Encaustics Demo with Kelly Schaub
January 21, 10 AM - Noon
FREE for Members, $10 for Nonmembers
Demo meets at 638 E Market Street in Rockport, Texas
Collage artist Kelly Schaub will demonstrate a variety of Encaustic Collage techniques. Combining paper collage, wax, and a variety of tricks, she will show you the wonders of working with Encaustic Wax. Encaustic is a hot wax technique that dates back to the first century A.D.
About Kelly Schaub
Collage artist Kelly Schaub currently lives and works from her studio in Rockport, Texas and is active in arts organizations 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, Art League of South Texas, 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. She has also self-published several collections of collage. She has curated international collage exhibits and her work is featured in the recently released 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.