Creative things to do in Prague: making, looking, and a little clay

Make something

The most memorable creative afternoons are the ones where you leave with something you made. Prague has workshops in most crafts, from printmaking and bookbinding to glass, jewellery and drawing classes. Look for small studios that run beginner sessions, and check what is included and how long you will wait to take the result home.

Ceramics is one of the most rewarding for a first try, because clay is forgiving and you can make something usable in a single session. It does take patience afterwards: pieces are fired twice, so a cup made today is usually ready a few weeks later. What to expect is in Your first pottery class.

Look at design and craft

If you want to see how ceramics, glass and design have been made in the region, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (Uměleckoprůmyslové museum) holds collections of both. For modern and contemporary art, the National Gallery's Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác) and the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art are both in Prague 7. Check their current exhibitions before you go.

Walk between them

Prague 7 makes a good creative day because so much is walkable: Letná park, with its view across the river over the Old Town, sits above the neighbourhood, and the galleries are a short walk or tram ride away. It is also where our studio is.

Where ceramics fits in

If clay appeals, there are a few ways in, depending on how much time you have:

• With friends or a team, a two-hour group workshop is the simplest: at Hlinotéka, team workshops are for six to fifteen people.
• To learn properly, a course over a few weeks: see our wheel-throwing and hand-building courses.
• If you already make, a quiet evening at open studio on Thursdays.
• To just see the studio, come to one of our events and pop-ups.

The differences between these formats are explained in Pottery in Prague.