2024/2025 In-Person Encaustic Workshops & Retreats are Posted
Instead of more STUFF, give the gift of a creative Workshop or Retreat EXPERIENCE! Creative experiences keep on giving for a lifetime. Buy one for someone you love, buy one for yourself or both!
Before choosing a Retreat or Workshop, please be sure to read my Workshop & Retreat Guide to find out if a Workshop or a Retreat experience (or both!) is the best choice for you.
Stay tuned for a listing of my Virtual Live and Self-Guided Workshops and Lectures coming up in the next few weeks.
Color, Light & Layers Encaustic
October 18-19, 2024
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
Encaustic color mixing is a two-fold process that involves the mixing of color and the consideration of translucency/opacity--which when done correctly, can produce gorgeous paintings filled with translucency, vibrancy and light. This is the second time I’m teaching at Chester County Art Association and I can’t wait to return. Click the link above to find out more information about the workshop and to register.
VERMONT ENCAUSTIC RETREAT 1
The Alchemy of Transformation:
Encaustic, Fabric, Stains & Paint with Natural Processes & Materials
June 23-27, 2025
Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, Vermont
Brenda Howell and I team up for a second year to present this fun retreat combining raw, unconventional materials that echo the ever-changing unpredictability of the Vermont landscape. Lareau Farm Retreat offers comfortable country accommodations, farm to table meals, miles of hiking through meadow, forest, mountain and swimming in the Mad River. Please visit the link above for photo galleries and a detailed Retreat description and itinerary.
VERMONT ENCAUSTIC RETREAT 2
The Moody Blues: Encaustic, Indigo & Cyanotype
August 4-8, 2025
Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, Vermont
Brenda and I are excited to present this new addition to the Vermont Encaustic Retreats exploring the vibrant blues of indigo dye and the process of cyanotype on paper and fabric in combination with encaustic. Lareau Farm Retreat offers comfortable country accommodations, farm to table meals, miles of hiking through meadow, forest, mountain and swimming in the Mad River. Please visit the link above for photo galleries and a detailed Retreat description and itinerary.
Encaustic Embellishment Extravaganza
March 17-21, 2025
Aya Fiber Studio, Stuart, Florida
Explore flexible and exciting encaustic painting techniques to create complex, multi-layered pieces with intricate patterns and expressive personal surfaces. Aya Fiber Studio is located near miles of beautiful natural beaches set against a pristine horizon, which has plenty of space for you to stretch out and lounge in peace and have an idyllic fiber-cation. Please visit the link above for photo galleries and a detailed workshop description and registration.
Exploring Mixed-Media Encaustic & the Mark
September 22-26, 2025
Muses Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Participants will experiment with a wide variety of innovative processes and materials such as walnut ink, suminagashi, powdered graphite/charcoal, graphite bars, horsehair, pyrography and stitch in combination with abstract encaustic painting on paper and panel. Through listening, mapping, touching, collecting and communing with nature using all of the senses, our body's connection and its direct relationship to landscape is explored and experienced. Muses Santa Fe founder Stacy Dixon has created a space where connection to history, story, myth, and magic are always present, waiting to be discovered. Visit the link above for more information and registration.
Exploring Mixed-Media Narratives in Encaustic
September 1-2, 2025
Candian Encaustic Conference, Ontario, Canada
Utilizing the natural luminosity, textural and layering possibilities of encaustic, participants will combine and collage images, marks and texture to explore, communicate, or entertain through narrative. The Canadian Encaustic Conference is held on Owen Sound, which offers hiking with beautiful vistas along the Bruce Trail, two waterfalls and loads of inspiration on the shores of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Please save the date and bookmark the link above for registration information coming soon.