WMG invites women and non-binary artists to submit works that feature encaustic materials or techniques, either wholly or in part. Encaustic, derived from the Greek enkaustikos, meaning “to burn in” is a versatile medium traditionally made up of beeswax, damar resin, and pigment. Artists must incorporate hot wax methods, which involve heating and fusing layers with tools such as torches or heat.

We welcome a wide range of artistic approaches exploring the luminosity, texture, translucency, and sculptural possibilities of wax. Both 2-D and 3-D works are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, and experimental forms that highlight the expressive potential of encaustic.

Submitted work must be original, created by the artist, and produced without the primary use of AI image-generation tools.