If you go
* What: Mug Shop grand opening* When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6* Where: Scenic City Clay Arts, 301 E. 11th St., Suite 100* Phone: 423-883-1758* Online: www.sceniccityclayarts.org
Chattanooga will have a new stop among its first Friday art openings this month. Scenic City Clay Arts will debut its Mug Shop with a grand opening scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m.
Executive Director Joy Key says the shop carries more than its namesake item, “but mugs tend to be what people think of when people think about purchasing pottery.”
So, yes, there are plates, platters, cups, bowls, vases, even jewelry, but the space is “primarily filled with all different kinds of mugs.”
The Mug Shop takes up just a small area of the East 11th Street studio, which will be buzzing with other activity as well during the event. There will be tours of the overall space, wheel-throwing demonstrations and 10% discounts for any nonmember who signs up for a class (certain restrictions apply).