Petersen Art Center

"Totally love this art space. Not to mention how kind the owner-Mark is. I’ve been creating art at this studio for over 18 months and love how talented and friendly the people are who work here. A great shout out to Mark Peterson, Dave and Lindsay -"

"I had been so excited to find pottery classes at a fraction of the price of other studios in the area, but I quickly learned that you get what you pay for. The classes here are disorganized, classrooms are in need of a remodel, and so is the plumbing. The instructor for the wheel thrown pottery class I signed up for is, according to the students who had been there awhile, notorious for showing up late, and even after she shows up, she does not instruct. I am sure this class would be fantastic if you already had a background in pottery and just needed somewhere to throw on a consistent basis, but for a beginner looking to get into this as a hobby, it was very disheartening. I don’t think it’s asking for too much to expect the instructor to show up on time and instruct, but again…. You get what you pay for. Petersen was nice enough to refund my class fee, but would not refund my materials fees for the pottery tools and clay which is a little ridiculous to me but I digress. If you, like me, are looking for a good beginner pottery class, I recommend checking out Iron Desert Arts or Workshop SLC instead of here."

"My daughter and I currently take pottery classes and we absolutely love them! The teacher (Sarah) is amazing, all the people we've met are so nice, and it's so close! It desperately needs a remodel and an update to the plumbing in the classrooms, but we LOVE everything else!"

"I always wanted to do a pottery class and finally got the stars to align a bit to be able to. I tried two classes at Peterson. I really liked both teachers and they're super nice and friendly. The problem is that they take more students than they have room for. I cannot even tell you how much time I spent trying to find my projects and how many I never found or were damaged because someone bumped it when it was soft. There's simply not enough room on the shelves so everything is so squished. There's a rough system of where things go while you're still making it, then to get fired, then you glaze it, then it gets fired again. Anywhere in there, your project can disappear. Sometimes I found something weeks later. I finally just decided to find somewhere else. I had to go back multiple times for over 6 weeks afterwards trying to find what I glazed, hoping to find it fired."