Arts & Crafts Center

At the Reitz Union Arts & Crafts Center, anyone can explore their artistic side in a fun and welcoming environment. Located in the heart of the University of Florida campus, our purpose is to provide you with opportunities for relaxation, creative expression, community building and personal growth.

Hours of Operation*

Monday – Friday
1 – 10pm

Saturday
12 – 5pm

Sunday
Closed

*For adjusted hours during the holidays please refer to the Reitz Union Hours of Operation page.

What We Offer

pottery piece and paint brush

Preformed Pottery

pin button

Button Making

necklace

Jewelry Making

Ceramics tools

Ceramics Studio

pottery thrown on a wheel and hands

Throwing Wheels

pottery piece and fire

Kilns

What you need to know

Use of the studio areas, including the ceramic studio and paint-a-pot area, is by appointment only. The front retail area is open for purchases of memberships, clay, take-home kits and paint-a-pot pieces during normal business hours. If you are a current studio member, instructions on how to make an appointment to use the studio areas will be emailed to you.

Membership is not required to utilize the paint-a-pot area, to make an appointment click here. Seats are limited. All paint-a-pot pieces are also available to take home. Just pick your pot, pick your glaze and you’re good to go!

Safety Measures

Your health and safety are important to us. Click here to view the Reitz Union’s Safety Measures before your visit.

Please note:

  • At this time only credit or debit cards will be accepted as a form of payment at the Arts & Crafts Center, no cash or checks. We appreciate your understanding.
  • Face coverings are mandatory in all UF facilities, which includes the Reitz Union and Arts & Crafts Center.
  • Please practice physical distancing (6 feet apart).

Memberships

Individuals with proficiency in ceramics or jewelry making may purchase a membership to the Arts & Crafts Center (ACC) for a week or semester. New Members must complete an orientation upon purchasing a membership. Memberships can be purchased in person at the ACC or by calling (352) 392-2378.

Membership allows a customer to use the facilities (equipment, tools, pottery glazes and patinas) when the ACC is open to the public and includes all kiln firing of Member work. Only Member work created with clay purchased at the ACC will be fired in ACC kilns. Clay and jewelry metals must be purchased separately.

Please note that access to the ceramic studio, glaze room, handbuilding area and jewelry area will be by appointment only in order to maintain physical distancing requirements. Instructions on how to make an appointment will be emailed to Members upon purchase of a Membership.

The Arts & Crafts Center is primarily a teaching facility. Our objective is to engage and support both beginning and experienced makers as hobbyists. As such, our facility cannot accommodate production potters or Members making quantities of items to supply a personal business.

Rates: Spring

To purchase a membership, locker, or to pay for a Leisure Course facility fee, please visit the Arts & Crafts Center and speak with one of our staff members.

Allows UF students and their spouses/domestic partners to join the ACC for the current academic semester. At the midpoint of the semester (usually after mid-terms); the rate charged is one-half the semester rate.

$100 per academic semester

Allows the general public to join the ACC for the current academic semester. At the midpoint of the semester (usually after mid-terms); the rate charged is one-half the semester rate.

$130 per academic semester

Allows customers to join the ACC for one consecutive week. The weekly membership is a fixed rate for all customers, regardless of university affiliation.

$15 per week

Lockers are available inside the ceramics studio. Customers must sign a Locker Rental Agreement and are required to clean out their lockers at the end of the semester. After a specified, publicly posted period of time, ACC employees will appropriately discard items left in abandoned lockers.

$15 per academic semester

Leisure Courses

We offer a variety of courses on wheel throwing, hand building and sculpture as well as painting, drawing, and jewelry making.

View Courses

Socials & Events

Looking for something fun and creative to do with your group while physically distancing? We will be offering Virtual Socials with arts and crafts activities for groups in the fall. Perfect for parties, team building, or student organization events. Socials will be conducted on Zoom and instruction for the craft activity will be provided by our knowledgeable staff. Virtual Social Crafting Kits can be purchased at the Arts & Crafts Center prior to the social. Groups will have access to a variety of creative and artistic activities such as paint-a-pot, origami, and canvas painting while socializing and building community.

Socials can be scheduled Monday – Friday after 1pm.

Virtual Social Request

New Offerings

Pick up your kit, and complete your project at home.

Choose from our wide selection of preformed pottery.

Please note: Glaze and brushes are sold separately. Choose your own colors to create a piece that is uniquely yours. Once you have finished painting your pot with the glazes, simply bring it back to the studio to be fired in our kilns. Purchase price includes a final clear glaze and the glaze firing.

Kiln firing times generally require 7-10 days per piece.

How to Purchase
Kits are available in person at the Arts & Crafts Center front desk. If you would like to check availability please contact us at ReitzUnionACCStudio@ufsa.ufl.edu.

Would you like to get your hands dirty? Pick up one of our Clay Take-Home kits and try out one of our pottery projects. No experience is necessary! The price of the kit includes bisque and glaze firing as well as complete step-by-step instructions.

Kit Types (subject to availability):

  • Mini folded nesting bowls
  • Ceramic Flowers—Poppy, Cala Lily and Rose
  • Pinched salt cellar and spoon
  • Marbled pinched bowls

Kit includes:

  • Clay (choose from our 3 options: buff, speckled brown or earthen red)
  • All necessary tools and templates
  • Wareboard and plastic
  • Complete step-by-step instructions
  • Bisque and glaze firing (choose glaze color from a selection of our studio glazes, your piece will be expertly glazed and fired by our Arts Specialist).

Kiln firing times generally require 7-10 days per piece.

Ready to order?
Pre-order your kits by emailing ReitzUnionACCStudio@ufsa.ufl.edu. Your kit will be available for pick up on the next business day.

Create a sophisticated piece of abstract wall art using masking tape and acrylic paint. Everything you need to make your masterpiece is included.

Kit includes:

  • Canvas
  • Brush
  • Masking tape
  • Complete step-by-step instructions for 2 types of geometric designs

Please note: Acrylic paint is sold separately.

How to Purchase
Kits are available in person at the Arts & Crafts Center front desk. If you would like to check availability please contact us at ReitzUnionACCStudio@ufsa.ufl.edu.

Choose one of our adorable party animals to paint at home.

Please note: Acrylic paint and brushes are sold separately. Choose your own colors to create a piece that is uniquely yours.

How to Purchase
Kits are available in person at the Arts & Crafts Center front desk. If you would like to check availability please contact us at ReitzUnionACCStudio@ufsa.ufl.edu.

Experience a blast from the past and make your own colorful plastic keychain! Everything you need to make a super cool keychain is included.

Keychain Types (subject to availability):

  • 2 Flipflops
  • 2 Teacups
  • 2 Flowers
  • 2 Gators
  • Footballs
  • Helmets

Kit includes:

  • 1 sheet of shrink plastic with a design ready to be colored
  • Set of colored pencils
  • Key chain
  • Complete step-by-step instructions, baking your shrink plastic designs

How to Purchase
Kits are available in person at the Arts & Crafts Center front desk. If you would like to check availability please contact us at ReitzUnionACCStudio@ufsa.ufl.edu.

Make a bouquet of colorful paper flower that will never wilt.

Kit includes:

  • 6 pre-cut paper forms of assorted colors
  • Dowels
  • Floral tape
  • Glue
  • Complete step-by-step instructions

How to Purchase
Kits are available in person at the Arts & Crafts Center front desk. If you would like to check availability please contact us at ReitzUnionACCStudio@ufsa.ufl.edu.

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Contact

352-392-2378
ReitzUnionACCStudio@ufsa.ufl.edu

686 Museum Rd, Lower Level
Gainesville, Florida 32611

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