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
Gel Printing Workshop
With Sonja Strausz
Spencerian Script Adventure
With
Kalo Chu
Past Workshops
Past Workshops | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 | 2015-16 |2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13
Workshops: 2025-26
Real Roses Watercolour Workshop
November 15, 2025
Class Instructor: Sylvia Russell
Modern Brush Calligraphy
October 4, 2025
Class Instructor: Janet Murata
Workshops: 2024-25
Paper Marbling Workshop
April 26, 2025
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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