Encaustic Hearts: An Intro to Encaustic Collage
with Kelly Schaub
February 2, 2024, 10:30AM - 4:30PM
204 S Austin St. Rockport, Texas.
$150 for Members, $200 for Nonmembers.
Class Description:
Learn the basics of working with encaustic medium and collage. We will experiment with the additive and subtractive qualities of creating with hot wax. This introductory workshop will let you experiment with a variety of techniques and materials and create a finished Encaustic Heart artwork in time for Valentine’s Day! All supplies included.
About the Instructor
Kelly Schaub
Collage artist Kelly Schaub lives and works in Rockport, Texas and is active in several local arts organizations. Self-taught and a livelong learner, Schaub began exploring mixed media collage in 2014 when she packed up all of her belongings in a vintage RV and began life on the road. In 2020, Schaub launched Collage-Lab.com, an online resource for collage artists. She was profiled in Kolaj Magazine’s World Collage Day Special Edition in 2019. She was honored with a purchase award from the Doug & Laurie Kanyer Art Collection, along with awards for mixed media collage from Art Center of Corpus Christi, Port Aransas Art Center, South Texas Art League, Victoria Art League, and Art Association of Corpus Christi. She was a Merit Artist at Rockport Center for the Arts in 2019. Additionally, Schaub was awarded a grant for The New Normal – Rockport initiative in 2020. In 2023, she had a solo exhibit at Art Center of Corpus Christi called Waxing Poetic: Collage & Encaustic. She has also self-published several collections of collage. She has curated international collage exhibits and her work is featured in the book, Collage Care: Transforming Emotions and Life Experiences with Collage, by Laurie Kanyer, MA. Lately, she’s become obsessed with adding encaustic wax to her mixed media collages. She serves on the Board of Directors for Rockport Center for the Arts. She is honored to be represented by Moon Over Water Gallery in Rockport.
REGISTER FOR CLASS
February 2, 2024
10:30AM-4:30PM
$150 members | $200 non-members