The entire conference takes place at the Provincetown Inn, NOT at Castle Hill in Truro!
Please Note: This schedule is subject to updates and change, please check back in as the Conference dates approach!
Registration opens in the Lobby at 8:30am
Vendor Room Opens at 9:00
Friday, May 31st
9:30 - 10:30
TALK: Monotype and Encaustic
Deb Claffey
This talk is a survey of artists who work with monotypes and encaustic in complex and personal ways. It will cover artists who make encaustic monotypes, artist who use monotypes in other mediums with encaustic, and artists who use their monotypes to make mixed media 2- or 3-D work.
TALK: Print Installations
Jeffrey Hirst
This talk will cover contemporary artists working with print installations and a brief history of print installation work.
DEMO: When Wax Meets Paper: The Art of Skin Papers
Gabriela Sánchez
Dive into the captivating world of skin papers with encaustic in this one-hour demo. Discover how the ancient technique of encaustic painting, seamlessly melds with delicate, thin papers to produce mesmerizing art pieces. From understanding the fundamentals of encaustic painting and the allure of skin papers to delving into intricate processes and creative techniques, this conference offers a comprehensive exploration of this unique intersection of materials and methods.
10:30 - 11:30 BREAK
10:45 - 11:15: Welcome and Orientation for Newcomers!
with Cherie Mittenthal
11:30 - 12:30
DEMO: Encaustic Painting and the Faux Gilded Frame
Leslie Giuliani
The way a painting is presented can make ALL the difference. Using simple tools, Ampersand Encausticbords and gorgeous R&F metallic paints, we can create a gilded frame to showcase our paintings. This is a wonderful technique that can really set your work apart.
TALK: Mapping an Artist Family Tree
Patricia Miranda
A map, like an artwork, is a tool for locating and understanding. Mapping your artist family is a powerful exercise to place your work with its contemporary relations. Placing your work in context can locate the constellations of discourses in your work, clarify important themes and ideas, find other artists engaged in related conversations, reveal the spaces where we need to up our game, map where those conversations are taking place, and help point us to a professional path for the work. This participatory talk will introduce the ideas of the Artist family, along with some fun exercises to build your family tree, and discover how to use mapping to support your studio and professional practice.
TALK: Inspiration Meets Intent
Karen Bright
In building knowledge in methods and process, one can achieve greater meaning in their creative work. This knowledge base can be further augmented by constantly looking at both contemporary and historical work which, in essence, plant the seeds of inspiration driving the creative process forward. Examples of work that provides this for my own artistic vision, keeping me in ‘experimentation mode,’ will be shared and discussed.
12:30 - 1:30 BUFFET LUNCH
1:30 - 2:30
DEMO: Beginning Encaustic
Isabelle Gaborit
TALK: Fresco and Encaustic Synergy
Bettina Egli
TALK: Thinking Through Space
Christine Aaron
Are you working dimensionally and interested in shaping space with your work? Are you challenged and intrigued by site specific work and installation? This talk will feature artists who create sculpture and installation that utilize space to actively engage the viewer, and include insights into the evolution of the thinking process inherent in envisioning dimensional work in space. How these artists address space and use it as one of the elements integral to the success of the work itself, as well as consideration of scale, lighting, height, movement, placement and sound will be illustrated and addressed.
2:30 - 3:00 BREAK
3:00 - 5:00
PANEL: The State of Encaustic After a Generation
Joanne Mattera, Darin Seim, and Marla Rice
Moderated by: Cherie Mittenthal
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
9:30 - 11:30: KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Petah Coyne
11:30 - 12:00 BREAK
12:00 - 1:00 BUFFET LUNCH
1:00 - 2:30
DEMO: Cold Composition in Encaustic Printmaking
David A. Clark
This demo is designed to show the viewer how to use the manipulation of heat, specifically working cold, in order to expand the possibilities of encaustic printing. Manipulating the encaustic printmaking process to “compose cold” and then introduce heat in order to activate the paint and then print the image can assist the artist with registration, composition and give the printmaker precious time to build an image and think through their ideas before committing paper to paint.
TALK: More Material Possibilities
Nancy Natale
We live in an era of sound bites and talking heads, nut grafs and pull quotes—in other words, a world in
which a lot of information must be presented concisely but cogently. A concise and well-crafted Artist Statement offers a pathway to your work. What makes an Artist Statement good (or bad)? How do you write a good one? Come and find out. This talk is for artists at any stage of their career.
2:30 - 3:00 BREAK
3:00 - 4:30
DEMO: How Far Can Color Go
Lisa Pressman and Richard Frumess
This will be a demonstration of different ways to build a color harmony starting with just one color and seeing how far it can go just by itself before adding another color and methodically building up a rich palette.
The demonstration will be done with Pigment Sticks.
TALK: SUMINAGASHI and Encaustic
Laura Moriarity
This will be a talk about how I have incorporated suminagashi into my art practice, how it appeals to my natural interest in process, and working with the materials and forces of nature. The talk will branch out to include a bit about my residency experience on Rabbit Island, and how that opened up my way of thinking about suminagashi as almost collaborating with nature. I will also share a short video that shows my method of working on suminagashi in the wild.
TALK: Curatorial Thinking
Joanne Mattera
There are many kinds of curators and many ways to curate. If you’re thinking about curating, I’ve got strategies and ideas to inspire and encourage you.
4:45 Postcard Sale Opens! AND Book Signing.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
9:30 - 12:30 Hotel Fair, Postcard Show, Book Signing
12:30 - 1:30 Buffet Lunch
VENDOR ROOM CLOSES AFTER LUNCH!
1:30 - 2:30
DEMO: Color Knowledge is Color Power
Jodi Reeb
Color is often the first choice you make when starting a painting and how you use color can change the content and message of your artwork. In this demo, you’ll learn how to mix any color and why tone is the most important factor in matching a color as well as how to mix a diverse range of hues. Painting with a limited palette will improve your color-mixing skills and confidence. We will explore translucent and opaque hues and the wonderful advantages of painting with wax!
TALK: Are You Exhibition and Press Ready?
Kelly Milukus
Your artwork is made, photographed, mounted or framed, and wired to hang, but are you press ready? This skill building session will provide tips, tools, and strategies that will help you organize media kits and websites, provide compelling visuals, prepare for interviews, writing press releases and getting them read, and making a quality media lists to fit your needs. Timelines and processes will be shared, and cues to be warming up your e-mail list and social media fans months in advance.
TALK: Poke, Sew, Dip: Exploring the Possibilities of Paper, Thread and Wax
Milisa Galazzi
I will introduce the participants to the myriad possibilities of working with paper, thread and wax. In addition, I will share mages or actual works that I have created using these materials and techniques, provide information about types of paper as well as vendors who provide a multitude of options. I will also showcase images and information about other artists who also poke, sew and dip, and review a few different types of stitches that I have found work well when sewing on and through paper. Issues around installation and exhibiting works on paper as well as shipping and storing paper works which are sewn and which incorporate encaustic will be covered.
2:30 - 3:00 BREAK
3:00 - 4:00
DEMO: Unlikely Alternatives: Encaustic and Mixed Media
Wayne Montecalvo
This demo will address combining encaustic with various mediums. Incorporating acrylic paint, water color, India ink, powdered charcoal, stain block (house paint) are a few of the methods that will be demonstrated.
Processes will include working with digitally printed imagery, monotype, and silkscreen prints, as well as other suitable collage materials. In addition to working on panels, alternative substrates (FoamCoat on foam panels, as well as encaustic and shellac on glass) will also be shown. The demo will address ways to manipulate images and to push the digital print into something unique. Mark making, re-assembling, distorting, and adding hand drawn elements will also be a focus of the presentation. Combining controlled “accidental” marks using India ink and alcohol on Japanese paper will be shown as an option for layering on top of, and underneath an image.
TALK: Use Artwork Archive to Organize Your Inventory and Improve Visibility
Michele Randall
How do you keep track of your artwork when it is moving from storage, to exhibition, to gallery and back again? Artwork Archive is an inventory database system that helps to manage, organize and track artwork. This presentation provides a broad overview of the systems and features including how to set up viewing rooms, create public and private files, monitor proposals and deadlines, and improve your overall business efficiency.
