courses + workshops

Julie McIntyre studied at the Banff Centre, Alberta in 1986 and received her BFA from Queen’s University with a major in printmaking. She has had solo shows in 18 public galleries in Canada and participated in well over 45 juried exhibitions, including 21 international credits to date.  While lithography remains her first love, over the past ten years, Julie has been sewing her prints into quilts, artist books and wearable art. She has also been involved in teaching the arts to children and adults across Canada since 1983 and is currently in her fourth year as an Artist in Residence with The Vancouver School Board.  By way of giving back to the community, Julie is in her third term as President of CARFAC BC, first year as Treasurer of CARFAC National and CARCC, as well as being an active volunteer with Main Street Drift, Craft Council of BC and Public Dreams Society.  She was President of MPS in 1996-98 and formerly taught, (her second love), their relief printmaking course.

Melanie Bond completed her BSc. (Biochemistry) 1979, BFA (Visual Arts) 2005 and MFA (Visual Arts) 2008 at UBC. She studied drawing and painting at the Visual Arts Centre in Montreal. Melanie has worked as Print Technician at UBC and Studio Coordinator at Malaspina Printmakers. She recently attended an advanced etching workshop at Crown Point Press in San Francisco and a seminar in offset lithography at the Society of Northern Printmakers in Edmonton. Her works have combined digital images with traditional print techniques such as intaglio, lithography and embossing. She has taught other courses at Malaspina including digital printing, etching, lithography, relief and collaboration.

Anna Di Spirito graduated from the Vancouver School Art, majoring in Photography and Printmaking, received her BED from UBC, and her MED from Western Washington University. Anna has over 25 years of teaching experience in Art Education. Her work has been exhibited in BC, Alberta and Washington. 

Vancouver based painter, muralist and printmaker Richard Tetrault has participated in exhibitions in Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, France, Mexico, Cuba and the United States. Using the relief print mediums of wood and linoleum, Tetrault creates large-scale, dramatically composed prints that reflect the contemporary urban environment. His prints are in numerous private and public collections worldwide, and they are featured in several published books, including Oppenheimer Park, The Suzie ‘A’, Painted Lives and Shifting Landscapes, and the Alcuin award-winning Signs of the Times, Anvil Press Publisher. Richard Tetrault has printed at Malaspina Printmakers for a number of years, and his works can be viewed at their studio/gallery location on Granville Island in Vancouver.

Meggan Winsley received her BFA Honours, with a specialization in printmaking, from York University in 2004. After graduation, Meggan continued her print practice at Open Studio in Toronto, where, along with her print work in screen-printing, intaglio and lithography, she also worked as a technician and instructor. Meggan was heavily involved in the Open Studio community volunteering in the studio and for special events. In 2009, Meggan made the move west to Vancouver and set up her print practice at Malaspina.

Kathryn Neun has B.F.A. honours from York University. She attended Banff School of Fine Art (Intermedia) and studied printmaking at Ontario College of Art and Design. Participating in Mahone Bay Printmaking Group from 2005 and an exhibiting member of Nova Scotia Printmaking Association, she is represented by Zephyr Lieu D’Art in Montreal. She recently had a solo exhibition at Vancouver Island University in Powell River. Experience in preparing oil paints and inks led Neun to experiment using industry oils, alternative pigments and aggregates.