Neo Expressive Drawing

Ariston Jacks

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $50

Learn Ariston's unique method of drawing by using unconventional mark making as well as the painting process re-appropriated as drawing. The workshop will involve using one's innate sense of line, form, and color to produce works that possess aesthetic quality. This process is guaranteed to revive your images with expressive confidence.

Ariston Jacks' (Little Rock, AR) images serve as collages that combine ancient African culture, and the social phenomena of the 21st century. Ariston earned a MA degree in Studio Painting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has taught art at the University of Pine Bluff. He is currently the Art Coordinator for the Creative Expressions Program for the State of Arkansas. www.aristonjacks.com

Antler Basketry

Jill Choate

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $160

Learn to weave with an antler as the focal point of the basket. This course includes construction from the ground up to include drilling, gluing, basic structure preparation, as well as techniques used to achieve shaping, texture, and color theory. Rib construction as well as twining techniques will be discussed and will include plain weave, basic twine, triple twine, 4 rod rand, and the never-ending 5-point lashing. Students may choose from different basket types and all skill levels are welcome.

Jill Choate (Van Buren, Missouri) is a nationally renowned fiber artist and instructor known for her ability to "talk to the antler" and weave a vessel around it. Her pioneering efforts incorporating antler into basketry have brought her to the forefront in this venue of contemporary vessel construction. Her efforts in basketry are as well known as are her stories about life in the Alaskan bush. www.jchoatebasketry.com

Stained Glass/Copper Foil Technique

Cheri Lou Bohn

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $5

Day 1: Cheri will demonstrate and teach the workshop how to make a small suncatcher.
Day 2-5: Teach and assist the students in creating a 10" x16" stained glass window. Designs will be provided or students can create their own.

Cheri Bohn - graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.F.A. She is a certified art teacher in the state of Arkansas. She has worked with stained glass for 17 years. www.cheribohn.org

Introduction to Jewelry Making

Lyla Allison

Beginners
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Materials: $75-$100

Students will be introduced to the basic tools and techniques of silversmithing. In three days you will learn to cut, saw, file, form, drill, texture, solder and polish sterling silver. Above and beyond beading, you get to play with fire! Explore the creative world of design or use instructor patterns to create several finished pieces of jewelry in this non-intimidating, all inclusive beginning jewelry wowrkkshop.

Lyla Allison – Artist Statement: "Some creative souls fall in love with one medium. I fall in love over and over again each time I try something NEW! My deep desire to create art drives me to take chances. FEAR NO ART!!!" www.amindfullofmetal.com

Pastel Mastery

Rebecca J. Becker

All Levels
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Materials: $30

Discover alternative techniques in pastel using examples by 18th century pastel masters Jean Etienne Liotard and Maurice-Quentin de la Tour. Exploration of their masterful portraits, handling of fabric and form, and nuances of skin tone will produce realistic and convincing renditions of human subjects. Students will have ample opportunity to apply and begin to master the techniques observed in Liotard and La Tour's work.

Rebecca J. Becker (Eureka Springs, Arkansas) is an award-winning pastel artist, formerly on the faculty of Lewis and Clark College where she won Professor of the Year Award. She has also taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University. Her work may be viewed at The Prospect Gallery in Eureka Springs. www.theprospectgallery.com

Paper Bead Making

Victoria Marshall

All Levels
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Materials: $35

The craft and art of paper beads will be explored in this three-day workshop. The intent of the class is to recycle, "up cycle", "repurpose" material into an esthetic expression. The workshop will teach how to make various bead shapes and sizes, and finishing techniques. The "sculptural" possibilities of the beads will be explored, with the finished project a unique pair of earrings.

Victoria Marshall (Eureka Springs, AR) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Philadelphia College of Fine Arts and then began working for Hallmark. She later went on to earn graduate degrees in theater design and technology and theatrical costumes. Soon afterwards she joined the University of Missouri Theatre Department teaching costume design, and painting and drawing for theatrical designers. After moving to Eureka Springs she began to live out her dream of creating wearable art from recycled

Metal Sculpture

Wayne Summerhill

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $50-$75
depending on the amount of materials used

This workshop will involve basic to advanced methods on tool safety, metal cutting techniques, material preparation, texturing techniques, methods of forming metal, fabrication and welding techniques, and patina and finishes.

Wayne Summerhill (Hot Springs, AR) has been a self-taught sculptor since 1970. His accomplishments include works at the Hot Springs Civic and Convention Center, Hard Rock Café, Miami, Florida, Hot Springs Sculpture Garden, and several hospitals, churches, libraries, banks, and private homes. He has also been featured in Southern Artist and Active Years magazine.

Acrylic Painting

Denise Ryan

All levels
Studio
4-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $220
Materials: Instructor List will be provided

Students will be introduced to three basic techniques in the use of acrylic paint. The workshop will cover realism (2 days), abstraction(one day), and painting with a knife(one day) with the intent of providing the student with a foundation to further their education in painting.

Denise Ryan (Eureka Springs, AR) has a Master's degree in Fine Art with a major in Painting and a minor in Art History She has been painting for forty years and loves to share what she has learned. www.deniseryanart.com

Digital Photography

Edward C. Robison

Beginners/Amateur
Studio & Outdoor Field Work
3-Day Workshop (1pm-8pm)
Tuition : $165
Materials: $50

Master the techniques of digital photography from the photographer's viewpoint as you create quality photographs. A comprehensive overview of digital photography will be presented with all aspects from resolution to aperture to printing. This class will be geared to the beginner as well as the amateur photographer. Classroom instruction will be supplemented with hands-on outdoor field work in the scenic Ozark Mountains.

Edward Robison (Eureka Springs, Arkansas) received his Bachelors of Fine Art in Photography from the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. He has worked as a photographer for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bass Pro Shops, Big Cedar Lodge, and Dogwood Canyon. His work is featured in the Sacred Earth Gallery, the Sierra Club calendar and online at www.ecr3.com

Beadwork

Eleanor Lux

All Levels
Studio
4-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $220
Materials: $50+

Using primarily seed beads and learning peyote and right angle techniques, students will push these techniques to the extreme. The workshop will increase, decrease, add on, shape, cover, and manipulate. While creating, color, contrast, texture, and design will be discussed. At the end of the class you should have at least one strange little sculpture.

Eleanor Lux (Eureka Springs, Arkansas) is a studio artist using primarily weaving and beading techniques to create her sculptures and wall pieces. Her work is in the Arkansas Art Center. She has taught in the United States, Mexico, and West Africa. You may see her work in 500 Beaded Objects and Masters of Bead Weaving. www.eleanorlux.com

Fused Glass

Susan Hendrix

All levels
Studio
4-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $220
Materials: $100 +

Learn basic glass fusing techniques as well as slumped or sagged glass. An assortment of molds will be provided in order to make a vessel. Basic glass cutting skills will also be approached. Students will make one set of coasters, or ornaments and a vessel. Projects will be fired on campus and basic glass firing programs will be explored.

Susan Hendrix's (Memphis, TN) main focus is public art domain including churches and hospitals. Her work appears in St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Algonquin Illinois Public Library, Dalstrom Park in Memphis, as well as numerous churches and private residences. www.suzyhendrix.com

Introduction to Botanical Painting

Marilyn A. Garber

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $60

Learn the techniques used in the traditional British style of botanical watercolor. Using a limited palette of primary colors, you'll learn how to mix beautiful colors. Flat washes, graded washes and dry brush techniques will be used. Our subjects will include fruits or simple flowers.

Marilyn Garber is founder of the Minnesota School of Botanical Art (est. 2001) and past President of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Her work has been exhibited in London, Germany, Thailand, and throughout the United States. www.minnesotaschoolofbotanicalart.com

Hot Wax Cool Art Encaustics

Junanne Peck

All Levels
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $50

Encaustic paintings are created using molten, pigmented waxes. (The name comes from the Greek, "enkaien", meaning "to burn into" or (to expose to the fire".) The artist acts swiftly taking advantage of the liquid properties of the wax to spread and layer the colors, using a variety of tools and working on heavy paper, canvas, board, or other material. The result is glossy, often textured, and richly-coloured art work.

Junanne Peck (Fort Worth, Texas) is an interdisciplinary artist, with printmaking as her primary art form. She is a seasoned educator and Teaching Artist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Junanne Peck is a TXO artist (Texas original artist) selected by the Texas Commission on the Arts. Her works are featured in solo and invitational exhibits. http://web.mac.com/junannepeck

The Unique Gizzard Basket (Free Rib Basketry)

Mary Patrick

All levels
Studio
5-day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $75-$85

In this workshop, students will learn to make one-of-a-kind, free rib Gizzard Baskets. Instruction will include how and when to collect wild varieties of plants for handles and weavers, and how to process and dye these materials. Students will use local materials and natural reed provided by the instructor. Your design capabilities, color choices and skills will dictate the completed basket'sIndividuality and how many can be completed.

Mary Patrick (Everton, Arkansas) has a long history of basketry making since 1984, making and selling an estimated 3,900 baskets in that time. She has taught at schools, conferences, and at her home. She has a pleasant teaching demeanor and enjoyable personality.

Mosaic Art in the Garden

Christy Carlisle

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $100

Combine lightweight concrete, varous mosaic techniqes and found objects to create a great garden sculpture. Students will have the opportunity to work on a project of their choice: bird bath, large butterfly, or free-form. Mosaic techniqes will be covered including use of materials, adhesives, and grouts. This class is for beginners and advanced alike. The possibliities are endless with originality in mosaics.

Christy Carlisle is a working artist/educator inspired by nature for over 20 years. She received her BFA from Kansas University and MAA at Adams State in Colorado. www.christycarlisle.com

Beginning Blacksmithing &
Continued Beginning Blacksmithing

Robert Patrick

All Levels
Eureka Iron Works Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $10

This is an introductory class on Blacksmithing, teaching some basic forging techniques, showing students the large scope of the art, and making some simple items that students may bring home. Students who have taken the beginning class before can repeat it making items they design with the instructor's help.

Robert Patrick, (Everton, Arkansas) is a professional smith who has been active in metalwork and teaching professionally for the last forty-five years. He was awarded the Alex Bealer award in 2002, ALBANA's top award. www.ahilltopforge.com

Native American Style Flute

Paul Pitt

All Levels
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $20

Each student will complete a Native American style "Love Flute" out of cedar. Emphasis will be placed on concert tuning and artistic composition. You may view flutes by the instructor, Paul Pitt/Coyote Clay at his website, coyoteclayflutes.com.

Paul Pitt/Coyote Clay is a professor of Art at Harding University where he teaches sculpture, drawing, and pottery. He is a wood worker, sculptor, potter, welder, flute-maker, fire piston-maker, and even a hypnotist! www.coyoteclayflutes.com

Basic Printmaking

John Well-Off-Man

All levels
Studio
5-day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $25

Students will learn a variety of printmaking techniques, including relief printmaking (linocuts). The step-by-step instruction will cover composition, safety rules, carving techniques, ink preparation, and press operation.

John Well-Off-Man (Bentonville, Arkansas) studied printmaking at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and received his M.A. in Fine Arts, Integrated Arts and Education from the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. www.welloffman.com

Raku Fired Ceramics

Christy Carlisle

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $120

Explore the possibilities of Western Raku firing methods. Students will learn the process of handbuilding followed by glazing and firing methods. Advanced students are welcome to bring bisque pieces ready to fire the first day. This is a lot for one week so come ready to get your hands muddy.

Christy Carlisle is a working artist/educator inspired by nature for over 20 years. She received her BFA from Kansas University and MAA at Adams State in Colorado. www.christycarlisle.com.

Blown Glass

Ed Pennebaker

All Levels
Red Fern Glass Studio, Osage, Arkansas
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $375
Materials: $15 per lb./colored glass frit

ESSA is once again offering a week-long blown glass workshop with Instructor Ed Pennebaker. This workshop will be taught at his Glass Studio in Osage, Arkansas (only 30 miles from Eureka Springs). Come and learn the fundamentals of working with hot glass at the furnace! The class will start with solid forms and work to blown forms, adding color and texture. Class size is limited, so register early to reserve a space!

Glass by Ed Pennebaker has been shown at Sofa Chicago, Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings Show, Hsinchu International Glass Art Festival, Arkansas Studies Institute, and other venues. Ed began working with glass in 1981 and founded his own studio in 1985. He has worked fulltime with glass for the past twenty-five years. www.redfernglass.com

Alabaster and Pewter Function- To Sculptural Object

Bill Derrevere

All Levels
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Materials: $100

The class will initially start with carving alabaster into a form, a base, a part, then pewter will be fabricated and, or cast. Ultimately the two will be combined to form one idea which can be functional or an object, or a piece of sculpture.

Bill Derrevere (Tulsa, Oklahoma) is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Tulsa Community College. For the past 25 plus years he has taught at Ghost Ranch in Albuquerque , New Mexico during the summer months. He shows in Eureka Springs at Zarks Gallery. www.derreveredesigns.com

Plein Aire Watercolor Painting

David Tripp

All Levels
Field
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $50

For a week we will create on-site watercolors of historic and charming Eureka Springs en plein air. We will explore the beautiful landscape of the Ozarks from the Belle of the Ozarks cruise boat. In addition, we will also visit the wildlife at Turpentine Creek to catch the "big cats" in plein aire.We will explore using a reduced palette, intense colors, and techniques including pouring, masking, scraping,and salt texturing. Subjects will include architecture, landscape, flowerbeds, and wildlife.

David Tripp (Arlington, Texas), when he is not teaching, travels the back roads with watercolor supplies and a digital camera looking for nostalgic scenes to capture in spontaneous watercolors. He participates in art festivals and gallery shows, and is passionate about teaching watercolor. David won first place in the Southwestern Watercolor Society Mc Kinney Plein-Air Paint Out in May of 2010. In June, 2009 he received Honorable Mention in the Paint Historic Waxahachie Plein Air Event. www.recollections54.com

Watercolor Miniature Abstracts

Marlene Gremillion

Beginners
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: To be determined

Students will work very simple using watercolors with some accents with colored pencils, acrylic, gold leaf and collage. The size will be no larger than ¼ sheet of watercolor paper. The subject of the abstract will be obtained from ordinary objects picking out the important shapes and the not so important shapes creating an interesting design. Students will distort, enlarge and reduce shapes to make an interesting 2D piece.

Students will learn composition and design along with the use of watercolor and addition of other media. Value, texture, and contrast will also be stressed to create an interesting focal point and give the composition depth. Choice of color will be an exercise in itself as will the use of resist.

Marlene Gremillion resides in Hot springs Village, Arkansas. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and a signature member of the Mid-Southern Watercolorists and the Louisiana Watercolor Society. Guilds and galleries statewide represent her. www.marlenegremillion.com

Life Drawing

Cedar Kindy

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Model Fee: $50

This is a class for doodlers and drawers. Drawing is a training of the eyes as well as the hand. Life Drawing hones these skills. In this class the three major elements of drawing will be emphasized: 1) Line drawing with attention to the quality of line. 2) A technique of tonal sketching that is a "quick draw" method of establishing the relationships of dark and light patterns. 3) Proportions established by comparison, unit measurement, and grid techniques.

Cedar Kindy (Elkins, AR)I has been a professional artist for over 30 years. Watercolor is her passion and main discipline. After graduating from Chicago's American Academy of Art with an Associate Degree in Fine Art she taught adult and children's classes through local art leagues. In the last five years she has returned to teaching . She has taught watercolor workshops in Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Washington, and Mexico. She has entered shows and received awards from Artists of Northwest Arkansas, The Fort Smith Art Center, and For Pet's Sake. Her design was chosen the winner of the Thomas Hart Benton Mural Competition; she was commissioned to paint the mural at the George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri. Currently her work is on exhibit at Heartwood Gallery in Fayetteville, Arkansas and can be seen on line at heartwoodgallery.org or artamiss.org.

Intro to Wheel Throwing in Clay

Terry L. Russell

Beginners
Off Site-Blue Moon Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $30

Class is designed for beginning students. Students will learn basic skills for making vessels on the potters wheel. The students will have the opportunity to work on treddle wheels, kick wheels, and electric wheels. Concentration will be on utilitarian forms such as bowls,cups with and without handles, and plates.

Terry Russell has been a clay artist for 40 years and has taught art for 30 years in the public schools, the last 24 in Eureka Springs High School. He has a studio he shares with his wife Sara just south of Eureka.

Introduction to Jewelry Making

Lyla Allison

Beginners
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Materials: $75-$100

Students will be introduced to the basic tools and techniques of silversmithing. In three days you will learn to cut, saw, file, form, drill, texture, solder and polish sterling silver. Above and beyond beading, you get to play with fire! Explore the creative world of design or use instructor patterns to create several finished pieces of jewelry in this non-intimidating, all inclusive beginning jewelry wowrkkshop.

Lyla Allison – Artist Statement: "Some creative souls fall in love with one medium. I fall in love over and over again each time I try something NEW! My deep desire to create art drives me to take chances. FEAR NO ART!!!" www.amindfullofmetal.com

Comic Book Art-Youth

K. Michael Crawford

All Levels
Studio
5-Day class (10am-4pm)
Tuition: $155
Materials: $15

Let your imagination soar by learning the basics of illustrating for Children's Books and Products. The class will cover all the steps necessary to create final art for a children's book ready for printing or submitting the work to publishers. The class will also include how to promote and market your work to publishers or to the public.

K. Michael Crawford has been creating magical art and whimsical writing for Children's Books since 1991. Michael's latest drawing books, The Mystery of Journey Crowe, The Island of Zadu, Batty Malgoony's Mystic Carnivale and Professor Horton Hogwash's Museum of Ridiculous are part of a drawing series that get children to use their imagination, to teach how to figure things out and lets them make choices. For more about the magical art and books by K. Michael Crawford, visit: www.happilyeverart.com

Off Loom Weaving

Eleanor Lux

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $50

It is possible to weave many different fiber pieces without any kind of a loom and very little equipment, but tension is essential. Design, color, and texture will be discussed, and then ideas to establish tension using fibers, wire, sticks, cloth, etc. will be discussed. First students will find ways to create tension in the things around the studio, and then begin to weave learning traditional tapestry techniques. After a small piece has been completed, the workshop will search outside for ways to create tension and make loom with different materials. Students will be able to take home one or more finished, ready to hang works of art.

Eleanor Lux (Eureka Springs, Arkansas) is a studio artist using primarily weaving and beading techniques to create her sculptures and wall pieces. Her work is in the Arkansas Art Center. She has taught in the United States, Mexico, and West Africa. You may see her work in 500 Beaded Objects and Masters of Bead Weaving. www.eleanorlux.com

Hot Glass Bead Making

Doug Powell

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials $30

"Glass is Magic, pure and simple. Working with glass is Pure Delight." Doug Powell, 2008. Create beautiful beads as you explore the ancient art of lampworking. This is the process where colored glass is heated in a torch until molten, and while flowing is wound around a steel mandrel (stiff wire with a clay end), which creates the hole in the bead. This process can be used to create beads of all sizes for earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, etc. A large color palette will be available to the students and many design techniques will be taught.

Doug Powell (Eureka Springs, Arkansas) has worked with his hands all of life in many different media, including blacksmithing, woodworking, and percussion instruments. His long-time love of pottery led to glass-blowing and bead making. He has studied at intensive workshops with world-renowed bead makers Tom and Sage Holland. www.circleoflight.net

Beginning Furniture Design

Steve Palmer

All Levels
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $65

This workshop will provide an introduction to furniture design, studying such topics as joinery, wood movement, standard and custom sizes, decorative elements, and basic finishing techniques. The class project will be to design and build a small table utilizing sound design and creative ideas.

Steve Palmer (Kirkwood, MO) is a juried member of the Best of Missouri Hands Artisan Association. His work is on display at galleries in Eureka Springs, AR and St.Louis, MO.

Creative Illustration of a Children's Book

K. Michael Crawford

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $20

Let your imagination soar by learning the basics of illustrating for Children's Books and Products. The class will cover all the steps necessary to create final art for a children's book ready for printing or submitting the work to publishers. The class will also include how to promote and market your work to publishers or to the public.

K. Michael Crawford has been creating magical art and whimsical writing for Children's Books since 1991. Michael's latest drawing books, The Mystery of Journey Crowe, The Island of Zadu, Batty Malgoony's Mystic Carnivale and Professor Horton Hogwash's Museum of Ridiculous are part of a drawing series that get children to use their imagination, to teach how to figure things out and lets them make choices. For more about the magical art and books by K. Michael Crawford, visit: www.happilyeverart.com

Abstract Painting

John R. Willer

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $60

Students will attempt to learn and understand more of a world of non-object and more emotion. As always, John will provide a lively environment for the participants to experiment within.

John Willer (Eureka Springs, AR) has been painting professionally for over 40 years and before that as a child and young adult.

Painting and Carving Porcelain Bead Techniques

Pamela J. Stern

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $20

We will be hand forming beads and pendants in porcelain using varied techniques such as carving designs and painting with under glazes. We will glaze and fire as many of the beads as class time permits. These techniques can be used in many ways with different projects and we will talk about firing and finishing our beads as jewelry.

Pamela Stern, (Fort Worth, TX) Pam has been working in clay for 25 years making large surrealistic sculptures and jewelry. There is great joy for her when her work connects with people on a personal level. www.pamsternart.com

Metalsmithing: Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet

RuAnn Ewing

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $110

Students will learn to create mixed media jewelry using copper, silver, and brass combined with found objects, old jewelry parts and mementoes. Various skills will be learned including riveting, soldering, chain making, cutting, forming, and making cold connections. Come prepared to have lots of fun and learn lots of ways to use new skills to make unique, one of a kind pieces of jewel.

RuAnn Ewing is a blacksmith, bead artist, and metalsmith. She has studied at Ashland Craft School, the Memphis Ornamental Metal Museum, and the Appalachian Craft School. Her work has shown at the Walton Arts Center and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Basic Acrylic Painting

Denise Ryan

All Levels
5-Day Workshop (10am-4pm)
Tuition: $155
Materials: Reference Instructor's List

Students will complete four projects in five days which are designed to introduce the students to the basic techniques of acrylic painting. Denise Ryan, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Temple University's Tyler School of Fine Art. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. Presently, Denise is an instructor of Painting and Drawing for the Holiday Island Art Guild, and is also an occasional Elderhostel Instructor for the University of Arkansas. In her painting career, she has developed a reputation for fine portraiture, and is also known for her unusual still life/landscape compositions. In 2007, she received the Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Arkansas Arts Council, and in 2006 won first place in the Eureka Springs Fall Art Show.

Denise works primarily in oil and pastel. Stylistically, her paintings are representational. Although they appear to be highly illusionist, the unusual combination of subjective elements, magical settings, brilliant color, and pervasive light quality create a sense of the surreal or metaphysical. www.deniseryanart.com

Environmental Art-Using Art to Explore the Environment

Adrian Frost

Studio
5-Day Workshop (10am-4pm)
Tuition: $155
Materials: Reference Instructor's List

The Hopi in Arizona, in ritual dance wear headdresses with representations of the local pine trees. The trees grow in the highest elevation and aid cloud formation that bring the rains that grow the corn, the mainstay of Hopi culture. How might we represent ourselves regarding our environment? All forms of art disciplines may be utilized, painting, sculpture, assemblage, poetry, performance, audio, photography, and film.

Adrian Frost, (Eureka Springs, Arkansas) was educated at St. Martins School of Art, London, England. He was a visiting professor at New School, New York, University of California, Davies, University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina, Warwick Community College, Rhode Island, and Dutchess Community College, New York. www.adrianfrostart.com

Shaman Doll Making

Valerie Damon

All Levels
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Materials: $10

A shaman works for the good of others. Your shaman doll will be a vehicle for your subconscious to tap into universal love, truth, and the God energy. A window to your soul will open as your doll helps create itself. Listen to what it wants to be. Valerie brings thirty years of supplies, materials, and Nature treasures to choose from; world music to inspire; and words of wisdom from great teachers to guide. Supplies are provided for a tiny book you create to expand this transformative experience.

You will be guided in the step-by-step process of creating a free-standing Shaman Doll that will contain symbols of your own spiritual journey and goals. Students will use wire armature, sculpted face, hands, and padded costumed body with adornments, support staff, pouches, and totems in this process.

Valerie Damon is a noted author, illustrator, sculptor, and multi-media artist. She is a compulsively creative person of a likeable nature who will jump-start your creative juices. Two of Valerie's Giclee prints, Celebrate Nature and Dance on Mushrooms Sprillus Fungee have been selected to be in the Thea Foundation and the William J. Clinton Foundation and will travel in the Art Across Arkansas Educational program.

Freeform Bezel Building

Lyla Allison

Intermediate
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Materials: $75-$100

Shake off the restraints of designing and constructing sterling silver jewelry with pre-made components. Learn the basic steps of building custom bezel cups from scratch. Let your imagination shine with new free-form designs. Bring your favorite cabochons or special found objects to transform into beautiful sterling treasures. Basic soldering and hand tool knowledge is needed for this intermediate class.

Lyla Allison – Artist Statement: "I am not trying to impress the "buyers" in this world. I am trying to impress myself. To make it better than before, to increase the quality and craftsmanship of my work with each new project." www.amindfullofmetal.com

Abstract Watercolor Painting

Jan Brieschke

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Material List will be provided

This workshop will explore several techniques for creating abstract watercolors. The design principles of color texture, line shape, and movement will be stressed. Beginner to advanced students will benefit from this class.

Art has been the life-long passion of Jan Brieschke. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and her Masters in Art Education from the University of Houston. Jan participates in many top national shows and is the recipient of many awards. In 2010 she won First Place/Watercolor in the Frisco, Texas "Art on the Square" Show. In 2009 she received the Purchase Award at the Festival of the Masters at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. www.janbrieschke.com

Frit Painting/ Lamp Making

Brenda Benson

All Levels
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275

Materials: $60 for entire kit; $20 electrical parts & brass & copper base

Participants will fuse images on clear glass using frit (crushed glass) in both a positive and a reverse technique, and assemble components into an illuminated lamp. Students will learn lamp design, construction, simple copper working, and basic lamp wiring.

Brenda Benson (Fort Worth, Texas) explains that frit painted and kiln formed glass is the main ingredient of her work because of its ability to project auras of color and energy in light. The translucency, reflectivity, and refractive qualities of illuminated glass give her art an ethereal feel. Brenda frequently asks the glass to bend and the light to dance. www.eyesforglass.wordpress.com

Further Steps in Precious Metal Clay

Rhonda Hobbs

Advanced
Studio
5 Day class (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: To be determined

in a bezel setting and other settings in fine silver precious metal clay. You will also create a pendant and/or earrings and add 22k gold leaf to them.

Rhonda Hobbs (Jenks, OK) is a talented jewelry artist using both glass and metal in her creations. She has exhibited her work in Oklahoma and throughout the surrounding states along with some of her jewelry going to Africa, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia. She is a certified metal clay instructor and has been teaching for over five years. www.danglesbanglesandmore.com

Building Small Cabinets

Doug Stowe

All Levels
Off Site: Clear Spring Woodworking Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: To be determined

Small cabinets are the next step up from making small boxes, and box maker Doug Stowe returns to ESSA this summer to lead students to their next step. Students will craft a small cabinet under the guidance of instructor Doug Stowe, while learning a variety of high quality woodworking techniques. Small cabinets are different from those plywood things that hang on your kitchen walls. They are heirlooms to be passed on to future generations and so demand the finest craftsmanship and offer the beginning or intermediate wood worker an opportunity to increase their woodworking skill.

Doug Stowe (Eureka Springs, AR) is the author of six woodworking books and has been a professional woodworker in Eureka Springs since 1976. He is one of the founders of the Eureka Springs School of the Arts and in 2009 was named "Arkansas Living Treasure" by the Arkansas Arts Council. www.dougstowe.com

Advanced Jewelry-Mixed Materials

Judy Lee Carpenter

Advanced
Studio
5 Day class (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $50-$75

Advanced metals "Jewelry and Sculpture"- Students must have soldering and bezel making experience. We will be combining set stones with plex, wood, and found objects.

Judy Lee Carpenter (Eureka Springs, AR) has a gree in commercial art with post graduate work in metal smithing. A jeweler of 30 years, her work has been shown in Tiffany & Co., New York, and in the White House. Retiring from shows and exhibitions, Judy Lee is now teaching and playing with new metal techniques.

Narrative Art Drawing

Sean P. Fitzgibbon

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Material List will be provided

This week long class is designed to give an overview of basic drawing and the narrative art medium. We will work in industry sizes and specs, covering a wide variety of narrative approaches from documentary to slice of life stories. Students will work in a variety of media as well. Set-ups, timing, props, choice of shot, and character development are all emphasized.

Sean Fitzgibbon exhibits work on the east coast and throughout the Midwest. He is currently illustrating a documentary graphic novel that chronicles the Norman Baker years (1937-1940) of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. www.seanfitzgibbonart.com

Introduction to Tapestry for an Adult & Child

Louise Halsey

All Levels
Studio
4-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $220
Materials:$50

This is an introduction for adults and children (3rd grade and up or by recommendation) to the basics of tapestry weaving. Students will learn a variety of techniques initially. Each student will be treated individually and will make an individual project, perhaps a small woven bag, wall piece, or mini-rug.

Louise Halsey (Little Rock, AR) has been weaving for decades and still loves sharing her skills, especially tapestry techniques with students of all ages. She is a member of the American Tapestry Alliance and a gardener with a house/ studio in the Ozarks. www.americantapestryalliance.com

Intermediate Metalsmithing for Seniors

Judy Lee Carpenter

Intermediate
Studio
5 Day class (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $75-$100

This workshop is for senior moments, creativity and fun. We will acid etch non-ferrous metal and combine it with found and personal materials. This workshop will drill, rivet, string, wire or glue mixed media into containers, sculpture or wearable art. Must be a card carrying senior.

Judy Lee Carpenter (Eureka Springs, AR) has a gree in commercial art with post graduate work in metal smithing. A jeweler of 30 years, her work has been shown in Tiffany & Co., New York, and in the White House. Retiring from shows and exhibitions, Judy Lee is now teaching and playing with new metal techniques.

Abstracting the Landscape

Jody Stephenson

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Material List will be provided

Put pizzazz in your abstract landscapes. Learn how to construct an abstract painting featuring landscape elements, using mixed media techniques, then finishing with oil paints.

Jody Stephenson (Eureka Springs, AR) has been a working artist for the past thirty years. She and her husband, Ron Lutz, are permanent artists in residence at Studio 62 in Eureka Springs. Jody has her degree in art history from the University of Kansas, and has studied at the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts. www.studio62.biz

Hand Papermaking: Experimentation and Exploration

Leandra Spangler

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $35

Emphasizing experimentation with papermaking techniques, participants will use cotton linter pulp to make many samples of handmade paper. Techniques will include flat sheet forming, layering color blocks, layering shapes of color (stencil/shaped deckles), shaping pulps by hand, creating textures (impressing, appliqué, hand manipulation), pulp painting and wet collage. Use of watermarks, pulp inclusion, pulp coloration, paper chemistry (sizing, formation aid), pulp preparation from linters and drying methods will be discussed. Students will construct a mould and deckle.

Leandra Spangler (Columbia, Missouri) received her Masters in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, from the University of Missouri in 1981. She has studied under Master Bookmaker and ESSA instructor Dolph Smith. Leandra is a returning instructor to ESSA, in addition to also teaching at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, the University of Missouri, and Henderson University, to name a few. Her vessels are shown nationally at invitational and juried exhibitions. www.bearcreekpaperworks.com

Bookmaking

Dolph Smith

All Levels
Studio
5-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $35+

It is the sculptural stance of the book that compels us to pick it up. Students will use a number of materials and applications to create this dialogue even before the book is opened. The visual will transcend into the tactile and then on to the serious play. Materials will include graphite, copper, milk paint, etched glass and more! Applications will include creating windows to hold small personal artifacts; etched glass to cast shadows on a substrate; books on stilts (?); new ideas for the book block as a container. Movement and sound will co-exist. Experimentation is present, while adhering to traditional techniques. This class is designed to produce four to six small books so that all techniques may be explored.

Dolph Smith (Ripley, Tennessee) was a faculty member of the Memphis College of Art for thirty years. While there he taught painting, drawing, and developed a Paper/Book program: The Flying Vat. Dolph retired in 1995 as Professor Emeritus and was awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 2004. He is profiled in The Penland Book of Handmade Books. His most recent collections are: Topeka and Shawnee Public Library Special Collections, Kansas; The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artist's books, Oberlin College, Ohio; and Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, University of Pennsylvania.

Amulets and Cold Connection Bracelets

Rachel Sims

All Levels
Studio
5 Day class (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $15 plus cost of silver sheet

Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do you?! Learn a variety of metalsmithing techniques and learn to apply cold connections (rivets, slots and tabs, etc.) to create a bracelet for luck, prosperity and protection.

Rachel Sims (West De Moines, Iowa) is a RISD educated metalsmith and self-taught lampworker. She spent a number of years in Europe before returning to the US to start her jewelry business, fuzzishu, and teaching career. www.fuzzishu.com

Beads to Bracelets

Rachel Sims

All Levels
5 Day class (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $32 plus cost of silver sheet

Time to play with fire! Students will learn the basics of glass bead making and metalsmithing (sawing, soldering, texturing, etc.) They will then combine these two skills to design and create a one of a kind bracelet.

Rachel Sims (West De Moines, Iowa) is a RISD educated metalsmith and self-taught lampworker. She spent a number of years in Europe before returning to the US to start her jewelry business, fuzzishu, and teaching career. www.fuzzishu.com

Wire Jewelry Art

Janice Bowden

All Levels
5 Day class (9am-4pm)
Tuition:$275
Materials: To be determined

Learn the traditional art of wire jewelry. No prior experience required! Students will build their skills beginning with foundational elements – custom findings and components, basic forging techniques, moving to more advanced bracelet and pendant projects. Final projects will incorporate contemporary wire weaving techniques. Once basic skills are mastered, individual expression is encouraged.

Wire jewelry became Janice Bowden's (Claremore, Oklahoma) passion in 1995, and she is basically self-taught. She has been an instructor since 2002, teaching one to two classes per week. She is currently a gallery artist at The Gallery on Sixth in Tulsa, Oklahoma. www.tallgrassjewelry.com

Watercolor Lighten Up, Loosen Up

Richard A. Stephens

All Levels
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Material List will be provided

A Richard Stephens workshop offers three main things: informative technical information sprinkled with antidotes, educational demonstrations and one on one time with Richard. It is not about competition or turning out a great painting during the workshop. It is about being exposed to a process that has been successful for him and perhaps that process finding a voice with the students and their work.

Richard Stephens (Hot Springs, AR) is known for confident, loose paintings. Winning awards in national competitions and earning signature status in several Watercolor Societies, Stephens was featured in Watercolor Magic 2005 and 2007 and SPLASH in 2008 and 2012. www.raswatercolors.com

Life Drawing

Gary Simmons

All levels
Studio
3-Day Workshop (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $165
Model fee: $50

This workshop explores the fundamentals of drawing a live, nude model, concentrating on proportion and accuracy of body shapes and gestures. The workshop will use charcoal and/or pastel for the purpose of using a medium that encourages the exploration of the figure's construction and gesture.

Gary Simmons (Hot Springs, AR) has been a professor of Art at Henderson State university for 21 years and has been drawing the figure since 1972. He helped found a life drawing co-op that has met weekly since the late 1970's. www.simmonsart.com

Etching & Enameling

Genevieve Flynn

Have you always wanted to add color to your work or just want to enamel? Here is your chance to do both.

Students will learn the basic techniques of etching copper in preparation for enameling. Ferric chloride and salt water solutions are the chemicals being used in the etching processes. During the time that pieces are being etched we will start with enamel techniques such as surface preparation and dry sifting. Simple squares of copper sheet will be used for your samples. After dry sifting a base color on your metal and firing, you will then explore sifting over a stencil to create a contrast in your design. We will then go on to cut out shapes and enamel them to create a spinning ring. Your ring will consist of 3-4 geometric shaped, enameled pieces of copper and your ring shank. Genevieve will provide small screws and nuts to attach the pieces to the ring shank when finished.

Students will have the chance to work in opaque enamel and transparent enamels. The transparent enamels work well on the etched surfaces that you will have finished during the first part of the workshop. If time permits students will be able to create a piece of jewelry from the etched sheet.

Genevieve Flynn (Kansas City, Missouri) earned degrees in jewelry design, Jewelry Repair, and hand Engraving, and worked in the industry for nine years before starting her own business. She then begin studying hollowware design at the University of Kansas and studied under Heikki Seppa, Master metalsmith, internationally recognized as the modern father of form emphasis. After 30 years working in precious metals, Genevieve designs elegant hollowware and jewelry. www.genevieveflynn.com