Arkansas Craft School ARTIST INSTRUCTOR RECEPTION
and
GALLERY OPENING
Friday, March 8
5-6:30 pm
Free for Members & Guests
Exhibiting Artist Instructors are those offering classes in April and May, including Adrian Deckbar (Color Theory and Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain), Rusti Barger (Beginner Rigid Heddle Weaving), Ed Alexander (Beginning Digital Photography), Dianne Petty (Learn to Knit in a Day), La’Nelle Gambrell (Encaustic Photo Collage), Loretta Babak (Reverse Glass Painting), Mike Engle (Beginner Glass Bead Making), Tom Dunn (Introduction to Wood Turning), Marcia Wallace (Drawing Perspective for Artists), and Daphne Morton (Kids’ Crafts Workshop Series).
Join us to socialize with other members and guests and get to know our April workshop Artist Instructors and their extraordinary creations. If you are a Member of ACS, please bring a guest with you. If you are not a Member, find a Member to come with you, or drop in and join.
Light refreshments will be served. Door Prizes. As a special treat, we will again have Charley Sandage offering up his talents to entertain us.
The Gallery Exhibition will be open to the public Wednesday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm. Please drop by to see these amazing creations from our Artist Instructors.
APRIL CLASSES
Beginning
Digital Photography
with Ed Alexander
Reverse Glass Painting
with Loretta Babak
Rigid Heddle Weaving
with Rusti Barger
Learn to Knit in a Day
with Dianne Petty
Drawing
with Adrian Deckbar
Beginner Glass Bead Making
with Mike Engle
MAY CLASSES
Drawing Perspective for Artists
with Marcia Wallace
Introduction to Wood Turning
with Tom Dunn
Encaustic Photo Collage
with La’Nelle Gambrell
Kids’ Crafts Workshop Series
with Daphne Morton
For more information about dates, times and other information contact the Arkansas Craft School
Arkansas Craft School | (870) 269-8397 | www.arkansascraftschool.org
Cathy Drew is a lifelong resident of the region that she loves to promote. She was born in downtown Batesville in the late ’60s, located in one of the eight counties she now enjoys encouraging people to visit.
Drew became associated with the Ozark Gateway Region in 1990 while working at the ad agency (The Media Market Inc.). The agency handled marketing for the regional association, where she and her co-workers produced an annual tabloid publication. She began working as the Ozark Gateway Region director in June 2000.
After Drew became director, she took the region to the next level by helping the tourism organization create a new website and moved it from the old newspaper paper tabloid publication to a color magazine format. She helped open a visitor center for the Ozark Gateway, allowing visitors to pick up information from the entire state 24/7. Over the years, Drew has helped the organization meet new marketing goals, such as in- and out-of-state marketing, assuring that all 100,000 copies of their magazines are distributed each year.
In 2016, she assisted in creating the first Ozark Gateway Region Golf Classic. The tournament continues to grow each year, allowing the organization to expand its co-op program and helping each county have dedicated promotion. Drew stays busy at Ozark Gateway as the ad sales manager, magazine editor, day-to-day office operations, trade show representative, and magazine distribution representative, all while ensuring that the region is represented all over Arkansas and southern Missouri.
Drew was featured in several local and statewide publications over the years, as well as the 1997 cover of the Ozark Gateway Region tabloid, along with her then 4-year-old son, Jon. She has received several awards, such as the Batesville Rotarian of the Year in 2010 and a three-time Paul Harris Fellow.
She also has served as an Independence County election commissioner for several years. She now serves as their co-election coordinator, helping with behind-the-scenes management of voting equipment, day-to-day election deadlines, and poll worker training.
Drew is Batesville Rotary Club Past President, and is the Rotary Clubs’ current membership chair.
In March of 2018, Drew was honored with induction into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame for her many years of dedicated service to the tourism industry.