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Calligraphy and Bookbinding Events
Watch this page! We will post details for all kinds of gatherings of book artists and lettering artists.
Conferences & Workshops
Exhibitions
Guild Sponsored Classes & Workshops
Individual Teacher Classes & Workshops
If you are sponsoring an event that you would like to have listed here, please send the information to info@johnnealbooks.com
Conferences & Workshops
Appeal for Ogatsu Inkstone Craftsmen
The massive earthquake and tsunami which hit North East Japan on March 11th of this year devastated many coastal fishing towns. Ogatsu was one of them. Famous for its 600 year old history of handcrafted inkstones, the town was directly hit by the tsunami and suffered extensive damage. In addition to their homes, the craftspeople lost their livelihoods as their workshops, tools and equipment were also swept away. Two craftsmen of a total of 20 lost their lives; one was a master craftsman. There are 20 additional skilled artisans connected to the industry.
Craftsmen, local people and volunteers managed to rescue some of the Ogatsu stone and inkstones which were swept away. The inkstones are being restored and, as they become available, are being sold in one or two galleries in Kyoto and Tokyo. This month, the craftsmen are moving into a temporary communal workshop, but without the infrastructure for their craft, the way forward will not be easy. Before the tsunami Ogatsu produced 90% of Japanese inkstones, which were renowned for their quality and beauty. The industry will not be able to rebuild itself to such a level again without support from the general public, calligraphers and artists. (If you have purchased the Shakyo-Ken Inkstone with its small deep well, you have an Ogatsu inkstone:
http://www.johnnealbooks.com/prod_detail_list/s?keyword=IS19
At present the craftsmen are living in temporary accommodation. The local government is giving what aid it can to all those who have lost their homes and livelihoods, but resources are stretched thin.
John Neal, Bookseller is helping Christine Flint Sato collect donations. Ms Flint-Sato, who has contributed several articles to Letter Arts Review on Japanese ink sticks and brushes as well as calligraphy in Japan, will forward the donations to the head of the inkstone craftsmen’s union. All amounts are welcome.
Please include your email address so the receipt of your donation can be acknowledged and a subsequent report on the effort can be sent. Please note that these donations are not tax deductable.
Those in the USA, Canada, and the UK should send checks/cheques in their own currency to John Neal, 1833 Spring Garden Street, First Floor, Greensboro, NC 27403. Make checks payable to JOHN NEAL and write “Inkstone Relief” elsewhere on the check. The “payable to” must have only JOHN NEAL.
Those in Japan please contact Christine Flint Sato on ogatsuinkstones@hotmail.com , and she will send you bank details for transferring money directly in Yen.
Volunteer work in Ogatsu: http://peaceboat.jp/relief/reports/ogatsu-stone/
Crafting Inkstone: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6pGdhQSPoYg
MASSACHUSETTS
This year, a group of calligraphers from five New England states have been meeting in Massachusetts to take REGGIE EZELL's Primitive to Modern course. We have been having so much fun that we started talking about offering Reggie's other course, 26 Seeds- A Year to Grow, during 2012. This 6-session course will meet one weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, every other month from March to December. Some of the topics covered are Monoline Romans, pressurized Romans with serifs, Roman variations, Carolingian and Italic lettering styles.
We still have room in this course for a few more people. If you are interested, we have DVDs that we will be happy to send to you, and I will be happy to talk to you about the course. Just respond to this email address to get the ball rolling. I can send you the dates, estimated cost, location and similar info. Elissa Barr, twogerbils@gmail.com
NEW YORK
Society of Scribes Workshops
December 3, 2011. The Ins & Outs of Envelopes. Nan DeLuca.
December 3-4, 2011. Gothicized Italic. BarryMorentz.
More info: http://www.societyofscribes.org/workshops.htm
CALIFORNIA
San Diego Fellow Calligraphers Workshops:
May 19-20, 2012: Having the most fun you can have with your Parallel Pens. Douglas Boyd.
More info: http://www.sdfconline.com/Douglas_Boyd-Having_Fun_with_Parallel_Pens.pdf
December 4, 2011. Dick Pio: "The Making of a Clamshell Box". Workshop sponsored by Orange County Chapter, Society for Calligraphy. 9-5:30pm. Michael Punke's Studio, Fountain Valley, CA. Contact Chris Ewen at c562blank@yahoo.com
www.societyforcalligraphy.org/Calendar/flyers/1211_pio.pdf
December 4, 2011. Barbara Close: "Textured Letters". Workshop sponsored by SFVR, Society for Calligraphy. 9:30-4:30pm. Fire Station 84, Woodland Hills, CA.
Contact Jann Marks at callijann@aol.com
December 10-11, 2011. Dickens Holiday Celebration. International Printing Museum, Carson, CA. Each year, a South Bay printing museum transforms into Fezziwig's A Christmas Carol warehouse, where visitors can create and print their own Victorian Christmas cards and gift tags on antique presses. Guests can interact with Dickens’ characters, enjoy an English lunch, tour the museum's collection of printing gear, listen to carolers and musicians, and take in a performance of A Christmas Carol in the theater (reservations recommended). 310-515-7166. www.printmuseum.org
San Francisco Center for the Book (300 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 USA) offers book arts classes, workshops and exhibits in bookmaking, printmaking and letterpress printing. http://sfcb.org/
Friends of Calligraphy lists workshops, members who teach, and ongoing classes on their website: http://www.friendsofcalligraphy.org/
MINNESOTA
The Colleagues of Calligraphy Workshops
January 21, 2012. Fold and Stitch. Jean Formo. Plymouth Church.
Details to follow. Questions: info@colleaguesofcalligraphy.com
ILLINOIS
Chicago Calligraphy Collective Workshops
January 21-22, 2011. Illumination Techniques and Gilding. Valerie Weilmuenster.
Details for these workshops and for calligraphy classes in the Chicago area:
http://chicagocalligraphy.org/workshops/ Questions: workshops@chicagocalligraphy.org
AUSTRALIA
January 4-14, 2012. Gemma Black: Purely Pencils. McGregor Summer School. Visit:
http://www.usq.edu.au/mcgregor/summer/
Gemma Black website: http://www.pcug.org.au/~gblack
FLORIDA
January 7, 2012. Denise Delgado: Daybook Workshop. Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Wimberly Library, Room 350/ 3rd floor east, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Telephone: 561.297.0226. 1 to 4 PM. Tuition: $35 general public / $30 FAU staff and students from other institutions / $25 FAU students.
Using books as part of a regular creative practice and treating writing and image-making as related processes. Sketchbooks and notebooks are spaces to prepare for making a polished work of art, and also to collect materials, generate ideas, and maintain a sense of continuity in your work. For inspiration, we’ll take a look at some artists’ books and sketchbooks from the Jaffe Center’s amazing collection. Then we’ll work on our own books, using simple prompts and exercises that you can use even when daily life seems too exhausting and busy for artmaking. Both writers and artists at all levels of experience are welcome. We might also talk about other relatives in the sketchbook family—like daybooks, commonplace books, blogs, and Tumblr. Bring your own notebook or sketchbook, your preferred writing or drawing instrument(s), and come ready to look, talk, and work. More info:
http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/workshops/daybooks.php
If that link doesn't work for you, go to http://www.jaffecollection.org and click on WORKSHOPS.
TEXAS
Houston Calligraphy Guild
January 21, 2012. Pointed Pen. Pat Blair.
April 28, 2012. Contemporary Scripts. Mike Gold.
More info: http://www.calligraphers.org/workshops.htm
Dallas Calligraphy Society Workshops January 21, 2012. Pointed Pen Variations. Betty Barna.
February 18, 2012. Pointed Pen Variations. Betty Barna.
March 24-25, 2012. Pointed Pen Explorations. Xandra Zamora.
April 21, 2012. Italic. Kathy Setina.
More info: http://www.kaligrafos.com/calendar/Kaligrafos-Workshops.html
NORTH CAROLINA
John Stevens, Six Month Class, 2012. Six consecutive monthly workshops: Saturdays, January-June, 2012. Cost $1050 for the six month class. 50% deposit to hold space. Class will be small. Class will be small and focused. Class will be at the Calligraphy Centre in Winston-Salem, NC. More info:
tetascribe@triad.rr.com
Carolina Lettering Arts Society
March 31 – April 1, 2012. Lisa Engelbrecht Workshop and CLAS Annual Meeting. Will be in the Triangle Area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill).
Details on CLAS events are mailed directly to CLAS members and are posted on the workshop blog.
SPRING CHEERIO CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS May 6-11, 2012
Two Separate Workshops
Yves Leterme: Watchful Experimenting and the Fine Art of Controlled Scribbling
Anne Cowie: Not a picture, but a path of soul language
Spring Cost: $695 for instruction, meals, lodging. Semi-private and private rooms available ($795, $865). $200 Deposit (non-refundable).
Cheerio is held in the northern mountains about two hours west of Greensboro, with an awesome view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is held at a YMCA camp with modern facilities. Single and double rooms are available and the food is resort quality. The Tetas provide a shuttle from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO). If you rent a car, the Charlotte airport (CLT) is an option. The Raleigh, NC airport is farther, about 3.5 hours from Cheerio.
These discount airlines will not show up on Travelocity, Orbitz and similar travel sites. AllegiantAir flies non-stop from several Florida cities to the Greensboro airport (PTI).
JetBlue flies non-stop from Ft Lauderdale, Boston & NYC/JFK to Charlotte, NC.
Southwest files to Raleigh, NC with non-stops from Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix, St Louis, Nashville, Chicago (Midway), Tampa Bay, Ft Lauderdale, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington.
Info: Jim Teta, 5200 Bear Creek Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27106. 336-924-5681 (H), 724-5475 (Studio).
Email: tetascribe@triad.rr.com
Online at http://www.calligraphycentre.com
Cheerio Registration Form: http://www.calligraphycentre.com/CheerioRegistrationform2.pdf
ITALY
April 6-10, 2012. Brush Lettering & Bookbinding. Chen Li and Terhi Hursti. Venice, Italy.
The workshop runs from Friday afternoon to Tuesday morning. Chen Li teaches Roman letters written with a pointed brush on Fri-Sun, and Terhi teaches Bookbinding on Monday. On Tuesday is a general showing. Chen Li is a Chinese-Italian artist-calligrapher who works out of Torino, and Terhi Hursti is a Finninsh bookbinder-calligrapher. Cost of the four day course (from Friday afternoon to Tuesday morning) is 240 euro for first timers (210 for returnees). Lodgings and meals are the responsibility of the student. There is no association to join. There is a show of the students’ work in the Galleria Sotoportego. Past teachers of the course include Jovica Velovic, Frances Breen, Petra Gartner and Brody Neuenschwander. For full information, write Kathy Frate: klsfrate@tin.it
MIGHIGAN
Pen Dragons Calligraphy Guild Workshops
April 21-22, 2012. Workshop: Barbara Mann Watercolor Floral Designs. More info will be forthcoming on their website. http://www.pendragonscalligraphy.org/workshops.html
OREGON
June 24 – July 1, 2012. Calligraphy Northwest, the 31st International Calligraphy Conference. Reed College, Portland, Oregon. While the conference is not until NEXT summer, if you're thinking about coming to the conference, you should register soon. Because the conference will be at a smaller school with limited space, they are already nearing capacity and a wait-list is in the near future! The current estimated cost for meals, lodging, classes and lectures is $1300. Deposit is $104. ($100 if paid by check or money order). $50 is returnable if you have to cancel. You can find the list of faculty and preregistration info at their website. http://www.2012calligraphyconference.com
For pre-registration form: http://www.johnnealbooks.com/downloads/2012ConferenceReg.pdf
GEORGIA
2012. Reggie Ezell's year long workshop series Primitive to Modern is coming to Atlanta, GA in 2012. This exciting, project-based course will include such topics as modernizing a traditional calligraphic hand, writing with color and gilding on vellum, illumination, modernizing calligraphic design, experiencing the book as a new structure, and more. The class meets one weekend every other month, beginning in February. To see examples of Reggie's and his students' work, please visit his website at http://www.reggieezell.com. For registration information, please contact Victoria Lansford ( victoria@victorialansford.com ) or Mamie Valez (mgonvelez@yahoo.com ).
TENNESSEE
2012. The Nashville (Tennessee) Calligraphers Guild will be hosting Reggie Ezell's 26 Seeds: A Year To Grow during 2012. Over the past three decades, his year-long course “26 Seeds: a Year to Grow” has been among the most highly regarded and sought after in the US and Canada. The class meets for 10 weekend sessions over the course of the year. Contact Ann Cobb for information regarding the class: cobbann02@aol.com
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Valley Calligraphers list workshops and ongoing classes on their website.
http://www.calligraphyconnecticut.org/Classes.htm .
DC/MARYLAND/VIRGINIA
Washington (DC) Calligraphers Guild’s webpage has contact info for classes in the DC area.
http://www.calligraphersguild.org/meetings.html#workshops .
LOUISIANA
The Louisiana Calligrapher's Guild, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an organization created for people http://www.louisianacalligraphersguild.org/index.html
Also in the state: http://www.neworleanscalligraphy.org/
MISSOURI / KANSAS
The Kansas City Letter Arts Exchange (KCLAX) is a new group dedicated to calligraphy, typography, printing, and other book arts.
Blog: http://kclax.tumblr.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kcletters
Yahoo! Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kcletters
Questions? Contact KCLAX Programming Chair, Peggy Lim: peggytlim@yahoo.com
OREGON
The Portland Society for Calligraphy has monthly meetings and sponsors exhibits and workshops (including Anne Hechle and Barbara Close in March 2011). P.O. Box 4621, Portland, OR 97208.
welcome@portlandcalligraphy.org
VIRGINIA
Two-day classes for book dealers, collectors, & those generally interested in the craft of hand bookbinding. School for Bookbinding Arts At Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding, 2160 Cedar Grove Rd, Winchester, Virginia 22603 540-662-2683. info@cattailrun.com
For further information and additional course listings visit http://www.CatTailRun.com and click the link for School for Bookbinding Arts.
WASHINGTON
Write On Calligraphers list workshops and ongoing classes on their website.
http://writeoncalligraphers.homestead.com/Classes---Workshops.html
WEST VIRGINIA
The Huntington Calligraphy Guild and the Charleston Calligraphy Guild sponsor workshops and other events. More info: http://www.wvcalligraphy.com/about-us/
CANADA
The Canadian Bookbinding and Book Arts Guild sponsors classes and workshops bookbinding. For details: http://www.cbbag.ca/workshp.html
SHARON ZEUGIN
May 19-20, 2012. Sharon Zeugin Workshop. Vancouver, BC,
July 29-August 12, 2012. Sharon Zeugin: Sketching & Journaling. La Romita, Terni, Italy. More info:
www.sharonzeugin.com
sharonzeugin@yahoo.com
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
JERRY TRESSER is available to teach an in-depth, two-day workshop on gilding. A bio and a glimpse of how he teaches in a little video is available at: www.jtresser.com/book.html
Just scroll down to the video. Course description available upon request from workshop chairperson. FRUITFLIES1@bellsouth.net
OREGON
June 24 – July 1, 2012. Calligraphy Northwest, the 31st International Calligraphy Conference. Reed College, Portland, Oregon. While the conference is not until NEXT summer, if you're thinking about coming to the conference, you should register soon. Because the conference will be at a smaller school with limited space, they are already nearing capacity and a wait-list is in the near future! The current estimated cost for meals, lodging, classes and lectures is $1300. Deposit is $104. ($100 if paid by check or money order). $50 is returnable if you have to cancel. You can find the list of faculty and preregistration info at their website. http://www.2012calligraphyconference.com
For pre-registration form: http://www.johnnealbooks.com/downloads/2012ConferenceReg.pdf
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