughly 100 members, adult wheel and hand-building classes, workshops, skill shares, annual markets, and 24/7 member access to a communal studio (wheels, hand-building room, kilns, glaze area). It is not a commercial clay manufacturer and not a drop-in franchise teaching brand — membership includes a one-time fee, monthly dues, probation, volunteer expectations, and guild sales participation.

Who it’s for

Independent adult potters seeking Northern Colorado guild community plus 24/7 studio access (Regular or Associate tiers), and adults 18+ registering for guild classes. Incoming members are probationary for 6 months and expected to work independently. Not a substitute for a retail clay warehouse.

Why it’s listed

This is the first-party Northern Colorado Potters’ Guild Wix domain (nocopottersguild.org) with a printed Christman Drive address, printed one-time fee and monthly dues, facility equipment list, and live class session dollars — not a scraped directory card.

• Contact / location (footer + Membership + About, checked 2026-10-05): 209 Christman Drive Suite 4, Fort Collins, CO 80524. Tel printed as 970 (416) 5979. Membership questions: membership@nocopottersguild.org. Classes: classes@nocopottersguild.org. President/donation inquiries: president@nocopottersguild.org (About / Potters With a Purpose).
• Membership cost (Membership page, checked today): one-time nonrefundable membership fee $400 (may be paid in two installments — first at probationary join; second within three months). Monthly dues: Regular $78/month (unlimited studio time, 2 ware shelves); Associate $62/month (5 hours/week studio time, 1 ware shelf). Both tiers include the $400 initial fee. Bisque and glaze firing costs are extra (guild-glazed work must be fired at the guild). Additional storage shelves available for a small monthly fee (dollar amount not printed at check — do not invent it).
• Access / expectations (Membership, checked today): 24/7 facility access with secure door code; wheels and hand-building room may be unavailable during class sessions; help maintain a clean studio; contribute time/labor; after first year contribute to operations (lab hours, board, events, Facility Assistant). At least two sales/year (spring and fall); cleanup days before shows required. Probationary 6 months.
• Facilities (About + Membership, checked today): throwing room with twelve wheels including one ADA-accessible wheel; hand-building room with extruder, slab roller, molds; glaze area (cone 5/6 oxidation, cone 10 reduction, raku); glaze mixing room; spray booth; three electric kilns; gas reduction kiln; raku kiln; small electric test kiln; kitchen/lounge; photo booth. Guild stocks clays for member purchase; volume discounts via vice president order (may take several weeks).
• Classes (Classes page, checked today): adults 18+ only; typically 8-week sessions on Tuesdays or Thursdays; include one 25 lb bag of Rocky Mountain clay plus glaze/firing charges; guild clay only; optional extra bag $40 with instructor approval (includes glaze/firing). Lab hours for students up to 5 hours/week (Wed evenings 6–8:30 PM, Fri mornings 9–11:30 AM) with a guild member present. Sessions listed at check at $275 each (examples starting Oct 20 / Oct 22: Handbuilding Beyond the Basics; Intermediate/Advanced Wheel; Wheel Throwing All Levels; Handbuilding All Levels). Cancellation: 21+ days full refund; 20–15 days 50%; otherwise forfeit. Class min 3–5, max 10–14.

Contribution, dues, and class figures above are what the official pages showed on the check date. Confirm current openings, firing fee schedules, and session seats on the live Membership and Classes pages before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

https://www.nocopottersguild.org/

Membership: https://www.nocopottersguild.org/membership

Classes: https://www.nocopottersguild.org/classes

About: https://www.nocopottersguild.org/about

(Canonical first-party Wix site checked 2026-10-05; cited URLs returned HTTP 200.)

Location

Northern Colorado Potters’ Guild: 209 Christman Drive Suite 4, Fort Collins, CO 80524. Tel printed as 970 (416) 5979.

This is a member potters association / nonprofit guild with a communal studio hub and adult class program. It is not filed as a commercial supply house. Studio access is a guild membership benefit, not a separate commercial teaching-studio brand.

Notes

• Category is Guild: 501(c)(3) member association, one-time fee + monthly dues, volunteer expectations, guild sales, 24/7 studio as guild resource. Classes are a guild program. Not a supplier (member clay purchase supports guild use; Rocky Mountain Clay already has its own Supplier listing elsewhere).
• First Fort Collins / Northern Colorado guild listing. Distinct from already-listed Colorado Potters Guild. Away from Fri OR/PA/FL geos. Keep separate from Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
• Tel formatting on site is printed as “970 (416) 5979” — cite as shown.
• Extra-shelf monthly fee and exact firing fee schedule dollars were not on the public Membership table at check — do not invent them.
• Membership and class figures were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-10-05 and may change.
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.
• First-party wordmark saved beside this listing as northern-colorado-potters-guild.png (from nocopottersguild.org Wix CDN brand PNG, 473 × 105).

FAQ

Q: How much is membership?
A: Membership (checked 2026-10-05): $400 one-time nonrefundable fee (two installments allowed), then Regular $78/month (unlimited time, 2 shelves) or Associate $62/month (5 hours/week, 1 shelf). Firings extra. Confirm with membership@nocopottersguild.org.

Q: What studio access and classes do members/students get?
A: Members: 24/7 access (door code); 12 wheels; hand-building room; electric/gas/raku kilns; glaze areas. Adult classes 18+ typically 8 weeks at $275/session including one 25 lb Rocky Mountain clay bag + glaze/firing; lab hours Wed 6–8:30 PM and Fri 9–11:30 AM with a member present. Confirm live Classes page.

Q: Is Northern Colorado Potters’ Guild a commercial teaching studio or a clay supplier?
A: Neither as its Clay Plaza category. It is a nonprofit member guild with a communal studio and adult class program. For open commercial studio membership elsewhere use a Studio listing; for moist clay retail use a Supplier listing (e.g. Rocky Mountain Clay).