Kathie MacDuff

is an artist, graphic designer and journalist who captures her artistic passions within her signature program, Creative Journaling. For the past 28 years, she has been teaching creative journaling as well as courses in watercolour, mixed media and a wide assortment of paper arts.

She is the Expressive Arts consultant for Wellspring Alberta where she’s been a regular facilitator offering varied courses over the past fifteen years in person and on Zoom.

She was a forerunner instructor with the Tom Baker Cancer Center leading to the establishment of their Medicine in Art initiative and was involved in a year-long research program with the Primary Care Network Pain Clinic studying the effects of creativity on pain and depression.

She facilitated classes at the Good Shepherd Art Studio in Calgary since its inception in 2006 to 2022 when she relocated to Sorrento Conference and Retreat Centre in British Columbia to become the Associate Director.

Her vision is to facilitate creative experiences that encourage connections, validate emotions, and nourish the soul. She finds fulfillment of these goals thanks to the enchanting people she gets to hang out with!