Your San Diego SfC Exhibit, Line Shape Form is now open at the Point Loma Library, 3701 Voltaire Street, San Diego! Our work will be on display from April 1 through the end of June.
Our reception will be scheduled for June: for information, click here.
Saturday, June 3, 2-4PM
Reception for San Diego SfC's Line Shape Form exhibit at the Point Loma Library, 3701 Voltaire Street, San Diego.
Registration is not required, but is appreciated, so we have an idea how many will attend. Thank you.
Light refreshments will be served. Members will be available to write you and your guests' names on bookmarks.
This is a great opportunity to see and catch up with other members you may have not seen in a while. We hope to see you there!
GUEST SPEAKER
POTLUCK LUNCH (BRING A DISH TO FEED 6)
SHORT BUSINESS MEETING
* RSVP IS REQUIRED *
Please RSVP by May 30 at this Google doc location:
https://forms.gle/VPSwFEh1P4kX4JRL7
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Guest Speaker
POSTPONED FROM LAST YEAR
Dr. Vanessa Wilkie, William A. Moffett Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History at the Huntington Library and Gardens
"Emblems, Icons, and the Elites who Loved Them: Decorated Manuscripts in Early Modern England"
In 16th and 17th century England, writers, poets, and artists from various social stations and homelands moved to London to court the patronage of the aristocracy. They intended to woo their elite clientele by filling the pages of books and manuscripts with vivid heraldic devices, emblematic icons, mottos and verse, thus creating constellations of visually striking iconography. This talk explores these codicological monuments of honor that complicate our modern conventions of genre.
Dr. Vanessa Wilkie curates the renowned collections of medieval manuscripts and British History at the Huntington Library and Gardens. She has published on female editorial practices, patronage, and death rituals. Her forthcoming book A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England (Atria/Simon & Schuster) will be published in April 2023.
Location:
Culver City Veterans Memorial Building
Teen Center, Room 1
4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
(Corner of Overland Ave and Culver Blvd)
Free parking lots located along Culver Blvd
For questions, contact Chava Gerber at programs@societyforcalligraphy.org
Fables and Flowers with Risa Gettler
Sponsor:
FREE - MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Mix analogous colors with a mischievous elf in the guise of a loveable Zoomorphic capital ‘L’. Our time will be spend in gouache painting areas of shades and hues followed by creating form and texture without blending. Pattern and Supply List will be provided upon Registration. The pattern is yours to print endlessly.
ALL SKILL LEVELS. Workshop will be recorded and available for a month.
Zoom invitation will be sent a couple days in advance.
It's not guaranteed that you'll receive the invitation beforehand, if you sign up the day of, but you will receive the link to the recording. . .
NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted consent of both guest artist and a representative of the Board of Governors. *** You must ask permission of the artist/instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.
You must be a member of SfC when you register and when this program is held. Enrollment is limited to current paid Society for Calligraphy members only. No reservation will be held until your dues are current. Please click HERE to join via check, or contact Kristi at sdworkshops@societyforcalligraphy.org to inquire about joining electronically or to learn about what first-time membership specials are currently in effect.
PRESENTER: Sue Greenseth
SPONSOR: South Los Angeles Chapter (Solar Nibs)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
If you took the fun workshop, “Mid-Century Pen Moves”, you may have been one of many who asked to learn the majuscules. This brand-new course covers the capital letters and tips for writing small. We’ll explore x-height and interlinear line spacing options.
The first hour of the class will be spent reviewing the minuscules, so you are welcome to join the class even if you missed the first course.
Skill level: Students should have familiarity with making steep and frequent pen turns.
This workshop will be recorded and available for a month.
Zoom invitation and handouts, if any, will be sent out a few days prior to workshop date.
ABOUT SUE GREENSETH:
Sue Greenseth is a calligrapher and lettering artist in Portland, Oregon. In the 1970s, she moved from Central Illinois to Corvallis, Oregon, and found herself in the middle of a calligraphic renaissance. She has a broad range of creative pursuits. Early in her career, she taught calligraphy and freelanced as a commercial lettering artist for world-renowned clients. In the 1990s, when e-commerce was in its infancy, she became a designer for her own online jewelry company. These days, Sue continues to teach calligraphy as well as practice as a full-time artist. She loves breathing life into letterforms and animating words with a pen.
SUPPLY LIST:
DETAILS TO COME
REGISTRATION:
1) First, register by clicking the "REGISTER" button at the top left of this page.
2) Then, make payment by PayPal or check. Workshop fee is $42. No refunds will be issued.
If you have any questions, please email sfc.solarnibs@gmail.com.
NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted without prior consent of both guest artist and a representative of the Board of Governors. You must ask permission of the artist/ instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.
Presenter: David Mark
June 17, 2023. 10am-3pm (Lunch break from 12:00-1:00 PM)
Sponsored by SAM AND ALFREDA MALOOF FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS
ABOUT THE CLASS: This brush calligraphy workshop is for all levels. You will learn the technique of holding the pen, making brush strokes, and creating letters. Once you have learned the basics, you will begin to write in the style of Sam Maloof. This interactive session will cover tips and tricks to enhance and refine your calligraphy.
This workshop is from 10:00am to 3:00pm and consists of two 2-hour sessions with a 1 hour lunch break. (Lunch is not provided, please bring your own lunch).
ABOUT DAVID: Dave Mark is a member of southern California's Society for Calligraphy. He has taught brush calligraphy at several Orange County high schools for the past six years. He enjoys testing new brush pens, brushes, inks and paper.
LOCATION: 5131 Carnelian St., Alta Loma, CA 91701
COST: $25 per person, $20 for Maloof members. An additional $5.00 for materials.
For more information and to register: https://www.malooffoundation.org/calligraphyworkshop
PRESENTER: Mina Taylor
Sponsored by the Inland Empire/Pomona Valley chapter of SfC
Saturday June 24 and Sunday, June 25 3-4:30PM PDT
Outreach Program: No charge. Membership in SfC not required.
ABOUT THE CLASS: If watercolor washes are a bit of a mystery to you, if you're curious about how to use salt in your art and if you are up for using bleed proof white in your brush, come and join us. We will explore these as well as how to increase the level of contrast in your art AFTER you finish.
ABOUT MINA: Mina Taylor has practiced calligraphy for over 45 years. For 20 years she ran an art show featuring 25 artists from southern California. In 1979, she founded and launched her calligraphic business: Mina's Manuscripts and More. Taking on students and limited commissions, her current work can be seen at minas.manuscripts on Instagram. She draws inspiration and text from the Bible, which she has been an anchor in her own life. "I believe that calligraphic words of truth can inspire people in upheaval, in grief, in hopelessness, in joy, in all of life really--to think beyond their situation to eternal things."
All Levels. Program will be recorded.
3 sheets of a lightly toothed watercolor paper: Mina will be using 140 lb cold press
Watercolor set with Red or deep magenta, dark blue and orange. Other colors may come in handy
3 Watercolor brushes: Flat wash, a #6 and #2 with a good point: These can be approximate.
Masking tape to tape your paper down. If you come prepared with paper taped down for class, you will be ahead.
Dr. Ph. Martin's bleedproof white
Salt: Table or Kosher
Optional: Your digital phone camera with editing capabilities
Questions? Email Alessandra at iepv.sfcworkshops@gmail.com
NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted consent of both guest artist and a representative of the Board of Governors. *** Be sure to ask permission of the artist/instructor to photograph/screen print any copyrighted materials, including demos.
INSTRUCTOR: NINA TRANSPONSORED by San Fernando Valley Regional
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This class is designed for those who are already familiar with Copperplate script and want a refresher. On our first day, we will review the minuscule letters and all the nitty gritty details such as tine manipulation for squaring tops and bottoms of strokes, terminal dots, spacing, and consistency exercises. Our second day will be dedicated to tuning up our majuscule letters. We will review the underlying characteristics that unite them as a family and ways we can improve our capital flourishes.
Workshop will take place over Zoom. Two sessions on Wednesday, July 5 and Wednesday, July 12, 2023, from 10am - 1pm.
Workshop fee: $60 - Workshop fee if paying by PayPal $62
ABOUT NINA
Nina Tran is a calligrapher and single-mom of three based in Los Angeles, California. She teaches pointed pen and broad-edged scripts with a focus on Copperplate, Spencerian, Gothicized Italic and Gothicized Textura & Fraktur. When she is not writing or studying letters at her desk, she enjoys sunshine in the garden, hiking and reading.
Click on the link to look at some of Nina's work on her Instagram feed https://www.instagram.com/anintran/ or her website http://anintran.com/
MATERIALS LIST
Flexible pointed nib (ex: Hunt 101, Hunt 22, Zebra G, Leonard Principality EF, etc.)
Oblique or straight penholder
Ink
Marker Layout Paper (eg. Borden & Riley Boris Layout, Canson Prolayout, etc.)
Mechanical Pencil
Colored Pens for taking notes
12” Ruler
2 Paper Clips
Artist’s Tape or Washi Tape
Small Container of Clean Water
Paper Towels
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Make your check out to - Society for Calligraphy-SFV
Send the check to Suzanne Bassani, P.O.Box 9262, Canoga Park, CA 91309
OR
Send payment ($62) via PayPal to carrie@carriedesigns.com
http://www.paypal.com
A Zoom link will be emailed to all registered and confirmed participants a few days before the workshop.
Recordings of the workshop sessions will be made available to all participants.
For more information about this workshop please contact Carrie Imai at carrie@carriedesigns.com
You must be a member of SfC when you register and when the class is held.
Enrollment is limited to current paid Society for Calligraphy members only. Your membership must be current at time of sign-up, as well as when class is held. No reservation will be held until your dues are current. Please follow the link on the main website page to become an SfC member.
PRESENTER: Carrie Imai
I designed this sweet, funky alphabet as an easy entry into pen manipulation, better known as Pen Dancin’. You’re going to love this easy-to-learn hand and the manipulation skills you’ll gain from learning it. - Carrie
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Carrie has been teaching calligraphy and related subjects for over 35 years. Following completion of a certificate program in graphic art and design she started a free-lance calligraphy and graphic arts business, and has worked as a calligrapher for the County of Los Angeles. She has taught at many international calligraphy conferences, UCLA Extension, Brandes Art Institute, Hughes Aircraft, RAND Corporation, and guilds across the US, Canada and in Finland. She is past President of the Society for Calligraphy, Los Angeles and has been the Director of the Letters California Style conference for 15 years. She has published a book entitled “Dancin’ Pen” which is in libraries across the world.
All these ventures have brought her joy. But in her words, “What really turns me on is seeing the light go on in a student’s eyes. Life is good.”
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
2) Then, make payment by PayPal or check. Workshop fee is $22.
To pay by check, email Linda Renner at LArenner@yahoo.com. Send a check for $22 payable to "Solar Nibs" to: Linda Renner, 3223 East First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803. Be sure to indicate the class name in the memo section of your check.
Registration is for Society for Calligraphy members only. Your membership must be current at time of sign-up as well as when class is held. For membership, please go to: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Membership.pdf
July 22, 23, 29, 30 10am-12pm PDT
About the workshop: We calligraphers love medieval illumination. Glorious times, when beautiful manuscripts have been created with lines & pages of highly decorated letters and words. They remain to be inspirational for us as they have been through the decades for many artists & designers. Brilliant work has been created by graphic designers in the 1920s. let this be inspiration for your new style of Modern Illumination! The workshop will be recorded.
Experience Level: Beginners through advanced - you don´t have to be a super-experienced calligrapher. We´ll be drawing letters, painting & decorating.
About Andrea: Andrea is a freelance calligrapher & book artist from Germany. She´s working on commissions on a wide field of sign-painting, lettering, logo-design and murals. In her free artwork, she loves to follow the historic paths of alphabets and enjoys expressive transformations into the contemporary. Her art is shown both nationally and worldwide and is part of private and public collections like the Berlin calligraphy collection, the Center of Book Arts, San Francisco & the Int. Museum for Cont. Calligraphy, Moscow. She´s a member of German societies ars scribendi and Schreibwerkstatt Klingspor Offenbach, CLAS fellow (Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society), full member of LX (Letter Exchange) in London and member of Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco.
To Register:
$75
REGISTRATION: You must be a member both when you register and when the class is held. Pay by check or PayPal. No refunds unless your place can be filled from a wait list. You are not registered until you have confirmation from the workshop coordinator, Alessandra Kawakubo.
Cost: $75, paid by check or Paypal (see details below)
Questions? Contact Alessandra Kawakubo at iepv.sfcworkshops@gmail.com.
Enrollment is limited to current paid Society for Calligraphy members only. Your membership must be current at time of sign-up as well as when class is held. If your membership lapses, you become ineligible and your space will be filled from the waiting list. For prompt receipt of supply list and confirmation, your payment should arrive no later than two weeks before the workshop. Supply list will be provided within the week following receipt of your registration.
To pay by check, Contact Alessandra Kawakubo at iepv.sfcworkshops@gmail.com. Include your current name, address, phone number, and email with the check (s) in the envelope. Non-members, include a separate check for $42, made out to Society for Calligraphy, along with your membership form: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Site/Membership/Membership.pdf or contact Alessandra to process membership electronically.
August 5-6, 2023 10am-5pm PDT
About the workshop: Fraktur is a 16th century German style of Blackletter which combines the dense vertical texture of Gothic Textura and the lively curves of Gothic Batarde hands. The name Fraktur, derived from the Latin word fractura (meaning "broken"), appropriately describes the distinctive fragmentation of joined and overlapped strokes.
Our session will begin with a brief study of Gothic Textura minuscules from which we will derive our Fraktur minuscules alphabet. Most of our second session will be dedicated to a study of the marvelous Fraktur capital. The final two hours will be dedicated to learning how to add flourishing to our capitals. All skill levels are welcome. The workshop will be recorded.
About Nina: Nina Tran is a calligrapher and mom of 3 based in Los Angeles, CA. She teaches pointed pen and broad-edged scripts with a focus on Copperplate, Spencerian, Gothicized Italic, and Gothic Textura and Fraktur. When she is not writing at her desk, she enjoys sunshine in the garden, hiking and reading.
MEMBERS ONLY
Cost: $110, paid by check or Paypal (see details below)
Tuesday evenings, August 15, 22, 29, 6:30-8:30 PM (PDT). MEMBERS ONLY
$45
About the workshop: Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was an American artist who studied under Matisse, Picasso, and Klee, worked with Diego Rivera, and eventually specialized in lithography, graphic design, and photography. Although he had the training and skill to execute Trajan Roman capitals, he was inspired by the folk lettering of handmade signs. This inspiration is evident in the two distinctive lettering styles he developed.
We will explore the lettering style that he used for his personal holiday cards and religious texts. These quirky letters are surprisingly rigorous yet encourage improvisation and play. We don't know what tool Ben Shahn used to make this alphabet; it has been speculated that he used a small broad-edge pen or a pointed brush. In this workshop we'll begin with the familiar broad-edge pen, and then explore these letter forms with a pencil, and also with a pointed brush.
All levels of experience are welcome. Workshop will be recorded and available for two months after the last session.
About Beth: Beth Lee is a lettering and book artist living in Bozeman, Montana. She holds a fine arts degree in graphic design, and has worked as a freelance calligrapher and graphic designer since 1982. Beth has also taught calligraphy and book arts for 40 years, both locally and around the United States. Current work includes lettering on bespoke fly fishing rods and writing out historical documents for publishing projects. She is a founding member of Cyberscribes and the calligraphy correspondent for the national Guild of BookWorkers Newsletter. Her work may be found in university and private collections around the United States.
Cost: $45, paid by check or Paypal (see details below)
REGISTRATION: You must be a member both when you register and when the class is held. Pay by check or PayPal. No refunds unless your spot can be filled from a waiting list.
Enrollment is limited to current paid/honorary Society for Calligraphy members only. Your membership must be current at time of sign-up as well as when class is held. If your membership lapses, you become ineligible and your space will be filled from the waiting list. Registration is not firm until you receive confirmation from the workshop coordinator. For prompt receipt of supply list and confirmation, your payment should arrive no later than two weeks before the workshop. Enrollment is limited.
To pay by check, or to become a member, please contact Kristi Darwick, sdworkshops@societyforcalligraphy.org
PRESENTER: TODD JAMESON
Sponsored by the Inland Empire/Pomona Valley chapter
TENTATIVE DATE : September 23 and 24, 2023 10am-5pm (1 hour for lunch) subject to change
Do you want to learn Italic Calligraphy? Or want to work on why your italics don’t quite sing the way that you know they could?
This 2-day online course will help you learn and unify the forms that harmonize the minuscule alphabet of a formal Italic hand. We will work with various pens and ink on paper.
We will study the forms at a large size with a 6mm Pilot Parallel pen and then transition into smaller letters written with a Speedball C-2 nib.
Todd will provide after-course exercises and an opportunity for individual feedback. FOR ALL LEVELS. This workshop will be recorded and available for a month.
Todd Jameson is a poet and artist who lives with two housecats in Lomita, California. He has been studying Calligraphy and Book Arts since 1977, and has been a member of SfC since 1986. He has studied with a lot of people and taught classes in many subjects for many different organizations. His day gig is with a large aerospace corporation as an industrial artist. Writing transient letters in the sand has been his practice this year. See more of Todd's work @trjameson.
REGISTRATION: You must be a member both when you register and when the class is held. Pay by check or PayPal. No refunds.
Questions? Contact Alessandra Kawakubo at iepv.sfcworkshops@gmail.com
To pay by check, please contact Alessandra for instructions. Non-members, include a separate check for $42, made out to Society for Calligraphy, along with your membership form: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Site/Membership/Membership.pdf.
SAVE THE DATE! More info to follow
We will focus on majuscules, a.k.a. capitals
Presenter: Carol Measures Scott
SAVE THE DATES! Move details to follow, soon
ABOUT THIS CLASS SERIES: This 6-week class leads you on a colorful path through gorgeous greens, blissful blues, and passionate purples by exploring color choices for a lettering project to complete in class.While learning the basics of color theory we will discover how to create a simple watercolor background and how to write with gouache to produce a pleasing project in which the colors hamonize beautifully. Students should have some experience writing with dip pens.
ABOUT CAROL: I can't remember a time when I didn't enjoy the act of writing. Early fond memories include pleasant hours of both writing and drawing. Pen and ink fascinated me in high school and college art classes.
SAVE THE DATE! More info to follow.
