NorCAL Wax

With Angela White February 21 and March 14, 2026 from 11am - 3pm at the Benicia Arsenal, Studio 24, 940 Tyler Street This workshop welcomes beginners and experienced encaustic painters looking to deepen their encaustic practice. We’ll cover essential materials, techniques, and safety, along with supports and grounds, layering and fusing, scraping, transparencies, collage, image transfer, and combining encaustic with oil and other media. What is Included:  The use of encausti

With Helen Dannelly at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, CA February 14 - 15 from 10 am - 4 pm Tuition: $545 NorCAL Wax members receive $50 discount if you register by Feb. 11th! Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your imaginative practice with encaustic! Learn simple techniques to create sturdy three-dimensional forms either on or off the panel using wire mesh, wire, plaster gauze and encaustic. We will discuss line, mass, volume, surface, scale, display o

The Active Archive Workshop Learn how to document, organize, and archive your art practice in this free weeklong workshop from Artwork Archive. You’ll explore how documentation, inventory, and archiving work together to strengthen your career, while learning professional best practices for capturing details and organizing records into a cohesive, shareable archive. The workshop kicks off with a live webinar on January 28, followed by a week of lessons, exercises, and hands-on

The Sunday Ticket   is a your back door to attend the NorCAL Wax Mini-Retreat on Sunday, February 8th from 9:15 am - 12:05 pm. For just $15 you can attend 2 presentations, learn best practices and receive resources from leading artists in the field of hot and cold wax. Sara Post will demonstrate techniques for making base layers, for drawing and for painting with pigment sticks and drawing oils. Ruth Kedar on Sunday, February 8th from 9:15 am - 12:05 pm. This ticket is avail

Walnut Creek artist, Mira M. White invites you to her annual art party and sale on Sunday, December 7th from 10 am - 6 pm.

NorCAL Wax is hosting its first Mini-Retreat at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, CA on February 7 & 8, 2026. The NorCAL Wax (NCW) Mini-Retreat offers a focused escape for wax artists of all levels to nurture their creativity, learn new techniques and connect with other artists in a supportive environment. In addition to a wonderful line up of instructors, we've packed the NCW Mini-Retreat with activities that will spark your imagination including: hot and cold wax demonst