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Bring ceramics practice and education to your students.

SCCA can help enhance the ceramic skills of you and your students, and equip you with the knowledge to bring clay arts in your school. 

There are many ways for visual arts teachers to get plugged in at SCCA. You can:

1) Get your student work fired at SCCA

2) Become a member and take advantage of our HCDE Visual Arts Instructor membership discount! Plan a field trip or clay workshop for your students

3) Plan a field trip or clay workshop for your students

Scroll on to learn more about these options.

Discounted Firing Services for HCDE Visual Arts Teachers

Scenic City Clay Arts is proud to support Hamilton County Department of Education (HCDE) Visual Arts teachers with discounted firing services for student work.

Discounted Firing Rates

  • Bisque Fire: $5

  • Glaze Fire (glazes included): $10

  • Discount available for full Kiln Rental

Discounted rates apply only if all criteria below are met.

Eligibility Criteria

  • You are a current HCDE Visual Arts teacher.

  • The work submitted was created by your visual arts students during class. We do not fire personal work created by teachers.

  • You have 30 pieces or fewer, and they are not excessively large.

  • Your deadline for return of fired work is at least 4–6 weeks away.

Materials & Glazing Requirements

  • All pieces must use SCCA-approved Cone 6 clays and glazes.

    • Clay is available for purchase at the studio for $30 per 25 lb bag, or for $15 for recycled clay.

  • Glazing is the responsibility of the teacher and may be done during your second visit, prior to the glaze firing. SCCA will not glaze your classwork for you. Any glaze or firing issues caused by student work may result in a damage fee.

Scheduling & Firing Timeline

  • Work will typically be fired within 4–6 weeks. Rush fees may apply if needed sooner.

  • Fired work will be held for 2 weeks only after the firing cycle is complete. Items left beyond this period will be considered a donation to the studio.

  • All drop-offs must be pre-scheduled by emailing: studio@sceniccityclayarts.org. During busy seasons, we may not be able to accommodate your firing request.

If your work falls outside of the criteria listed above, or you are NOT a Hamilton County Visual Arts Educator, please view our public firing options here.

Kiln Maintenance Classes

Have a kiln on your campus that needs some work? Want to learn the in’s and out’s of kiln basics? SCCA provides kiln maintenance services and education opportunities to HCDE visual arts teachers.

Become a SCCA member!

Visual Arts teachers actively teaching in Hamilton County qualify for our special visual arts teacher discount membership rate. Become a studio member and gain access to all membership benefits! Please note we have a waitlist in place for studio memberships.

Non HCDE teachers can still join as a member, but under our standard pricing.

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Field Trips
Open to any grade level K-12

We would love to have you and your students come visit the studio! You may lead the lesson or we can arrange one of our instructors to be the teaching artist. Pricing depends upon the instructor and desired activity/project. We can only accommodate groups up to 20 for handbuilding, limit of 8 students for wheel. 

  • Program layout:

    • Up to 20 students

    • 2 hours

    • SCCA instructor leads a handbuilding lesson. This could be focused on Pinch Pots, Coils or Slabs.

    • Students get to make one creation and pick a glaze. SCCA provides a studio tour, clay, tools, glaze and firing.

Book your private field trip group on our Private Events tab on our Classes page!