Arkansas Craft School Courses
The mission of the Arkansas Craft School is to educate aspiring and practicing craft artisans for success in the Creative Economy. The Craft School partners with Ozarka College, which provides Continuing Education credits for most courses and co-sponsors Ozarka's "Entrepreneurship for Artisans" program.
Most classes are offered in downtown Mountain View at the Craft School's Artisan Studio which is located at 110 E. Main (just off the Courthouse Square); or on the campus of Ozarka College. However, a few very special courses are held in the private working studios of Craft School faculty in locations throughout the state.
Educational offerings include:
-Courses in six craft media: wood, glass, fiber, clay/ceramics, and metal.
-Courses in two dimensional art forms: painting, water colors, photography
-Courses which focus on the Marketing and Management needs of small artisan businesses.
-Continuing Education for teachers and leaders of children and youth who use craft in their work.
-Beginning courses for teens who are interested in exploring craft as a vocation or a lifetime hobby.
-Courses and workshops for public planners who work in the creative economy.
-Apprenticeships and Mentoring opportunities for craft artisans.
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2012 Workshop Calendar
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Craft Media
- Wood
- Introduction to Woodturning – May 4-6
- Wood Carving – Birds and Other Wildlife – May 17 - 19
- Building the Aeolian Harp – May 25 - 27
- Building the Traditional Johnboat – June 4 - 8
- Native American-style Baskets – Turned on the Lath – July 5 -8
- Build a Shave Horse, Carve a Spoon – July 9 -13
- Building the Stitch and Glue Flat Bottomed Canoe/Pirogue – July 16 – 20
- Carving Wooden Masks – August 6 -10
- Woodturning with Jimmy Clewes – August 24 -26
- Segmented Woodturning – September 27 - 29
- Glass
- Introduction to Stained Glass – May 24 - 26
- Glass Pendants, Cabochons and Buttons – June 1 - 3
- Further Adventures in Glassblowing – June 5 - 8
- Soft Glass Sculpture – October 5 -7
- Miniature Glass Vessels and Amphorae – October 12 -14
- Magical Mosaics – November 2 - 4
Craft Media
- Fiber
- Ozark Gizzard Baskets - April 27 - 29
- Color my Warp – June 1-3
- Beginning to Knit – June 8 - 10
- Designing, Constructing and Sewing Handwoven Clothing – June 11 - 15
- Tatting Basics – June 22
- 4-Harness Weaving – July 16 - 20
- Tapestry Weaving – July 23 - 27
- Mohair Cinches – September 14-16
- Socks as Art – September 14-16
- Clay/Ceramics
- Slip Decorating on Clay – July 22
- China Painting – July 23 – 27
Craft Media
- Metal
- Basic Blacksmithing I – April 27-29
- Forging a Rose – May 5 -6
- Painting Copper with Fire – June 18 – 22
- The Found Object Sandwich – July 28 - 29
- Basic Blacksmithing II – November 2 - 4
- Basic Fly Tying – May 5
- Texture and Color Unleashed – May 10 - 12
- Woodblock Printing – June 11 – 15
- Fur-lined Leather Slippers and Mittens – August 8 - 12
- Functional and Artful Leather – August 13 - 17
- Eggstravagant Art: The Ukrainian Pysanky – September 8 - 9
- Leaping into Bead Sculpture – September 28 - 30
Marketing and Management
- Writing for Artisans – July 20 - 21
Youth Education
- Summer Craft Camp - June 25 – 28