LOAM Clay Studio

09/16/2026

PEEK A BOO 👻

Registration is OPEN for our first-ever Haunted House collaboration with Loretta Studio & Gallery!

Start at Loretta, where you’ll make the little ghosts that will eventually haunt your creation. Then head to LOAM to handbuild your very own haunted house — crooked, creepy, charming, completely unhinged… you decide.

Tiny ghosts peeking through windows? Obviously.
A suspicious little door? Sure.
A structurally questionable haunted mansion? Even better.

🏚️👻 Your house. Your haunt.

Registration is open now!

09/04/2026

08/28/2026

We’re totally FALLING for our Early Autumn lineup of courses, workshops and LOLO clay & glass collabs! Go check out our website for registration details and we’ll see you in the studio sooooooon! 👀✨🍂🎃👻🔮🏺❤️💕

08/26/2026

Ready to take your pottery a little further?

A few spots are still open in our fall intermediate courses designed to help you refine your throwing, explore new forms, and build on the skills you already have.

Fall classes kick off September 8, right after the Labour Day long weekend.

Come back to the wheel, challenge yourself, and make something new with us this fall.

07/22/2026

LOAM Clay Studio proudly presents GROUNDWORK: Emerging Practices in Clay, featuring work by the artists of our inaugural Advanced Wheel Mentorship cohort: Sara Tasset, Julie Hale, Christopher H and Monique Bardawil.

Over the past 16 weeks, these four artists have worked under the expert guidance of potter and educator Carolynne Pynn Trudeau, expanding the technical and expressive possibilities of their individual practices. This group exhibition marks the culmination of the mentorship program and brings together a diverse body of ceramic work shaped by technical refinement, thoughtful critique and creative exploration.

Please join us for the opening reception:

Vernissage
Friday, July 24 | 5–8 pm

Exhibition
July 24–August 8, 2026

Loretta Studios and Gallery
131 Loretta Avenue North
Ottawa, Ontario

Our enormous thanks to Carolynne Pynn Trudeau, whose enthusiasm, generous teaching and deep knowledge of ceramics brought this mentorship to life. We are also deeply grateful to Charlynne Lafontaine and Loretta Studios and Gallery for hosting the final exhibition.

Come celebrate the artists, see the work and help us mark the conclusion of LOAM’s first
mentorship program.

07/22/2026

LOAM Clay Studio proudly presents GROUNDWORK: Emerging Practices in Clay, featuring work by the artists of our inaugural Advanced Wheel Mentorship cohort: Sara Tasset, Julie Hale, Christopher H and Monique Bardawil.

Over the past 16 weeks, these four artists have worked under the expert guidance of potter and educator Carolynne Pynn Trudeau, expanding the technical and expressive possibilities of their individual practices. This group exhibition marks the culmination of the mentorship program and brings together a diverse body of ceramic work shaped by technical refinement, thoughtful critique and creative exploration.

Please join us for the opening reception:

Vernissage
Friday, July 24 | 5–8 pm

Exhibition
July 24–August 8, 2026

Loretta Studios and Gallery
131 Loretta Avenue North
Ottawa, Ontario

Our enormous thanks to Carolynne Pynn Trudeau, whose enthusiasm, generous teaching and deep knowledge of ceramics brought this mentorship to life. We are also deeply grateful to Charlynne Lafontaine and Loretta Studios and Gallery for hosting the final exhibition.

Come celebrate the artists, see the work and help us mark the conclusion of LOAM’s first mentorship program.

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07/15/2026

Fresh out of the kiln.

Wheel-y Tall: Lamp Edition is ready for glaze night, and these are looking great already.

Thanks to Tk Kinger for teaching another awesome class. Looking forward to seeing the finished lamps. WheelThrown

06/05/2026

Late Summer Registration is Now Open!

A few highlights from this session:
- Nesting Bowls
- Sgraffito with
- Mug Mania
- Table for 2
- Weekend Ritual
- Wheel-y Tall
- Multiple Wheel for Beginners options

Spaces are limited and some classes fill fast, grab your spot today!

04/20/2026

Surprise- Early Summer Registration is Open

A new session has taken shape. Our tried and true courses on the board and a special shout out to:

A few Short & Sweet 3 Week Courses
HB: Get Your Garden Ready
Surface Decoration: Decals & China Paint
HB: Weekend Routine Set
HB: Table for Two
… because we know you have all the summer plans!

New & Noteworthy
W2 Summer Sippers
Wheely Tall: Lamp Edition
W2 Skills Training
… feels like showing up for yourself, week after week.

Come spend the summer with the garage door open basking in the sun! ☀️