ExhibitsA conversation with Julio Enrique Flores How did you first get started creating visual art? In 1977, the year Star Wars exploded, I coveted my 2nd-grade classmate’s skill at drawing Darth Vader from memory, so he gave me a drawing. This stirred the competitive...

ExhibitsA conversation with Ginny O’Brien & Michael Basinski How did you each get started in the visual arts, and when did you first decide to combine your styles the way you have for this show? Michael: Back in the last century. I see my art as poetry. It is...

Encaustic is an ancient and permanent painting technique in which the binder is beeswax. Unlike linseed oil or synthetic resin (e.g. acrylic) binders which dry to harden, the beeswax is heated until molten, mixed with dry pigments to make paint, and, when applied to the painting, cools and hardens instantly. This is why it is unique.