Workshops

I design and lead creative and collaborative workshops highlighting the liberating force of creative expression and innovative play.

I work closely with individuals and groups to dissolve creative blocks and foster joy and exploration.

I have several distinct packages available. Please inquire.

I am an engaged and energetic public speaker one the topics I love.

My true loves are visual poetry, text based visual art, collage, zines and zine history, mail-art, found paper ephemera, comics and pop subcultures, memory, collections and collecting.



Creativity Workshops and Presentations 


Je me promène beaucoup, Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler, Mtl, March 10, 2024

Ballooning to Safety, Creative Workshops, Morrin Centre, Quebec City, March 4 & 6, 2024

AELAQ Holiday Book Fair, 3 Creative Kids workshops, Concordia U, Nov 2023

A Picture & A Thousand Words, Creative Workshops, St.Columba House, PSC, April & Sept 2022

Mail-Art Postcard Zoom Workshops, Neighbours Rouyn Noranda, AWE, 2022

Festival BD Montreal, Spirituality in Comics panel, 2022

Poetry To See: Creating Visual Poetry Broadsides, Zoom Workshop, AWE/QWF, 2022

Your Story-MASC’s Teen Authors & Illustrators Conference, Ottawa, ON, 2017

Narrative Labyrinth - Intro to Hybrid Literature, Quebec Writers Federation, 8 Week Master Class Workshop, Mtl. Qc, Fall 2013, again in 2015

Vanier CEGEP - Subversions Comic Book Panel, 2015

Atelier Circulaire, Round Table “Rencontre autour du futur des arts imprimés”, Mtl., Qc., 2012

Monastiraki, Kids Art Workshops w/ Emilie O’Brien, 2011-2012

Westmount High School –  Zine Workshop, Mtl., Qc., 2012

Drawn & Quarterly, Carousel Slideshow, Mtl., Qc., 2012

Emploi Quebec, Jeunes Volontaires - Mentor (zine library & 2 graphic novel projects) 2008 - 2011

Montreal Healing Arts Community, Salon Series Vol. 5, Invited Guest, Ahimsa, Mtl., Qc., 2011

Atelier Circulaire, Artist Talk, Mtl., Qc., 2011

PechaKucha 19 Edition, presentation Found Paper & Inspiration, Mtl., Qc., 2011

John Abbott College – Guest, Hybrid Literature Zine Workshop, Mtl., Qc., 2010

Champlain College – Guest Speaker, Hybrid Literature Workshop, Mtl., Qc.,  2010

Concordia University – Guest, Collage Workshop, Mtl., Qc., 2010

Creative Collaborative Workshop, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, Mtl., Qc., 2009

Rosemount High School – Guest, Comics Workshop, Mtl., Qc., 2009

OCAD Guest Lecturer, TO., On., 2008

Vanier Cegep – Guest, Mtl., Qc., 2008

Radha Yoga Centre, Creative Collaborative Workshop, Van., BC, 2008

Centre for Social Innovation, Creative Collaborative Workshop, TO, On., 2008

Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre, Workshop Director: Comic Jams, Banff, AB, 2006.

Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, Mtl., Qc.

Panel  Member / Graphic Novel Slideshows. 2003, 2004, 2005.

Ottawa School Of Art, Ottawa, Cyclops: Contemporary Canadian Narrative Art. 

Moderator / Slideshow Presentations, Ott., On., 2003

High School Art Classes, Options 1 HS for at-risk teens, Montreal, Qc, 1999 - 2001











Please contact me at billymavreas@gmail.com



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