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.

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.

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.

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.

Maria’s Cells, Souls and Personalities body of work will be on exhibition at St. FX University Gallery from September 5th until October 7th. The opening reception is September 5th at 6pm immediately followed by the artist talk at 7pm.

This exhibition includes 50+ hand carved limited edition linocut prints on Japanese paper as well as several prints on fabric, embellished with embroidery. Maria’s Cells, Souls and Personalities Exhibition plays with the question: What if we could view our personality traits and emotions under the microscope in cellular form?

The exhibition can be viewed Tuesday – Friday noon until 6pm at the Gallery.

To purchase work please contact Maria directly.

You are invited to join Maria at her first Open studio event of 2018 at her artist studio at 98 Victoria Road, Dartmouth, NS on April 28th, 2018, between noon and 3pm. There will be refreshments available and much new and old artwork to view and purchase. Come on by and say hi!

The City of Saint John Gallery at the Saint John Arts Centre presents
Maria Doering – “Cells, Souls and Personalities” and “Internal Dialogues”.
The two exhibitions open today, Friday September 8th at 5:30pm – 7:30pm and will run until October 28th, 2017. Maria will be giving an artist talk in the Gallery on September 20th at noon.

Maria will be the printmaker-in-residence at the Saint John Arts Centre until the end of September where she will be working on a new body of work.

During her stay she will be offering 3 workshops at the Arts Centre, please visit the SJAC website for more information.

This project is supported generously by Arts Nova Scotia and by Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Maria’s print works under the project title “Cells, Souls and Personalities” will be on exhibition at the Lee Matasi Gallery at the Ottawa School of Art from March 8th – March 22nd. If you live in the area please stop in and visit! Works will be for sale in the Gallery as well as at the OSA Art Boutique.   This body of work includes relief prints ranging from 3×3 inches to 3×3 feet.

Maria is excited to invite anyone interested in her Holiday Open Art Studio Event and Sale this Saturday, December 3rd from 1pm-5pm.
There will be much art to view and purchase. Light refreshments and demonstrations of technique.