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Workshops
WCG also encourages calligraphic study by offering scholarships.
We’d love to hear your workshop suggestions and welcome volunteers to the workshops committee. Contact caroline.knickerbocker@gmail.com.
Multiple DatesSat, Jan 25via ZoomJan 25, 2025, 9:00 AM – Jan 26, 2025, 1:30 PMvia ZoomOver two weekends we'll learn what makes an alphabet, then you will create a unique alphabet--either a cohesive alphabet OR an alphabet with a different style for each letter. Finally, you’ll display your alphabet in an elegantly designed accordion-fold book with an origami-type cover.- Sat, Feb 01via ZoomFeb 01, 2025, 9:00 AM EST – Feb 02, 2025, 1:30 PM ESTvia ZoomOver two weekends each participant will produce a book housing an alphabet of your own creation. Each participant will then either design a cohesive alphabet OR create a different style for each letter. Finally, we’ll assemble an elegantly designed accordion-fold book with an origami-type cover.
Fri, Mar 28Vienna Art CenterMar 28, 2025, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM EDTVienna Art Center, 243 Church St NW, Suite 100 LL, Vienna, VA 22180See why calligraphy enthusiasts, Nina Tran’s students and social media followers rave about her work and teaching skills. Her Copperplate Bootcamp is limited to 12 in-person students for maximum attention from Nina; suitable for all levels; handouts will be emailed to all students.
Sat, Mar 29Vienna Art Center & Online via ZoomMar 29, 2025, 9:30 AM EDT – Mar 30, 2025, 4:30 PM EDTVienna Art Center & Online via Zoom, 243 Church St NW, Suite 100 LL, Vienna, VA 22180 USASat & Sun, March 29-30, 2025, 9:30-4:30 ET, limited to 15 in-person students at Vienna Art Center and 25 online via Zoom. Join us for this HYBRID workshop and see firsthand why Nina’s 61,000 (and growing!) Instagram followers love to watch her every stroke!
Upcoming Programs
Programs are free for WCG members (don't register: you'll receive the Zoom link by email); non-members can attend for a small fee (register here to receive the link).
Programs begin at 7:30 pm ET but attendees are invited to log on at 7 pm for conversation.
All WCG members as well as registered nonmembers will receive a link to view the program's recording.
We ask that you not share the link for live or recorded programs on social media or other outlets: they are the property of the Washington Calligraphers Guild.
Wed, Jan 29The Folger Shakespeare LibraryJan 29, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM ESTThe Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 E Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USAJan 29, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM ESTThe Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 E Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USAEsther Inglis, a calligrapher and artist, was one of the most creative women in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Britain. Join us for a private tour of her gorgeous calligraphy featured in this exhibit and a talk led by scholar Dr. Georgianna Ziegler. Capacity is limited to 15.
Wed, Mar 05via ZoomMar 05, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ESTvia ZoomMar 05, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ESTvia ZoomPointed pen phenom Nina Tran will be teaching two workshops for us later this month, but in this 90-minute program she will guide us in dismantling the components of flourishes so we can learn how they work, and thus how to add flourishes to Copperplate capitals and build them up as desired.
Apr 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDTvia ZoomBlack Hours--15th century personal prayer books written on parchment dyed black--became a passion for Tiarna Zupan due to one of her mentors in the Society for Creative Anachronism. In this free program, Tiarna will discuss the history of black Books of Hours and some ways they were created.
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