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“Psychopomp, Gold and Blue Bird,” encaustic, ink and gold leaf on panel

psy•cho•pomp
noun
In Greek mythology a guide of souls to the place of the dead.
The spiritual guide of a living person’s soul.
In Jungian psychology the psychopomp is a mediator between conscious and unconscious realms personified in dreams as a wise man or woman or sometimes as a helpful animal.

Please join me for a lecture/slide-show about beeswax at BMoCA on Tuesday evening. I’ll be speaking about beeswax, how it is made by the bees, its uses in contemporary art and what it means. Free and open to the public.

Wax Fetish:
Beeswax, Materialism and Encaustic Paint
Tuesday, October 20th
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
1750 13th Street
Boulder, Colorado

This looks like a terrific event despite the clunky description (and very nearly warrants a special trip to New York). Check out each panelist’s link to see something interesting.

Theory and Practice: Encaustic Painting Today
Artists Talk on Art
October 30th, 2009
7:00-9:00pm
The School of Visual Arts
209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY

Panel discussion with encaustic artists and people involved in the world of encaustic art who will explore the growing popularity of encaustic painting over the last 15-20 years and address the question of what in the climate of the arts and the times has revived the use of this ancient medium amongst contemporary artists when for so long it was used only occasionally, at best.

Moderator: Ellen Koment

Panelists: Richard Frumess, Nancy Azara, Michael David, Joan Giardano and Gail Gregg

Plantai #3, encaustic on panel, 15″ x 15″
By Ellen Koment