School

The Clay Studio has functioned as an independent ceramic studio for 23 years. What started out as the ceramic department of the M.H. de Young Museum Art School has become one of the best equipped pottery studios in San Francisco. Our space is spacious, comfortable and conveniently accessible by public transportation. It is located 2 blocks south of the Center for the Arts, MOMA and Moscone Center and a half block from Caltrain Station .As an educational institution our primary goal is to provide a place for exploring creativity through clay and the ceramic process whether that be pottery on the wheel or sculpture. Classes are held in a supportive atmosphere and taught by knowledgeable teachers. During open studio time students from all the classes share space and experience and learn from each other.The Clay Studio also continues to foster development of the arts by offering studio space to artists. Within our structure there are 15 individual work spaces where professionals make and promote their art. An artist community is created through the sharing of techniques and ideas.

The Clay Studio offers beginning and continuing ceramic classes every 8 weeks and community studio access on an ongoing monthly basis.

Studio One offers more than 100 hands-on art classes, monitor-assisted labs and activities for children, teens, adults and seniors at all skill levels for a moderate fee.

Programs include:
Parent/Child Together Ceramics
Parent/Child Drawing
T-shirt Printing for Parent/Child
Now! Theatre Workshop for Teens
Photography
Kids Knitting
Teen Clay Hand Building, and Stained Glass
Voice for Young Performers
Adult classes are offered year-round in subjects such as ceramics, yoga, glass, metal jewelry fabrication, painting and drawing, paper and printing, and special classes like ceramic mosaic objects, watercolor, black and white photography, sculpture, textiles, writing and theater. Please call the Studio for schedules.
Studio One Arts Center
365 45th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 597-5027

Our Mission

The arts celebrate our differences, yet offer people of all ages and backgrounds a way to share experiences and insights. Through the arts we explore the meaning of our lives as individuals and as members of our communities. By offering everyone access to art education and appreciation, we build our sense of community.

A Community Center for the Arts

The Sharon Art Studio is a program of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department that is enhanced by the work of the Friends of the Sharon Art Studio, a non-profit organization. The Sharon Art Studio provides a broad range of affordable arts and crafts classes for children, youth, adults and seniors. The program offers four yearly sessions and enrolls approximately 1,000 youth and 2,500 adults annually.

When you ask people around the Sharon Art Studio what they like so much about the studio, you invariably hear answers such as “I come to get away from my busy life,” “It’s my weekly therapy session,” and “This is where my social life is.” The multi-generational and multi-cultural make-up of the studio community offers students a rich and supportive environment that fosters long-term friendships. Our love for the arts brings us together and makes us reach out to all San Franciscans who would like to explore their artistic side. Every semester a new group of kids and adults begins the journey into the world of art at the Sharon Art Studio.

Weekly Classes

In each session, the Studio offers 40-50 adult and 20 youth classes that meet weekly for 4-10 weeks. Classes meet for 1-3 hours and instruction focuses on a specific medium.

Workshops

Adult and youth workshops are offered each session. Workshops are shorter in length than classes and most often meet on weekends.

Free Teen Classes

Each Fall, Winter, and Spring session, free after-school drawing, stained glass, fused glass, and ceramics classes are offered for high school students (ages 15-17).

Art In The Park

Since its inception in 1993, Art In The Park has been an art enrichment summer program for youth ages 11-15. Four sessions of instruction are offered in a wide variety of artistic disciplines. There is a special registration in the spring for this program.

The Berkeley Potters Guild, founded in 1971, is northern California’s oldest and largest collective of professional ceramic artists. Our renovated warehouse accommodates nineteen private studios.

Most members are production potters who create a wide variety of functional items. Others create one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces. Some work in traditional colors and forms influenced by an Asian aesthetic, while a few of our members make playful forms and decorate with intricate and colorful hand painted designs. The work reflects the broad spectrum of California contemporary ceramics.
Our work is shown in museums and galleries world wide, including The Smithsonian, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the Oakland Museum, The Los Angeles Museum of Art, The Museum of History of Moscow, Nieman Marcus and Fumiki of San Francisco.

Our Gallery is open from
12:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays from February through November.
The Berkeley Potters Guild Gift Gallery provides an opportunity for the public to see and purchase members’ work throughout the year.
Displays change frequently as members present their most current work.