Upcoming Workshops with R&F Core Artist Instructors
Image credit: Joanna Kidney
R&F Core Artist Instructors have loads of summer and fall workshop opportunities for you to take advantage of. Whether you are interested in encaustic and book arts, printmaking, or working with oil and cold wax, there is something for everyone. Workshops below take place across the United States, as well as Ireland, Canada, and Switzerland. You can find additional workshops offered by each of these instructors by visiting their websites.
For classes near you, check out our downloadable list of Teaching Artists. This list is organized by region with hyperlinks to artists we know who teach encaustic or Pigment Stick® workshops. And if you haven’t been to our YouTube Channel yet, there is practically a whole workshop’s worth of tutorials there. Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave us a comment.
Enjoy. Keep painting.
5/14 - 18: Encaustic and the Handmade Book with Leslie Giuliani, Snow Farm Center for the Arts, Williamsburg, MA
Learn more + register: snowfarm.org
June 15 - 21: Abstraction with Oil and Cold Wax with Lisa Pressman, Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY
Learn more + register here: artworkshops.com
June 21 - 22: Scale, Translucency, Layers and History with Joanna Kidney, The Studio, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Learn more + register: joannakidney.com
June 23 - 27: The Alchemy of Transformation: Encaustic, Fabric, Stains & Paint with Natural Processes & Materials with Lorraine Glessner, Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, Vermont
Learn more + register: lorraineglessner.net
photo credit: Dietlind Vander Schaaf
June 30 - July 3: Encaustic Explorations with Shelley Jean, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Learn more + register: shelleyjean.com
July 9 - 12: Essential Encaustic Minneapolis Painting Retreat with Jodi Reeb, Carriage House Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Learn more + register: jodireeb.com
Image credit: Denise Richards
July 25 - 27: GO BIG -- Working Large! with Kelly Williams, Kelly Williams Art Studio, Portland Oregon
Learn more + register: kellywilliamsart.com
August 8 - 10: Explore + Experiment with Megan MacDonald, McTavish Academy of Art, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
Learn more + register: crowsnestartstudio.com
August 13 - 20: Encaustic, Mindfulness, and the Natural World with Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Essence of Mulranny, Ireland
Learn more + register: dietlindvanderschaaf.com
September 8 - 11: Encaustic Meets Mixed Media with Bettina Egli Sennhauser, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolbermoor, Germany
Learn more + register: kunstfreiraum.ch
September 20: Exploring Encaustic Painting | An Abstract Approach With Denise Richards, Flowing Lake Studios, Snohomish WA
Learn more + register: deniserichardsartist.com
Image credit: Jodi Reeb
Image credit: Isabelle Gaborit
September 27 - 28: Beyond Boundaries: A Journey Into Large Scale Encaustic Art with Isabelle Gaborit, Teach Cheoil, Renvyle, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
Learn more + register here: isabellegaborit.com
October 12 - 18: Encaustic Retreat in Catalonia, Spain with Andrea Carracedo, Hotel Casa Anamaria, Girona, Spain
Learn more + register: andreaencaustic.com
October 23 - 26: Silkscreen into Encaustic with Jeff Hirst, Hirst Studio, Chicago, IL
Learn more + register: jeffreyhirst.com
November 7 - 14: EXPLORE 2025 - San Miguel de Allende with Kelly Milukas, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Learn more + register: kellymilukas.com