TEACHING TOUR IN THE USA: September/October 2015

I'm thrilled to have been invited to lead a series of workshops by several calligraphy guilds across the USA this autumn.

Here’s the list of classes, with basic information for each one. For more information about registration, materials etc, please contact the appropriate Guild officer direct (or check their website) as soon as possible. Places are already starting to fill up!

Skill level: All welcome, really. Intermediate/Advanced will get most benefit, but beginners/improvers can also enjoy the relative freedom the topics permit.

Friends of Calligraphy (San Francisco)

Evening lecture: How I got here from there - an introduction to Margaret and her work.

1 day workshop: Friday 11 September (Fort Mason Center) Design and layout: Looking sideways

2 day workshop: Sat/Sun 12/13 September (Fort Mason Center) Lettering as drawing: Outline and overlap - Ancient to Modern

Evening class: Wednesday 23 September (Fort Mason Center) Take a letter - Creating a wealth of individual capital letters and make a group broadsheet

Evening class: Thursday 24 September (Fort Mason Center) Simply sgraffito - Scratch a letter or two....Fun with oil pastels and transfer gold

Contact for all FOC events: Laura Bernabei www.friendsofcalligraphy.org

San Francisco Center for the Book

2 day workshop: Wed/Thurs 16/17 September

Free Range Writing: Moving away from traditional forms towards an alphabet of your own

Contact: Malgosia Kostecka

Web site: SFCB.org

Pacific Scribes

2 day workshop: Saturday/Sunday 19/20 September (Fairbrae Swim Clubhouse)

The Calligraphic Landscape

One-hour Evening Lecture: Friday 18 September:

Tales of an illuminator and the day I met the Queen

Contact: Anna Lum Web site here.

Society for Calligraphy (Southern California)

Lecture (before workshop) Saturday 26 September: Europa Scriptorium (Free and open to the public) 9.00am prompt

2 day workshop: Saturday/Sunday 26/27 September (Cal State University, Long Beach)

Free Range Writing: Moving away from traditional forms towards an alphabet of your own

Contact: Joan Bechtel Web site here

San Antonio Calligrapher's Guild, Texas

Lecture/slide show: Friday 2 October 7.00pm

Tales of an illuminator and the day I met the Queen

2 day workshop: Saturday/Sunday 3/4 October (Discovery School 222 Salem)

Free Range Writing: Moving away from traditional forms towards an alphabet of your own (Enrollment opens 1 August)

Contact: Leslie Winakur See also Guild newsletter

Washington Calligraphy Guild

4 day workshop: Fri-Mon 9-12 October (Columbus Day weekend). (Sheila Waters' Studio, Fairfield PA) Lettering as drawing: Outline and overlap; Drawn, cut, torn

Contacts: Kara Koppanyi or Christine Tischer

Web site: WCG

Images: Above left: Sgrafitto gilding. Left: Lettering as drawing - Outline and overlap. Above:Free range writing