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
Beginner’s
Acrylic Workshop
with Artist Joe Hitt
Wednesday, May 21, & Thursday May 22, 2 – 4 pm
$45 for Members | $50 for Nonmembers
Join us for an engaging and creative journey into the world of acrylic painting at the Ft. Smith Regional Art Museum! This 2-day workshop is designed for beginners eager to explore the versatile and vibrant medium of acrylics.
Drop in & Draw
Sundays in April
Join us on Sundays 2 – 4 pm
FREE – Just drop on by!
Please bring your own supplies.
Every week, RAM provides a live model to allow community artists the opportunity to draw the figure from life. In March, join us for new weekend dates on Sundays between 2 – 4 pm!
RECURRING PROGRAMS
DROP IN AND DRAW
Join us for new weekend times!
Sundays in April from 2 – 4 pm
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.
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 2025
Every other Tuesday
FREE
GUIDED TOURS
FREE
Just drop on by!
Sundays at 1 pm
April 6 & 27
May 18
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.