The Ellis County Art Association will host artist Irma Ward at the monthly meeting, June 3, 2024, at First Baptist Church of Waxahachie, 450 US-287 Bypass. The meeting is open to the public. Throughout her artistic career Ward has created artwork from traditional works to plein air (French for open air) paintings; and, more recently, to works of abstraction. She works with a variety of mediums: oils, acrylics, pastels and currently oil with cold wax medium. Ward received a teaching certificate from the Liliedahl School of Traditional Oil Painting, then began sharing her knowledge at her Arlington, Texas studio in 2008.