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Artistic strokes of Chinese heritage
The Lion-Parkson Foundation (LPF), together with Tsinghua University from Beijing, China and Tunku Abdul Rahman University (UTAR), recently organised a calligraphy competition to promote Chinese art and culture in Malaysia.
New edition of the book “Visible Word” by Dmitry Petrovsky
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy congratulates member of the National Union of Calligraphers, member of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, and of the Union of Designers of Russia, Professor of Font and Calligraphy Course at St. Petersburg State University, College of Arts under the Faculty of Philology Dmitry Ilyich Petrovsky on the occasion of putting to press his third monograph on the art of fonts “Visible Word”
Tyumen is search of its best calligraphers
The “Copybook Maxims” contest of Russian calligraphy is held in Tyumen within the framework of the winter festival of popular culture “Slavyansky Bazaar 2016”. Everyone can participate, regardless of age. Preliminary results will be drawn on the Day of Handwriting (January 23rd), and the final results will be announced during the Slavyansky Bazaar festival at the beginning of February.
The New Year Speech of the Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
Dear friends! On behalf of the team of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy I congratulate you on the New Year of 2016!
Sacred Texts through the Eyes of Contemporary Artists at the Peter and Paul Fortress
The exhibition Sacred Texts through the Eyes of Contemporary Artists opened on the 24th of December at the recently renovated hall of the Tsar Bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Calligraphers congratulate the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on the New Year!
It has become a good tradition for the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy to receive congratulations on the New Year from calligraphers participating in the International Exhibition of Calligraphy project.
The Sunday Master Class Calligraphy in the Church Art
At the last weekend of the outgoing year the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held a master class Calligraphy in the Church Art conducted by the calligrapher Grigory Marakuev. On the example of the development of the ornamental script Grigory Marakuev told the participants of the master class about the history of calligraphy in the church art during the period of time from the 15th to the 18th century
The Power of the Word is in the Beauty of Writing
The Adyghe State University for the first time holds the Contemporary Calligraphy in the Arab and Slavic World exhibition.
Part of Wu Hufan collection on display
AS one of the most expected exhibitions in town, “Collection and Connoisseurship of Painting and Calligraphy of Wu Hufan” is on display at Shanghai Museum through March 13.
Citizens of Novosibirsk learned to sign postcards in Middle-earth script
ART FEST “PRO-Mysli” is an interactive platform for art groups and communities, decorators and handcraft masters, artists, musicians and other creative folk.
New Year holidays at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy!
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy wishes you a Happy New 2016Year! We hereby inform you of its working hours for the period of New Year holidays
Calligraphers honoured on international Arabic language day
Sharjah Economic Development Department honoured the calligraphers who completed "Arabic Language and Calligraphy Rules" workshop.
My Friends the Books
A book exhibition titled “Children of Mind and Faith” opened in Kalyga Museum of Local History with an underlying message that e-books won’t take over paper books yet.
Japanese calligraphy workshops in Shelehov
The Centre for the Artistic Development of Children and Youth in Shelehov (Irkutsk region) has become the venue for workshops on Japanese calligraphy.
The National School of Calligraphy announces enrollment to a new Lettering course
The National School of Calligraphy at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy announces new enrollment to the new course of one of the most popular disciplines among professionals and amateurs: Lettering.
A calligraphy workshop for citizens of Kirov
On December 19th the author of “Vyatka’s Azbuka” exhibition Andrey Drachenkov will hold a calligraphy workshop for kids: with the help of wooden printing characters they will create compositions and ornaments.
Calligraphy courses in Trafford
Manchester artist Rosana Ibarrola, is bringing the beauty of the written word to the people of Trafford, with the launch of ‘Love Calligraphy’. Rosana and her business partner and fellow designer, Alejandra Gonaldi, are holding series of courses and workshops in Altrincham and Sale in early 2016.
Calligraphy festival in India
Callifest 2015 has been organized at Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre in Pune.
Afanasy Kulikov fine art exhibition and contest finished in Kaluga
The official ceremony was held last Friday in the exhibition hall of Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts. For more than two weeks it had been the venue for an exhibition showcasing 72 artworks, some of them created by renowned artists such as Vladislav Sobinkov, Tatiana Duhanova, Viktor Strahov.
A month of studies has passed
Studies in the children’s group of the National School of Calligraphy continue.
Contemporary Calligraphy
One art form currently taking over lives of artists is calligraphy. Although it started as early as the first century, this art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering continues to flourish in the form of event invitations, commissioned calligraphic art, graphic designs and whatnot.
The 10th Primorsky Regional Calligraphy Contest held in Vladivostok
On November, 28th the final stage of the 10th Primorsky Regional Calligraphy Contest was held at the Confucius Institute at the Far Eastern Federal University.
A Chinese teacher punishes students making them write hieroglyphs 1000 times
Wang Sijun, who teaches at a university in Sichuan province, doesn’t like his students to be late for his classes.
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Words Of Wisdom
Calligraphy is frozen poetry.