UPCOMING EVENTS + CLASSES
6-WEEK WHEEL THROWING CLASS | SPRING SESSION
Whether you’re looking for a creative night out, a unique gift, or just want to try something new, this class is a perfect hands-on experience!
Cost: $270 for the 6-week session
Dates & Times:
Tuesdays: March 24, March 31, April 7, April 21, April 28 (+ one Thursday class, April 9)
Special Thursday Session: April 9
Time Slots: Choose between 10:00A – 12:30P & 6:00P – 8:30P
Class Details:
2.5-hour sessions, 15 total hours of instruction
Learn to throw on the pottery wheel and make your own mug with a handle
Our team will dry, bisque fire, glaze (your choice of color), and glaze fire your piece
Your finished mug will be ready for pick-up 3–4 weeks after the class
Classes are small, intimate, and capped to give you plenty of hands-on guidance
No experience required! Minimum age: 12 years
Please arrive 10 minutes early to get settled
EVENINGS ON THE WHEEL
Upcoming Opportunities: March 16, March 30, April 27, May 11, June 8, June 22
Cost: $80 per class per student
These classes are a one-time, 2-hour class that cap at 5 people per session, and you will get to make your own piece from a ball of clay. This class involves working on the pottery wheel, using a pre-centered ball of clay. You will work on throwing a mug. It's a great way to spend time with friends or family while creating memories and pottery to last a lifetime.
You will make a mug with a handle. After your class our staff will dry, bisque fire, glaze (with your color of choice) and glaze fire your piece. It will be ready to pick up 3-4 weeks after your class. Please note, no painting or glazing occurs during this class.
No experience is required for this class. Minimum Age - 12 years old. Please arrive 10 minutes before your class.
ANIMAL TRINKET BOWL WORKSHOP
Sat, March 14 | 10-12P
HAND-BUILD A HOUSE
Sat, Apr 11 | 10-12P
ORGANIC PLATTER WORKSHOP
Fri, April 24 | 6-8P
MOTHER’S DAY BERRY BOWLS
Fri, May 8 | 6-8P
SCULPTED HAND FORM MUG
Sat, May 9 | 10-12P
FACE PLANTER WORKSHOP
Sat, June 6 | 10-12P
ABOUT OUR POTTERY EXPERIENCES
Our pottery classes are designed for all skill levels — no experience required. Each ticket includes your pottery piece, glazing, and firing.
Choose the experience that fits you:
Standard Finish: Our team glazes your piece using in-stock finishes.
Hands-On Upgrade (+$10): Return during open studio hours to hand-paint your piece yourself.
Adult + Child Ticket: Create together for the price of one ticket.
Age Requirements
12+ may attend independently
Ages 5–11 must attend with a participating adult
HOW TO PREPARE
Wear clothes and shoes you don’t mind getting messy.
Please trim fingernails prior to class.
Cancellation Policy
Classes may be rescheduled with at least 48 hours’ notice by phone or email.
No-call, no-shows are not eligible for credit.
Tardiness Policy
Guests arriving more than 15 minutes late cannot be admitted or rescheduled.
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Our 2-hour courses are a one-time class that cap at 14 people (6 for wheel throwing). You will get to make your own piece from a ball of clay. It's a great way to spend time with friends or family while creating memories and pottery to last a lifetime.
No experience is required for these classes. Minimum Age 12 years old without a parent or guardian, 5 years old with a parent or guardian
After your class our staff will dry, bisque fire, glaze (with your color of choice) and glaze fire your piece. It will be ready to pick up 3-4 weeks after your class. Please note, no painting or glazing occurs during this class.
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Our 6 week class is a great way to get a more full picture of the process of making pottery. Start with a lump of clay and practice all of the steps from throwing, trimming, handling, and glazing. (from slab-building, coil-building and surface alteration for handbuilding class)
While you will leave this class with a number of unique pieces, also bear in mind that we can only cover so much in 12-18 hours. Most students leave this course with a good understanding of their basic and essential pottery skills, but still lack the hours of practice needed to master this craft. For this reason, we strongly encourage students who still wish to further their understanding of pottery to explore our studio membership program!
While 12-18 hours worth of studio time and instruction may seem like a lot, it will go by very quickly! For this reason, we strongly encourage you to do some research on the front end and figure out what is most important to you. While the first half of this class focuses more on basic and essential skills, the second half is much more self-guided. We want to teach you the skills, and cover the projects that mean the most to you.
This is a great option for beginners who want to practice the entire process or intermediate potters who want to refine their skills.(Beginners who want an introduction to clay and to practice the many ways to handbuild and sculpt a piece or intermediate potters who want to refine their skills).
While you will leave this class with a number of unique pieces, also bear in mind that we can only cover so much in 12-18 hours. Most students leave this course with a good understanding of their basic and essential pottery skills, but still lack the hours of practice needed to master this craft. For this reason, we strongly encourage students who still wish to further their understanding of pottery to explore our studio membership program!
While 12-18 hours worth of studio time and instruction may seem like a lot, it will go by very quickly! For this reason, we strongly encourage you to do some research on the front end and figure out what is most important to you. While the first half of this class focuses more on basic and essential skills, the second half is much more self-guided. We want to teach you the skills, and cover the projects that mean the most to you.
This is a great option for beginners who want to practice the entire process or intermediate potters who want to refine their skills.(Beginners who want an introduction to clay and to practice the many ways to handbuild and sculpt a piece or intermediate potters who want to refine their skills).
Have questions? Please email Hannah Kyle or Mary Glenys - or DM them on Facebook or Instagram!
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Scholarships are available for students in K-12th Grade. These are provided in part by a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Solomon Lee DeVille Memorial Art Scholarship.
SOLOMON LEE DEVILLE MEMORIAL ART SCHOLARSHIP
The mission of the Solomon Lee DeVille Memorial Art Scholarship is to give financial assistance to school-age children and youth from Carroll County for educational opportunities in the two and three dimensional visual arts programs offered by The Dixie Carter Performing Arts & Academic Enrichment Center. These would include, but are not limited to: drawing, painting, photography, pottery, etc. The scholarship can be used for class fees, student materials, and classroom supplies. The intent is to enable children to participate in the visual studio arts who would otherwise not be able to based on financial need.
For more information on scholarship applications or donations, please contact Laura at Ldeville@dixiepac.net
HANNAH KYLE, INSTRUCTOR
Hannah Kyle was born and raised in Huntingdon, TN and a graduate of Union University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design in 2015. She is married to her middle school sweetheart and has two children. They live on a little homestead where she currently creates. She fell in love with ceramics when she realized graphic design wasn’t fulfilling. She bought a wheel after her first class and hasn’t looked back since. She is largely self-taught, but has been working with clay since 2018. She is excited to share her passion for clay and the versatility of it with anyone who is interested.
In addition to instructing at Mudslingers she also runs her own small business in our local Huntingdon area, creating and selling her own pottery through Hk.Studios
MARY GLENYS, INSTRUCTOR
Mary Glenys grew up in Huntingdon, taking pottery classes at Mudslingers Studio under founder and instructor Lori Nolen. She was actually in one of the very first pottery classes at Mudslingers back in 2009! She took an eight year hiatus from pottery when she went to college at Mississippi State University, where she earned a degree in Horticulture. She moved to Memphis to work as a horticulturist at the Memphis Botanic Garden. She fell back in love with pottery after taking a wheelthrowing class at a local studio there, and she hasn’t looked back since!
She recently moved back to Huntingdon with her fiancé and they live in a 100-year-old farmhouse with their four cats and dog. Outside of Mudslingers Studio, she loves gardening, cooking, crafting of any kind, and doing pottery full-time under her business, “Redbud Studios.” She is so excited to cultivate a creative community and teach the next generation of potters in the same studio where she fell in love with ceramics!
LORI NEAL NOLEN, FOUNDER
Lori is a native of Paris, TN, and a graduate of Union University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics having studied in France, England, and Italy. She received her Master of Fine Arts at The University of Georgia. Lori was Artist in Residence at Alfred University in Alfred, NY, a Teaching Assistant at UGA Studies Abroad Art Program in Cortona, Italy, and Assistant Professor of Ceramic Art and Art History at Union University in Jackson, TN. Lori is a former Executive Director at The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center and continues to create and instruct at Mudslingers. Lori resides here in Huntingdon.
Mudslingers Pottery Studio provides visual arts education programs that empower students of all ages to embrace their artistic abilities, grow and gain confidence in those abilities, and open doors to a life of creative excellence.
Mudslingers teaches introduction to basic pottery skills of pinching, coil-building, slab construction, and throwing on the potter’s wheel, as well as, an introduction to various glazing and firing processes.
Mudslingers is truly grateful for our clay sponsor, Imerys - Gleason, who has generously donated thousands of pounds of clay and glazing materials to our classes.
Imerys - Gleason is a supplier of ball clay to Laguna Clay Company, which also produces the low fire glazes used in classes at Mudslingers.
Participant Rules
Participants are expected to arrive no earlier than 5 minutes before class is scheduled to begin. The teacher needs time in between classes to clean and prepare for the next class.
Parents must be prompt in the pickup of their participants.
No food, gum, or drink is allowed in the studio.
Please notify the instructor if you will be missing a class. Projects that take place during your absence can not be made up.
The Dixie reserves the right to dismiss and not enroll participants for the following reasons:
Disruptive behavior
Disregard to instructions
Possession of tobacco, alcohol, drugs or weapons.
Disrespect to instructor
Financial account not current
Mudslingers Studio is sponsored in part by a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission. When the Tennessee Arts Commission was created in 1967, it was given a special mandate by the General Assembly to stimulate and encourage the presentation of performing, visual and literary arts throughout the state and to encourage public interest in the cultural heritage of Tennessee. Through a variety of programs, the Commission has encouraged excellence in artistic expression through the state’s artists and arts organizations. That commitment has continued to expand through the years to ensure that the citizens of Tennessee have access to, and the opportunity to participate in the arts.