Private and small group art classes are now available here at ACS! The Arkansas Craft School is committed to helping spread the arts, as well as supporting our artists. With this being our goal, we want to give everyone a chance to take part in a class regardless of their schedule.

Please Contact Us if there’s a specific class you’d like to take, even if it’s not on the schedule. We will do everything possible to try to get your preferred ACS Instructor, as well as class dates/times.

Currently we have around 12 instructors who are open to the idea of private / small group classes. We will be offering all types of mediums including clay, metal, studio arts, young artist classes, fiber, jewelry, yoga, glass and collage.

Private Instructors

• Dorothy Anderson
• Barbara Cornett
• Anne Criss
• James Crowell
• David Dahlstedt
• Aly Dearborn
• Delisa Eads-Wagar
• Shawn Ellis
• Dana Finimore
• La’Nelle Gambrell
• Dora Gonzalez
• Mike Pounders
• Blair Tinkle

Individual or Small Group Instruction Available for the Following Classes

Quilting Lessons: 2 Hour Workshops

Instructor: Dorothy Anderson
Tuition: $45

In this Beginners Quilting lesson, artist Dot Anderson will demonstrate and teach the Nine Patch Iris Chain Quilt Design. Lessons are available on a weekly basis as needed to help students learn how to hand make their own quilt to be proud of for generations to come.

Introduction to Encaustic Painting: 3 hour workshop

Instructor: La’Nelle Gambrell
Tuition: $85

Learn this ancient Egyption method of painting with molten, pigmented, beeswax in a three hour class taught by La’Nelle Gambrell. The class will take place in her private Fox Mountain encaustic studio just 14 miles from Mountain View. The class begins with an introduction to the medium as well as a brief history of encaustic painting throughout the time of the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians.

No previous art experience is necessary. La’Nelle will take you through seven simple steps to creating a beautiful, luminous painting you will be proud to hang in your home.

First, you will learn the process of preparing the strata. You will then experiment with various hot tools, pigments and melted beeswax. You will pigment and apply it to your design and will have the choice of creating your own design, choosing from a prepared design or allowing the wax to lead you!

The brilliance and luminosity of encaustic paint lends itself equally to representational art, as well as abstract.

1. Board preparation
2. Melting the wax
3. Choosing Designs
4. Use of hot tools
5. Application of wax
6. Adding Pigment
7. Sealing with flame

Please Contact Us for information on how to register for private instruction classes!