CENTER CENTRE CLAY STUDIO is a community pottery studio based in Burlington, Vermont, owned & operated by Sarah Noel. CENTER CENTRE’s mission is to offer a community space to engage, connect, and build community in the greater Burlington area through the craft of pottery. We aim to offer an inclusive and welcoming space for folks of all ages, experiences, backgrounds, and identities to explore their creativity and find a sense of belonging and connectedness.

The real goal is to be a true “third space” – a term coined by Ray Oldenburg – a place outside of home and work where people can find a sense of togetherness. About these spaces, he says:

“The character of a third place is determined most of all by its regular clientele and is marked by a playful mood, which contrasts with people's more serious involvement in other spheres. Though a radically different kind of setting for a home, the third place is remarkably similar to a good home in the psychological comfort and support that it extends... They are the heart of a community's social vitality, the grassroots of democracy, but sadly, they constitute a diminishing aspect of the American social landscape. Life without community has produced, for many, a lifestyle consisting mainly of a home-to-work-and-back-again shuttle. Social well-being and psychological health depend upon community.”

All are welcome here.