Workshops this Spring Maria Doering’s studio in Dartmouth Nova Scotia
Maria is delighted to be able to offer three back to back workshops this Spring in her studio in Dartmouth, NS between June 7th-9th. Plant Monotype, Multi-layered Monotype and Colourful block printing! To register send an email at [email protected].
The collaborative project Shared Energies that both Maria Doering and Fiona Clark have worked on since 2014 has it’s newest iteration on display at the Saint John Arts Centre in Saint John, NB.
The exhibition “Shared Energies: The Universe Within” is on display at SJAC from March 15th until April 26th and can be viewed in the city gallery.
Fiona published a video of her visit to Saint John and Dartmouth for the install and the opening reception. Watch it here:
Maria is opening her art studio up for the public to visit and view brand new prints, cards and more on November 19th 1-4pm at her home at 98 Victoria Road, Dartmouth, NS. At the same time Cathy McKelvey at 4 Brightwood, Julie Rosvall at 4 Brightwood and Violet Rosengarten at 4 Rockwood are all sharing their works in such different and beautiful spaces. Please join us for this super rare opportunity to meet the artists AND see their creative spaces where much of the magic happens. There will be some light refreshments shared at Maria’s place. Come see paintings, prints, new work and old, greeting cards, printing presses, and so much more!
For the first time ever Maria is offering a four day long relief printing course from her studio in Dartmouth, NS that includes full days workshops ranging from the very basics of block printing all the way to the much more complex multi-block printing. This workshop series has 5 seats in total available and until October 4th you can book the 4-day package for $500 + HST. If you are interested in one or two workshops but not all send Maria a message to be on the waitlist while priority will be given to anyone interested in the 4-day package. On October 4th any remaining spots will be opened for $135+HST per person per workshop. See the details for each individual workshop below.
To register email [email protected] or call 902-719-5007. Payments via e-transfer preferred but credit cards are accepted as well.
Maria is back to teaching a round of workshops at Julie Rosvall’s studio in the Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia. Julie has a wonderful little printmaking workshop that makes it a fabulous experience especially for anyone who loves fibre, textile art and printmaking. The first workshop will be a highly experimental Monotype workshop for the lover of all things fibre. We experiment with your fabric, yarn, embroidery floss scraps to create stunning one of a kind images.
The second workshop will be focussing on Multi-layered Monotype, which is a bit slower, more deliberate and with quite a bit more planning. You will be wiping an image into an inked plate and with each printed colour layer a fully aligned and carefully created one-of-a kind piece of artwork will emerge.
To register please send an email to [email protected] or call 902-719-5007.
This week Maria was interviewed by Liz from “Try not to curse”- podcast about her art practice, about her past living in Germany, the US and quite a lot more. Go check it out!
In July, Maria travelled to New Jersey to work with her collaborator Fiona Clark on their Shared Energies project. Fiona published a vlog about the adventure. Go check it out!
The 62nd Toronto Outdoor artfair was a great success. Maria’s booth location was excellent and had thousands of visitors. Sales were good and more than 50 works were sold including the brand new “Enveloping Calm” artist proof.
Thank you kindly for all the fantastic folks who brought their art appreciation and enthusiasm to the Toronto Outdoor Artfair. Maria has made available a selection of works in her online shop for those who couldn’t make it to the fair.
Maria will be bringing the newest work in her Cells, Souls and Personalities series of linocuts to Toronto later this month. She will be showing two new large linocuts on paper, entitled Gentle Determination and Burst of Energy, and a new 1m round print on fabric with embroidery entitled Fulfilling, as well as more than a dozen new smaller prints. Altogether she will have more than a hundred pieces to share with everyone at the fair. Please come down to see her, rain or shine, in booth 140. Can’t make it to the show in person? TOAF also includes an online fair, open from 2-9 July 2023 – you can access Maria’s virtual booth by clicking the TOAF poster below!
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 [email protected] 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.
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.
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 [email protected] or call 902-719-5007.
It was a true pleasure to meet so many new folks at the Art Vancouver art fair recently. Thank you so kindly for stopping by Maria’s booth and checking out the website! Here are some notes on the incredible organizations that made the travel to Vancouver possible for Maria.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
We recognize the support of the Province of Nova Scotia. We are pleased to work in partnership with the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage to develop and promote our cultural resources for all Nova Scotians.
And now some photos from the event!
Thank you again to the Nova Scotia Creative Industries Fund for supporting the trip to Vancouver.
A note from Maria: “Thank you to my dear husband Scott who was my partner, booth assistant, organizer, statistician, business brain and muscle. Without him these big adventures wouldn’t be happening.”
Cellular Expressions is now available in Maria’s online shop.
Maria is showing her Cellular Expressions body of work, including three large paintings never shown before, at Art Vancouver 2023 from 4-7 May at the Vancouver Convention Centre. You can get tickets here – use code MDOE_20 to save 20% – and come see her at booth #600.
Fiona Chinkan, Maria’s friend and collaborator came to visit this summer and filmed a studio tour with Maria. This tour shows a lot of different materials Maria works with as well as some new and older work and gives a glimpse into process and storage solutions. Enjoy watching it here!
Maria will be one of the artists on site as part of the 61st Toronto Outdoor Art Fair at Nathan Phillips Square from 15-17 July 2022. Come and say hi at booth #A66. If you cannot stop by in person, you can always visit the online fair here.
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 [email protected] to register.
Maria’s reductive linocut print, Nostalgic State II, has been selected as one of 301 pieces from more than 2100 submissions for the 2020 G6 Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, organized by the Cultural Center of Covasna County, the Lăzarea Cultural and Creation Center and the Mureș County Museum in Romania. This is the sixth edition and tenth anniversary of the Biennial of Szeklerland. Unfortunately, the museum exhibit of the biennial, which had been scheduled for the Transylvanian Art Center, has had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic, but the catalogue, selection, and awarding of prizes are still being organized.
Nostalgic is a reductive linocut printed as two limited editions, one on Shoji rice paper (three prints) and one on Fabriano rag paper (two prints), in May 2018. It is part of the Cells, Souls and Personalities series, exploring what personality traits may look like on a cellular level.
Fiona and Maria were interviewed this week about their collaborative Shared Energies project on the Canadian Podcast “In Conversation with Stephen Hurley” through VoicEd radio . If you have half an hour take a listen to the conversation on their take on the role of artists in society today, how they came to collaborate and what they have learned about the collaborative process.
Maria is delighted to invite the public to visit her studio at 98 Victoria Road in Dartmouth, NS, Canada on October 20th, noon – 3pm. A variety of pieces from different bodies of work will be on view including pieces from Cellular Expressions as well as Cells, Souls and Personalities. There will be small and large works available as well as hand printed cards. This is a free event but for your convenience cash, e-transfer, debit tap and credit cards are all accepted when a purchase is made.
Fiona and Maria’s collaboration Shared Energies project was featured today on CTV news Atlantic Live at 5. They were interviewed about their project during their residency at the Saint John Arts Centre.
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 [email protected]
There will also be a Monotype workshop held at Maria’s studio on May 11th.
To register please contact Maria directly at [email protected]
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.
The wonderful Joanie Veitch interviewed Maria after her artist talk and followed with a fabulous article for the Chronicle Herald and its local Dartmouth Community paper the Dartmouth Tribune. You can read the article online here.
Snapd Dartmouth Photographer Amelia Cruddas attended the Opening reception at the Craig Gallery and photos were published online as well as in the March issue of the paper.
Maria’s Cellular Expressions exhibition of 160 drawings opened on February 7th. A very interested crowd of people attended the reception including local artist and legend Tom Forestall and his son and artist Frank Forestall. Snapd Dartmouth photographer Amelia Cruddas whose photographs will be published in the next Snapd Issue attended as well.
With the help of my volunteers Kristina, Hannah, Angele, Christine and my husband Scott we managed to install this exhibition of 160 drawings in only a day and a half at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, NS.
Thank you to the Craig Gallery staff, Lee Cripps and the Exhibition selection committee for giving me this opportunity. It’s been a long time in the works and I am so happy that the show turned out far beyond my own expectations. Thank you to all my helpers and supporters. The exhibition will be up until March 3rd, 2019.
Please join Maria at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, NS, Canada for her solo exhibition “Cellular Expressions” which opens on Thursday, February 7th, 5pm – 7pm. Followed by an artist talk on Saturday, February 9th, 2pm. In case of snow the artist talk will be moved to February 16th at 2pm. The exhibition will be up until March 3rd. Around 150 drawings will be exhibited.
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 [email protected].
Maria was invited to include one of her artist books in Book Matters at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts. The work will be on display September 25th – October 14th with a likely opening receptions September 25th. Many of the books on display will be read at a performance on September 30th. For more information please visit the Inverness County Centre for the Arts Website.
Maria’s reductive linocut print, Nostalgic, has been selected as one of 79 pieces in the 2018 Pacific States North American Print Biennial, organized by the University of Hawai’i at Hilo and juried by Washington DC based artist and founder of Pyramid Atlantic, Helen Frederick. The PSBN was first organized in 1982, and the 2018 exhibition will be open from 2 November to 28 December.
Nostalgic is a reductive linocut printed as two limited editions, one on Shoji rice paper (three prints) and one on Fabriano rag paper (two prints), in May 2018. It is part of the Cells, Souls and Personalities series, exploring what personality traits may look like on a cellular level.
