SMASHING COLOR
Summer Workshops
at Taborspace in SE Portland

2026 Schedule coming soon . . .

For the past five years I have worked with the international Color Literacy Project team to develop up-to-date resources and materials for teachers to explore 21st century color with their students.

I am very excited to offer workshops during the summer that include beta-tests exercises and activities from the Color Lit Project.

Color education is changing in schools around the world, and you can be a part of this transformation just as it’s gathering momentum!

Classes take place at Taborspace in SE Portland, Oregon.

CREMA, the coffee shop at Taborspace, has a fabulous selection of pastries and drinks. Yum!

Maggie’s classes have ALWAYS been so incredibly eye-opening, fascinating, paradigm-shifting, enlightening, mind-bending at times, and just plain FUN!

— Carol Routh, Glass Artist, Portland,OR

LIVING in COLOUR
FRIDAY FOCUS GROUP

Join me around the table for a focus group to test the latest hands-on exercises from the new Colour Literacy Project’s Living in Colour series.

The Living in Colour series is focused on exploring how color and culture interact in our daily lives. Your feedback will help us finetune the exercises for the teacher guides.


2026 Schedule TBA
Contact me if interested.


COLOUR LIT WORKSHOPS

Have fun learning about color as a meta-discipline!
Each of these three summer workshops combine exercises from the first two series in the Colour Literacy Project - the Eye Opener Series and the STEAM Series.

Featuring engaging, hands-on activities, all three of the workshops are focused on learning how to see, describe, and use color to the greatest effect.

 

FROM 2D to 3D

Image: Huang Qian

MIXING SYSTEMS

Orange Cube from David Briggs

Orange Cube: David Briggs

COLOR in CONTEXT


SMASHING COLOR WEEK

Note: NOT offered in 2026. I will be attending a color conference the first week of September this year.

Annual end of summer opportunity to immerse yourself in 21st Century Color.

This intensive workshop for professional artists and designers starts on Labor Day Monday every year to take advantage of visiting the annual Art in Pearl show in Portland, Oregon.

The workshop includes two days of Smashing Color exercises, three days of Colour Literacy Project exercises, and personal color coaching. 

Five Full Days
Monday-Friday.
9:30 - 5:30
$750 (Includes all materials)