Work with Us


Are you a pottery enthusiast looking for a unique opportunity to display your creative skills? At Best Kind Mud Shop, we're looking to beef up the roster with some local talent


What we are looking for:

  • A passion for pottery and a strong understanding of related techniques
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • The ability to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment
  • Prior teaching experience is preferred, but not required

Why work with us:

  • Use this amazing studio space and get a chance to sell your wares
  • Create a hive mind of pottery enthusiasts that do whatever you say
  • Hang out with the owners dog
  • Inclusive, supportive, and fun environment

Specific positions

Positions can be work-trade, paid, or a hybrid! 

Ceramics teacher

 We are looking for casual contract teachers to run daytime, evening, and/or weekend classes. We can chat about salary, skill level and your deepest desires as a teacher. 

Workshop host

Do you have a unique pottery skill and no desire for commitment? Pitch an idea to us for a workshop and we can make it happen. We'd love to see slip casting, tile making, specific handbuilding projects, glazing, stamps, carving, or whatever you want to invent! Workshops will be held in our studio with space for up to 15 attendees (or 5 if wheels are needed). 

Studio technician

As a studio technician, you'll be unloading kilns, selling clay, maintaining glaze, cleaning up the space, answering questions, and even recycling clay! You must be passionate about wedging... 

 

Studio Assistant (Work-trade position)

Join our team as a Ceramic Studio Assistant! Tasks include greeting customers, logging information, supervising open studio sessions, and maintaining cleanliness.