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title: "Call For Encaustic and Wax-Based Artwork: Fire and Form at RoCo"
description: Juried exhibition for New York State encaustic and wax-based artists at Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Aug 28–Sep 19, 2026. $35 entry fee.
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status: closed
createdAt: "2026-05-25"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Exhibition
organization: Working With Wax Rochester/FLX
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/working-with-wax-rochesterflx
deadline: "2026-06-22"
entryFee: 35 USD
location: Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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disciplines:
  - encaustic
  - painting
  - mixed media
  - sculpture
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# Call For Encaustic and Wax-Based Artwork: Fire and Form at RoCo

**Hosted by:** Working With Wax Rochester/FLX

**Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, United States | **Deadline:** June 22, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $35

## About This Program

> "Encaustic and wax-based art in New York State"

"Fire and Form" is a juried exhibition celebrating the depth, diversity, and innovation of encaustic and wax-based artists working across New York State. Hosted in Rochester (at Rochester Contemporary Art Center), a city with a strong tradition of experimental modernism and material exploration, this exhibition highlights the luminous, layered, and enduring qualities of wax as a contemporary medium.

New York State is home to a thriving encaustic community shaped by established art schools and historic craft traditions. From the Great Lakes to the Finger Lakes region, the Adirondacks to the Hudson River Valley and New York City, artists create visual and sculptural art using wax-based mediums in ways that bridge abstraction, landscape, and conceptual practice. Rochester especially has played an outsized role in the recent re-invigoration of this medium. Organized by Rochester's Working With Wax group, Fire and Form will bring together these artists not only to showcase their work, but to establish a gathering point for encaustic practice in the region.

Encaustic, as a medium, is both durable and radiant. It aligns powerfully with both contemporary abstraction and New York's longstanding landscape traditions. This exhibition aims to demonstrate that vitality and mark the beginning of a defining platform for encaustic artists across New York State.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** Regional
- **Disciplines:** encaustic, painting, mixed media, sculpture
- **Note:** Open to all artists in the state of New York working with encaustic or wax-based mediums. Artwork must have been completed after January 1, 2024. All submissions must be entered through ShowSubmit; no mail or email submissions accepted.

### Additional Requirements

General Artist Statement (150–300 words); 3rd Person Brief Bio (150 words max); JPEG image files of submitted artwork (max 30 MB per file, minimum 1500px on longest edge). Artwork must have been completed after January 1, 2024. Works must be on a panel or appropriate substrate; wall mounted or pedestal based works only. No minimum or maximum size requirements. Artwork must be wired and ready to hang with a label on the back (artist’s name, title of work, contact information). Artists are responsible for in-person delivery and pickup at the venue; no shipped artwork accepted.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** May 25, 2026
- **Deadline:** June 22, 2026
- **Program Start:** August 28, 2026
- **Program End:** September 19, 2026

## Contact

**Contact:** Emily Hill

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://showsubmit.com/show/www-fire-and-form-encaustic-and-wax-based-art