link to home page

courses + workshops

Wednesday nights from 7:00 till 10:00 p.m. Class sizes are kept small to facilitate more individual instruction. Malaspina Printmakers courses and workshops are an excellent way to discover new mediums and techniques or to further develop skills in different mediums.

  • Collagraph
    July 8 - July 29, 2009
    Instructor: Andrea Taylor
    Member Fee: $160 Material Fee: $15
    Non-member Fee: $190 Material Fee: $15

    Patterned and textured everyday items will be seen in a new light after this workshop as you are introduced to the exciting world of collagraph. Create and then print your own collage plates –- you will learn to print limited edition collagraph prints. You will learn several methods of creating a plate, as well as inking, printing and how to properly edition the print.  Create relief plates and intaglio plates with this exciting printmaking method. Explore the limitless possibilities of textures with items found or bought, OR create your own patterns and texture with matte medium and modeling paste and carborundum. This printmaking method lends itself to experimentation. All levels of experience welcome. 

     

    Andrea Taylor, a full-time artist, has a particular love for printmaking, and letterpress printing and brings this great enthusiasm to her teaching. Amongst her completed projects is "Childhood Summers by the Sea", a letterpress book of her stories and linocuts and Sea Monsters another letterpress book containing 4 etchings of sea monsters. A book of her portrait linocuts is to be published Fall 2009 by Heavenly Monkey. Andrea has enjoyed teaching relief printmaking for Dundarave and letterpress printing for Emily Carr University for years and taught a 3 day collagraph class for Mountain Haven Arts in Mission, BC.

    andreataylor.ca

     

  • Miniature Mezzotint Workshop
    July 18 and 25, 2009
    Instructor: Nathan Grimson
    Member Fee: $92 Material Fee: $8
    Non member Fee: $122 Material Fee: $8
    This workshop will look at the the traditional intaglio process of mezzotint printmaking. In which we will investigate the techniques ability to capture subtle nuances of tone and value from rich, velvety blacks to glowing highlights.
    With this workshop we will look at the tools needed to ready the plate from the mezzotint rocker to the burnisher.
      Nathan Grimson Self Portrait  , 2009

     

    Nathan Grimson recently graduated from the University of Alberta in Design and printmaking. He is a grand prize winner of the Blurring Boundaries Exhibition from the University of Alberta and enjoys the smell of ink.

     

  • Monotype
    August 15 and 22, 2009
    Instructor: Cindy Thom
    Member Fee: $140 Material Fee: $10
    Non-member Fee: $170 Material Fee: $10

    Enjoy two sessions exploring various monoprint techniques in watercolour and oil-based media. The painterly qualities of the monoprint as well as the variety and flexiblity of approaches to creating a monoprint image will be explored. Bring your brushes, sponges, water colours and oils as well as absorbant (preferably printmaking) paper with you and learn to use these tools in new and different ways. 

    Cynthia Thom is a graphic artist as well as a printmaker. She has worked out of the Malaspina Printmakers studio since 1995."

     

  • Photopolymer plate workshop
    September 19, 26 and October 3, 2009
    Instructor: Catherine Stewart
    Member Fee: $180 Material Fee: $40
    Non-member fee: $210 Material Fee; $40

    This 3-day workshop will introduce you to a less toxic approach to printmaking using photopolymer light sensitive plates. This versatile medium has both intaglio and relief printing capabilities and is suitable for a wide range of imagery - drawing, washes, text, digitized photo-images, photogram collages or combinations thereof. The course will cover: making digital transparencies using the MPS digital printer; exposure, development and printing; as well as other creative applications of photopolymer plates. Participants must have previous experience of printing with an etching press.

     
    Catherine Stewart, Natural Affinities: Luna Moth and Dermatome Diagram, 2007

     

    Catherine Stewart’s educational background includes a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a MFA from the University of British Columbia.  Catherine has taught photo-etching at Malaspina Printmakers Society for several years and conducted solarplate workshops in Japan and the Netherlands. She recently received the Printmakers Council Chairman’s Award at the 7th British International Mini Print Exhibition. A solo exhibition of her new digital work is scheduled for July in conjunction with the Darwin Festival 2009 in Cambridge, UK.

     

  • Traditional Etching
    September 9 - October 28, 2009
    Instructor: Tomoyo Ihaya
    Member Fee: $290 Material Fee: $20
    Non-member fee: $320 Material Fee; $20

    This course introduces students to the basic knowledge and techniques of etching. Students will learn hard and soft ground etching and drypoint techniques. Print editioning and presentation will also be explored. This course is suitable for beginners or students with a basic background who wish to add to or refresh their skills.


    Tomoyo Ihaya Tree, 2008

     

     Tomoyo's Bio Coming soon

  • Intermediate Lithography
    January 13 - March 3, 2010
    Instructor: Gillian Armitage
    Member Fee: $280 Material Fee: $60
    Member Fee: $310 Material Fee: $60

    This class will concentrate on multi-colour printing and registration and perfecting lithographic techniques of this versatile and exciting medium learnt in Beginning Lithography or the equivalent.  Students will also be introduced to photo plate lithography. 

     

     
    Gilian Armitage Don & Llyr #2: Rainbow Labyrinth Tesserae  stone lithograph, thread & collage, 112 cm x 76 cm   

     

    Gillian Armitage was educated at Western Washington University, USA and Kingston-upon –Hull College of Art, England.  She has instructed at ECIAD, Vancouver; Kwantlen College, Surrey and Scarborough School of Art, U.K.  Her artist practice includes painting, lithography, intaglio and relief printing.

PAYMENT OF FEES

A minimum deposit of 50% of the course fee is required to reserve a seat in any course.

Full payment confirms registration and must be received no later than one month before the commencement of classes.

Malaspina Printmakers accepts Visa, Mastercard, AMEX or personal cheque.

TERMS OF COURSE CANCELLATION

Failure to pay the balance of the fee no later than one month prior to commencement of classes may result in loss of seat on the course/workshop, and the imposition of a $25 cancellation fee.

If a person wishes to withdraw from a course within a one-month period prior to commencement and before the first session, there will be a cancellation fee of $50 applied to the reimbursement.

Should anyone wish to withdraw their enrollment more than one month prior to the start of classes, there will be a $25 cancellation fee applied to the reimbursement. This applies to both deposits and full payments.

Once a course/workshop is in session, there will be no reimbursements.

Minimum enrollment for courses/workshops is four (4) participants. In the event that insufficient numbers have enrolled, a full reimbursement of fees paid will be applied.

To register for one of these courses, or for more information, please contact

Andrea Pinheiro
Program Coordinator
604.688.1724

past courses

  • Epson 9880 Orientation Workshop
    June 24, 2009 7 - 10 pm
    Instructor: Marijke Nap
    Member Fee: $65
    Fee for non-members: $95

    Learn how to print digitally using correct colour profiles and proofing techniques that you can incorporate with traditional techniques as well as use for contemporary applications.

    Marijke Nap works in a variety of print and other media.  She exhibits in various places on this planet.

     

  • Photo-woodcut workshop
    June 13 and 14, 2009
    Instructor: Anna Szul - Visiting Artist
    Member Fee: $120 Material Fee: $15
    Non-member fee: $150 material Fee:$15

    This year's Visiting Artist, Anna Szul will be presenting a demonstration and workshop on photo-woodblock printing. Participants will learn how to coat wood plates with ImageON emulsion, expose photo-based images onto the plates and how to cut into the wood plate to create relief surfaces. Don't miss this opportunity to learn an unconventional and rare process.

     Anna Szul  Wallow, 2007

    Anna Szul graduated form the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2005. She was the recipient of the 2004 Printmaking Award of Excellence. She is an active member on the board of the Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists (SNAP). She has exhibited in various venues in Edmonton the most recent being "ArtsHab in the Core: An Exhibition" which was a retrospective of the artists who for the past 8 years have been a vital part of Edmonton’s downtown city core.

     

Home Contact
1555 Duranleau Street, Granville Island, Vancouver BC Canada V6H 3S3 Get Directions