JuxtaHub, a new Lehigh Valley arts and innovation center nonprofit in Emmaus, has a new ceramics studio.

The spacious studio includes eight pottery wheels and two kilns.

Lehigh Valley artists Deb Slahta and Lisa Caruso are giving ceramics classes there. Caruso is instructor for “Ceramics for Beginners.” Slahta teaches a ”’Adventures in Wheel Throwing.”

“The unseen potential in clay is what draws me to it,” says Caruso, a retired Emmaus High School ceramics teacher.

“I can’t wait to share my passion for all things clay and to be a part of a community engaged through art,” says Slahta, a JuxtaHub resident artist at the Oct. 14 studio opening.

According to JuxtaHub Chief Programming Officer Ryan Hill, the ceramics courses will be offered again, as will one- or two-day workshops in 2026.

“In exploring how technology can intersect with the arts, we are excited to consider how the resources of our Convergence Makerspace will complement a traditional hands-on medium like ceramics,” says John Oetting, a founding board member and Vice President of Programming at JuxtaHub.

“In juxtaposing these two program areas, we can help ceramic artists bring their vision to life in new ways: creating their own custom decorative tools with our 3D printers as well as cutting intricate stencils with our laser and vinyl cutters.

“We’re offering state-of-the-art resources at JuxtaHub, and the possibilities are endless,” Oetting says.

Founded in 2019, JuxtaHub is home to 20 resident artists and has classrooms, art galleries and meeting areas. A variety of classes and workshops is offered.

“We chose the name JuxtaHub because a hub is an effective center of a network, and to juxtapose unlike things is to place them close together for contrasting effect,” says JuxtaHub board member Shea Zukowski.

“In combining these words, we communicate our purpose: to bring diverse experiences under one roof, stimulate creativity and generate new ideas.”

The logo of JuxtaHub includes bees.

“Bees are associated with community, productivity and collaboration. In our logo, symmetrical bees come from opposite directions yet share a common wing, indicating that they are purposefully working together,” Zukowski says.

JuxtaHub, 375 S 10th St., Emmaus. Gallery hours: 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday - Friday. “JuxTuesday,” Reception and tours, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Second Tuesday. https://juxtahub.com/