Encaustic
Art Institute Gallery
Presents:
4th
Annual Juried
Encaustic/Wax
Exhibition
Opening:
Saturday, October 4th,
from noon - 5 pm
Show
remains up through
November 2nd
Gallery
open weekends, noon to 5
pm or by appointment.
Top:
Sally
Backey-Avant,
"Amaryllis"
Bottom:
Robin
VanHoozer "The
Torment & The
Magic"
The
Encaustic Art
Institute opens it's
National Juried
Exhibition,
which was
open to all
encaustic/wax
artists nation-wide
to enter. Merry
Scully juried in 41
paintings out of the
bulk of entries for
this show. Merry is
currently the Head
of Curatorial
Affairs at the New
Mexico Museum of
Art. Merry has been
a curator for
exhibitions of
contemporary and
historic art,
photography and
design in locations
across the country
including the New
Mexico Museum of
Art, San Francisco
Art Institute and
The School of the
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston.
This show
represents an amazing
variety of artists and
only required that their
pieces contain wax or
encaustic elements. The
diversity and range of
styles are exciting to
behold. A cash award for
Award of
Excellence and
Best of Show
will be announced at the
opening.
New Mexico
artists from Santa Fe and
Albuquerque are among
those juried into the
show. Artists will be
traveling in to be at the
opening on October 4th.
Meet the artists, enjoy
the collection of
paintings, and get to know
the EAI Gallery -
Institute.
Encaustic
Art Institute: 18
County Road 55A (General
Goodwin Road) Just 20
minutes south of Santa
Fe on the scenic
Turquoise Trail Hwy.
14. (4 miles North of
Madrid). For
map
directions, go to EAINM.com.
EAI is a
non-profit 501 C3. Call
Douglas Mehrens:
505-424-6487 for more
information. Log on to
our website: EAINM.com.
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