The Hilliard Ceramic Arts Studios host wheel and handbuilding classes for all levels year-round. Our wheel classroom contains 9 wheels, 2 kilns, and a pugmill, and our handbuilding classroom across the hall features our glaze library and space for up to 10 handbuilders or sculptors.
Students currently enrolled in clay classes at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod are entitled to open studio time in the wheel and handbuilding rooms.
Reserve your time below!
Practice your skills!
We offer Open Studio access for free to all adult students enrolled in most clay classes of 4 weeks or longer.
Access begins once the class starts and ends a week after the final class.
Students can choose a wheel or handbuilding slot in order to practice skills learned in class.
We offer 18 hours each week in six 3-hour sessions, with 9 wheel seats and 9 handbuilding seats.
For 2026, Open Studio weekly sessions are held:
Mon 6–9pm
Tue 5:30–8:30pm
Thu 10am–1pm
Fri 6–9pm
Sat 10am–1pm
Sun 2–5pm
Your seat must be reserved in advance — please use the calendar below.
4-week classes include up to 6 hours of OS time (2 sessions)
6-week classes include up to 9 hours of OS time (3 sessions)
8-week classes include up to 12 hours of OS time (4 sessions)
Outside work or production work for resale is not allowed.
Dates and times are subject to change.
If you have questions, please contact Christine Ernst, Director of Learning, at ChristineE@cultural-center.org.