Call for Images

I am submitting a proposal for a Texas Wax Members  show at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin , Texas.  The show will be for a month in 2011, if the proposal is accepted. We will not know the exact date of the show until we get accepted, but we are requesting the months of September, December or April. If you wish to be a part of this show please send me at least three digital images of your work. Each art work should be no larger than 16 in. x 20 in. , and have been completed in the last 5 years.  The art work do not have to be exactly what will be in the show, but should be a good indicator of your work,  Images should  the artist’s name, title of work, medium,  dimensions (height x width x depth) and date completed.  Please submit images and any questions to me at dianne1530@yahoo.com. The deadline for the images to me is March 20th, 2010.

Caryl Gordon at The Encaustic Center

Caryl Gordon

Redefining Nature

Opening Reception
Friday, February 19th, 2010
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

The Encaustic Center
580 W. Arapaho Rd. #271
Richardson, TX 75080
www.theencausticcenter.com

Caryl will be doing an encaustic wax demonstration of her collaging process
incorporating some of her original materials at 7:00

The encaustics evolved from the monoprints I have been creating over the past 14 years.
They are essentially collages using wax as an adherent. I also use the wax to paint areas of
the collage. When I construct my monoprints, I often use found objects of flat metal, plastic
or wood with unusual textures and shapes to emboss my plates. I now use these same textures and
shapes in my encaustics in a variety of ways. Sometimes, I will cut up my monoprints to basically
recycle them, using the chosen portions for collage purposes. In addition, I make my own fabric
designs on raw canvas using the before-mentioned found objects as stencils, spray painting the
canvas with fabric dyes. I use these pieces of cloth in my collages as well. In fact, I use whatever
I can find that interests me, a real recycling endeavor, for collaging, stenciling, stamping, tracing, etc.
I have been a fine art printmaker since 1996, making mostly monoprints in my home studio in Plano,Texas. I started my art education at the Art Student’s League in New York City during high school, studied a year at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and received my BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture in New York City in 1975. After four children and a freelance photography business, I went back to my art full time. Since then, my prints have been in juried shows in museums, galleries, universities and art centers all over the country. Just last year I discovered The Encaustic Center in Richardson, Texas and my passion for encaustics came alive! I am tremendously excited by what is for me a new medium, and I hope y’all enjoy looking at my encaustic collage/paintings as much as I have enjoyed creating them! To view more of my work, please visit my website at www.carylcgordon.com.

Hot Texas Wax Show at 1550 Gallery in Kerrville

Join the members of  Texas Wax/SA for the opening of their new exhibit, Texas Hot Wax at the 1550 Gallery in Kerrville, TX on Saturday, February 13 from 4:00-6:00pm.   There will be a free demonstration of encaustics at the Gallery at 1:00 and again at 2:00.

Classes and Workshops

Michelle Belto is teaching on-going weekend workshops and classes in beginning and intermediate encaustics in three locations in San Antonio.  Her website www.michellebelto.com has the most updated list of locations and times.

Texas Wax Logo Competition

RULES & ENTRY PROCEDURE
Texas Wax, a Texas non-profit arts organization, invites you to submit an entry to its Logo Competition. We appreciate your participation and wish you good luck!

CONCEPT OF COMPETITION
Artwork should embody the spirit and mission statement of Texas Wax (please see below). It will become the visual identification for the Texas Wax non-profit entity and will be the property of Texas Wax. Selected artwork will be used as the primary logo for the organization on its website and other marketing materials.

RULES OF COMPETITION
1. Submit original artwork or comprehensive layouts. The work must be original. Design must incorporate original ideas of the artist. Because the artwork will receive widespread exposure, the design may not be a close derivative of an existing logo.

2. Entrants are encouraged to include with their entries a brief explanation of how the design of the logo reflects Texas Wax. The logo should be suitable for adaptation to a variety of formats, such as the Texas Wax printed materials, website, etc. The logo should maintain its appearance well in different sizes. The logo must work in black and white, grayscale, and in color. The logo should incorporate the name “Texas Wax” and may, but is not required, to include the words “Encaustic Arts.”

3. Board members and officers of Texas Wax are NOT ELIGIBLE to participate. All Associate Members of Texas Wax are eligible and encouraged to participate. It is not necessary however to be an Associate Member of Texas Wax to submit an entry.

4. The artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Texas Wax LLC from and against any damages or losses sustained as a result of any design that is not original. By submitting an entry the artist certifies that he/she is the author of the material submitted to Texas Wax and that if the entry is selected, Texas Wax and its licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any media. By submitting an entry the artist further agrees if his/her entry is selected he/she will assign free of charge all exclusive and transferable rights to use, publish, advertise, copy, modify, alter and reproduce the logo in any possible manner (commercial and non-commercial).

JUDGES
Texas Wax will select judges for the competition that may include representatives from the Texas Wax board, professional graphic designers and representatives from the arts community. Judges will not know the identity of the entrants and will base their decision solely on the artistic merit of the entry.

AWARDS
The winning artist will receive a $250 cash award and will be identified on the Texas Wax website with a link to the artist’s website, if requested.

ELIGIBILITY
1. To be eligible to win the $250 cash award, entrants must be 18 years of age or older and reside in the state of Texas at the time of the competition.
2. Entries submitted must be the original artwork or design of the entrant.
3. Each entry should contain the design of the logo, including any associated lettering. Each entry must include the entry form (below) with the following information: name, address, email, phone number, and signature.
4. Entries should be submitted as jpeg, tiff or eps files and should not exceed 3MB in size.
5. There are no fees to submit an entry. Limit one logo submission per person.

CALENDAR
All entries must be emailed by March 1, 2010 to Sharon Kyle Kuhn of Texas Wax at: bay6studio@gmail.com. In lieu of email submissions, digital files may be sent on a CD to Sharon Kyle Kuhn at: 5305 Bolm Rd, Unit6, Austin, TX 78721. Mailed entries must be postmarked by March 1, 2010 to be considered.

April 2, 2010
Winning artwork and artist will be announced. All entrants will be notified by email when judging is completed.

MORE INFORMATION
Contact Deanna Wood, Texas Wax Communications Committee Chair – 972.345.9968 or deanna.wood@verizon.net

TEXAS WAX MISSION STATEMENT
Texas Wax is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support, educate, and promote the efforts of its associate members in the creation, exhibition and distribution of encaustic arts in Texas. Texas Wax provides support and education for its associates through workshops, seminars and group meetings regarding the use of the medium, business advice and artistic review. Texas Wax promotes the efforts of its associate members through group shows, digital media and marketing materials. In addition to the services provided to its associate members, Texas Wax promotes encaustic arts throughout the state of Texas and beyond through programming, events and educational materials that educate art collectors, art dealers, aspiring artists, students and the general community.

—————— include completed entry form with your entry ——————-

ENTRY FORM

Name:

Address:

Phone:

email:

The artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Texas Wax LLC from and against any damages or losses sustained as a result of any design that is not original. By submitting an entry the artist certifies that he/she is the author of the material submitted to Texas Wax and that if the entry is selected, Texas Wax and its licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any media. By submitting an entry the artist further agrees if his/her entry is selected he/she will assign free of charge all exclusive and transferable rights to use, publish, advertise, copy, modify, alter and reproduce the logo in any possible manner (commercial and non-commercial).

Signature:

Date:

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Mail completed entry form to:
Texas Wax Logo Competition
5305 Bolm Rd, Unit6
Austin, TX 78721

Texas Wax – Dallas FUSION

Pictures from the opening reception of FUSION at the PFAMily Arts gallery, Plano, TX.
Exhibition will be up from February 6 – March 26 at the art center, 4017 Preston Rd., Plano, TX

http://texaswaxdallas.blogspot.com/2010/02/dallas-wax-fusion.html