maryjo,
there is a woodcarving rendezvous in branson mo twice a year that has alot of different types of carving instructers as well as three caricature carvers that you carve with a different day throughout the week. here is the website,
www.woodcarvingrendezvous.com the fellow that puts it on is ed zinger.
as far as the cca is it is by invitation only, but there are some excellent carvers in there that have classes all over the place so you may find one teaching close by sometime,
hope this helps
bart