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Lecture on Islamic handwritten book is to be held in Moscow
I.V. Zaytsev, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Counsellor of Director General of the Library for Foreign Literature is to hold a lecture on Islamic Handwritten Book at M. I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature (Main entrance, 4th floor, 1, Nikoloyamskaya st., Moscow) on February 12th.
Calligraphers Group Exhibit opens at MLT Library Saturday
The Mountlake Terrace Arts Advisory Commission presents the Calligraphers Group Exhibit featuring the art of calligraphy beginning Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300-58th Ave. W.
Schoolchildren in Novosibirsk forgot how to hand-write
Teachers from Novosibirsk are raising the alarm: schoolchildren forgot how to hand-write. Good handwriting becomes rarer year by year. Psychologists suggest that having lost the ability to write down beautifully the received information, schoolchildren lose the ability to remember it as well. Moreover, a lack of writing skills can dangerously affect their mental health.
Manuscripts that burn: calligraphy in the era of computers
The whole world celebrated National Handwriting Day on January 23rd. The date was suggested by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) in 1977, back in the days when the era of computers was at its dawn causing the fade-away of the handwriting culture (together with typewriters).
The Text and the Image: calligraphy in a book – a master class by Apollinaria Mishina
A master class by Apollinaria Mishina, a young calligraphy artist from Saint-Petersburg, was held at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy last Sunday, on January 26th.
115 Chinese calligraphy works in five fonts
FANS of Chinese calligraphy are able to feast their eyes on a myriad of styles done in the ancient Chinese art in an exhibition that is being held at Penang State Art Gallery at Dewan Sri Pinang on Lebuh Light until Sunday.
Moscow showcases Iranian calligraphy works
A number of calligraphy works created by Iranian artists have been showcased during an exhibition in the Russian capital city of Moscow.
DODDS employee's calligraphy part of the Okinawa exhibit
NAHA, Okinawa — Nearly 300 pieces of artwork , produced by local senior citizens, were unveiled on January 8th, 2014, at the Okinawa Prefectural Fine Art Museum as part of the annual Kariyushi Art Exhibit. The exhibit highlights local artists 60 years or older, including Bruce Thomas, a Defense Department schools employee.
Young people take an interest in Chinese calligraphy
Once an old folk’s hobby, the art of Chinese calligraphy is growing in popularity among the younger generation. The large number of participants, particularly primary and secondary school students, at the recent calligraphy competition organized by the Miri Chinese Calligraphy and Cultural Society, spoke of the escalating popularity among the Chinese community here.
The Window to the Sky exhibition by Ali Ganji is to be opened in the National museum of Republic Bashkortostan
The Window to the Sky exhibition is to be opened in the National museum of Republic Bashkortostan on January 13th, where twenty five artworks executed by Ali Ganji for Al Ikhlas Mosque during his visit to Ufa will be showcased. Ali Ganji and Maryam Emomi are the honoured masters of the Association of Iranian Calligraphers and the Iranian Academy of Calligraphy.
Calligraphy Contest held in Mongolia
The 17th Annual National Contest in Mongolian Traditional Calligraphy was held in Ulan Bator. The contest is organized by the Khumuun Bichig newspaper published by Montsame News Agency. Over a thousand people from the capital and nineteen aimaks of the country participated in the contest.
Master Class: "The Text and the Image: Calligraphy in a Book"
Welcome to a master class by Apollinaria Mishina (Saint Petersburg). Apollinaria Mishina is a calligrapher and a graphic artist. In 2010 she graduated with honours from the Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts (Saint-Petersburg), Department of Easel Graphics, department chair – O. Yakhnin, Honoured Artist of Russia.
Congratulations from calligraphers
The team of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy project traditionally shares with you the New Year and Christmas congratulations on the eve of the holidays made by our participants. This time we are happy to present you with holiday cards from such calligraphers as Vitaly Shapovalov (Rostov-on-Don, Russia), Gunnlaugur SE Briem (California, USA) and Katharina Pieper (Hamburg, Germany).
A New Year address of the Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
On behalf of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy team I wish you a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! The outgoing 2013 has proven that the interest in the art of beautiful handwriting is constantly growing. Many talented people of different ages have graduated from our school.
Sculptures made of 200 000 Chinese hieroglyphs: Zheng Lu’s artworks
At all times calligraphy in China has been considered a true art, a refined form of painting. Contemporary sculptor Zheng Lu takes hieroglyphs as a basis of his artworks. “Lace of hieroglyphs” executed from stainless steel licks the figures into original shape and meanwhile fills these sculptures with some extra sense.
Artwork on a grain of rice dedicated to the Emir
Iraqi calligrapher Hamid Al Saady has created a miniature artwork dedicated to the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the occasion of Qatar’s National Day. Al Saady has inscribed on a grain of rice the verse “Tamim is a bouquet of flowers and the scent is Qatari.”
Master-class in calligraphy to be held in Stavropol museum
On December 25th within the Vasily Smirnov Drawing and Calligraphy Lessons Exhibition the G. N. Prozritelev and G. K. Prave Stavropol State Historical and Cultural and Natural Landscape Museum Reserve is offering the Write Beautifully master-class held by E.A. Vasiliev, a teacher of specific subjects at the Stavropol Art School.
500 years of calligraphy under the hammer
A COLLECTION of Chinese calligraphy spanning 500 years is the highlight of the Rongbaozhai auction today and tomorrow at the Pudong Shangri-La, West Shanghai.
The Tatar Shamail of the 19th-20th centuries exhibition
The Tatar Shamail of the 19th-20th centuries’ exhibition was opened at the Centre of National Arts in Tashkent on December 17th. According to the Turkiston-press Non-state News Agency report, shamail, the Old Tatar language is similar to the Uzbek language (Chagatai) and still have numerous lexical and phraseological borrowings taken from it.
All the walls belong to us
Arseny, Moscow street artist, better known as Pokras Lampas turns homely urban spaces into art pads, and they rapidly become local attractions. Recently Pokras Lampas visited Penza to give a master-class. The NG reporter interviewed him about the specialized education, work in Europe and many other things.
An exhibition of Islamic art opened in Berlin
The Islamic Book Binding Traditions. Ornamentations and Inscriptions exhibition was opened in Berlin on December 13th. Samples of books from different ages showcased in the exhibition represent the variety of bookbinding design. This fact allows visitors to follow the temporal and regional style development and its relation to other types of Islamic art.
The Japanese have chosen a Chinese hieroglyph to symbolize the outgoing year
A chosen Chinese hieroglyph was announced in Japan to symbolize the outgoing year. This event is held annually and provokes huge interest among the islanders. This year, they have sent more than 170000 offers.
A calligraphy contest held in the Primorye
Calligraphy, beautiful handwriting in Greek, is perceived as a skill of beautiful and legible handwriting and is considered to be a form of arts in Asian and other cultures. About two thousand students and schoolchildren of the Primorye have been competing in the art of calligraphy during the month.
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Words Of Wisdom
Calligraphy is a kind of music not for the ears, but for the eyes.
(V. Lazursky)