Melissa Marr is a practicing visual artist, educator, and arts administrator located in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. For over 20 years, she has been deeply committed to the development, creation, education and promotion of the arts in the maritimes. She creates collaborative and participatory mixed media work related to her practice in printmaking and performance, and is co-founder of Wonder’neath Art Society. Melissa has written curriculum and consulted for the Department of Education, CBC Children's Television, and AGNS. With a BFA from Mt Allison and a Master in Education from Acadia, she has worked extensively with teachers and students from P-12 and in university contexts throughout Nova Scotia to develop greater awareness of the transformative power of the arts, and to create points of access to visual arts expression within education systems.

Learn the basics of silkscreen printing in classroom contexts. With a focus on exploring stencil making, printing on fabric, paper, wood and other surfaces, budgeting, improvising equipment, setting up a studio and exploring possibilities of how to relate screen printing to your curriculum or teaching needs. This is for all teachers from P-12, support teachers, and specialists.