I am so thrilled to open my studio doors this month. I will be offering two workshops in May in my studio in Dartmouth, NS and two more workshops in June at Julie Rosvall’s studio in the Gaspereau Valley, NS.  To register please send me an email at contact@maria-doering.com or call 902-719-5007.

REDUCTIVE LINOCUT

May 19th & May 20th 12:30pm – 4pm.

$120 +HST

In DARTMOUTH.

Join me in my art studio in Dartmouth, NS, for two afternoons of creating multi-colour and multi-layer linocut prints using the reductive carving method.  All materials will be supplied but if you have your own carving tool set please bring it along. No experience necessary.

SPRING MONOTYPE

May 23rd, 10-4pm.

$100 +HST.

In DARTMOUTH.

A fun day of working with your hands and making colourful one-of-a-kind prints using plants and other found materials in my studio in Dartmouth. Bring leaves, buds and other goodies from your garden or the park if you like.  All other materials are supplied and no previous experience is required. Please bring your own lunch.

TEXTILE MONOTYPE

June 17th, 10-4pm

$100+ HST.

In the GASPEREAU VALLEY.

Do you enjoy knitting, quilting, sewing, felting, etc? Bring your fibre scraps or unfinished projects for a new experience in artmaking. Repurpose them to create colourful one-of-a kind art prints on paper. Join me at Julie Rosvall’s studio in the Gaspereau Valley for this workshop. No previous experience is required and all materials are supplied. Please bring your lunch or plan to eat in nearby Wolfville. Masking required.

COLOURFUL BLOCK PRINTING

June 18th 10-4pm. $120 +HST.

In the GASPEREAU VALLEY.

Join me in the Gaspereau Valley, NS, for a fun day of carving and block printing on paper at Julie Rosvall’s studio. We’ll focus on rainbow rolls, spot inking and other colourful inking techniques. You will have choice of using Linoleum or Komatex for carving and have opportunity to hand print as well as print on a printing press. All materials will be supplied but if you have your own carving tool set please bring it along. No previous experience necessary. Please bring your own lunch or plan to head to nearby Wolfville to eat. Masking required.

For more information or to register please send me an email at contact@maria-doering.com or call 902-719-5007.

I am thrilled to offer the first printmaking workshop series from my home studio since 2019. There will be a special discount ($20 off one workshop) if you register for more than one or register with a friend.
Masking will be required. 5 participants per workshop. All materials included. See Posters for more information. Call 902-719-5007 or email contact@maria-doering.com to register.

Maria has been invited to do an artist residency at the River Art Centre in conjunction with Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery in Florenceville-Bristol, NB from June 7th – 16th. Visitors are welcome during Maria’s residency at the River Art Centre. On June 8th, Maria will be teaching an all day reductive Relief printmaking workshop. Please contact the Andrew & Laura McCain gallery to register at 506-392-6769

Maria will be offering a two-day Multi-block relief printmaking workshop in May at her studio in Dartmouth, NS. Registration is now open for this workshop. To register please contact Maria directly at contact@maria-doering.com

There will also be a Monotype workshop held at Maria’s studio on May 11th.
To register please contact Maria directly at contact@maria-doering.com

This August will be the third year in a row that Maria is teaching screen printing in Lunenburg daily for a week. It’s a glorious time to be in Lunenburg, the weather, the town’s lovely atmosphere, the fantastic restaurants, the harbour, the cute houses… and of course the workshop space which is a fabulous wooden structure historical building that used to be a car dealership a long time ago.  To register for this class please visit the LSA website directly.

Maria will be teaching a 3-day Monotype workshop at the Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre in the beautiful vacation town of St. Andrews, NB on June 21-23, 2019. Students will be creating experimental one of a kind prints using plexiglass, Akua ink and paper.  You can register for this workshop on the Sunbury Shores website directly.

Maria will be hosting a 2-days printmaking workshop in her studio in Dartmouth, January 26th & 27th, 2019 from 10am – 4pm. Participants will learn how to create a two colour image with the reductive block printing method. All materials included. There are only 5 seats available. Please register by contacting Maria directly at 902-719-5007 or contact@maria-doering.com.

As part of her exhibition at St. FX University Gallery in September, Maria will also be teaching a Monotype workshop spread over 2 Wednesday evenings, 6:30 – 9:30 on September 19th and 26th. Total cost with materials is $80. Please contact Kate Georgallas to register for the class at kbrown@stfx.ca or 902-863-0151 and 902-872-0813

Maria and her collaborator Fiona Chinkan are bringing their newest iteration of the Shared Energies Project to Inverness, NS. The artists can be visited in the studio at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts between July 8th and August 2nd. The exhibition Shared Energies: Momentum will open at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts on August 3rd at 6pm. To Register for the workshop “An Introduction to Artistic Collaboration & Networking” on Sunday July 29th, 3pm – 6pm please contact the I.C.C.A. directly at 902-258-2533.

Maria will be returning to Lunenburg to teach Screen Printing on August 20th-24th. There are only 3 spots left, don’t wait too long to sign up. Please contact Lunenburg School of the Arts to register for the class.