Education
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Art of Collecting
Lecture with Dr. Chris Ashworth
Saturday, August 3
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Dr. Chris Ashworth discusses selections and artists from his private collection. Artists discussed will include Carl Kauba, Frederick and Glenn Swedlun, Charles Banks Wilson, Doel Reed, Jackson Lee Nesbitt, Ina Annette and J. Jay McVicker. Welcome reception: 5 – 5:30 pm. Lecture 5:30 – 7 pm.
FREE – Just drop on by!
Creating Stylized Characters!
Drawing Class with Ayree Maner
Tuesday & Wednesday, August 6 & 7,
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Join us for a drawing class with artist Ayree Maner! This class will focus on sketching stylized characters to hone young artist’s skills and style in illustration, character design, or animation. All supplies provided.
$10 fee for both classes
Backpack Charms Workshop
with Margaret Grubb
Tuesday, August 13,
1 – 3 pm
Don’t go back to school or work without personalizing your favorite bag! Students can create 3 charm straps of their choice, using a variety of provided charms and beads. Perfect all ages and skill levels.
$5 fee covers supply cost
Soldiers on the Scene!
Diorama Art with the National Historic Site
Wednesday, August 14,
1 – 3 pm
This hands-on class invites budding historians and art enthusiasts to step into the past and bring historical battles to life through the art of diorama making.
FREE – Register Required
All supplies provided!
RECURRING PROGRAMS
DROP IN AND DRAW
Every Thursday
1-3 pm
FREE
A place and a time to draw? A live model for reference? Drop in and commune with other artists and draw (or paint) from a live model every Thursday afternoon.
We provide tables and easels but bring your own art supplies.
There will be no Drop in and Draw in July
NTHER
RAM SATURDAYS
Saturday afternoons
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
HOMESCHOOL ART
CLASSES 2024
Every Other Tuesday
FREE
GUIDED TOURS
FREE
Just drop on by!
Sundays at 1 pm
August 4 & 18
September 8 & 22
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
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.