Workshops with R&F Instructors

Image credit: R&F Artist Instructor Megan MacDonald

Looking for an opportunity to study this summer? There are loads of workshops coming up taught by R&F-affiliated instructors nationally and internationally. You can learn more about each of our affiliated instructors at rfpaints.com.  

Not able to attend a workshop? You can check out the demo videos on our YouTube channel or visit Articles & Links where you will find blog posts on popular subjects ranging from how to store our Pigment Sticks® to working with transparent colors. Many of our affiliated instructors will be teaching at the International Encaustic Conference this summer as well. 

Photo credit: Megan MacDonald

May
Beginning May 9 (ongoing): Methods and Materials for Painters with Debra Claffey, Virtual Workshop via Zoom, Thursdays from 1 - 4pm ET

5/11 - 8/11: Scaling Up: Working Large with Encaustic with Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Online Workshop via Zoom

5/13 - 5/14: Encaustic Monoprints & Work On Paper with Lorraine Glessner, Art & Soul Retreats, Harrisburg, PA

5/16 - 5/18: Shellac Kisses Encaustic with Bettina Egli Sennhauser, Atelier Boesner, Unterentfelden, Switzerland

5/28 -5/30: Encaustic Meets Fresco With Bettina Egli Sennhauser, Truro for the Arts at Castle Hill, Provincetown, MA

5/14 - 7/23: Focus: Studio Practice with Lisa Pressman and Susan Stover, Virtual Workshop via Zoom

5/18: Abstract Encaustic Painting with Denise Richards, Snohomish, WA

5/28 - 5/30: Organic Abstraction with Values and Color with Kelly Milukas, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

5/29 - 30: What Makes Encaustic Different In Creating Color Effects with Leslie Giuliani and R&F founder Richard Frumess, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

5/30 - 5/31: Making Your Mark with Photo Collage and Color Theory with Jodi Reeb, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

June
6/3 - 6/5: Conversations in Color: How the Characteristics of Pigments Affect Color Relationships with Lisa Pressman and R&F founder Richard Frumess, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

6/3 - 6/7: Encaustic Fiber and Structure with Lorraine Glessner, Quilt & Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH

6/5 - 6/6: Paper, Paint, Wax: Using Encaustic and Collage to Develop your Personal Voice with Debra Claffey, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

6/5 - 6/6: Explore + Experiment with Megan MacDonald, Truro for the Arts at Castle Hill, Provincetown, MA

Artwork by R&F Instructor Lorraine Glessner.

6/8: Abstract Encaustic Painting with Denise Richards, Snohomish, WA

6/8 - 6/9: Encaustic Botanical Collage with Lorraine Glessner,
Quilt & Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH

6/15 - 16: Encaustic For Every Artist with Leslie Giuliani,  Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT

6/18 - 20: Encaustic and Embellishment with Lisa Pressman, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY

6/19 - 6/23: Art Object: Encaustic 3D with Susan Stover, Snow Farm Center for Craft, Williamsburg, MA

R&F Core Instructor Julie Snidle will be teaching at Touchstone Center for Crafts this summer.

6/20 - 6/23: Encaustic with Photo Collage with Jodi Reeb, Wild Rice Retreat, Bayfield, WI 

6/24 - 6/28: The Alchemy of Transformation with Lorraine Glessner,
Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, VT

6/25 - 29: Oil and Cold Wax with a Focus on Color with Lisa Pressman, Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey, WA

6/29 - 6/30: Layers and Translucency with Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY 

July
7/6 - 7/7: The Fundamentals of Encaustic Painting with Joanna Kidney, The Studio, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

7/8 - 7/12: Encaustic Retreat: Color, Composition, Yoga with Kelly Milukas and Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Tiverton, RI

7/9 - 7/10: The Fundamentals of Encaustic Painting with Joanna Kidney, The Studio, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

7/10 - 8/7: Painting With RF Pigment Sticks© with Lisa Pressman, Virtual Workshop via Zoom

7/19 - 7/21: GO BIG - Working Large with Encaustic with Kelly Williams, Kelly Williams Art Studio, Portland, Oregon

Photo credit: Lisa Pressman

7/19 - 21: Encaustic: Explore + Experiment with Megan MacDonald, McTavish Academy of Art, North Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

7/20: Abstract Encaustic Painting with Denise Richards, Snohomish, WA

7/22 - 26: Discovering Oil and Cold Wax with Julie Snidle, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA

R&F Artist Instructor Lorraine Glessner at her Vermont retreat.

7/22 - 7/28: Photoencaustic Retreat with Jodi Reeb and Bettina Egli Sennhauser, Kunstfreiraum, Oberwil, Switzerland

7/28 - 8/2: Encaustic, Mindfulness, and the Natural World with Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Wild Rice Retreat Center, Bayfield, WI

7/29 - 8/2: Pressed Flowers, Botanicals & Encaustic with Lorraine Glessner, Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, VT

7/30 - 8/1: Art Object: Encaustic 3D with Susan Stover, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY

August
8/4 - 8/9: Encaustic Printmaking & the Handmade Book with Leslie Giuliani, Snowfarm Center For The Arts, Williamsburg, MA 

8/24 - 8/30: Ghost Ranch Encaustic Retreat with Shelley Jean, Ghost Ranch Retreat Center, Abiquiu, NM

8/26 - 30: Abstracting the Landscape with Lorraine Glessner, Lareau Farm and Inn, Waitsfield, VT

8/27 - 8/29: Creating Color Effects with Encaustic with Leslie Giuliani, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY 

Image credit: Joanna Kidney

September

9/5 - 9/8: Cold Wax: Less Is More with Bettina Egli Sennhauser, Romerstein Art Academy, Romerstein, Germany

9/8 - 9/13: Visual Storytelling: Encaustic & the Painted Book with Leslie Giuliani, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, NY 

Image credit: Kelly Williams

9/8 - 9/14: Maine Coast Encaustic Retreat with Dietlind Vander Schaaf, The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, ME

9/9 - 9/13: Visual Record as Artifact with Lisa Pressman and Susan Stover, Willow Pond, San Luis Obispo, CA

9/13 - 9/15: Sumptuous Surfaces with Megan MacDonald, McTavish Academy of Art, North Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

9/13 - 9/15: Embodiment: Personal Symbolism Through Nature's Lens with Kelly Williams and Bridget Benton, Kelly Williams Art Studio, Portland, Oregon

9/15 - 9/21: Maine Coast Encaustic Retreat with Dietlind Vander Schaaf, The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, ME

9/23 - 29: Bold Territory: Experimental Drawing with Jeff Hirst, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland

9/27 - 9/29: Cold Wax: Less Is More with Bettina Egli Sennhauser, Kunstfreiraum, Oberwil, Switzerland

Results from an encaustic pendulum at Dietlind Vander Schaaf’s annual Maine Coast Encaustic Retreat.

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