
Dona Mara, Kay Hartung, and Heather Douglas are three members of New England Wax, a lively professional organization of New England artists who work with…

Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward A Lecture, an Exhibit, and a Workshop Last week I had the opportunity to go to a lecture…

November and December are the perfect months to start your art collection! Have one already, why not enhance it? There are so many wonderful small…

Our New England Wax (N.E.W.) exhibition in the Wilson Museum at the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester, VT. was a great success! Visitors were…

Steven Schlussel and New England Wax member Dona Mara Friedman, of Rupert Vermont, generously supporting us at the Opening of Relationships, hot, cold, intricate, our…

“The Southern Vermont Arts Center is pleased to partner with New England Wax to showcase a medium that’s both ancient and contemporary. N.E.W.’s artists have done an incredible job responding to the exhibition’s multidimensional theme of relationships, and their diverse creations will undoubtedly engage, delight, and inspire SVAC’s visitors.The relationship an artist has with her materials is unique, highly personal, and ultimately foundational—without it, there would be no art. I see this as the meta-relationship underpinning Relationships: hot/cold/intricate, in which 30 artists offer their individual take on the concept. Their responses range from the personal to the aesthetic to the metaphysical. Seen together, they provide viewers with a thought-provoking exploration of both the theme’s and the medium’s multidimensionality. In wax, layers, texture, and color combine to create an irresistible effect that invites viewers to step into their own relationship with each work of art.”
–Alison Crites

I recently took in this great show at the exhibition in the Maxwell Mays Gallery in the Providence Art Club in Providence, Rhode Island. Three artists,…

Transatlantic Fusion: A Collaboration between New England Wax and European Encaustic Artists Visit the exhibition in person at the Commons Gallery, 46 Bradford Street, Provincetown,…

Before Covid turned our lives upside down, I had the Miller White Fine Art gallery on my radar to check out on the Cape. When…
Art and Politics
“I believe that the art we create has a message, intentional or not. I will no longer be dismissive of the statements we make. In making art, we convey our humanity. Which cannot help but be political.”