Find information and links for all the classes I’m teaching and the local markets you’ll find me and my pottery at!
Plus info on upcoming art exhibitions.
We will be taking part in our hometown arts & crafts fair - The Clothesline Fair!
Find us in the Battlefield State Park in Prairie Grove:
Saturday & Sunday 8am - 5pm | Monday 8am - 3pm
Save the date!
More info and times coming soon, but Jenny will be teaching an afternoon workshop at Ozark Folkways. Participants will make their own paint palette set out of clay, perfect for watercolor or ink or even ceramic underglaze painting!
Save the date!! More details coming soon…
Visit Dowd House Studios and get a peek into the place where all the pottery comes from!
Munch on cookies and snacks while browsing all our pottery.
Details coming soon!
This spring market will include several local makers located at the super cute Sonrisa Boutique! Come by for a refreshing cocktail and spring shopping!
Topeka Competition 34
March 14 - May 11, 2025
The Topeka Competition celebrates national artists working in three-dimensional media. It will showcase the newest, most innovative work in contemporary arts and crafts.
Visit the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery located inside the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library to see Jenny’s tiny bookshelf (Tiny Library Adventure) along with artwork by artists all over the country.
Opening reception: Saturday March 15th 2 - 4pm
Jenny’s Library for a Butterfly is part of this special exhibition at Casper’s Art Guild! She was asked to create a piece inspired by entomology and after finding a flight-less Monarch outside of her studio door she came up with a teeny tiny bug-sized library.
This exhibit invites artists to delve into the intricate, often overlooked world of insects, encouraging them to uncover the beauty and complexity of nature’s smallest creatures. Through this exhibit, we challenge artists and viewers alike to EXPLORE the unseen and foster a deeper appreciation for the ecosystems that surround us.
From the delicate wings of butterflies to the intricate patterns of beetles, we encourage you to interpret the insect world's beauty, mystery, and sometimes quirkiness in your art.
If you find yourself in Casper Wyoming before the end of February be sure to check out this show and see how all the artists interpereted this theme!
Tiny Desk Adventure
3.75 x 3.5 x 3.5”
Red stoneware, slip, wire
This teeny tiny sculpture will be on display in the exhibition “Small Favors” at The Clay Studio. Each artwork in this show had to fit within a 4x4” plexi cube.
https://www.theclaystudio.org/exhibitions/small-favors-two-thousand-twenty-four
Find Dowd House Studios at the Time Travelers Vintage Expo at the Rogers Convention Center in Rogers, Arkansas!
For lovers of all things retro & groovy.
Showcasing 100+ vendors offering vintage and vintage inspired clothing, home goods, handmade items, + more!
Sprigging, carving, water etching - these are just a few methods to personalize clay surfaces. We will cover a variety of techniques to add visual and tactile texture to the surfaces of your pottery in this short workshop as well as a quick demonstration on how to glaze or stain these surfaces once bisque fired. We will be working with damp and leather hard clay, tiles will be provided and you may bring pottery with you.
Find Dowd House Studio pottery at the first ever Fruitcake Market! This is a kid-free holiday market, beverages will be served, fun will be had… come and shop!
Have you always wanted to try wheel throwing Porcelain? Are you ready to get your hands dirty? Join our wheel class for beginners that will teach you all the basics of making your own cups and bowls. We will also discuss some of the surface decoration techniques that Jenny uses regularly.
This class will teach correct throwing posture, centering, and pulling up cylinders. This class is designed for students with no prior experience and focuses on teaching students the fundamentals of throwing. If you have taken other wheel classes, but always wanted to try the challenge of Porcelain, this is a great class too. If you are ready to fall in love with pottery, this is the class you are looking for!
Sign up for this class at the Community Creative Center
Dowd House Studios is excited to be part of this festival!
Located in historic downtown Siloam Springs, the Homegrown Festival showcases locally handmade goods, curated vintage, food trucks, and live music. Vendors offer an array of original, one-of-a-kind, and limited-run items including illustration, printmaking, music, jewelry and accessories, handmade goods, salvaged and repurposed goods, and hand-picked vintage.
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
Dig deeper into wheel throwing as Instructors guide you towards making pottery that you can use everyday! Building upon basic skills, students continue to explore wheel throwing techniques including taller cylinders, pulling handles, refining rims and trimming. Students are encouraged to explore cup and bowl forms. Students will be introduced to basic glazing techniques. Students who have the basics down will begin to develop their skills towards more refined forms.
Sign up at the Community Creative Center
The Cloud Factory will pop-up at the Jackson Hole People’s Market on August 2nd 2023! Come by to visit the Portable Dispensing Unit and get your very own (free) cloud!
Stay tuned for cloud making events….
Thanks to JH Public Art for making this happen!
The Cloud Factory will pop-up on the boardwalk in front of D.O.G on the morning of August 2nd 2023! Come by to visit the Portable Dispensing Unit and get your very own (free) cloud!
Thanks to JH Public Art for making this happen!
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
Dowd House Studios pottery will be at the Time Travelers Vintage Expo! Come by and say hi!
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
Have you always wanted to try wheel throwing Porcelain? Are you ready to get your hands dirty? Join our wheel class for beginners that will teach you all the basics of making your own cups and bowls. We will also discuss some of the surface decoration techniques that Jenny uses regularly.
This class will teach correct throwing posture, centering, and pulling up cylinders. This class is designed for students with no prior experience and focuses on teaching students the fundamentals of throwing. If you have taken other wheel classes, but always wanted to try the challenge of Porcelain, this is a great class too. If you are ready to fall in love with pottery, this is the class you are looking for!
Sign up for this class at the Community Creative Center
Are you ready to get your hands dirty? Join our wheel class for beginners that will teach you all the basics of making your own cups and bowls! Instructors teach through demonstrations to show you correct throwing posture, centering, and pulling up cylinders. This class is designed for students with no prior experience and focuses on teaching students the fundamentals of throwing. If you are ready to fall in love with pottery, this is the class you are looking for!
Sign up for this 6-week class at the Community Creative Center
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
Make your favorite foods from polymer clay! Designed for beginners, this workshop will focus on the basics of working with polymer clay. We will roll, pinch, cut, and texture the colorful clay and make tiny foods that might just make you hungry for the real deal! All materials will be provided, including instructions for how to harden your clay food in an oven after you get home.
Jenny Dowd is a full-time potter and artist. Fascinated by the relationship between collector and object, Jenny primarily works in clay to produce functional, quirky, interactive pieces that jive with place and person. Jenny and her husband, Sam, live in Prairie Grove where they co-own Dowd House Studios. They work under the watchful eye of studio cat, Merlin.
Registration opens January 17th: https://www.faylib.org/event/7792307
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
Family time spent around the pottery wheel! In this one-off workshop, you’ll learn the basics of wheel throwing while spending quality time with the family. Our instructor will walk everyone through, step by step. Join us in the studio to learn, make a mess, but most of all have fun! All supplies included. Workshop requires a minimum 6 registered participants to run.
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
We are your friendly neighborhood potters of Prairie Grove and we are having an open studio party! Stop by and we will be excited to show you behind the scenes of Dowd House Studios, check out our new space (functioning, though still a work in progress)
Join us for snacks & drinks and also a Seconds Sale! All those little not-so-happy accidents that happen during the making and glazing processes, they may be minor flaws but these special pots don’t always make it into our regular inventory.
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included. Ages 18 & up.
This one-night class is an easy way to try out the wheel with a friend! Sign up at the Community Creative Center
Dowd House Studios is excited to join lots of local and regional makers at this 1-day fair in the Fayetteville Town Center!
10am - 6pm, December 4th - get all your holiday shopping done!
Dowd House Studios will have a booth at the Winter Market! Come find us and lots of makers on the town square in downtown Bentonville!
