Held the second weekend of the annual 10-day festival, Arts & The Park, Studio Tours is a free self-guided tour of local artist studios. It offers a glimpse into the creative space of some of Hot Springs most well-known artists. A map and list to guide you through the participating studios will be pinned to this Facebook event, or stop by the Visitor Information Center at 629 Central Avenue to pick up a program with a map.

Blue Waters Fine Art and Craft Gallery
Laura Blue Waters, 430 Valley Street • Hot Springs
Showcases the works of local, regional, national, and international artists, including ironwork by Hot Springs’ own Tri-Lakes Ornamental Ironworks.

Lola’s Art Place
Lola Warren, 314 Pinewood St. • Hot Springs
I have worked with just about every art material imaginable including painting, metal, wood, fibers, ceramics, stone, and glass. I teach ceramics and fused glass at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, and glass casting at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock.

Crooked Little Studio Visual
Diana Garrison, 318 Arrowhead Dr. • Hot Springs
Artist, writer and designer in printmaking, painting, and education, working from garden-side studio, recently relocated to Hot Springs from San Francisco.

Dryden Pottery (open only Saturday, May 2nd)
Multiple Artists, 341 Whittington Ave. • Hot Springs
For over 80 years, Dryden Pottery has been producing high-quality ceramics with an artistic flair. Known worldwide, our in-house formulated glazes and clay mix were engineered by founder AJ Dryden. The Quartz crystal clay and glazes are sought after and easily recognized by collectors. Currently, 4th generation operated, we work tirelessly to create beautiful, high quality, one-of-a-kind, art pottery, sculptures, and functional pottery.

The Dungeon
Daniel Cassity, 318 Arrowhead Drive • Hot Springs
I am a visual storyteller emphasizing imagination within the still life genre. A few highlights from my resume include national and international exhibitions/competition awards, museum purchases, a short film, and magazine articles. Most recently, I have begun producing promotional videos for YouTube.

Gary Simmons Studio
Gary Simmons, 133 Brown St, • Hot Springs
Been an active artist of pen and ink, watercolor, and oil in the community since 1973. Taught pen workshops nationally, taught art at Henderson State for 22 years, and was awarded the Governor’s Individual Artist of the Year Award.

Gigi Gaulin Studio
Gigi Gaulin, 196 Gobert • Hot Springs
I love metal and sharing this work. I believe art has no map to follow; it is a process, as is anything else, and needs time and space to unfold and be expressed. Special exhibit during Studio Tours: Citizens of the Earth: Clan of Bones, in which thirteen women transform thirteen animal pelvis bones into an awakened “Tribe of Skulls.”

Highpoint Studio
Lori Arnold, Erma Stillsmith
105 Robertsridge • Hot Springs
Artists Lori Arnold and Erma Stillsmith. Enjoy a day of demonstrations, wonderful artwork, and refreshments. Sit by the fire pit or take a walk around the gardens or just take in the views. We are looking forward to showing you our latest creations.

Jeri Hillis Studio
Jeri Hillis, 125 Pullman Avenue • Hot Springs
Jeri Hillis is a professional working artist/teaching artist working in multiple mediums. She is known for oil paintings of historic architectural features of urban ruin landscapes and mixed media collages of detailed butterfly/moth watercolors with ephemeral fragments enhanced by her emotive brush strokes and pencil lines.

Richard Stephens Studio
Richard Stephens, 400 Pritchard • Hot Springs
I enjoyed a 48 year career in the world of commercial art. Overlapping the last 10 years was my rediscovery of my long lost love of Watercolor. For the last 23 years I have been producing about 250 paintings a year as well as teaching watercolor workshops all over the country. My style of painting would be termed Impressionist, viewing a recognizable subject painted quickly and loosely..letting the magic of watercolor do what it wants to do. I have been fortunate to have my work recognized, via competitions and publications, on a National and International level.

Stevie Spargo Studio
Stevie Spargo, 400 Prichard • Hot Springs
I work mainly with Acrylic Pours and Resin, creating both functional art and fine art decorative work. My creative products range from large tabletops and countertops, charcuterie boards of various sizes, cutting boards with intricate designs and colors, and one of a kind coaster sets to fine art wall pieces of various sizes and themes. I am available for commissions and love working with clients to create the perfect addition for their space.

The Tea Horse Koryu Foundation & Tea School
Jennifer Huffman, 134 Greenwood Avenue, Hot Springs
A Japanese tea practitioner and cultural educator and founder of The Tea Horse and the Tea Horse Korya Foundation, Jennifer shares the traditions of Japanese tea through demonstrations, workshops, and seasonal gatherings inspired by the aesthetics of the Way of Tea. A graduate of the Urasenke Midorikai program in Kyoto, her work focuses on building community through tea, hospitality, and cultural exchange. Her tea school serves as a gathering place for students and guests to experience the quiet beauty of tea practice and the spirit of harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility.