Posts Tagged ‘Encaustic Painting Conference’

Montserrat Recognized as the Epicenter of Encaustic Painting

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Boston’s prestigious PBS station WGBH-TV has documented the just-concluded 4th International Encaustic Painting Conference, held at Montserrat College of Art. In a special segment on  “Greater Boston with Emily Rooney” show aired Thursday, July 8, the station recognized the college for its first-in-the-nation, Encaustic Conference, directed by Joanne Mattera, which brings an international audience to Montserrat’s Beverly, MA campus.

See the clip at http://www.wgbh.org/greater_boston/index.cfm

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Montserrat on WGBH-TV

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

WGBH-TV will feature a segment on Montserrat College of Art’s Annual Encaustic Painting Conference, on Thursday, July 8 at 7 pm.  The segment will air on the “Greater Boston with Emily Rooney” show. Please click here for more information.

Montserrat to appear on WGBH-TV

Friday, June 25th, 2010

WGBH-TV will feature a segment on Montserrat College of Art’s Annual Encaustic Painting Conference, on Thursday, July 8 at 7 pm.  The segment will air on the “Greater Boston with Emily Rooney” show.

President Steve Immerman is interviewed by reporter Jared Bowen for an upcoming segment on "Greater Boston with Emily Rooney" featuring the college's annual Encaustic Painting Conference.

Leonie Bradbury, Director of the Gallery and Visiting Artists' Program, is interviewed about the origins of Encaustic Art and how Montserrat's annual conference draws an international audience each June.

Artist Julie Shaw Lutts of Salem, an artist who works in encaustic, stands with President Steve Immerman following her demonstrations of encaustic painting for the "Greater Boston with Emily Rooney" show.

Encaustic Painting Conference 2010

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Saturday Morning Panel: "Making a Career in Encaustic". (From the left) Barbara Moody, Joanne Mattera, Jane Allen Nodine, Eileen Goldenberg, Alexandre Massino, Elena de la Ville, and Laura Tonelli

Artist Sasanqua Link, whose solo exhibit, "Immaculate Silence", is now on view in the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery at Montserrat College of Art, poses with President Stephen D. Immerman. Link's exhibit is on display through July 9.

Guests at the Friday night gallery openings study work by Sasanqua Link.

Leonie Bradbury, Director of the Gallery and Visiting Artist Program at Montserrat College of Art, prepares to jury the work submitted by artists and attendees of the Encaustic Conference at the college. The winner of the Montserrat Prize was Ruth Hiller whose prize is a solo exhibit at next year's conference in the Carol Schlosberg Gallery. Other prizes awarded went to Karen Freedman, who won the Director's Prize from Conference Director Joanne Mattera; and Shelley Gillchrist who was awarded a prize by Curator Joseph Caroll for her piece in the exhibition "Flow and Control".

Attendees of the fourth Annual Encaustic Conference view art by their colleagues in one of the galleries made available for their work during the conference.

Conferees pose in front of the exhibit.