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AMFA offers children a variety of affordable, accessible, and playful educational experiences exploring the visual and performing arts. By attending interactive programs that encourage doing and making and cultivate curiosity in a nurturing learning environment, students foster a love of the arts as they grow into adulthood and beyond.
Explore our available offerings by grade level below, and please review our guidelines and policies before registering for a class.
Registration closes on January 9, 2024. If spots in a class are still available once this deadline passes, you may register with Guest Services by calling 501.372.4000.
Making Together: Ceramic Lanterns (All Ages)
In this one-day workshop, discover the joy of artmaking together while creating a clay lantern with cut-outs for light to shine through.
Each ticket covers the cost of admission one child and one grown-up. Workshop participants will be contacted to pick up lanterns after the firing process has concluded.
Price: $41 Members / $52 Non-Members
Location: Ceramics Studio (L40)
Instructor: Jacquline Currie
Date: Saturdays, January 27, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 4 p.m.
Grades K-2
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Acting: Fairytale Playtime
Explore the art of storytelling using the classic fairytales. Develop the characters through acting games and engage the imagination to devise a new adventure for classic fairytale characters. Build life skills in communication, emotional expression, and teamwork.
Price: $102 Members / $128 Non-Members
Location: Rockefeller Lecture Hall
Instructor: Destaney Duguid
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Tuesdays, January 16 - March 5, 2023
Time: 4 - 5 p.m. -
Paint, Draw, Make: Animals
Does your child love animals? This class uses their favorite animals as subjects in a variety of 2-D and 3-D art projects. Create a zoo with new friends while trying out printmaking, painting, sculpture and more.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructor: Sharon Boyd Struthers
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, January 18 - March 7, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6 p.m. -
Clay, Play, and Explore
Handbuilding is a fun and easy introduction to creating with clay. Design in your mind and create with your hands. Use pinching, coiling, and slabs to create forms and sculptures from clay.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Ceramics Studio (L40)
Instructor: Lauren Crutchfield
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Saturdays, January 20 - March 9, 2024
Time: 9 - 10:30 a.m. -
Art for Homeschool (Grades K-6)
Experience drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, and more all while developing art appreciation skills during visits to the Galleries.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructor: Jacqueline Currie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, January 18 - March 7, 2024
Time: 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Grades 3-5
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Creating With Color
In this engaging class, students embark on an artistic journey inspired by the exhibition Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s to 1970s. This exhibition showcases the incredible work of Native American artists who drew inspiration from the Abstract Expressionism movement.Our goal is to use this unique blend of cultural influences to inspire young artists to explore the world of color.
Through hands-on activities, discussions, and art projects, students will learn about the power of color in art and its cultural significance. Techniques include collage, image transfers, painting, and found object assemblage.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructor: Lauren Crutchfield
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Tuesdays, January 16 - March 5, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6 p.m. -
Creative Movement
Explore the element of movement, fundamental to all performing arts. Learn how movement conveys emotions and enhances storytelling. Build life skills in self-expression, creativity, and empathy.
Price: $102 Members / $128 Non-Members
Location: Glass Box
Instructor: Brandon Nichols
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Wednesdays, January 17 - March 6, 2024
Time: 4:45 - 5:45 p.m. -
Clay Creations
Handbuilding is a fun and easy introduction to creating with clay. Design in your mind and create with your hands. Use pinching, coiling, and slabs to create forms and sculptures from clay.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Ceramics Studio (L40)
Instructor: India Childress
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Saturdays, January 20 - March 9, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -
Art for Homeschool (Grades K-6)
Experience drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, and more all while developing art appreciation skills during visits to the Galleries.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructor: Jacqueline Currie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, January 18 - March 7, 2024
Time: 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Grades 6-8
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Musical Theatre
Learn the basics of Musical Theatre. With a combination of vocal work, dance and acting, take on creative freedom to portray emotion through song and dance. Enjoy working as an ensemble while developing skills in communication, empathy, and self-awareness.
Price: $128 Members / $160 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructor: Brandon Nichols
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Mondays, January 15 - March 4, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 5:45 p.m. -
Creating With Clay
Explore basic handbuilding techniques along with an introduction to wheel throwing. Learn decoration techniques your creations with underglazes and glazing.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Ceramics Studio (L40)
Instructor: Lauren Crutchfield
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Wednesdays, January 17 - March 6, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6 p.m. -
Paint, Draw, and Explore
This class will focus on printmaking, painting, and drawing. Students will have a chance to explore these three mediums with hands-on projects and view and study related works in the Galleries.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructor: India Childress
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Wednesdays, January 17 - March 6, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6 p.m. -
Art for Homeschool (Grades K-6)
Experience drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, and more all while developing art appreciation skills during visits to the Galleries.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructor: Jacqueline Currie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, January 18 - March 7, 2024
Time: 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Grades 9-12
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Teen Drawing Intensive
Begin to build your portfolio while exploring and honing drawing concepts and techniques.
Price: $140 Members / $175 Non-Members
Location: Drawing Studio (L48)
Instructors: Michael Shaeffer
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Tuesdays, January 16 - March 5, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6 p.m. -
Acting: Devised Theatre
Explore the art of devised theatre and learn how to shape ideas into stories. Develop characters, scenes, and dialogue through collaborative exercises and improvisational games. Build life skills in creative thinking, communication, and teamwork.
Price: $102 Members / $128 Non-Members
Location: Rockefeller Lecture Hall
Instructors: Emily Swenskie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Wednesdays, January 17 - March 6, 2024
Time: 4:45 - 5:45 p.m. -
Teen Clay Intensive
This class is designed for students who are brand new to pottery or those who are more advanced and want to continue building skills. Take advantage of opportunities for handbuilding, wheel throwing, and glazing.
Price: $160 Members / $200 Non-Members
Location: Ceramics Studio (L47)
Instructors: Jacqueline Currie
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Wednesdays, January 17 - March 6, 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6 p.m. -
Portfolio Development
The focus of this class is to build a stronger portfolio for high school students. Strengths of each student, as well as opportunities, will determine assignments. The class will be broken down to drawing, painting, and design. Focus on creating unique work that will make your portfolio stand out.
Price: $168 Members / $210 Non-Members
Location: Flex Studio I & II (L49)
Instructors: Michael Shaeffer
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Thursdays, January 18 - March 7, 2024
Time: 6 - 8 p.m. -
Digital Drawing for Teens
Learn how modern technology is changing drawing by learning to draw on a tablet device, gaining understanding of the different digital brushes, tools, and techniques one can use when sketching on a screen.
Price: $168 Members / $210 Non-Members
Location: Drawing Studio (L48)
Instructors: Rachel Cobler
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Saturdays, January 20 - March 9, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. -
Teen 3-D Intensive
This intensive will focus on sculpture using found objects and small metals techniques. Students will explore several sculptural techniques while learning safety and tools in the Metals Studio through hands-on projects.
Price: $168 Members / $210 Non-Members
Location: Metals Studio (L39)
Instructors: Lauren Crutchfield
Length: Eight Weeks
Dates: Saturdays, January 20 - March 9, 2024
Time: 1 - 3 p.m. -
Audition Workshop: Musical Theatre
Prepare for spring musical auditions by walking through the process of trying out for a role in musical theatre and receiving constructive feedback from a musical theatre professional.
Bring a short monologue and music to work on with the instructor. Wear comfortable clothing for movement.
Price: $58 Members / $72 Non-Members
Location: Performing Arts Theater
Instructors: Brandon Nichols
Length: One Day
Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024
Time: 1 - 4 p.m.