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• October Exhibit: Call for Entries! Register here!

  • Start
    February 16, 2024
  •  
    (PST)
  • End
    September 20, 2024
  •  
    (PDT)

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  Call for entries: register your entry(s) here!

  
  

  ELIGIBILITY

  Participation is open to current SfC members only. All entries must be original works of art. Submissions are limited to two pieces for each member.
  

  Participation is open to current SfC members only. All entries must be original works of art. Submissions are limited to two pieces for each member.

  SPECIFICATIONS

  Artwork must be ready to hang, e.g. frame with picture wire and eyehooks. There is not a limitation on size of artwork. 3D pieces such as artists books are eligible and will be displayed in cases.

  FEES

  There is a participation fee of $15 for one piece and $25 for two pieces to help defray costs of art installation, reception, publications for the exhibit etc.

  20% of sales of artwork will go to the Maloof.

  If writing a check, email:  Caroline Arakaki: 

  exhibitsCA@societyforcalligraphy.org for mailing address. Make check to SfC, include on memo line: SFC Exhibit 2024

  Please register (button on this page) OR make checks payable to Society for Calligraphy.

  
  

  DELIVERY OF WORK: 

  Thursday, October 7-9, call for appointment

  Melanie Swezey-Cleaves, Assoc. Director

  Sam & Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts & Crafts

  5131 Carnelian Street, Alta Loma, CA 91701

  General Information: 909.980.0412; email: info@malooffoundation.org

  OPENING RECEPTION: 

  Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

  EXHIBITION DATES
  

  October 24, 2024 through February 16, 2025

  Exhibit Days: Fridays - Saturdays

  Hours: Gallery Hours: 12-2:00pm

  RETRIEVAL OF ARTWORK: 

  Tuesday, February 18, 2025, between the hours of 12-4pm (appointment required)

  Contact: Melanie Swezey-Cleaves, Assoc. Director,

  General Information: 909.980.0412, email: info@malooffoundation.org

  Exhibit Co-Chairs:

  Barbara Close: exhibitsBC@societyforcalligraphy.org

  Caroline Arakaki: exhibitsCA@societyforcalligraphy.org

  DEMONSTRATIONS AT OPENING RECEPTION AND THROUGHOUT THE EXHIBIT DURATION

  CATALOG

  We would like to create a catalog of the art pieces in the museum. We will need your information by October 1, 2024.

  Please submit a photo of your art and email to Barbara, co-exhibit chair: exhibitsBC@Societyforcalligraphy.org with the following information  (You can enter online as part of registration.):

  -Title of Work

  -Size of art --width x height

  -Medium

  -Sale Price or NFS

  -Contact Phone Number

  -Email

  
  

  Also, please attach this information to your piece that goes to Maloof. You can use the "tear-off" on the Call for Entries form: SfC '24Exhibit Call for Entries-8indd.pdf .

  
  

  Questions regarding catalog submission? Mina Taylor.

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• Personalized Cards for Mothers and Others

  • When
    April 27, 2024
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    (PDT)
  • Location
    Hybrid: San Dimas Library, 145 N Walnut Ave San Dimas, CA 91773

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  Presenter: Mina Taylor

  
  

  Sponsored by the Inland Empire chapter.

  Saturday, April 27, 2024  10am-2pm

  Outreach program - membership not required. No charge.

  In-person San Dimas library--our chance to gather in the library room with friends! We'll make this a hybrid--we don't want anyone to be left out! It will be available on Zoom, as well. 

  ABOUT THE PROGRAM:  Join us for a Card workshop

  Fathers, Mother's and Others days are coming! Celebrate them with a thoughtful handmade card. 

  Mina Taylor will be showing us how to make 3 different cards. 

      1. Kids Names Card- Water color the leaves or flowers to grow up out of the names. Inside: Thanks Mom/Dad for growing us!

      2. Name of recipient Card- List some attributes you love about the person (can be funny too)

   Inside: Things I can't forget about you. 

      3. A grid of calligraphy card for any occasion. 

  LEVEL: All skill levels
  

  The workshop will be recorded and available for two months.
  

  
  

  
  

  ABOUT MINA: Mina Taylor has practiced calligraphy for over 40 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 & More. Taking on students and limited commissions, her current work can be seen at minas.manuscripts on Instagram. “I believe that calligraphic words of truth can inspire people in transition, in grief, in hopelessness, in joy, in all of life really- to think beyond their situation to eternal things."

  SUPPLY LIST: Use what you have: if you don't have a particular size in class you can substitute and still get the idea so you can make cards later.

  • 3-5 Pieces of 12 x 12 cardstock colors you like
    
  • 3-5 Pieces of 12 x 12 cardstock colors you like
    
  • Watercolor paper you have on hand
  • Graph paper
  • Pens: 

        -Parallel pens 6.0 and 4.5 w black inkPointed pen with ink you feel comfortable using with it.
        -IF YOU DON"T HAVE PARALLEL OR POINTED FOUNTAIN PEN BRING:  
          C 2-6 Nibs,1-2 COPPERPLATE NIBS and holders
  

  • Brushes: small ones good for detail sizes 1-3, I will demo a triangle brush so bring if you have a small one
  • Pencil/ Eraser/Ruler/Scissors/Ink - Black and one other color
  • Paper glue
  • Micron or comparable pens in about 01 and 05 size
  • 2-3 Colored pencils. Water soluble pencils are great
  • Water colors. Shimmery watercolors too if you have them
  • White gel pen like Uniball Signo Broad
  • If you have it,  bring a portable light pad (we'll have some to share)

  Questions? Contact Adela Reyes and Kristi Darwick, Program coordinators

  NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted consent of both guest artist and the workshop coordinator. *** You must ask permission of the artist/instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.

  Handouts and Zoom invitation will be sent a couple days in advance. For those attending in person, we will have the printed handout available at the program.

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• Romans Study Group (Member-led)

  • When
    May 03, 2024
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Zoom - online

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  Presenter: Barbara Close

  Sponsored by 
  

  FRI, May 3, 2024,  6:30-8PM PST

  No charge and membership not required for these Study Group Sessions.

  
  

  ABOUT THE SESSION: These sessions are led by members, sharing what they have learned. They do not claim to be masters. Members and guests may register for any session--there is no requirement to attend all sessions. The aim is to share knowledge with newbies and to provide a refresher for those with more experience.  Barbara Close will lead us through writing Romans with a  broad-edged pen. Barbara will be teaching a multi-series Roman class for us early next year--this is a taste.

  We plan to record. Kristi asks that you remind her! Recording will be available for two months. 

  San Diego SfC hosts its Roman's Study Group most months, on the first Friday, with a hiatus over the summer and in December.  You must sign up for each individual session so that we know how many are interested in this particular session. 
  

  SUPPLY LIST: 

  • Practice paper that you like to use, i.e. Canson Pro Layout Marker 9 x 12", Borden & Riley Layout, Strathmore Sketch 300 series (you can see thru this nicely and provides a nice "tooth" to the paper). I like this
  • Pencil, eraser, ruler (prefer a C-thru 12")
  • Broad-edged pens (nibs): Speedball C2 and C3. Guidelines will be provided for both sizes
  •  Pen holders
  • Writing fluid: Higgins Eternal, sumi, walnut ink, or gouache. (I prefer gouache...it sits on the paper so nicely). Choose a color other than yellow
  • A container for mixing + a mixing brush

  Flexible Schedule for the evening:

  6:30 - 6:45 Announcements and opportunity for attendees to share their work from the past month. 

  6:45 - 7:45 Demo. Participants work along. We'll be creating our own exemplar, as well as thumbnail sketches.

  7:45 - 8:00 Opportunity for those who wish to share what they've completed during the session, time for questions.

  We welcome non-SfC-members to these Romans Study Group sessions--your opportunity to get acquainted with us. Members feel free to invite your friends!

  
  

  Zoom invitation and handouts are sent a day or two in advance. 

   It's not guaranteed that you'll receive them beforehand, if you sign up the day of the event . . .

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• Annual General Meeting (AGM)

  • When
    June 02, 2024
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    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Descanso Gardens

  

  
  

  GUEST SPEAKER
  

  CATERED LUNCH

  SHORT BUSINESS MEETING
  

  
  

  * RSVP IS REQUIRED *
  

  RSVP information to be posted soon!

  
  

  Guest Speaker

                  Larisa Grollemond, Assistant Curator of Medieval                  and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum

  "A Unity of Script and Image:  The Getty’s Hoefnagel Manuscript"

  The Getty’s Mira Calligraphae Monumenta (the Model Book of Calligraphy) is an incredible testament to the inventiveness of scribes and the aesthetic qualities of writing. The 16th-century court secretary to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, Georg Bocskay first created the manuscript in Vienna to demonstrate his technical mastery of the immense range of writing styles known to him. About thirty years later, Emperor Rudolph II, Ferdinand's grandson, commissioned Joris Hoefnagel to illuminate Bocskay's model book. Hoefnagel added fruit, flowers, and insects to nearly every page, one of the most unusual collaborations between scribe and painter in the history of manuscript illumination. This lecture will explore this exceptional manuscript, a true unity of script and image.

  Larisa Grollemond has been Assistant Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum since 2017 after earning her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research areas include late medieval and Renaissance French illuminated manuscripts and paintings, early printing, and modern medievalisms. Her exhibition projects have included Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World (2019), Blurring the Line: Manuscripts in the Age of Print (2019), The Fantasy of the Middle Ages (2022), Graphic Design in the Middle Ages (2023-2024), and most recently, Blood: Medieval/Modern (2024).

  
  

  Location:

  
  

  1418 Descanso Drive
  La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011

                   Abundant free parking in lot adjacent to gardens,               including accessible parking

  
  

                        For questions, contact Chava Gerber at                        programs@societyforcalligraphy.org
  

  
  

  

  
  

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• 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala Celebration

  • When
    July 28, 2024
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Lobby - La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts

  SAVE THE DATE!
  

  
  

  Details to follow

  Fun fact: Founding member, Larry Brady, designed the logo for the La Mirada Theater.

  As conceived by founding member, Kitty Maryatt, the plan is for you, as an attendee, to bring a favorite piece of calligraphy you own, by another artist. We'll display it on tables or easels, or even leaning against a wall. We'll mingle and discuss the art <smile>. (Please don't worry if you don't have anything to bring--others will be happy to bring more than one!). We plan to provide hor d'euvres and beverages!

  Kristi will be happy to help arrange carpools.  Won't it be fun to extend the artistic discussion as you travel to and from this event!

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