EUREKA SPRINGS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
In the belief that art is vital to the human spirit, the Eureka Springs School of the Arts commits itself to cultivating, promoting, and encouraging artistic expression by providing art and fine craft education opportunities for students of all levels in a unique environment of beauty and creativity.
When ESSA began in 1998, we were a school without walls, with passionate local artists offering up their studios to support workshops. A few years later, ESSA moved into a small campus with one building and an acre of land. Today, ESSA has grown into a 55-acre campus with seven teaching studios located in the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas.
Click here to download ESSA’s Spring/Summer 2025 workshops catalog!
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Treka Wenner
Special Media
Treka (Edmond, OK) has loved art her entire life. In 2019, she discovered felting and was immediately drawn to the meditative nature [...]
Stefani Christianson
Clay
Stefani (Hindsville, AR) has been refining her love for pottery since 2014. She embellishes her works with deep carvings that draw the [...]
Elaina Michalski
Clay
Elaina (Kansas City, MO) creates figurative sculpture ranging in scale from small porcelain forms to life-size unfired clay installations in public spaces. [...]
Beth Rosenkoetter
Clay
Beth (Hartville, MO) is going on 25 years as a potter and a lifetime as an artist. She gave herself about 5 [...]
Megan Abajian
Iron
Megan (Berryville, AR) received her BFA in Studio Art from The University of Texas at Austin and MFA in Studio Art from [...]
Amber Leibee
2D
Amber’s formative years were spent on a farm in rural Kansas where she developed a deep attachment to the natural world around [...]
Atom Bleu
Special Media
Atom (Eureka Springs, AR) owns "Eureka Stained Glass." He co-manages and owns The Art Colony with D'vinci Diamond in Eureka Springs (ACES). [...]
Cathy Flesher
Small Metals
Cathy Flesher (Tucson, AZ) is a certified Principal Instructor in the use of metal clay and a national handmade jewelry design and [...]
Cynthia Kresse
2D
Cynthia (Eureka Springs, AR) received her Master of Arts in Medical Illustration from the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas; she has [...]
Faith Cleveland
Special Media
Faith (Eureka Springs, AR) has been practicing alcohol ink images for several years. Her work has appeared in galleries and online for [...]