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Week of Events
Monday, July 13, 2026
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July 13, 2026 -Drop-in Metalsmithing
Drop-in Metalsmithing
Drop into the Metals Studio for a three-hour session to work on your class projects or individually driven artworks. One of our expert metals artists will be monitoring the studio to offer advice and direction towards completing your artwork. Each three-hour session provides an opportunity to develop and refine your skills in an independently focused...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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July 15, 2026 -Art Start
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July 15, 2026 -Wednesday Spins
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July 15, 2026 -Art Insights: Playing Dead
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July 15, 2026 -Drop-in Figure Drawing
Art Start
Nurture your early learner’s creativity through art, music, movement, and play! Art Start invites toddlers and preschoolers to explore in a welcoming environment that encourages curiosity, imagination, and growth. Each session features a story, song, and art-making activity, plus a special letter or instrument of the day to spark hands-on discovery for families and caregivers...
Wednesday Spins
Elevate your midweek mood at Wednesday Spins! Experience a night of art, music, drinks, and socializing over beautiful views of the Museum. Kick back with craft cocktails, enjoy music mixed by DJ Nick Hud, pop into the Galleries to explore the art on view, and strike a pose in the photo booth with your friends....
Art Insights: Playing Dead
Explore the wit, resilience, and power of Shakespeare’s women with the author of Performing Shakespeare’s Women: Playing Dead – noted Shakespeare scholar, Dr. Paige Martin Reynolds. In this engaging conversation, Reynolds examines comic heroines and tragic visionaries and how these classic characters navigate performance, silence, agency, and identity. Live performances of iconic scenes by local...
Drop-in Figure Drawing
Immerse yourself in a three-hour drawing session set in an untutored environment at the Windgate Art School. This dynamic experience will feature a variety of timed poses with draped and undraped models, providing an excellent opportunity for first-time students and experienced artists alike to hone their skills. Students must be 18+ to attend, as the...
Thursday, July 16, 2026
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July 16, 2026 -The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
Experience Shakespeare’s classic The Comedy of Errors as you have never seen it before —a fast-paced, 90-minute, five-actor production bursting with SHAKE Theatre’s signature audience interaction, slapstick, live music, and high-energy physical comedy. When two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, unknowingly arrive in the same city, chaos erupts in a whirlwind of mistaken identity, comic...
Friday, July 17, 2026
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July 17, 2026 -Art For Two: Pottery on the Wheel
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July 17, 2026 -Art for Two: Paper Marbling
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July 17, 2026 -The Comedy of Errors
Art For Two: Pottery on the Wheel
Explore the fundamental steps of wheel throwing in this fun, hands-on workshop. Guided by an expert ceramic artist, learn essential techniques including centering, pulling, and forming clay, while finishing your own functional, one-of-a-kind ceramic piece. Your creations will be fired and ready for pick up approximately four weeks after the class. Art For Two is...
Art for Two: Paper Marbling
Create colorful artwork through the process of marbling paper. Mix, swirl, and layer colors over water to imitate a stone-like surface. Every paper marble design will be slightly different as it is transferred onto paper. This workshop provides a simple, enjoyable, and immersive experience into the world of marbling! Art For Two is the perfect...
The Comedy of Errors
Experience Shakespeare’s classic The Comedy of Errors as you have never seen it before —a fast-paced, 90-minute, five-actor production bursting with SHAKE Theatre’s signature audience interaction, slapstick, live music, and high-energy physical comedy. When two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, unknowingly arrive in the same city, chaos erupts in a whirlwind of mistaken identity, comic...
Saturday, July 18, 2026
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July 18, 2026 -Creative Saturdays
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July 18, 2026 -Raku Firing and Glazing Workshop
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July 18, 2026 -Pattern in Metal: Texture & Type Workshop
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July 18, 2026 -Fireside Chair Making Workshop
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July 18, 2026 -Shakespeare and Puppetry Workshop with Josh Rice
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July 18, 2026 -Spotlight Tour: Portrait Stories
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July 18, 2026 -Gallery-Inspired Figure Drawing Workshop
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July 18, 2026 -The Comedy of Errors
Creative Saturdays
Scratch away to reveal bold, high-contrast images in this hands-on scratchboard art experience. Take inspiration from the creativity of the 65th Young Arkansas Artists exhibition to experiment with line, texture, and contrast and bring your own unique vision to life. At Creative Saturdays, guests of all ages and abilities are welcome. Just drop in and...
Raku Firing and Glazing Workshop
Learn all about the basics of raku firing! Two pieces of pottery will be provided for you to decorate, glaze, and fire. Experienced students can bring two hand-sized wheel-thrown or handbuilt bisqueware to glaze and fire. The instructor will demonstrate proper safety, glazing techniques, and preparing materials. The Windgate Art School is generously supported by...
Pattern in Metal: Texture & Type Workshop
Discover a unique approach to surface design by transforming text into abstract art. In this workshop, learn to use letter and number stamps on copper to create intricate, rhythmic, and layered patterns. Once your design is set, you will experience the thrill of enameling as your piece is fired with transparent enamel to reveal and...
Fireside Chair Making Workshop
This one-session workshop offers an excellent introduction to hand tools used commonly in woodworking to create a traditional fireside chair from readily available 2x12-inch lumber. Gain hands-on experience using a variety of tools, including the circular saw, miter saw, jig saw, cordless hand-drill and router. Under expert guidance, you will measure, layout the project and...
Shakespeare and Puppetry Workshop with Josh Rice
Bring the world of Shakespeare to life through bold, high-energy puppetry in this hands-on workshop with SHAKE Theatre of New York. Led by Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director Josh Rice—a two-time Jim Henson Foundation Award recipient and founder of the New York State Puppet Festival—participants will design and build their own puppets and develop the...
Spotlight Tour: Portrait Stories
Drop in and discover how artists use portraits to tell stories about identity on a free docent-led tour through the galleries! With this fun, engaging, and immersive experience, guests of all ages are invited to explore the art on view through pose, clothing, and symbolism. Consider how artists shaped the way their subjects were seen,...
Gallery-Inspired Figure Drawing Workshop
Explore masterful figurative artworks on view in the Galleries and draw your own inspired figurative work of art. An expert artist will lead you through the Galleries to view select artworks in person and then return to the studio to instruct techniques of figurative drawing in this hands-on workshop. Working with a live draped model,...
The Comedy of Errors
Experience Shakespeare’s classic The Comedy of Errors as you have never seen it before —a fast-paced, 90-minute, five-actor production bursting with SHAKE Theatre’s signature audience interaction, slapstick, live music, and high-energy physical comedy. When two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, unknowingly arrive in the same city, chaos erupts in a whirlwind of mistaken identity, comic...
Sunday, July 19, 2026
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July 19, 2026 -Making Together: Minature Dioramas
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July 19, 2026 -Making Together: Fused Glass Mosaics
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July 19, 2026 -The Comedy of Errors
Making Together: Minature Dioramas
Construct a miniature world inspired by your favorite place or an imagined dream home in this collaborative parent-and-child workshop inspired by AMFA's exhibition A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time. Working together, participants will design a layout, build architectural elements, and craft furniture and decor out of basic art supplies to bring...
Making Together: Fused Glass Mosaics
Create a luminous fused glass mosaic inspired by the quiet scenes of AMFA's exhibition Will Barnet: Seasons of Life in this collaborative parent-and-child workshop. Working together, plan a simple composition, arrange glass pieces, and explore color and layering to reflect a moment or feeling, creating a finished piece that will be kiln-fused after the session....
The Comedy of Errors
Experience Shakespeare’s classic The Comedy of Errors as you have never seen it before —a fast-paced, 90-minute, five-actor production bursting with SHAKE Theatre’s signature audience interaction, slapstick, live music, and high-energy physical comedy. When two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, unknowingly arrive in the same city, chaos erupts in a whirlwind of mistaken identity, comic...