1. Summer Camp Questions:  

• When do tickets go on sale? Valentine’s Day every year, at 9am. Simply click the ticket and purchase. No login required.

• Why is your camp more expensive than some others? Ceramics is an expensive field- glazes, clay, kilns are examples of materials that are expensive. Teachers at Firefly Valley are also paid Living Wage or above. (This is a model of teachers getting paid what they are worth, a goal that many feel passionately about in this country. Thanks for joining us as we reinvent this field!) Our ticket prices reflect a “mutual aid” model of pricing- your full price ticket partially supports another artist's scholarship. It also supports Ona in the community, as she travels around Asheville, providing ceramic education to over 700 youth a year at no cost to them. Firefly Valley Pottery is a woman-owned business, (not a non-profit, like the YMCA and Asheville Parks and Recreation Camps, for example) Her programs are not typically subsidized by grants- they are subitized by tuition. She is also a woman-owned local business and your support directly supports her family. 

• Who do you partner with for ceramic equity? OpenDoors of Asheville, the Horizons Program at Carolina Day, TAPAS Program and more partnerships are on the way each year.  

• Are there scholarships available? Yes! There is a scholarship button on the website and it’s open for submission year round- with the first round of awards ending on January 31st each year. But scholarships can be awarded after that if funds are available. Please know anyone is welcome to apply. 

• Are lunches or transportation  provided? No, but our OpenDoors of Asheville participants have lunch delivered and transportation provided, check out their program! 

• Where are you located?  We are located at 25 Central Ave West, Asheville, NC 28806. We are located in a home/backyard studio in West Asheville in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood across from the DMV on Patton/Smokey Park Highway.

 

General Questions: 

1. Do you offer classes?

Yes! We offer classes and camps for kids and adults year-round. 

For kids, we offer:

•  Spring Break Pottery Camps 

• Summer Pottery Camp (all camps are Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm) 

• Kids Pottery Classes after school in the Spring and Fall. 

For adults, we offer:

• Spring and Fall pottery church for women. 

• Drop-in “try out pottery” classes for everyone the first Tuesday of the month

 

2. Do you offer special events? 

Yes, we offer these events: 

• Birthday parties

• Corporate Teambuilding/Client Appreciation events (mobile pottery experiences with wheels or hand building at your location or our studio) 

• Small group one-time classes or series for church groups, book clubs, bachelorette parties, etc. 

 

3.Do you have a storefront? Can we come during business hours to shop?

No, we are closed to the public and this is not a production studio with a gallery. You’re welcome to e-mail Ona about commissions though. She knows many potters who can help you with your ceramic dreams! 

 

4. Do you sell ceramic supplies?

In the future, most likely, yes! We are beginning to look into being a clay distributor, beginning in Spring 2025. More info to come on that.  

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