HISTORY
Arkansas Craft School was the Lacky Chevrolet car dealership on the Mountain View Square in the late 1970’s. Here you see the posters promoting the Citation, Celebrity, and Cavalier Chevy models.
The Arkansas Craft School began as the educational arm of the Arkansas Craft Guild. The Guild recognized the need to provide a comprehensive educational program that would support current practicing artisans and, perhaps more importantly, encourage and train youth to be practicing artisans. The result of that effort is the Arkansas Craft School (ACS), an independent 501c3 corporation incorporated in 2007.
The mission of the ACS was to educate aspiring and practicing craft artisans for success in the creative economy. The primary purposes include the encouragement and preparation of new artisans, including youth; the provision of intermediate and advanced skill and design courses to empower the practicing artisan’s growth and advancement in his/her medium; and the provision of Marketing and Management of art and craft small business.
Nextdoor to the Chevrolet dealership, on the Southside of the building, were two small local businesses: Real Estate and Developers and Bo’s Pool Hall.
In 2014 the ACS Board voted to adjust the mission to better reflect the goals of the ACS. The ACS Mission promotes a vibrant, creative community that inspires a life-affirming appreciation of and support for the arts.
Looking toward the Mountain View Square at the Stone County Courthouse from the corner of S. Peabody and Highway 66. Circa late 1970s.