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
Drop in & Draw
Sundays in March
Join us on March 2, 9, 16, and 23 from 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!
Navigating the Art World with Artist Shabana Kauser
Saturday, March 22, from 3:30 – 5:30 pm
FREE
Kauser will discuss the business side of art and give professional insights into how artists can grow their art business, have interactions with galleries, museums and art fairs, how to handle rejections and much more. Seating is limited – please register below!
SPRING BREAK 2025
Spring Break Bracelet
Making Workshop
Tuesday, March 25, from 12 – 2 pm
$5 fee covers supply cost
Looking for a fun project to do over Spring Break? Join us for our next Bracelet Making Workshop! Students can create 3 bracelets of their choice, using simple to more decorative beads. Ages 10+
Beginning Drawing
with Ayree Maner
Wednesday, March 26, & Thursday, March 27,
from 10:30 am – 12 pm
$10 per student
Join us for a drawing class with accomplished teen artist Ayree Maner! In this class, students will learn how to approach drawing accurately from life and be pushed outside their comfort zone to create unique works of art. Ages 10+
Drop in & Draw… with Horses!
Sunday, April 6, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
FREE
Join us at the Fort Smith National Historic Site for Drop in & Draw with Horses! Ranger Cody Faber will be serving as the perfect model – donning historic attire with his trusty steed. A limited amount of paper and pencils will be provided, but feel free to bring your own art supplies.
Address: 301 Parker Ave, Fort Smith, AR
RECURRING PROGRAMS
DROP IN AND DRAW
Join us for new weekend times!
Sundays in March 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
March 9 & 23
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.