About Old School Farm Pottery
We are a non-profit organization offering meaningful employment and opportunities for people of all abilities and backgrounds through art, agriculture, and education.
Making a difference through clay begins with outreach to the community. Volunteers, teachers, potters and students can all find a way to be a part of Old School Farm Pottery. We work with schools, business, and other nonprofit organizations in the surrounding Nashville area to help raise awareness of our mission, set a path for future involvement, and support artists thriving with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
We offer a wide variety of courses, classes, date-nights, events, private parties, corporate events, and school field trips in our refurbished warehouse studio space in downtown Nashville. In our new space, we offer instruction in ceramics, drawing, painting, and fabrics and fiber arts. Along with our classes and courses, we have a pottery incubator space, The Kiln Post, to provide a location for beginning professional potters to work, find their voice in clay, and lower the entry threshold for pottery. No matter what skill level you have or what art form you are interested in.
All are welcome at Old School Farm Pottery.
A donation of $20 buys a bag of clay. This level of donation also helps us maintain studio tools and facilities.
A donation of $500 pays for the yearly maintenance of one kiln. We currently have 3 kilns.
A donation of $6000 pays a studio tech for one year. Our studio techs are adults with disabilities, usually autism.
Meet Our Instructors
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Xavier Bledsoe
Ceramics Instructor
Xavier is delighted to partner with Old School Farm at the Nashville Arts Studio. He originally hails from St. Louis but has called Nashville home since 2018. He brings 10 years of experience to his practice including 2 years as ceramics studio manager at Princeton University. Outside of the studio, he enjoys audiobooks, Marvel movies, and can often be found in one of Nashville's many cafes working on his graduate thesis.
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Brad Henderson
Studio Director
Brad is a practicing ceramic artist, art educator, and the studio director for Old School Farm pottery. He has been working in clay for 15 years and loves getting new people involved with ceramics. He attended The University of Tennessee at Martin earning BFAs in Studio Art and Art Education. In his downtime, you will find Brad painting miniatures, playing games with his friends, and listening to audiobooks. You can follow Brad on Instagram @bradley.t.henderson.
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Sarah Humphreys
Education Director
Sarah is an artist and artisan who currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Having grown up mostly in Knoxville, Tennessee, she first moved to Nashville to attend Lipscomb University, where she received a BFA in Studio Art. A life-long learner, Sarah’s practice includes several various media. She is also an educator, and has put on several shows featuring both established artists and young artists. You can follow Sarah on Instagram @sbhumphreysart
