ConVergence - Wax on the Water

An Intimate Encaustic Retreat by the Bay

ConVergence - Wax on the Water combines an intimate retreat with an art exhibition, artist reception, and multiple workshop opportunities in a beautiful coastal setting.

Morro Bay is a small coastal community located on the Central Coast of California, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Enjoy miles of unspoiled beaches, nature trails, estuary, and the world-famous Morro Rock.

Attend IEA's intimate retreat by the bay with a small group of artists and a shared experience (demos, panels, and talks). Share meals and get to know your fellow artists (Meet & Greet reception, continental breakfasts, and lunch bufets). Attend the La Vendéenne Award Dinner (included with retreat).

Attendees who are new to encaustics can add a pre-retreat beginner workshop on Wednesday and Thursday, April 6-7, 2022. Attendees can also sign up for one of multiple postretreat workshops being ofered on Monday and Tuesday, April 11-12, 2022.

Workshop-only attendees are invited to join the retreat attendees on Sunday, April 10, 2022, for a continental breakfast bufet, a presentation/talk (hopefully by our La Vendéenne Award recipient), and an IEA meeting. They can also participate in our members art exchange. And everyone is welcome to attend the IEA Juried Exhibition and artists’ reception on Sunday afternoon.

The retreat and exhibition will be held at Art Center Morro Bay located in the historic downtown area, within walking distance of the Embarcadero and multiple inns and hotels. Workshops will be held in Morro Bay and nearby Los Osos and San Luis Obispo.

A Virtual Conference Package is included for free for Retreat and Workshop attendees. For Virtual only attendees, there is a minimal charge.

Virtual content will include product and technique videos, instructional material (digital books, handouts, and patterns), a short video walkthrough of the exhibition, conference videos (edited videos from a few of the Friday and Saturday demos, talks, and panels), and a short video of the La Vendéenne Award dinner.

Registration for the retreat and workshops will open in mid November. Be sure to check the International Encaustic Artists website for updates on when registration will open. Retreat space is limited, and we will start a waiting list once all retreat spaces are filled.

ConVergence

An International Encaustic Artists 2022 Juried Exhibition

Russell Gallery Art Center Morro Bay

835 Main St, Morro Bay, CA 93442

Convergence is the act of separate entities coming together to create something new; a unified whole. In biology it speaks to parallel evolutionary patterns where similar traits spontaneously appear across unrelated species, and the same phenomenon can happen across societies as well. Convergence happens when knowledge and methods from varied disciplines and cultures come together to spur new thought and innovation.

In a tumultuous era when we can feel divided from one another physically, emotionally, culturally, and politically, the idea of convergence represents hope. What can we do as artists to create bridges; to reach out and pull together rather than push apart?

We invite you to consider and interpret the idea of convergence and submit your work to our new juried show, which will take place in conjunction with our retreat in Morro Bay in April, 2022. Entries will open in November, 2021, so stay tuned for the formal call for entries in the coming weeks. You can also check www.international-encausticartists.org/CallsforEntry for updates. We are proud to announce that our juror for this exhibition will be Pamela Smith Hudson.

About the Juror

Pamela Smith Hudson is a Los Angeles-based mixed media artist. Her interest in encaustic painting began while working in the art material industry. Smith Hudson joined Enkaustikos as an instructor in 2012. She has a long affiliation with Ampersand Art Supply and recently became a part of the Ampersand Artist Ambassadors program. She has been teaching encaustic painting at Los Angeles California Museum of Art and Otis Art and Design Extension program for the last 8 years. Smith Hudson has previously juried the Buenaventura Open Encaustic Competition in 2015. She has collaborated with the Broad Museum on an encaustic educational video in conjunction with the Jasper Johns Retrospective Exhibition. She was also involved in collaborating with the Getty Museum on an educational historical perspective on encaustic painting.

Pamela Smith Hudson

You can view Pamela’s work at

www.pamelasmithhudson.com www.facebook.com/PamelaSmithHudsonArt www.instagram.com/pamsmithhudson