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Vasil Mirgaziyanovich Khannanov, the member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Republic of Bashkortostan named after Nail Latfullin and participant of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy project, celebrates his birthday

The National School of Calligraphy, based at the World Calligraphy Museum in Sokolniki, announces the enrollment of children from 7 years old for the courses "Penmanship" and "Fine Handwriting". The courses will start offline at the World Calligraphy Museum on October, 3

Iranian calligrapher Bahman Panahi and the Chinese calligrapher of Islamic scripts, Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang, have teamed up to display their latest works in a joint online exhibition.

The age-old art of calligraphy celebrates the beauty of language, and there are incredible artists who continue its legacy today. Seb Lester is one of them; he's world-renowned for his mesmerizing lettering of words and phrases in a variety of captivating styles. Recently, he unveiled a large-scale mural in London of his fanciful script

"The Private Museums Conference - 2020 / Tretyakovs of the XXI Century" online conference will be held on the website of the International News Agency "Russia Today” on September 24, 2020, at 14:00.

The World Calligraphy Museum will resume its work as before from September 25 after a long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

When Rita Polidori O’Brien was a second grader at St. Rita elementary school, she was taught to write cursive letters using a pencil. She recounts back then a student would earn a pen in the second grade when their script handwriting was perfected.

"Out of the Blue, A Calligraphic Journey through Alcantara" opens next week in the Apartment of the Princes at the Royal Palace of Milan as a special feature of Milan Art Week.

Gulnaz Mahboob’s search for a calligraphy master saw her land in Istanbul with “a clean palette,” she says. “I had no knowledge of the science behind it or who the masters were. I knew that I wanted to reconnect with my creative side, but I didn’t know how, where, or who to go to.”

An exhibition of calligraphy and painting by Su Shi, one of the Chinese cultural figures who lived in the 11th century, opened on Tuesday at the Gugong Museum.

The staff of the World Calligraphy Museum joins in extending birthday greetings to Professor Erkki Ruuhinen, an outstanding Finnish artist and participant in the International Exhibition of Calligraphy.

September 1 is the birthday of Mr. Yuan Pu, a wonderful person, a talented calligrapher and a very good friend of the World Calligraphy Museum.

Despite his reputation as an acclaimed calligrapher, you can’t read Wissam Shawkat’s work – and that’s just the way he likes it. The contemporary interpretation of calligraphy from the Iraqi artist sees him celebrate the abstract meaning of letters and the shapes that create them.

A mural created recently on a building in the community of Chlorakas in Paphos on the island of Cyprus by the artist Anatolio Spyrlidis (aka Royal Venom) has garnered a great deal of public attention, engaging both locals and Street Art, Graffiti, and Art lovers in general.

Подборка из 17 каллиграфических работ, созданных 13 каллиграфами под руководством мастера каллиграфии Мохаммеда Хейдари, была представлена на выставке «Одетые в белое, хранители любви».

Gerry Jackson Kerdok of Hudson has honed her calligraphy skills for over 40 years. Cumulatively for three decades as an educator, she shared her love for creatively-designed letters with both children and adults. Her artwork is exhibited in juried competitions at prominent venues worldwide.

One picture shows soaring ships in the Omsk sky. The other depicts the stern faces of the apostles, who seem to appear on crumbling frescoes. The traditions of Russian icon painting, oriental calligraphy and augmented reality are surprisingly intertwined in the work of Andrey Mashanov. Vladivostok has never seen such an exhibition before.

Meghan has showed off her calligaphy skills several times in her short career as a frontline royal and also used it as a second job when she was just starting out as an actress.

It’s 12th August, which must mean a certain something… World Calligraphy Day! The point of this multi-faceted date is to get more individuals into calligraphy, the innovative specialty of composing.

In the mid and late 2000s, Huh attracted global attention for his “emography” – a portmanteau of emotion and calligraphy. The term was coined by Ryu Byoung-hak -- an art critic and independent curator based in Seoul and Germany who also directed the Busan Biennale in 2006 – after viewing his solo exhibition in Germany in 2006

On the initiative of the Association of Private Museums of Russia, the Department of Culture of the Yaroslavl Region awarded Yuri Ivanovich Arutsev, an outstanding calligrapher, public figure, founder of the Yaroslavl Historical and Genealogical Society, and founder of the author's school “Russian Calligraphy and Ligature” and the Museum of Russian National Writing.

Tokyo-born Fuad Kouichi Honda is widely recognized as one of the world’s top Arabic calligraphers. The native Japanese Muslim, who teaches at Daito Bunka University, has won numerous awards for his work, including at the International Arabic Calligraphy Competition. His most famous pieces use passages from the Qur’an.

A calligraphy company is encouraging Shropshire people to send handwritten letters to care home resident to show they care, for this year's World Calligraphy Day.