New Albany Clay Collective

New Albany Clay Collective is a community ceramics studio on East Main Street in New Albany, Indiana, offering drop-in wheel throwing and hand-building sessions, workshops, kids classes and private group events.

Official URL: https://www.newalbanyclaycollective.com/

Last checked: 2026-10-21

Category: Studio Also called: NACC; New Albany Clay; newalbanyclaycollective.com

Who it’s for

Beginners who want a one-time try at the wheel or hand building, returning potters, homeschool and after-school kids, and groups (team outings, family visits, nights out) in Southern Indiana and the Louisville area.

Why it’s listed

It is a physical studio with its own website, a printed street address and phone number, published class prices and a current class calendar. It is not a supplier or a membership guild.

• Home page (checked 2026-10-21): October “Try-It” classes on Fri Oct 23 at 6 pm and Sun Oct 25 at 5 pm, and a Make Your Own Baking Dish class on Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6–7:30 pm, $75 each, including one 8–10-inch baking dish.
• Classes page: Single Pottery Sessions starting at $60/seat (wheel throwing or hand building, also bookable for groups); Pottery workshops starting at $250; HomeSchool Kids Classes (4-week session started 9.9.26 at 10 am) and After School Kids Classes (4-week session started 9.10.26 at 4 pm).
• Group events page: 2-hour block for up to 12 participants, $600; 3-hour block for up to 24 participants (two 90-minute groups), $900. Costs include materials, firing and teacher pay; finished pieces are ready 2–4 weeks after the class.
• About page: owner Scott Cooksey, a potter for about 18 years who has been a resident potter in other studios and focuses on functional work such as mugs and bowls.

Prices and dates are what the site showed on the check date and may change.

Official URL

Home: https://www.newalbanyclaycollective.com/

Classes: https://www.newalbanyclaycollective.com/classes

Group events: https://www.newalbanyclaycollective.com/group-events

About: https://www.newalbanyclaycollective.com/about

Contact: https://www.newalbanyclaycollective.com/contact

(First-party studio site checked 2026-10-21. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl -sL with a Chrome User-Agent and browser Accept headers, spaced 3 seconds apart.)

Location

New Albany Clay Collective, 1015 E Main St, New Albany, IN 47150. Phone (502) 509-1324 (a Louisville-area 502 number). Email is printed on the site; it was not used.

This is a pottery studio. It is not a guild or a supplier.

Notes

• Category is Studio: classes, workshops and group events in its own space.
• The site does not list open-studio memberships or hours; it is class and event based.
• Indiana already has AMACO (Supplier), the Northern Indiana Clay Alliance and the Greater Lafayette Clay Guild; this is the first Indiana studio and the first listing in New Albany (checked GitHub main and live clayplaza.com on 2026-10-21; not listed). It was an approved alternate from the 2026-10-20 search.
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, booking, purchase, form, account or publication action was taken.
• Image: the studio’s own logo (SB NACC LOGO-2 from the site’s Squarespace media, served as WebP), saved as new-albany-clay-collective.png, PNG 500 × 500. The site has no og:image.

FAQ

Q: Where is New Albany Clay Collective?
A: 1015 E Main St, New Albany, IN 47150. Phone (502) 509-1324.

Q: How much is a class?
A: Single pottery sessions start at $60 a seat and workshops start at $250. The November 5, 2026 baking dish class is $75.

Q: Can I book a private group?
A: Yes. A 2-hour block for up to 12 people is $600 and a 3-hour block for up to 24 is $900, including materials, firing and the teacher.

Q: Are there kids classes?
A: Yes. The studio runs homeschool and after-school kids sessions in 4-week blocks.

Q: When do I get my pieces back?
A: Pieces are completed 2–4 weeks after the class.