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P.O. Box 657
Eureka Springs, AR 72632

479-253-5384

info@esartschool.com

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2010 ESSA Staff

Executive Director
Peggy Kjelgaard, Ph.D.
Eureka Springs

Assistant Director
Patt Carmichael
Eureka Springs

Program Coordinator
Sabina Miller
Holiday Island

2010 Board Members

President - Elise Roenigk Eureka Springs

Vice-President - Sandra Lockhart
Bentonville, AR

Secretary - Suzanne Tourtelot
Holiday Island

Treasurer – Judy Jones
Eureka Springs

Jeanelle Ash
Point Lookout, Missouri

Lucilla Garrett
Eureka Springs

Eleanor Lux
Eureka Springs

David McKee
West Fork, AR

Steve Roberson
Eureka Springs

Mary Springer
Eureka Springs

Doug Stowe
Eureka Springs

Classes - Fiber Art

Session Five/June 28 - July 2

Wax Carving A to Z with Basic Casting

John Philippi

All Levels

Studio

5 Day class (9am-4pm)

Tuition: $275

Materials: $100 plus

This class is open to all skill levels; beginners are welcome. This workshop will cover instruction and demonstration of objective and non-objective wax working including set ups for stone setting as time permits. Extended workshop hours will be available. By the end of the session casting pieces will have been made by the student.

Jon Philippi (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) graduated from the Memphis Academy of Art in 1972. He received one national award representing Arkansas and four state design awards from the Jewelers of America and the Arkansas Jeweler's Association. He has studied with numerous master craftsmen from Penland and GRS, and has thirty-five years experience as a professional metal smith.