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Hope Lives: Art for ALS A collaboration between IEA & Hope Lives: Art for ALS Research Renderings includes forty-three stunning artworks created by 29 wax-media member artists of International Encaustic Artists. Members were invited to review and select one ALS research photograph to inspire up to three new artworks. The resulting exhibition is thematically cohesive and relates to how a person's body is affected by an ALS diagnosis: muscle tissue atrophy, spinal cord nervous system collapse and the loss of brain neuron and synapse function.
Some of the artists focused on the duality that is present in the research images - the beauty and the destruction. Others reflected on ideas like transformation, hope, the role of a caregiver and the ALS community. All participating artists applied with artwork that was studied, thoughtful, technically advanced and emotive. We sincerely thank each artist for their heartfelt contributions. Please join us in congratulating the 3 winners |
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To Life Award - Artwork that reflects on life's preciousness and how we can make a difference in the lives of others. Exhibits intermediate techniques, an inviting palette and definitive theme. | Inquiry Award - Artwork that signifies the power of knowledge. Features definitive elements that encourage viewers to think about people living with ALS, ALS research or how ALS research ignites and propels scientists and the ALS community. Recipient: Mindy Tillery - "ALS 2" | Hope Award - Artwork focuses on the preciousness of time and/or examines how an ideology or faith can transcend pain and suffering. Recipient: Carol Lelivelt -"Intertwined" |
Due to special circumstances, the following paintings are not in the Research Renderings Web Gallery: |
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Connected Carol Lelivelt | Intertwined | Focused |
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Indeed, Hope Lives | Firing Synapses |
About the Curator Melissa Stephens, founder of Hope Lives: Art for ALS, is an encaustic painter, photographer and printmaker who has spent 15 years educating children and adults in the arts. She received a BA in Art from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. She is an encaustic painting instructor and advocate for the arts in Walnut Creek, CA. Her encaustic paintings explore themes of: healing and hope, and show in galleries regionally and nationally. In 2022 she co-founded NorCAL Wax, a Chapter of the IEA. That same year, Stephens created Hope Lives: Art for ALS to honor her sister who was diagnosed with ALS in July 2020. She has served as the Social Media Chair of Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA since 2016. In 2024 she began serving as the Exhibition Director for the IEA. | 
Melissa, left, with her sisters Lynn and Susanne at the |
When in Rome: The Art of Travel Exhibition & Publication |
Visit the Online Exhibition website We are pleased to present this juried show as both and online exhibition and as an online journal that includes the artists' narratives about each of selected works along with info about each artist. Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations to all artists whose work was selected by our distinguished juror and former IEA Exhibitions Director, Michelle Robinson! Learn More About the Artists Exhibiting in The Art of Travel: Congratulations, Susanne K. Arnold, Lyn Belisle, Robyn Bragg, Ann Broni-Petersen, S. Kay Burnett, Cindy L. Clark, Jane Cornish Smith, Doreen Ellis, Anne Feller, Tracy Finn, Anne Fjeld, Sharon Gottula, Hilary Hanson-Bruel, Birdy Harrison, Monique Jansen, Jennifer Keresztes, Lyn Kirkland, Beate Kratt, Holli Levy, Mary Pat Maracle, Susan Metzger, Cherie Peters, Regina Quinn, Michele Randall, Leah Read, Jodi Reeb, Michaela Richardson, Linda Robertson, Heidi Rufeh, Phyllis Ruffer, Janet Sando-Healey, Susan Sarver, Linda Sirow, Anne Stine, Kelly Williams, Terri Yacovelli, and Lonnie Zarem! |
