Vladimir Churov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, offered his sincere vision of the role and scale of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy featuring a true milestone – the first handwritten copy of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
The public interest to the International Exhibition of Calligraphy has not languished even at the fifth working day of the tremendous event.
How intricate the ways of Fate are… How many remarkable coincidences Fate has in store for us…
The first in Russia International Exhibition of Calligraphy in progress in the city of Saint-Petersburg keeps amazing and surprising its native citizens as well as guests of the capital of the North.
Today, on September 18th, Andrei Lapshin, Director General of Sokolniki MEC, co-organizer of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy is celebrating his birthday.
Evening is the time for summarizing the results achieved through the day.
From the early morning, the halls and parlors of the Repin State Academic Institute of Art, Sculpture and Architecture in Saint-Petersburg delicately accustomed to intellectual and serious talks and discussions were filled with chattering, gibbering and exclamations of kids sometimes broken by bursts of admiration, “Oh, just look at how beautiful this thing is!”
It is common knowledge that the official opening addresses are not in the least the most exciting part of the show. At last, all guests and visitors got a unique opportunity to explore and examine all mysteriously and seductively lit exhibits.
It is a pleasure and honor to us to announce that the 17th of September has witnessed the Grand Opening of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy
The morning of Day 2 was saturated with events. Just imagine, the history of the global calligraphy art was unveiled to numerous visitors during a series of lectures and master classes run one after another with fifteen-minute breaks.
The International Exhibition of Calligraphy, which has pushed its doors open to its visitors and guests, is gaining tremendous momentum and attracting big interest.
Today, at 02.00 pm, Saint Petersburg hosted a press conference on the Grand Opening of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy. The conference was organized by the Baltic Information Agency, the forum’s media partner.
Today is the first working day of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy.
Today, on the last day before the exhibition opening, an ignorant onlooker would find the railway stations and airports of St. Petersburg full of ordinary buzz and fuss…
Only one day is left before the long-awaited project, the International Exhibition of Calligraphy, is launched.
On September 11, 2008 at 12.00 noon the first and only handwritten copy of the modern Constitution of the Russian Federation was presented in the press-centre of PH AiF
On September 5th, the results of Write AiF Beautifully contest jointly held by PH AiF and International Exhibition of Calligraphy were announced.
These last days before the Grand Opening, we are glad to inform you that the list of participants has changed.
Only one week remains until the Grand Opening. However, we keep on recruiting new participants
Greetings from Aleksandr Avdeyev, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation
Less than a week is left till the “cultural capital” of Russia, St. Petersburg, will welcome the International Exhibition of Calligraphy.
We are happy that the very goal of the project, to revive the long-forgotten art of calligraphy in Russia, to make it affordable, and to set up an environment for its development gets more and more positive feedback and kindles the interest of top officials.
Calligraphy is the art of both ideal writing and an ideal soul.