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The Bilibin's Style Capital
Dear all, we are happy to invite you to the workshop for all ages, dubbed The Bilibin's Style Capital, which will be held on May 14 at 13:00.
Does cursive writing still have cred
My mother, now in her 70s, has beautiful handwriting. As a young girl, I admired and emulated her expressive script, ultimately winning a couple of penmanship awards for my efforts. My mom was proud and so was I.
Letter. Word. Calligraphy exhibition opens in Samara
On April 18 an art project dubbed Letter. Word. Calligraphy, dedicated to 1000 years of the European writing history, will open in Novoe Prostranstvo gallery in Samara regional general and research library.
Museum of Anthropology Announces TRACES OF WORDS ART AND CALLIGRAPHY FROM ASIA
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents the perceptive and explorative new exhibition Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia, on display May 11 - October 9, 2017.
Lettering crash course in the National Calligraphy School
On April 22 at 15:00 a lettering crash course starts in the National Calligraphy School. We welcome anyone who fancies creating letters and invent original script compositions as well as all those who are just about to learn it.
We shouldn't write off handwriting just yet While keying has become the norm, it lacks personality
When it comes to penmanship, the handwriting is on the wall - although it may be too illegible to read.No longer do Americans grow up learning to master the slanted script that once united us in many forms of communication.
Museum workshops in April
Dear friends! Join us for a museum tour with a calligraphy workshop on April 21 and 28 (Friday): You will see the unique collection of contemporary calligraphy works exhibited in our museum and try your hand at Copperplate under the guidance of the professional calligrapher Yelena Bobkova.
The moon river and the head of a giant in Totalny Diktant in the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
On Saturday, April 8, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy joined the global Totalny Diktant (Ultimate Dictation) event among hundreds of venues all over the world where participants had a chance to put their literacy to the test by writing a dictated extract from a fictional text.
Dubai Culture Reflects on the Etihad Museum’s Calligraphy Installations by Wissam Shawkat
The Etihad Museum offers visitors a rich and engaging visual representation of UAE history, from the pavilion to the landscape and the historic Union House. Adding to the fascinating layers of national meaning and symbols, visitors will find that five new calligraphic installations have been introduced to reinforce the museum’s unique identity and celebrate its rich display of the nation’s heritage and culture.
Why creative writing is better with a pen
In a wonderful article published on the New York Review of Books blog the poet Charles Simic proclaimed "writing with a pen or pencil on a piece of paper is becoming an infrequent activity". Simic was praising the use of notebooks of course, and, stationery fetishism aside, it got me thinking about authors who write their novels and poems longhand into notebooks rather than directly onto the screen.
Last Sunday, April 2, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held an intensive workshop dubbed “Calligraphy for Children. Broad Pen”
The introductory part was designed to consult lefthander children and their parents. Teacher Ekaterina Orfanova, who is a lefthander too, has told about special movements and paper positioning, offered comfortable sitting and pen holding manners. Some practice followed: the first test of the pen was to complete simple exercises through custom workbooks developed by Ekaterina for the occasion.
Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy visited Yasnaya Polyana museum reserve
On March 29, 2017 the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy team paid a friendly visit to Yasnaya Polyana museum reserve to meet with the management and speak of the museum's activities and exhibitions.
Best calligraphers among students selected in Khabarovsk region
A contest dubbed The Calligrapher for 3rd and 4th grade students will be held in the regional educational centre on April 1.
Totalny Dictant in the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
Totalny Diktant (“Ultimate dictation”) is an annual educational event held in the form of text dictation for the public. The main purpose of the event is to promote the Russian language, to demonstrate that literacy is important for everyone, and to unite everyone willing to speak and write in literate Russian.
The Benefits of Cursive Go Beyond Writing
Putting pen to paper stimulates the brain like nothing else, even in this age of e-mails, texts and tweets. In fact, learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and synchronicity between the left and right hemispheres, something absent from printing and typing.
Graduation of the children’s calligraphy course
Last Saturday, March 25, 2017 was the graduation day for the younger students of the National School of Calligraphy at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. The museum hall emanated the atmosphere of anticipation and celebration. As the children gathered for class, they
Total Dictation in Rostov-on-Don will choose fine handwriter
A special nomination will be introduced for the first time ever to make sure the participants follow calligraphy and penmanship standards.
Chinese calligraphy school opened in Saint-Petersburg
Calligraphy is an ancient symbol reflected art. The Chinese calligraphy school has opened as a general platform to learn the art of Chinese writing.
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades. Does handwriting matter?
Not very much, according to many educators. The Common Core standards, which have been adopted in most states, call for teaching legible writing, but only in kindergarten and first grade.
Calligraphy book presented in regional library
The Russian Literary Pangrams by Yuri Arutsev’s Russian Calligraphy and Ligatured Script Experimental School book will be presented on March 22 at 16:00 in the conference room of Nekrasov regional library.
BEST TOOLS FOR LEFT-HANDED CALLIGRAPHERS
Selecting holders, nibs, ink, and paper can be a challenge when the options are so vast. Here are some recommendations.
Charity museum tour
March 15th, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted a charity tour for members of the Yuzhnoportovy social service centre.
Minsk saw First Epistle of Peter for the first time
Facsimile edition of one of the most ancient New Testament books, which dates back to the 3rd century A.D., has arrived to Belarus from the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome.
Pointed Pen at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
Last Sunday, March 12th, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held a workshop on pointed pen techniques. The teacher of the National School of Calligraphy Artyom Lebedev explained the basics of working with the pointed pen and the most popular script written with it: Copperplate.
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Words Of Wisdom
Calligraphy is a kind of music not for the ears, but for the eyes.
(V. Lazursky)