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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

Letterforum logo by Julian WatersInternational Calligraphy Conferences:

2015: The Passionate Pen, the 34th International Calligraphy Conference, will be held at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, July 25-Aug. 1, 2015.

2014: Legacies, the 33rd International Calligraphy Conference, will be held July 19-26, 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel & Eiseman Performing Arts Center in Dallas, TX.

2013: The Summit at Colorado Springs, the 32nd International Calligraphy Conference, will be held July 21-28, 2013 at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, sponsored by Summit Scribes.

2013: The 64th Annual IAMPETH Convention, July 8-13, 2013, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2012: IAMPETH Convention in Milwaukee for pointed pen

2012: Calligraphy Northwest International Calligraphy Conference in Portland, Oregon

List of past International Calligraphy Conferences

Photos from Letterforum, the 2006 Conference hosted by the Washington Calligraphers Guild

handWorkshops:

Washington Calligraphers Guild workshops are generally held on weekends in the spring and fall.

Cheerio Calligraphy Retreats are week-long calligraphy workshops in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.

New York City Society of Scribes workshops

Philadelphia Calligraphers' Society workshops

Southern California's Society for Calligraphy workshops

Chicago Calligraphy Collection workshops
by Mary Lou O'Brian

CALLIGRAPHY SUPPLIES

Paper & Ink Arts
Ships art supplies, fine papers, books and gift items to amateur and professional lettering artists around the globe.


John Neal, Bookseller
In addition to his enormous selection of calligraphy books, John Neal supplies calligraphers with tools and fine papers. Publishes Letter Arts Review magazine and Bound & Lettered, with practical information on bookbinding and papercraft.





GUILDS AND SOCIETIES


IAMPETH logo

The International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers
& Teachers of Handwriting
(specializing in pointed pen scripts)


Calligraphy Guilds in the United States
(Part of the international list compiled by www.cynscribe.com)


The Association for the Calligraphic Arts has been suspended.
Logo below by Julian Waters.

Artwork by Julian Waters, © Association for the Calligraphic Arts

 

RESOURCES

 

Graceful Envelope Contest
WCG sponsors annual international competition for envelope art

Sheila Waters' acclaimed 2006 textbook,
Foundations of Calligraphy

Exemplar alphabets and instruction to help calligraphers learn Italic, Foundational, Blackletter, Gothic Cursives, Uncial & Half Uncial and Carolingian.

The penmen who lettered the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution

The Cyberscribes Website, including
Cyberscribes electronic mailing list
(calligraphy listserv)
(Logo by Michael Clark)

How to create borders of vines and acanthus leaves

Alphabetica: Art of numerous acclaimed calligraphers

BFH Fluent Handwriting Manual and CD-ROM -- instructional handwriting package for all ages.
Fix It ... Write -- new book to correct, improve or change one's handwriting.
both by WCG member Nan Jay Barchowsky

Annie Cicale's revised 2011 edition of The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering can be ordered directly from Annie via email. Learn to create elegant writing for all occasions. $19.95 plus $5 s&h.

Abbey Studio classes and manuscript study tours


Artwork by Donald Jackson, © St. John's University

Bible hand-lettered by Donald Jackson and associates,
commissioned by Saint John's University

>> View the St. John's Bible by "turning the pages" online <<

The Digital Scriptorium is an image database of some 25,000 medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the 30 collections in the United States.

The Digital Resource and Database for Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic combines digital catalogues, descriptions of handwriting and images of documents.

The British Library's Illuminated Manuscripts website and The British Library’s Digitised Manuscripts website provide descriptions and images of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the British Library.

Six-part BBC video series on illuminated manuscripsits created for the British monarchy. elephant

Digital images from The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Aberdeen Bestiary: the story behind a medieval manuscript

Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
High-res images

The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin offers images of its collection of Western, Islamic and East Asian manuscripts.

Digital Abbey Library of St. Gallen
High-res images of the finest illuminated codices

Irish Script on Screen: digital images of Irish manuscripts

Margaret Shepherd's daily blog feature, Calligraphy Every Day

Mail Art Across the World
Free project solicits and displays international mail art

Washington DC Collectible Fountain Pen SUPERSHOW

Hand Papermaking, Inc: dedicated to advancing the art of hand papermaking

Guideline generator