Workshops

Calligraphers’ Guild of Manitoba

The Calligraphers’ Guild of Manitoba offers instructional workshops and classes with local and national artists.

Classes offered include: traditional and contemporary calligraphy, and book and paper art. Classes are offered from September to June.

Past Workshops


Past Workshops | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13


Workshops: 2024-25

Modern Brush Calligraphy

October 4, 2025

Class Instructor: Janet Murata


Paper Marbling Workshop

Class Instructor: Janet Carroll


Copperplate Workshop

March 1, 2025

Class Instructor: Janet Murata


Pencil Caps – Pressure & Release Letters

January 18, 2025

Class Instructor: Violet Smythe


Spencerian Calligraphy

Class Instructor: Patricia Wilcock


Workshops: 2023-24

Copperplate Calligraphy

March 16, 2023

Class instructor: Janet Murata 

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The Artful Flourish
February 24, 2024
Class instructor: Heather Held


Befriending the Speedball B Nib

November 4, 2023

Class Instructor: Janet Murata


Italic Calligraphy for Beginners

October 14, 2023

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Workshops: 2022-23

Stylized Bensgothic Lettering

October 29 and 30, 2022

Class Instructor: Violet Smythe

Workshops: 2019-20

Italic: Formal, Fun, and Friendly

February 15, 2020

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Painted Brush

January 11, 2020


Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Bookbinding

November 16, 2019

Class Instructor: Janet Carroll


Modern Calligraphy

October 19, 2019

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Workshops: 2018-19

Freewheeling: Design without Fear

April 27 and 28, 2019

Class Instructor: Lily Yee-Sloan


The Three Faces of Copperplate: Formal, Friendly, and Fun

March 9, 2019

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Tangled Garden, Zentangle Inpired Art (ZIA)

February 9, 2019

Class Instructor: Carol Graham


Valentine Inspired Card-making

February 9, 2019

Class Instructor: Isobel Simpson


Monoline

January 19, 2019

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Modern Calligraphy

November 24, 2018

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Paste Paper and Painted Tyvek

October 20, 2018

Class Instructor: Edith Banman


Clear Carve Block Printing

September 22, 2018

Class Instructor: Ann Rivera

Workshops: 2017-18

Button Alphabet and Adventures in Watercolor

April 28 and 29, 2018

Class Instructor: Violet Smythe

Adventures in watercolour, Violet Smythe

Paper Marbling

March 24, 2018

Class Instructor: Janet Carroll


A Handmade Journal for The Changeable Mind

January 27, 2018

Class Instructor: Lauren Campbell

Handmade book with removable pages, Lauren Campbell

Breaking The Rules

Mark and Letter Making with a Ruling Pen

October 21, 2017

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Kathie McIlvride, ruling pen and sumi ink

Beginner’s Uncial

September 16, 2017

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Kathie McIlvride, Uncial

Workshops: 2016-17

Landscaping the Page

April 28 and 29, 2017

Class Instructor: Laura Eriksson


Fraktur

February 25, 2017

Class Instructor: Theresa de Guzman


Crossed Structure Book Binding

November 5, 2016

Class Instructor: Lauren Campbell


Roman Capitals

October 15, 2016

Class Instructor: Ike Derksen


Paste Paper and Painted Tyvek

September 17, 2016

Class Instructor: Edith Banman

Workshops: 2015-16

Calligraphy on the Go! and Developing a Personal Script

May 7 and 8, 2016

Class Instructor: Sharon Zeugin


Copperplate for Beginners

March 19, 2016

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Sign Painting

February 13, 2016

Class Instructor: Ike Derksen


Pens, Paint and Paper

January 16, 2016

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Beginner’s Gothic

November 14, 2015

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Beginner’s Uncial

October 17, 2015

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Workshops: 2014-15

Beginner’s Pointed Brush

May 16, 2015

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Bookbinding

March 14, 2015

Class Instructor: Janet Carroll


Decorating Book Covers with Tyvek

January 17, 2015

Instructors: Edith Banman and Charlotte Konrad


Beginner’s Italic

November 8, 2014

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride


Strong Lines, Working with the Pilot Parallel Pen

October 4 and 5, 2014

Class Instructor: Alice Young

Workshops: 2013-14

Fun with Capitals

April 12, 2014

Instructors: Charlotte Konrad and Kathie McIlvride

Charlotte Konrad, variation of Roman capitals. #calligraphy

Paper Marbling

March 8, 2014

Class Instructor: Janet Carroll


Neuland

February 15, 2015

Class Instructor: Ike Derksen

Ike Derksen, neuland. #calligraphy

Foundational Script

January 11, 2014

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Kathie McIlvride, foundational script. #calligraphy

Painted Letters and Words

November 9 and 10, 2013

Class Instructor: Lorraine Douglas

Lorraine Douglas, Shanti. #calligraphy

Creating a Hand Made Journal

October 19, 2013

Class Instructor: Charlotte Konrad

Charlotte Konrad, handmade journal.

Workshops: 2012-13

Monoline

May 20, 2013

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Kathie McIlvride, monoline lettering. #calligraphy

Uncials

April 6, 2013

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Kathie McIlvride, Uncial monogram. #calligraphy

Italic

March 2, 2013

Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride

Kathie McIlvride, Italic. #calligraphy

Paste Paper

February 16, 2013

Class Instructor: Edith Banman