This paint-your-own pottery boutique, that opened on Martin Luther King Day of 2008, is a pottery studio and learning center for American Sign Language. Most fun is the ability to walk in and make your own one-of-a-kind pottery keepsake. With a $7 studio fee (half off on Thursdays and two for one on Saturdays during certain hours) and pottery priced from $5-$30 a-la-carte, you can spend hours painting your own personalized masterpiece no matter what your age. Let them do the dirty work of firing and glazing and pick up your creation in a week.

The Expressive Hand is a perfect spot for parties and workshops with space to accommodate up to 20 people. Sign-Me-A-Story painting event happens every Wednesday morning with children’s story read aloud and signed with the opportunity for kids to paint their favorite characters. ASL classes and workshops are offered for babies, children and adults. The Expressive Hand also has a summer camp for kids in July and August, after school classes on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and opportunities for fund-raisers and auctions.

The Expressive Hand
A Paint-Your-Own Pottery and American Sign Language Studio
622 South 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(267) 519-2626