Kalligraphia 12 gives you the chance to view contemporary calligraphy on display in the Main Library's Skylight Gallery (Sixth Floor, Main Library) now through August 23. The exhibition features work by members of the Friends of Calligraphy (FOC), a nonprofit Bay Area group founded in 1975, with 500 members worldwide. Free demonstrations by noted scribes will be held on Saturdays in July and August from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library. The schedule of remaining demonstrations are listed below.
This year marks the 12th time Friends of Calligraphy has produced its Kalligraphia exhibition -- a colorful, non-juried show highlighting a wide range of calligraphic techniques, from traditional methods dating back to the Middle Ages to expressionistic pen and abstract brushwork. On view will be original works -- including broadsides, manuscript books, and three-dimensional artworks.
Friends of Calligraphy is an internationally known guild whose membership includes some of the most highly regarded lettering artists in the world. Committed to furthering the art of beautiful writing, FOC sponsors a year-round program of workshops and lectures as well as classes, which are held at Fort Mason and open to the public.
The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts and Special Collections Center of the San Francisco Public Library. The Center houses highly esteemed collections, including the Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of the Book and the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering.
Schedule of Demonstrations:
July 18 Melissa Titone - Copperplate
July 25 Sherrie Lovler - Subtle Colors in the Night
Aug. 1 Georgia Deaver - Brush Lettering
Aug. 8 Thomas Ingmire - Experimental Calligraphic Writing
Aug. 15 Carl Rohrs - Capital Ideas
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