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Inspired by summer gardens and alfresco dinner parties we will look at a 3-course meal and hand-paint our favorite ingredients. Think vegetables, fruit, edible flowers and others illustrated in...

The use of capitals in a calligraphy piece has a few advantages over lowercase letters: it slows down the reading, you can easily spread or sprinkle them out over the page according to your layout...

What if Andean textiles were read as texts—narratives as rich as illuminated manuscripts?  In the Andes, weaving was more than decoration: it was a system of knowledge and communication, encoding...

This multi-week program introduces participants to the fundamentals of depicting nature within the tradition of Ottoman miniature painting. Each week focuses on a key natural element—clouds, trees,...

Welcome to Madaresque!​ In this workshop we will work on lively, ornate lettering projects inspired by the work of Louis Madarasz. We will create a variety of flourished names, envelopes, short...

This workshop introduces the intricate and lavish beauty of historical manuscript art, a tradition that embodies harmony through its design principles by marrying the structure of geometry with...

Using the Italic hand as a starting point, we’ll work our way towards abstraction to embrace it as our ally. Through a series of targeted exercises, we’ll break free from conventional patterns and...