"ART HEALS" GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES

Throughout the struggles of the pandemic years,
IEA worked to support our artists in continuing their creative journeys and we are pleased
that we could offer seven 'Art Heals' grants opportunities during that time.

IEA is pleased to partner with
R&F Handmade Paints
for our ART HEALS Grant #7.   

CONGRATULATIONS:  
Hope Hughes, Helen Laris, Kerri Nelson, Anne Strout, and Hilary Baker

We offered 5 grants of $200 each for the purchase R&F Handmade paint products (paint and pigment sticks) AND R&F is offered a very generous 40% discount to grant winners on their grant purchases.

The grant will be paid directly to R&F Handmade Paints, and the winners will be given instructions as to how to order their paint directly from R&F.  In addition, R&F Paints offered a free sample of a half-size pigment stick to every US resident who applied. 

As with all of our Art Heals Grants, this was open to any member of IEA who is current in their dues.  We are so excited and pleased to be able to offer this series of grants and we are

deeply grateful to R&F Handmade Paints for their generous partnership.

@Lora_Murphy_paintings and @eomstudios.

For information on Painting with Fire

IEA is partnering with Truro Center for the Arts to give grants to attend
the International Encaustic Conference June 5th and 6^th, 2021. 

This year the Conference is being offered as a virtual event, 
so attendees from all over the world can attend without the expense of travel. 

CONGRATULATIONS to the artists who will be attending the
International (Virtual) Encaustic Conference in June 2021
Hope Hughes, Liette Chamberland, Dee Hutton,
Melissa Rubin, Jamie McPhail, Tian Xun,
Salina Gracie, Beate Kratt, Anne McCune, Megan MacDonald.

We are pleased and excited to announce that IEA member Penny Gunderson 
was awarded Linda Robertson's 3-month course, “Your Magical Lens”,
which begins on February 6, 2021.  
This grant is the 4th in our series of ArtHeals grants.

We look forward to seeing Penny's posts from this course.

Linda's course “Your Magical Lens” explores photography and encaustic.
We are very grateful to Linda for her generous offer.

http://www.lindarobertsonarts.com

IEA & Enkaustikos awards five Art Heals Grants

IEA, in partnership with Enkaustikos, is pleased to announce the winners
of the third of our “Art Heals” series of mini-grants.

Congratulations to

Kelly Austin-Rolo  /  Wendy Elliott-Pyle  /  Ursi Lysser  / 

Lorraine Gray  /   Penny Gunderson

The $200 grant will be paid directly to Enkaustikos, and the winners will receive an order form from Enkaustikos and will order directly from them.  

Enkaustikos has significantly increased the value of the grant by offering the paints at a 40% discount, which equates to more than $300 worth of product.  And they will cover the cost of shipping $200 worth of products to the winners living in the 48 contiguous states.  They will also pay half of the shipping costs for those living in Canada, Alaska and Hawaii.  Enkaustikos will contact international members directly with shipping costs.

Enkaustikos is also sending a free sample to all US-based entrants who would like to receive one. 

Enkaustikos offers four formats for their paints: 

• Hot Cakes are in the tins for those who like to have the paint already melted.
• Hot Sticks are the pastel size sticks that are ideal for people who want to try out a new color or who are into printmaking.
• Wax Snaps are the larger bars that can easily be snapped if desired and a more economical way of working in comparison to the Hot Sticks. 
• Original Cakes are one-ounce discs that are not in a tin, and they are available in 1, 4, 8, and 16oz increments. These are by far the most economical, especially when ordering larger quantities.

Enkaustikos will work closely with the grant winner to help them make the best choices.