Education
Art education and artist workshops for all ages, gallery tours, online classes and programs that feature artists from around the world. Education at RAM is dedicated to providing learning about the arts to the community.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
LECTURE WITH DR. CHRIS ASHWORTH
Friday, March 13, 5:30 – 7 pm
FREE – coffee and water provided
Join us for a lecture with Dr. Chris Ashworth as he discusses his current collection of artwork on view in our Ozark Regionalists exhibition. Dr. Chris Ashworth’s collection showcases oil paintings and stone lithographs featuring Regionalist artists like Jackson Lee Nesbitt, Carl R. Krafft, and Thomas Hart Benton.
LECTURE WITH LISA BELL-WILSON
Sunday, April 19 at 2 pm
FREE – coffee and water provided
Join us for a lecture with daughter of John Bell, Jr., Lisa Bell-Wilson, as she discusses the life and art of late father. This talk will highlight several works within our current exhibition, Fort Smith Legend: John Bell, Jr.
RECURRING PROGRAMS
RAM SATURDAYS
Every Saturday from 12 – 3 pm
FREE
RAM is the place for make-and-take art projects. Currently, the classes are focusing on fun projects while exploring crafts through the decades.
All art supplies provided. All ages and skill levels welcome.
No need to register.
PAINT ‘N SIP WITH PETRA RADCLIFFE
Once a month
$25/members
$35/non-members
Recreate works by the great masters, guided by Petra Radcliffe, while you sip your favorite beverages. All skill levels welcome, art supplies provided.
16+ to paint / 21+ to sip
ART START
Every Wednesday from 1 – 2 pm
FREE
Get ready for an afternoon of creative fun just for little ones! Join Jessica Hutchings for Art Start at the Regional Art Museum.
No need to register.
HOMESCHOOL ART
CLASSES 2025
Every other Tuesday
FREE
Registration Required
GUIDED TOURS
FREE
Just drop on by!
Sundays at 1 pm
January 18
February 1 & 15
Guided by a trained gallery educator, tours include our 5 galleries and information about the techniques and processes of multiple artists.
GROUP TOURS
Tours for both students and adults (or school field trips!) will be led by trained gallery educators for a 60–90 minute museum experience. The first half will be spent touring the galleries and the second half will be spent finding a favorite artwork and sketching their own works of art from that image or sculpture.
479.784.2787
petra@fsram.org
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How did we do?
Support for RAM is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the
Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.