Developing Personal Vision: Encaustic with Hélène Farrar
March 28-29, 2026 | Saturday-Sunday| 10 am-5 pm
Medium: Encaustic Painting
Experience Level: All levels of experience are welcome.
Registration: Each student must register individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info.
Materials List: Click the Materials List tab above for a list of materials/supplies students need to bring to the workshop.
Materials Fee: $35 paid directly to instructor for some supplies on the first day.
Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio.
Using materials of encaustic, free writing exercises, and individual “meetings”, participants will expand, explore, and develop their studio practice. Whilst exploring the hows and whys we need to explore art-making, students will also be lead through technical demonstrations specific to encaustic. Encaustic, by its fluid nature and textural capacities, will give participants a capacity to “play” and can expand upon their own practices which may stretch into three dimensional forms, integrates photography, poetic, literal and other capacities. Fundamental techniques, mark making, mixed media, layer building, transparency / opacity will also be covered. Students will leave with a handful of finished pieces, a path forward, and inspired.
$35 additional fee paid to the instructor on the first day for materials she provides. See more information about materials students need to bring to the workshop by clicking the Materials List tab above.
Hélène Farrar is a Maine-based American artist who works primarily in encaustic. Her colorful paintings draw themes from the natural world and her observations of it, and they have a depth and luminousness achieved through careful attention to texture and surface quality. She considers her work part of a conversation about humanity, beauty, and nature. Hélène is a masterful teacher with over 25 years of working with individuals from a formal setting to workshops across the USA in prestigious institutions such as the Haystack School, the Farnsworth Museum, and the International Encaustics Conference. When Hélène isn’t painting, she is happiest biking, reading, listening to live music and noticing the flowers. She recently located to Rockland, Maine with her husband, college-heading daughter, and a sassy cat. She has a studio in Tenants Harbor, Maine with an ever evolving ocean view.
A $35 additional fee paid to the instructor for materials she provides. I will provide all encaustic medium, starter panels (sizes under 8 X 8 inches), access to additional encaustic colors, oil paint sticks, tools and such.
Students may register online or call Sedona Arts Center Office at 928-282-3809, Ext 1 or toll free at 866-282-3809 Ext 1.
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express are accepted or student may pay with cash or check by registering in person during office hours Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm.
In-Person and Online Classes Cancellation
Payment in full is due upon registration, or a payment plan can be put in place by the student upon check-out through Sezzle.
There is a $125 Cancellation Fee for any cancellations made before February 28, 2026. Remaining balance will be refunded.
There are no refunds after February 28, 2026.
If Sedona Arts Center cancels the workshop for any reason, all payments made will be refunded in full.
Note: If traveling to Sedona, we strongly urge students to purchase refundable airline tickets or travel insurance in case of workshop cancellation due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen changes. Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for non-refundable ticket purchases or lodging fees.
Important Message
Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for providing make-up sessions or issuing refunds, credits, or transfers for courses missed as a result of illness, emergencies, or other events beyond our control. There are absolutely no refunds after the cut-off date for any reason, unless Sedona Arts Center has to cancel the workshop, then all fees paid will be refunded in full.
