Exhibits and Special Events

Exhibits and special events:

WCG is not holding its calligraphy fair
in 2008.

View photos from WCG's 4/6/06 Library of Congress Rare Book Showing

PAST EXHIBITIONS

The Washington Calligraphers Guild's
30th Anniversary Exhibition
October 20 - November 4, 2006
The Mansion at Strathmore

This exhibition is showcased in Scripsit, 2007

The Saint John's Bible

October 6 - December 30, 2006: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Thomas Jefferson Building, 2nd floor gallery
First and Independence SE. Washington DC 202-707-4604
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ex-current.html
Open Monday-Saturday 10 to 5. Free.

St. John's Bible logo In 1999, St. John's University in Minnesota and the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey commissioned a handwritten, illuminated Bible for the new millennium and asked one of the world’s foremost calligraphers, Donald Jackson, scribe to Queen Elizabeth, to take on the project. At Jackson’s workshop in Wales, calligraphers are regularly employed as assistants, continuing the highest traditions of this ancient art in a modern context. The Bible is monumental--two feet tall and three feet wide and more than 1,000 vellum pages bound in seven volumes. Though each letter is rendered by hand, the calligraphers use computer technology to create and manage page layouts. Info and images

At the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery:
"In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000"
Oct. 21, 2006 to Jan. 7, 2007 (free)

Examines the historical circumstances and visual cultures that produced several of the most significant biblical manuscripts in the world. The level of excitement around this show is palpable: It will
include more than 70 of the earliest known biblical artifacts in existence, including pages and fragments on display for the first time in the United States.
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/IntheBeginning.htm

DEMONSTRATION: From the Hands of Scribes
Friday, December 15, 2006, 11 am-1 pm & 2-4 pm, Sackler pavilion
Saturday, December 16, 2006, 11 am-1 pm & 2-4 pm, Sackler pavilion
Sunday, December 17, 2006, 11 am-1 pm & 2-4 pm, Sackler pavilion
Join London-based master calligrapher Satwinder Sehmi for a journey into the world of the scribes who created the bibles on view in the exhibition In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000. The artist demonstrates the processes, skills, and working conditions of these historical pioneers of the evolution and production of books.

At the National Museum of Women in the Arts:
"Book as Art: 20 Years of Artists' Books"
Oct. 27, 2006 to Feb. 4, 2007 (admission $8)
1250 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 202-783-5000

The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts explores the sometimes controversial art form that is artists' books. Defined as art objects in the form of books, artists' books combine content and form to create something that is more than a simple container for information. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), The Book as Art will feature 108 artists' books, by 86 artists, from 12 countries, culled from the museum's collection of more than 800 volumes.

At the FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
201 East Capitol St. SE. Washington DC
202-544-7077
http://www.folger.edu/woSummary.cfm?woid=300
"Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print"
September 28, 2006 through Feb. 17, 2007
Open Monday-Saturday 10 to 4. Free
This exhibition explores the ways in which individuals in early modern Europe relied upon pen and paper to negotiate what we now refer to as "information overload." Beginning with an account of the physical materials for writing, the exhibition then examines the role and function of different writing styles and surfaces.

Special WCG tour, led by curator Heather Wolfe: Thursday, Jan.11, 5:30-6:30 pm

At the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore:
"For This Is My Body": The Medieval Missal
November 04, 2006 - January 28, 2007
600 N. Charles St., Baltimore MD 410-547-9000
Open Friday 11 to 8, Saturday-Sunday and Wednesday-Thursday 11 to 5
(closed Monday-Tuesday).
http://www.thewalters.org/eventscalendar/eventdetails.aspx?e=13

This exhibition of manuscripts, printed books, and altar furnishings coincides with the celebrations marking the reopening of Baltimore's historic Basilica of the Assumption.

Club's entrance Invitational exhibition of WCG members' calligraphic art:
Nov. 14, 2002 to Jan. 8, 2003

Woman's National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW (near Dupont Circle)
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202-232-7363
Free and open to the public
Club's plaque
(Photos below taken at the exhibit)

25th Anniversary Exhibition:
July 19 to August 25, 2001
at Strathmore Hall
10701 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD
~ Including winners of the Graceful Envelope Contest ~ View some of the 124 pieces in the 25th Anniversary Exhibition

The Washington Calligraphers Guild's 25th anniversary exhibition featured an invitational gallery of artwork by renowned calligraphers, as well as exhibits of members' artwork and winners of the National Postal Museum's Graceful Envelope Contest for 2001, which was administered by the Guild.

The exhibition is showcased in the Fall 2001 and February 2002 issues of Scripsit.

25th anni photo

ddressing the opening reception on July 20 were (from left) President Pat Blair, charter member Ann Pope and founder Sheila Waters (at podium).

2000 EXHIBIT: The Washington Calligraphers Guild exhibited the works of its members in conjunction with the Sumi-e Society of America in the summer of 2000. Some of the pieces exhibited in 2000.

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