ESSA - EUREKA SPRINGS SCHOOL of the ARTS logo

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get your hands into the arts at essa!

2009 ESSA Staff

Executive Director
Peggy Kjelgaard, Ph.D.
Eureka Springs

Assistant Director
Patt Carmichael
Eureka Springs

Program Coordinator
Sabina Miller
Holiday Island

2009 Board Members

President - Elise Roenigk
Eureka Springs

Vice President - Ron Morrison
Eureka Springs

Treasurer - Bobbie Foster
Eureka Springs

Dana Jones
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Judy Jones
Eureka Springs

Sandra Lockhart
Rogers

Eleanor Lux
Eureka Springs

Mary Springer
Eureka Springs

Doug Stowe
Eureka Springs

Larry Wagner
Cassville, Missouri

Jan Wallace
Eureka Springs

Classes in Arts & Crafts

The Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA), set in the beautiful and inspiring Ozark Mountain town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, offers classes in arts and crafts throughout the year for interested, emerging and professional artists. Award-winning and noted artists and crafts persons guide students to learn new art forms and expand their current skill levels.

Foolish 4 Re'Art

ESSA Seventh Annual Mad Hatter Ball

When: Friday, October 23

Call 479-253-5384 for tickets

Mission Statement

In the belief that art is vital to the human spirit, the Eureka Springs School of the Arts is committed to cultivating, promoting, and encouraging artistic expression by providing art education opportunities in a unique environment of beauty and creativity.

Support for the school is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of the Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowments for the Arts. An IRS 501(c)(3) charity, donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.