Instructor Bio

Kathy Gurwell

Kathy Gurwell has years of experience in the fields of paper and printing, beginning with her graphic arts study in Paris and continuing as a Curator Fellow at Tamarind Lithography Institute in Albuquerque, NM, at the Museo della Carta in Fabriano, Italy and the Awagami Paper Factory on Shikoku Island, Japan. She has demonstrated papermaking in San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Houston, where she now lives. She makes paper in both Western and Japanese styles, working with fibers such as cotton, linen, kozo, abaca, and flax. She has taught workshops in Houston and the surrounding area for the past 20 years. More of her work can be viewed at kathygurwellhandmadepaper.com

Instructor Bio

Janine Delgado

Instructor Bio

Katie Bogan

Katie Bogan is the owner and sole operator of Bogan Bindery, a local, Houston-based, out-of-her-home business. After 2 years as a bindery apprentice, Katie began binding at home in her spare time and soon found herself establishing a business all of her own. Since then, Bogan Bindery has taken off. With a mixed educational background in Art History, Historic Preservation & Conservation and Museum Collection Management & Care, Katie brings a long-lasting and preservation mindset to her trade. She has made and restored 150+ books with her work spanning from Maine to California.

Instructor Bio

Melissa Aytenfisu

Melissa Aytenfisu is a Canadian artist who specializes in oil paintings, digital print media, photography, printmaking, and drawing. A native of Edmonton, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education at the University of Alberta, before moving to Montreal where she eventually received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University. During the years in between, Aytenfisu taught high school in Quebec, China and the United States while honing her craft and creating works that have appeared in exhibitions across multiple continents. Her experiences growing up in a multiracial family of nine and traveling through Africa, Asia, and North America have directed her artistic practice toward themes of identity, mobility and social justice. Melissa is currently a teaching artist at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. She lives in Houston, Texas with her two children Tyson Bedilu and Zara Tsedenia.

Instructor Bio

Jessica Snow

Houston based printmaker and graphic designer, Jessica Snow, has been working with relief printing methods since childhood. She loves combining modern and traditional techniques to create images that reflect her curiosity about the world, our relationship to it and each other, and the stories we tell ourselves about that interplay. She is the studio manager for The Printing Museum and teaches courses in letterpress and relief printing.