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2008 ESSA Staff

Executive Director
Peggy Kjelgaard, Ph.D.
Eureka Springs

Assistant Director
Patt Carmichael
Eureka Springs

Program Coordinator
Sabina Miller
Holiday Island

2008 Board Members

President - Eleanor Lux
Eureka Springs

Vice President - Ron Morrison
Eureka Springs

Secretary - Mary Springer
Eureka Springs

Treasurer - Bobbie Foster
Eureka Springs

LeRoy Gorrell
Eureka Springs

Dana Jones
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Sandra Lockhart
Rogers

Elise Roenigk
Eureka Springs

Doug Stowe
Eureka Springs

Dick Trammel
Rogers

Larry Wagner
Cassville, Missouri

Jan Wallace
Eureka Springs

2008 ESSA Workshops

 
Spring Session/March 28-30
Class Instructor
Mosaics Fran Carlin
Valerie's Fleeker Art of Costuming & Face Painting Valerie Damon
Acrylic and/or Oil Painting John Willer
Furniture Design Doug Stowe
Spring Session/April 20-26
Class Instructor
Nature-Land-Art Chris Fischer
PMC/Master Class/May 23-25
Class Instructor
Metal/PMC Tim Mc Creight
Session One/June 2-6
Class Instructor
Ceramics Mark Rademacher
Oil Painting Carol Peacock
Plein Air Architectural Renderings Julie Kahn Valentine
Watercolor Collaging Marlene Gremillion
Wood Bowl Turning Greg Thomas
Session Two/June 9-13
Class Instructor
Bookmaking Dolph Smith
Rug Hooking Vicki Hardcastle
Metal Sculpture Jim Wallace
Basic Jewelry Techniques Judy Lee Carpenter
Chinese Brush Painting Linda Shearer
Session Three/June 16–20
Class Instructor
Sounding Sculptures-Ceramic Whistles Laurie Spencer
Pen & Ink Barbara Robinson
Frame Loom Twined Rugs Arlone Folkers
Refining Jewelry Techniques Judy Lee Carpenter
Drum making Cynthia McDonald
Session Four/June 23–27
Class Instructor
Colored Clay Suzy Siegle & Mike Haley
Calligraphy Charles Pearce
Magic of Still Life, Oil or Acrylic Denise Ryan
Floral Painting in Watercolor, Acrylic, Pencils & Pastels Deleen Davidson
Green Woodworking/Chair making Joe Doster
Session Five/July 7–11
Class Instructor
Wet Felting/Beginning to Advanced Ruth Walker
Fused & Stained Glass Judd Mann
Mixed Media/Embellshed Crosses and Boxes Jamie Froelich
Session Six/July 14–16 (Youth Sessions)
For Ages 12-17 Classes 9 am-4 pm
Class Instructor
Drawing/Graphics Chris Fischer
Creative Dressmaking Mary Tait
From Stencil to Screen Jamie Tait
Stone Carving John Remmers
Stained Glass Mike Gibson
Session Six/July 17–19
For Ages 7-11 Classes 9 am-4 pm
Class Instructor
Beginning Drawing & Painting Vincent Reynolds
Working with Metal Beatin', Slashin' and Bendin' Ru Ann Ewing
From Stencil to Screen Jamie Tait
Air Brush Painting David Rush
Session Seven/July 23-August 1
Special 8 day workshop
Class Instructor
Wood-Raku-Pit-Fired & Wheel-Throwing and Hand Building Laura Waters & Jim Wallace
Session Seven/July 21–25
Class Instructor
Watercolor-Citiscapes Richard Stephens
Design Composition Thad Flenniken
Life Drawing Gary Simmons
Spindle Spinning & Natural Dyeing Eleanor Lux
Metalsmithing/Chainmaking Steve Stramel
Session Eight/July 28–August 1
Class Instructor
Wooden Box Making Doug Stowe
Loom Weaving Carrie Marry
Metalsmithing/PMC Steve Stramel
Portrait Painting in Oil Wendi La Fey
Session Nine/August 4-8
Class Instructor
Digital Photography Susan Storch & John Rankine
Ceramics-Effigies Terry Russell
Glass Beadmaking Doug Powell
Pewtersmithing Bill Derrevere
Collage and Assemblage with Found Objects Chris Fischer
Fall Session/September 12-14
Class Instructor
Leaping Into Bead Sculpture Eleanor Lux
Digital Photography Al Hooks