Bus Routes:

North: 4, 27, 32, 17, 45

South: 4, 17, 45

East/West: 40, 12, 21, 42

Bikes:

There is an Indego bike share dock located at 15th Street and Spruce Street adjacent to the Kimmel Center and a 4 min walk from our main entrance.

Subway (every 15 min or less)

B [Broad Street Line] at Lombard-South Station (3 min walk)

L [Market-Frankford Line] at 15 St/City Hall Station (13 min walk)

Trolleys (every 15 min or less)

All trolleys can be boarded at 15 St/City Hall Station (13 min walk) for transportation to/from West Philadelphia, Delaware County, and Norristown.

PATCO (every 15 min or less)

For transportation to/from New Jersey, the nearest PATCO station is at 16th Street and Locust Street (13 min walk)

Trains (every 30-60 min)

Regional Rail lines can all be boarded from Suburban Station (connected to 15 St/City Hall Station — 13 min walk)

Septa accepts contactless payment (tap phone or card), Septa Key Cards, and cash. More info about Septa here.

Uber and Lyfts - VIA’s pin will drop you off at 320 S. Broad Street (our main entrance with the red doors at the top of the marble staircase).

There is no on-site parking available. Center City can be tricky, so we don’t recommend coming by car. If you do, be sure to allot time to find street parking and take note of all parking signs.

Drop off visitors on Broad Street in front of our main entrance, where you can find a Passenger Vehicle Loading Zone. On 15th and Pine Streets, please be sure to use loading zones and do not stop at any time in a bike lane.

Nearby paid parking lots:

Metropolis Parking - 417 S. Broad Street (350 ft away)

Parkway - 1501 Spruce Street (900 ft away)

E-Z Park - 1400 Naudain Street (0.2 mi away)

At this time we can only refund your class if you cancel BEFORE class begins and there is a waitlist

Workshops are non-refundable

We are currently not open to the public.

If you are a student you will receive a Butterfly Key Code via text and email to use at the 320 Broad St. entrance (the red doors at the top of the marble steps.)

You will receive the key code with you class information about a week before you class begins.

If you are a studio member you will receive a personal Butterfly key code to use at our Broad St. entrance + TCD door code upon after completing your studio walk-through.

Not yet! But we’re working on it!

VIA is the Village of Industry and Art, an adaptive reuse development project by Scout, who have Bok in South Philly. You can learn more here.

We are slowly adding classes and workshops to our calendar. If you have teaching experience you can send your resume to hello@theceramicsdept.com and we will keep it on file for the future.

We are not currently hiring any studio techs