I am honored to teach art workshops at these amazing institutions, the Art Students League of Denver, Foothills Art Center, Golden CO and the Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, CO. I continually update workshop offerings to keep things fresh, so check back often! Each venue has their own registration, pricing and scheduling processes. Updated 4/15/21 but subject to change.
The Foothills Art Center, 809 Fifteenth St, Golden, CO
Registration: FoothillsArtCenter.org
May 1 & 2, Sat 10-4:00 and Sun 12-4:00
HOT ART: BASIC ENCAUSTIC TECHNIQUES
This two day, hands-on encaustic workshop includes discussion of materials, equipment, safety, history, substrates and techniques. We will learn to apply, fuse and layer the encaustic, discover the spontaneity of mark-making, adding and reducing texture, masking and stenciling, image transfer and more. Everyone goes home w/art!
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Curtis Center for the Arts - 2021
2349 East Orchard Road Greenwood Village, CO,
Registration: Curtis-Center-for-the-Arts
Sat & Sun, April 24 & 25
Expanding Your Encaustic Techniques
This two-day workshop is designed to expand your basic encaustic skills. Plan to experiment with techniques including painting, incising, accretion, sgraffito, image transfer, embedding, dipping or pouring wax and mono-printing. Phew, thats a lot!! NOTE: Prior experience with encaustic is required.
Sat & Sun, June 26 & 27
Alternative Printing Techniques- We will explore printing in a very loose and experimental way, using simple tools and techniques that yield surprising results. Think monotypes, collagraphs, gelli prints, making and using stencils, making and using stamps, found objects, positive and negative shapes. You will create a stack o’ prints on a variety of papers. All materials provided, come and be part of this creative experimentation.
Outside the Box Studio, Guest instructor
HOT ART: BASIC ENCAUSTIC TECHNIQUES
Tues, July 13 -Wed July 14, 8-3:00
This a high energy, hands-on encaustic adults workshop. We will explore encaustic techniques: making medium and paint, prepping substrates, fusing wax, layering translucent color, adding and reducing texture, masking, stencils, mark making, image transfer techniques & more. All materials provided, no experience necessary.
Registration: outsidethebox-studio.com
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Weehawken Creative Arts Center, 1075 Sherman St, Ridgeway, CO Registration: weehawkenarts.org
July 24 & 25, 10-4:00
EXPAND & EXPERIMENT WITH ENCAUSTIC
This two-day workshop is designed to expand your basic encaustic skills. Plan to experiment with techniques including painting, incising, accretion, sgraffito, image transfer, embedding, dipping or pouring wax and mono-printing. Phew, thats a lot!! NOTE: Prior experience with encaustic is required.