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When in Rome The Art of Travel IEAs Juried Exhibition Magazine is live. IEA Announces a New Grant Opportunity Host Your OwnSmallScale Encaustic Event. International Encaustic Artists is an organization dedicated to building community and shared knowledge among artists throughout the world who work with encaustics and other wax media. While we hope you will be able to join us for our next Celtic Convergence retreat in Mulranny in 2026 we would like to offer support for regional groups of artists interested in building community and connections among artists by hosting their own local gatherings in 2025 or early 2026.