Dr. Michael Doyle

Dr. Mike joined the Arkansas Craft School on November 1, 2020.  As an executive, he brings forty-years of experience in leading people and managing complex organizations. As an educator, Dr. Mike has a personal interest in providing career education for aspiring artists as well as providing experiential learning experiences, and design for a general public audience in a wide range of liberal arts subjects and craft studio events.

Dr. Mike’s own artistic interests are in the Blue Rider Movement (Der Blaue Reiter), an early German Expressionism movement with a unique approach to abstract visual form. He is also a writer of histories, seeking to tell the stories of ordinary people and concentrate on their experiences and perspectives.