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.
Upcoming Workshops
November 15, 2025
Watercolour Workshop
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
October 26, 2024
Class Instructor: Patricia Wilcock
Workshops: 2023-24
Copperplate Calligraphy
March 16, 2023
Class instructor: Janet Murata
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
Paper Marbling
March 24, 2018
Class Instructor: Janet Carroll
A Handmade Journal for The Changeable Mind
January 27, 2018
Class Instructor: Lauren Campbell
Breaking The Rules
Mark and Letter Making with a Ruling Pen
October 21, 2017
Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride
Beginner’s Uncial
September 16, 2017
Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride
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
Paper Marbling
March 8, 2014
Class Instructor: Janet Carroll
Neuland
February 15, 2015
Class Instructor: Ike Derksen
Foundational Script
January 11, 2014
Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride
Painted Letters and Words
November 9 and 10, 2013
Class Instructor: Lorraine Douglas
Creating a Hand Made Journal
October 19, 2013
Class Instructor: Charlotte Konrad
Workshops: 2012-13
Monoline
May 20, 2013
Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride
Uncials
April 6, 2013
Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride
Italic
March 2, 2013
Class Instructor: Kathie McIlvride
Paste Paper
February 16, 2013
Class Instructor: Edith Banman
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