Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Encaustic Show Prospectus
Call for Submissions
Fifth Annual Encaustic Exhibition – March 2010
Conrad Wilde Gallery (Tucson, AZ) is reviewing submissions from artists working in the encaustic medium for inclusion in our Fifth Annual Encaustic Invitational to be held March, 6th 2010 through March 27th 2010.
Eligibility
• All 2D and 3D work that is hot wax-based is eligible.
• All work must be ready-to-exhibit with appropriate hardware.
• All works submitted must be available for sale.
• Any framed work that is accepted, frames must be approved by curator prior to delivery.
• All works submitted must be consistent with our selection criteria as described in our “General Call for Submissions” at the following website address: http://www.conradwildegallery.com/submissions.html
Submission Instructions
• Include 5-10 images of eligible work on CD Rom (4×6 jpeg 350dpi). Include detail images when helpful. Please include pictures of framing if applicable.
• Include image list identifying all images. Indicate: Artist Name, Date, Title, Medium, and Price.
• Include Artist Statement and Resume.
• A $35 non-refundable submission fee.
• Complete submission packages should be delivered or mailed to Conrad Wilde Gallery, Attn: 5th Annual Encaustic Invitational.
• All submissions must be received no later than October 25, 2009.
• Questions may be addressed to Elizabeth@conradwildegallery.com. Please, no phone calls.
• Email submissions are not accepted.
Dear readers and Texas Wax members,
I have been making quite a few changes to the website since Wednesday, July 22nd. I am continuing to make changes as it becomes apparent that one thing or another could be improved, so bear with me. Your suggestions are very welcome, as is your patience with the current round of changes.
This entire website was designed and created entirely as a volunteer effort of the part of Haley Nagy and yours truly. Although the base for the site is a simple WordPress blog and website, we have installed about 50 plugins to extend the functionality and allow artists to blog and to control their own gallery pages and profile pages. So, it has become a very complex site — many of the plugins have to interact with each other, and some of the base code has to be modified — in itself no small feat for another painter such as yourselves!
For those members who have not yet embarked on the fascinating journey of getting your artwork and profile listed on the site, I will be sending out little to-do’s for you over the next few weeks — just 1 or 2 small things at a time.
Feel free to forge ahead, however. Instructions for how to do most of the things you may want to do on the site are located on the pages in the Members Only section, and you must be logged in to read these pages. Most of the same instructions are also located all on one page on the FAQs page; however, some of the information linked there is accessible to logged-in members only.
I thank you for your patience; as I change things on the site, I also have to change the instructions, so one thing may lag behind the other. Eventually, and hopefully soon, the changes will be done, and everyone will have their work on the site, and be comfortable working in this new technical environment.
As always, if you have any problems with the site, just shoot me an email. Any questions you have that you think would benefit others can be asked and answered on the FAQs page or in the Forum (forum has been removed due to lack of use).
Now to paint!
Your webmaster,
Marilyn
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New Space to Learn Ancient Art
Grand Opening at the Encaustic Center
Metroplex artists now have a new space in which to learn about encaustic painting, an ancient wax painting technique that has made a strong comeback in the last few years. Encaustic painting involves melting beeswax and a natural resin and then adding pigments to create colored paint. The wax paint is brushed on when it’s hot and once cool, can be scratched, scraped, and manipulated to create many interesting finishes.
The Encaustic Center is the result of a collaboration between artists Bonny Leibowitz and Deanna Wood. Leibowitz has been teaching drawing and painting classes at her Bonny Studio in Richardson for four years. When the space next door opened up, she contacted encaustic artist Deanna Wood and they turned the space into The Encaustic Center.
Bonny and Deanna, photo by Junanne Peck
“We wanted to create a space where we could teach workshops and classes, sell supplies, exhibit artwork, and generally spread the word about the flexibility and beauty of encaustic painting,” says Wood, who has been painting with encaustic for five years.
Leibowitz added, “Painting with wax is a beautiful and entrancing journey; giving the work an elusive glow. Creating with and teaching this process is joyous and allows for each person’s unique sense of expression.”
This August, The Encaustic Center is featuring Waxy 100, an exhibit of 100 encaustic works for under $100. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, August 14 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm.
The Encaustic Center is now up and running at 580 West Arapaho, Suite 271, with Wood and Leibowitz offering workshops, workdays, supplies, exhibition space for encaustic artists, and soon offering the option for students to take ongoing weekly classes.
For more information, please visit The Encaustic Center’s website.
Wood Whispers by Deanna Wood
Into by Bonny Leibowitz
History & Hot Wax Encaustic Exhibit
Five members of the Texas Wax Austin group will have their paintings on display at the Museo Gallery in Northwest Austin from July 20 through October 18, 2009. Kristy Darnell Battani, Marilyn Fenn, Daphne Holland, Sharon Kyle Kuhn, and Roxi McCloskey Morris will be in attendance for the opening reception of their work, Thursday July 23, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Wine and appetizers will be served, and there will be chances to win prizes during the reception.
Please join us at:
11266 Taylor Draper Lane
Austin, TX 78759
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The Cy-Fair Lifestyles and Homes magazine features Julia Koivumaa and Gwendolyn Punkett of the Texas Wax Houston group this month. The article, entitled “Ancient Art Form Sees Revival Due to Ready Availability of Electricity,” gives a great introduction to the subject of encaustic painting, and can be read at Cy-Fair Lifestyles and Homes.
