** PLEASE BE AWARE THAT AS OF MAY 1, 2026, WE WILL HAVE OFFICIALLY MOVED OUR STUDIO LOCATION OUT OF GETTYSBURG, AND INTO HANOVER! THE NEW ADDRESS IS 398 YORK STREET, SUITE 6. ALL SCHEDULED CLASSES AFTER MAY 1st WILL TAKE PLACE IN OUR HANOVER LOCATION. WE OPEN MAY 1st, 2026!**
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Southern Pennsylvania Clay is an every-person-inclusive art studio located in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2022 by Corey Shultz, our 6,000 sqft studio/gallery is right near the heart of downtown Hanover. Here, we offer all sorts of classes to children, teens, and adults. We have a retail area for shopping, as well as, a fully equipped ceramic studio with private rentable studio spaces! With larger plans in sight for the near future, we hope you join us at our NEW (as of May, 2026) location.
SPAC's mission is complex. We will offer a location for the artistic expression of all individuals. We will develop as a community of artists and creatives into positive thinkers, expressive instigators, and world problem solvers. We embrace cultural and personal differences because we realize what makes us all different is what makes us all stronger. Our community will prove that diversity is the only way forward. SPAC wants to share this space with, and invite to this space, all people, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, political status, or military status.
Our community grows because of diversity.
our mission..
what do we offer ...
SPAC currently offers:
-In-store SHOPPING
-Short and long term CLASSES
-Private lessons
-24/7 access studio MEMBERSHIP
-Ready-to-rent PRIVATE studio spaces
-Catalog of wares for custom orders
-4 electric kilns for rent
-Spray booth
-25 studio glazes
-3 Pugmills
-Small Clay mixer
-28 pottery wheels
-Ball mill
-Equipment repair
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the founder..
Southern PA. Clay was founded by Corey Shultz in 2022.
Corey received his BFA in Sculpture in December 2012 from Northern Kentucky University. Corey decided not to attend graduate school immediately after graduation, and instead surrounded himself with teaching. He has taught clay consistently from 2010 to current.
In 2017 he enrolled in graduate school and spent 4 years studying ceramics towards his MFA. 3 Classes short of receiving his MFA, he decided not to continue and left graduate school in May of 2021.
He is now solely committed to building his community art center and teaching creatively to the public. He is entering his 17th year of teaching ceramics, he has been working with clay for 20+ years, and dedicated his professional career to clay.
For his complete curriculum vitae, please visit his personal website, linked below:
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community..
SPAC's main focus of diversity is only possible through the outreach to the community it provides. Founder Corey Shultz has a rich background in education and non-profit/charitable work, and wishes to bring community classes to everyone, especially those people who struggle most to acquire it.
As SPAC begins as a small studio and grows into a large studio, it will soon become a central communal gathering location dedicated to teaching and offering creative classes and opportunities to folks in the community. Within this 5-10 year plan, many decisions have been made but the goal is clear: the community comes first.
Thank you for being you, and I am certain we will cross paths one day. Right now we have to build this dream one board, one nail, and one mug at a time!
-Corey
