Workshops in Oregon       Beg. Encaustic Painting/Collage Jan. 24, $160 Feb. 20, $160      Wax Transfers Jan. 13, $80 (evening class)      Making Encaustic Paint & Medium Jan. 19, $80 (evening class)      Expanding Your Color Palette Jan. 26, $80 (evening class)    Encaustic & Photography Feb. 21, $160 (all day class)      Monotype & Encaustic Jan. 30/Feb. 6, $180 or Mar. 11/18, $180 (two session class)      View the full class schedule here or call (503) 348-9139 to register.   Embracing Encaustic with Linda Womack Dear Linda, With a new year comes new opportunities and I'd like to share some big ones with you today! First, the Annual Encaustic Conference in Massachusetts is about to start registration so if you're thinking about attending this year, now is the time to research your choices. Also, I'm working on a show in Oregon this summer that has a call out for encaustic work. Both have deadlines coming up soon, so read on for details. Happy 2010 everyone! Enjoy,   Linda Annual Encaustic Conference in MA Many of you follow my blog reports from the encaustic conference every year and comment that you wish you could attend. Well, here's your chance! Information on demos, lectures, exhibits and workshops for the 4th Annual Encaustic Conference in Beverly, Massachusetts is now online and registration starts January 15! The conference will take place from June 11 - 13, with three days of post-conference workshops, June 14, 15 and 16. I will be doing a new demo this year on Embedded Drawings and Photographs. I hope to see some of you there! Call for Encaustic Art This summer I will be curating a show called Luminous Layers: Exploring Contemporary Encaustic. The 47th Annual Festival of the Arts will host this special exhibit in Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, Oregon on June 25, 26, 27, 2010. Jurors are Tom Burns of Artworks Magazine, Kristina Butters of Butters Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and encaustic painter Cari Hernandez. Linda Womack is the special exhibit curator, with assistant curators Kimberly Kent, Natasia Chan and Amy Stoner. For more information please download the full prospectus from the festival website. A $25.00 entry fee is required for up to three works and the deadline for entries is February 1, 2010. 2010 National Workshop Schedule I'll be teaching several classes outside of Oregon this year, many in new venues for me! Come play with me if you can. In these 5 day workshop step-by-step projects will illustrate techniques involving painting, collage with a variety of papers and dried plants, working with stencils, embossing, photo transfers, layering, incising and textured finishes using wax in an assortment of vivid colors. Advanced techniques will include working with pigment sticks, pastels and other surprising materials to produce unusual and distinctive results. Visit the link to each location to register with them directly. California: Idyllwild Arts, July 12 - 16 Tennessee: Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, July 18 - 24 North Carolina: John C. Campbell Folk School, Aug. 15 - 21 I'll also be teaching a couple of 2 day workshops in Canada: Sept. dates in Okanagan Falls, BC coming soon!