Eureka Springs School of the Arts

Eureka Springs School of the Arts Instructors

Alicia Farris

Painting & Drawing
Alicia’s (Springfield, MO) artistic journey began when she was a child when she was inspired by color and beautiful shapes [...]

Allen Newberry

Iron
Allen​ ​(Lowell,​ ​AR)​ ​is​ ​a​ ​Journeyman​ ​Smith​ ​with​ ​the​ ​American​ ​Bladesmith​ ​Society​ ​and Arkansas’s​ ​first​ ​Forged​ ​in​ ​Fire​ ​Champion.​ ​​ [...]

Amber Leibee

2D
Amber’s formative years were spent on a farm in rural Kansas where she developed a deep attachment to the natural [...]

Angela Robert

2D Studio
Angela (Eureka Springs, AR) found enjoyment in painting early but set it aside for other pursuits. Recently her creativity was [...]

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 [...]

Barbara Iglehart

2D
Barbara Iglehart (Garfield, AR) earned her BA in Fine Arts from Arkansas Tech University. She has experience teaching for Batesville [...]

Beth Rosenkoetter

Clay
Beth (Hartville, MO) is going on 25 years as a potter and a lifetime as an artist. She gave herself [...]

Billy Owens

Basketry
Billy (Jenkins, MO) is a 2nd generation white oak basket maker from the Ozark hills of southwest Missouri. Since 1999, [...]

Brandy Boyd

Small Metals
Brandy (Memphis, TN) is a life-long student of nature and history; Brandy attempts to capture the ephemeral and showcase natural [...]

Cathy Flesher

Small Metals
Cathy Flesher (Tucson, AZ) is a certified Principal Instructor in the use of metal clay and a national handmade jewelry [...]

Cynthia Kresse

2D
Cynthia (Eureka Springs, AR) received her Master of Arts in Medical Illustration from the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas; [...]

Dale Custer

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

Daren Fitzpatrick

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

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 [...]

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 Caiazza

Small Metals
About Dee Caiazza Dee (Eureka Springs, AR) of Caiazza Creations is a self-taught silversmith recently retired to Eureka Springs. Her [...]

Dennis (Hete) Heter

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

Doug Stowe

Wood
Doug (Eureka Springs, AR) is the author of 15 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 [...]

Elaina Michalski

Clay
Elaina (Kansas City, MO) creates figurative sculpture ranging in scale from small porcelain forms to life-size unfired clay installations in [...]

Faith Cleveland

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

James White

Painting & Drawing
James (Eureka Springs, AR) has taught painting and drawing workshops to neighborhood groups and at ESSA, and has years of [...]

Jessica Lee Ames-Russell

Clay
Jessica (Eureka Springs, AR) earned a BFA in painting and photography. She taught high school art for 15 years. She [...]

Joe Malesky

Iron
Joe (Strafford, MO) started welding and working with metal at age 13, and found a way to turn his industrial [...]