DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts will present Kim Bernard’s two-day workshop for beginners and advanced artists in encaustics on Saturday and Sunday. Sessions run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

A River Arts release describes the program as follows:

Encaustics as a contemporary medium, is a versatile method of painting with a beeswax-based paint kept molten on a heated palette. Participants will learn to prepare supports, mix colors, apply wax, fuse, etch, layer, combine collage, transfer Xerox images and incorporate found objects.

Saturday’s workshop will include demonstrations and a discussion of studio set-up and safety, supports, encaustic history and contemporary use.

Sunday’s focus will be on demonstrations in building a support, graphite and Xerox transfers, collage and embedding, incorporating found objects, impasto modeling wax and a slide presentation.

Bernard shows her sculpture, installations and encaustic works nationally.

Participation costs $200 for River Arts members or $225 for others.

More information is about the workshop is available online at www.riverartsme.org or by calling 563-1507.

River Arts is located at 170 Main St., Damariscotta.

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