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
FIGURE DRAWING WORKSHOP
Thursday & Friday, April 9 & 10, from 2:30 – 5:30 pm each day
$20 fee – All Supplies Included
Ages 14+
Join our Figure Drawing Workshop with artist Mary Woodward on April 9 & 10, from 2:30 – 5:30 pm! Unleash your creativity as you work from a live model to craft stunning large-scale charcoal drawings. Perfect for ages 14 and up, this class will help you capture gesture and anatomy.
LECTURE WITH LISA BELL-WILSON
Sunday, April 19 at 2 pm
FREE
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.
LECTURE WITH LONGHUA XU
Friday, April 24, 5:30 – 7 pm
FREE
Join us for a lecture with Arkansas Living Treasure, Longhua Xu! Selected by the Chinese National Arts and Crafts Company in 1971, Xu showcased his work nationally from 1972, including at the Shanghai Art Museum. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1989 under the “Extraordinary Ability” program for greater artistic opportunities. Xu has since created impactful public artworks in stone carving, relief sculpture, and painting. Don’t miss the chance to hear from this influential artist!
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
March 15
April 12
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.