Fifth Street Studio — Bentonville, AR studio

Category: Studio Also called: 5th Street Studio; FSS; Fifth Street Studio Bentonville; fifthstreet.studio Last checked: 2026-09-28

What it is

Fifth Street Studio is a pottery teaching and membership studio in Bentonville, Arkansas. It runs 6-week wheel and handbuilding classes, one-night workshops, youth semesters, and monthly studio memberships. Its homepage states the aim “to explore our art and pass on our craft by providing pottery classes and supplies to our community,” and says the studio offers classes “from true beginner all the way up to advanced ceramics.” It also keeps a small retail area with clay, glaze, and tools, and it offers drop-off kiln firing. It is not a membership guild association, and the retail shelf is secondary to the teaching studio.

Who it’s for

True beginners who want a two-hour Try the Wheel workshop or a 6-week Wheel I or Handbuilding I class. Also potters with experience (one year, or three of the studio’s 6-week classes) who want a monthly membership, home potters who only need glazing and firing, and kids and teens in 16-week youth classes (ages 8–12 and 13–18). Some seasonal workshops are open to ages 6+ if an adult comes too. It is not a drop-in studio for people with no experience: memberships and the day pass both require the experience prerequisite and a waiver.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Bentonville teaching and membership studio. Its Shopify site prints an SE 5th Street address, open hours, membership dollar rates ($120–$230/month plus a $25 day pass), class and workshop prices, dated fall 2026 workshop sessions, and a $1/kg firing rate. It is not a scraped directory card.

Contact / location (About Us page “Come See Us”, checked 2026-09-28): 1012 SE 5th Street, Bentonville, AR; phone (479)-553-7087. Printed hours: Mon–Wed closed; Thu noon–6 p.m.; Fri noon–8 p.m.; Sat noon–8 p.m.; Sun noon–6 p.m. The site gives a contact form and does not print a public email address.
Memberships (Memberships collection + product pages, checked today): Studio Membership $155/month (shown sold out with a waitlist link at check); Practicum (Level 3) Membership $210/month (Monday 6–8 p.m. advanced class in a wheel or handbuilding focus, plus open-studio access); 24hr Studio Membership $230/month (access 24 hrs, 7 days a week, 365 days a year; needs an application, an interview with the studio manager, and a signed contract); Firing and Glazing Membership $120/month (glazing, slab roller, and all firing for the month, with no wheel or handbuilding-table access and no shelf); Open Studio Day Pass $25 (bought in person on the day, and does not include firing, clay, or storage). All paid memberships start on the 1st of the month after purchase, auto-renew on the 1st, and can be cancelled any time before the 1st. Members supply their own clay (sold by the studio), and only studio technicians load kilns and run the pug mill. Member open-studio hours are Thu 12–6, Fri 12–8, Sat 12–8, Sun 12–6.
Classes (6 Week Classes + product pages, checked today): Wheel I, Wheel II, Handbuilding I (“Handbuilding for the Table”), and Handbuilding II each cost $315 for 6 weekly sessions. Wheel I includes 2 hours of group instruction each week, unlimited studio work time until the last session, 12 lb of clay, all firing, and tools. Wheel I and Handbuilding I showed no open dates at check. The FAQ says classes are posted at least 2 weeks ahead, there is no class waitlist, and newsletter subscribers get early access. Youth Studio 16-week classes (ages 8–12 and 13–18) cost $716.
Workshops (homepage + Workshops collection, checked today): Try the Wheel $72 (two hours, 1–2 pieces; sessions listed Sat Oct 10 and Fri Oct 23, 2026, 6–8 p.m.); Tiny Pumpkins $63 (Sat Oct 17, 6–8 p.m., ages 6+ with an adult); Pinch Pot Cauldron Mugs $68; Handbuilt Fall Foliage Plate Pair $82; Spooky Lanterns $74 and Handbuilt Mugs $67 (both shown sold out). Finished pieces are ready about two weeks after class.
Firing services (Firing Services page, checked today): drop-off firing costs $1/kg in electric Skutt 1227 kilns to cone 04 and cone 6. Work must be mid-fire, fully dry, under ½ inch thick, and never fired elsewhere. Turnaround is usually under a week, but allow up to two.
Retail (Clay collection + product pages, checked today): mid-fire and low-fire clay, for example Ochre ^4-6 $22.50 and Sandia Red ^5/6 $29.60 (both “Sold in 25lb bags” per product copy), and Pecos Porcelain Cone 6 $42.50. The shelf also carries AMACO, Wizard/Gloop, and “FIVE” glazes, plus tools.
Refunds (class product pages, checked today): cancel within 48 hours of booking for a refund, or up to 7 days before class for store credit. There is a $10 processing fee, and no refunds or credits for missed classes.

The membership, class, workshop, firing, and hours figures above are what the official pages showed on the check date. Waitlists, sell-outs, and session dates change quickly. Check the live fifthstreet.studio pages before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

https://fifthstreet.studio/

Memberships: https://fifthstreet.studio/collections/memberships

6 Week Classes: https://fifthstreet.studio/collections/6-week-classes

Workshops: https://fifthstreet.studio/collections/workshops

Firing Services: https://fifthstreet.studio/pages/firing-services

About Us / hours: https://fifthstreet.studio/pages/about-us

Location

Fifth Street Studio: 1012 SE 5th Street, Bentonville, AR. Phone (479)-553-7087. Printed hours are Thu noon–6, Fri–Sat noon–8, Sun noon–6, and closed Mon–Wed. The Practicum class meets Monday evenings 6–8 p.m., and 24-hour members have round-the-clock access.

This is a teaching / membership pottery studio with a small retail shelf. It is not a guild HQ and not a ceramic supply warehouse.

Notes

Category is Studio: 6-week classes, workshops, youth semesters, and monthly memberships ($120–$230) plus a $25 day pass. Not a guild and not primarily a supplier. The clay and glaze shelf supports students and members.
First Arkansas listing on Clay Plaza. Distinct from other businesses with “Fifth Street” or “5th Street” in the name elsewhere. This listing is the Bentonville, AR studio at fifthstreet.studio only. Keep separate from the Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
Site inconsistencies at check: (1) the Practicum page still shows a “Q1 2025” quarterly theme (Mugs and Surface Design), which looks stale. (2) The footer “FAQ” link (/pages/faq) opened the Private Events booking form, not a FAQ. The class FAQ text appears on each class product page instead. (3) A web-search snippet of the homepage showed Try the Wheel at $67, but the live page and store data showed $72 at check.
The shop still lists an older “Highwater Raku Clay” product. Clay Plaza does not reference Highwater Clays, so it is not cited here.
The site does not print a founding year. Third-party profiles mention 2018, but this listing leaves it out because it is not stated first-party.
Membership, class, workshop, clay, and firing prices and the hours were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-09-28 and may change.
Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.
First-party logo saved beside this listing as fifth-street-studio.png (from the fifthstreet.studio Shopify header upload Logo_text_only_3x: brown “FIFTH / STREET STUDIO” wordmark, resized to 800 px).

FAQ

Q: What does membership cost?
A: Memberships page (checked 2026-09-28): Studio Membership $155/month (sold out with a waitlist at check), Practicum (Level 3) $210/month with a Monday 6–8 p.m. advanced class, 24hr Studio Membership $230/month (application, interview, and contract required), Firing and Glazing Membership $120/month, and an Open Studio Day Pass for $25 (bought in person, no firing). Memberships need one year of experience or three of the studio’s 6-week classes, start on the 1st of the month, and auto-renew until cancelled before the 1st. Clay is extra.

Q: How much are classes and workshops?
A: 6-week Wheel I, Wheel II, Handbuilding I, and Handbuilding II classes cost $315 each (Wheel I includes 12 lb of clay, firing, and tools). Youth 16-week classes cost $716. One-night workshops ran $63–$82 at check, for example Try the Wheel at $72 on Oct 10 and Oct 23, 2026, and Tiny Pumpkins at $63 on Oct 17, 2026. Classes are posted at least 2 weeks ahead with no waitlist, so check the live Workshops and 6 Week Classes pages.

Q: Is Fifth Street Studio a guild or a clay supplier?
A: Neither. It is a teaching and membership pottery studio. It sells clay, glaze, and tools from a small retail area and offers $1/kg drop-off firing, but it is not a supply warehouse or a member-run guild. For association dues use a guild, and for a full supply catalog use a ceramic supplier.