Eureka Springs School of the Arts

Eureka Springs School of the Arts Instructors

Dale Custer

Iron
Dale (Roland, AR) began blacksmithing about 15 years ago with a class at a local university. He is a past [...]

Dana Finimore

Small Metals
Dana (Mountain View, AR) earned a BFA and MFA at Memphis College of Art. She is currently a Professor of [...]

Daren Fitzpatrick

Iron
Daren (Highlandville, MO) a southwest Missouri native, has nearly 30 years of welding/fabrication experience. His blacksmithing work began as a [...]

Darla Gray-Winter

Wood
Darla (Golden, MO) has a background in luthiery and her interest in woodturning came naturally through her work as ESSA’s [...]

Dave Darpinian

Small Metals
Dave (Bella Vista, AR) has an extensive 30-year background in metalworks, including custom knives, welded sculpture, jewelry, and silversmithing. He [...]

Dave Phillips

Dave (Eureka Springs, AR) began his career in art 23 years ago by producing art shows for himself and other [...]

Dawn Ward

Special Media
Dawn (Holiday Island, AR) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work combines photography, printmaking, painting, encaustic, sculpture and found objects.  She [...]

Dee Levang

Painting & Drawing
Dee (St. Louis, MO) is an abstract artist working in encaustic, cold wax and oil, and fiber. She studied graphic [...]

Dennis (Hete) Heter

Glass
Dennis (Rogers, AR) and his wife (and two dogs) live in the War Eagle area in a log home located [...]

Dennis McCann

2D
Dennis (Maumelle, AR) holds B.A., B.S.E, and M.A. degrees from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. His work has [...]

Diana Michelle

Special Media
Diana Michelle (Fayetteville, AR) earned her degree in Fine Art from the University of Arkansas. She is a recipient of [...]

Donna Doss

Ceramics
Donna (Eureka Springs, AR) is a self-taught sculptor in a variety of mediums – sand and snow, sugar and clay. [...]

Donna Twyford

2D
Donna (Hot Springs) is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, a Diamond signature member of MSW, and has [...]

Doug Stowe

Wood
Doug (Eureka Springs, AR) is the author of 14 books and over 90 articles in woodworking publications, including Fine Woodworking, [...]

Ed Alexander

Special Media
Ed (Melbourne, AR) has been exploring the wilds of Arkansas most of his life, and almost always with a camera [...]

Elby Mann

Ceramics
Elby (Eureka Springs, AR) started making wheel-thrown pottery over 40 years ago. His abstract and figurative sculpture has evolved to [...]

Eleanor Lux

Special Media
Eleanor (Eureka Springs, Arkansas) is a studio artist using primarily weaving and beading techniques to create her sculptures and wall [...]

Eli Vega

Special Media
Eli (Eureka Springs, AR) is a self-taught, award-winning, and highly published photographer with over 25 years of experience. He is [...]

Faith Cleveland

Special Media
Faith (Eureka Springs, AR) has been practicing alcohol ink, ceramics, and small metals for several years. Her work has appeared [...]

Farley Lewis

Painting
Farley (Springfield, MO) has won awards in thirteen of the fourteen Plein Air events he has entered, including four Best [...]

Fran Carlin

Special Media
Fran (Eureka Springs, AR) began practicing mosaics in 1990 under the guidance of James Hubbell. She has furthered her studies [...]

Gary Chapman

Painting
Gary Chapman (Birmingham, AL) is a Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (MFA at [...]

Gary Johnson

Painting & Drawing
Gary Johnson (Fayetteville, AR) is a self-taught, signature award winning watercolorist who teaches classes on creating unique watercolor abstract paintings [...]

Gina Gallina

Special Media
Gina (Fayetteville, AR) is known for crocheting larger-than-life installations and environments. She has showcased her work at Vogue Knitting Live, [...]