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December workshops in the Museum
We are happy to announce new December workshops!
- December 18 (Sunday) at 12.00 pm we’ll be holding the Season’s Greetings Card workshop by Yekaterina Orfanova.
- December 25 (Sunday) at 12.00 pm we’ll be holding the Brushpen Calligraphy workshop by Darina Biryulina.
Students of engineering school #21 from Preobrazhensky district of Moscow viewed calligraphy artists' masterpieces
Students of engineering school #21 have had an unforgettable and unique tour as they have visited the only art of writing museum in Russia – the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. It is located in the eastern part of the capital in Sokolniki park.
Massimo Polello: To preserve the art – not craft – of calligraphy
Calligraphy, says Italian master Massimo Polello, is less about lettering and more about rhythm. "Because when you are writing, you move your body in a different way, it's a rhythmic movement."
He also believes calligraphy is the most accessible artform. For most people, there comes a point in their childhood when they lose the ability to draw - or the interest.
Pen, violin and piano: The "Calligraphy About Moscow" exhibition has opened
On Friday, 2nd of December, the "Calligraphy About Moscow" exhibition opened at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. Those who decided to engage into a cultural program on that Friday night were lucky not only to see the calligraphic works dedicated to Moscow, but also to discuss them with their authors: the exhibition presentation was held in the form of a dialogue between the audience and the authors.
Winter calligraphy courses presentation
Last Saturday, November 26, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held the presentation of the adult calligraphy courses of the National School of Calligraphy. Such presentations are our regular feature; the goal is to present the maximum amount of information regarding the courses programme, the skills they will develop, the complexity of works they will be able to make at the end of studying to those who plan to study calligraphy at the School.
The Art of Calligraphy exhibition opens in Fabrika Centre For Creative Industries on November 28
A joint project of the Fabrika Centre For Creative Industries and Jharoaka gallery, Pakistan, will exhibit the works by contemporary Pakistani calligraphy artists in the Piranesi LAB space.
Calligraphy About Moscow: New exhibition opens at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
Calligraphy About Moscow: New exhibition opens at the Contemporary Museum of CalligraphyNext Friday, December 2nd, 2016, a new exhibition will launch at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. The exhibition titled Calligraphy About Moscow will feature works by both renowned calligraphy masters, participants of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy project, and young aspiring calligraphers.
Charity museum tours continue
November 24, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held two charity museum tours: for the members of the Danilovskaya district organization of the All-Russia Society of the Disabled, and for the children from the Pavlin Orthodox orphanage.
Discounts for calligraphy courses at the National School of Calligraphy
Dear friends!We are happy to announce we now offer the following discounts for course packages:
We look forward to seeing you at our School!
Calligraphy courses presentation
This Saturday, November 26, at 01.00 pm we will be holding the presentation of the calligraphy courses of the National School of Calligraphy!
National Calligraphy Contest in Romania
In October, the Freedom for Education, Culture and Sport Association (Asociatia Liber la Educatie, Cultura si Sport), a Romanian non-governmental organization, announced a national calligraphy contest.
Single book exhibition in Hermitage with hand-written tome on war ruse of ancient China
The Hermitage museum has opened an exhibition of the Rare Book From Saint-Petersburg publishing house, and it features not mere books but true masterpieces.
Museum Birthday party
Celebrating your Birthday in a museum? Sounds strange… or does it? The parents of Irina, a birthday girl, thought that turning her birthday party into an educational visit to the museum was just the recipe for an unforgettable experience.
Graduation of the autumn calligraphy courses
Last week the National School of Calligraphy saw the final classes of the Basic, Pointed pen and Lettering courses.
The goal is to inspire
In late October, the Museum welcomed the students from the Vertical school № 1748 for children with muscle-skeleton and cardiovascular disorders, together with their calligraphy teacher Gennady Suslov.
Ink artist shows 'chaos calligraphy' during exhibition
Ink artist Wang Dongling, 71, is holding two exhibitions in Beijing to show his achievements in traditional calligraphy and latest experiments with "chaos calligraphy", his unique, innovative and radical script style.
Calligraphy courses presentation
Dear friends! On Saturday, November 26, at 01.00 pm we invite you to a presentation of the calligraphy courses of the National School of Calligraphy!
Calligraphy Exposed exhibition opened in Tomsk
Calligraphy Exposed exhibition by Novosibirsk artist Alexander Boyarsky opened in Tomsk on November 5 in Vysoko art space (Tomsk, Belents street 9/1, entrance 1, floor 6).
The Museum of Calligraphy? Sounds interesting!
The utmost sceptics ever have visited the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on November 3 – schoolchildren so weary of various tours in holiday period, aid receiving students from Preobrazhenets social centre autumn camp.
Illumination workshop
On Sunday, October 30, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy saw the illumination workshop by Norwegian calligraphy artist Bas Vlam.
Museum tours that inspire
This Saturday, October 29, 2016 the Museum welcomed the students from the Vertical school № 1748 for children with muscle-skeleton and cardiovascular disorders.
Siberian scientists deciphered Genghis Khan's guidance manuscript
Scientists have deciphered one of the most ancient manuscripts in the Old Mongolian, deposited in the archives of the National Museum of the Altai Republic. The ancient manuscript was translated in Goethe University Frankfurt under the guidance of Irina Nevskaya, Senior Research Associate of the Philology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Test of the quill
Saturday, October 29, our young calligraphy students had a chance to time-travel: guided by the teacher Artyom Lebedev they tried to write with a real quill.
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in the Sokolniki Park Museum
The Sokolniki Park Museum has recently presented a new exposition titled Exhibitions in Sokolniki. Past and Present. The exposition dedicated to the decades-long exhibition history of Sokolniki Park and demonstrates a retrospective of the events related to the exhibition industry that took place in the park from 1930ies till present times.
Exhibition opens in
2040
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Words Of Wisdom
Calligraphy is frozen poetry.