KALLIGRAPHIA XIV

The public will have a special opportunity to view contemporary calligraphy during Kalligraphia XIV. The triennial exhibition is on display in the Main Library’s Skylight Gallery (Sixth floor, Main Library) June 13 through August 22. The exhibition features work by members of the Friends of Calligraphy (FOC). This spirited, non-juried membership show highlights a wide range of calligraphic techniques from traditional methods to contemporary pen and abstract brushwork. Original works including broadsides, manuscript books, and three dimensional pieces are on display. On Saturday, June 20, FOC members Georgianna Greenwood, Thomas Ingmire, and Chris McDonald will lead a Gallery Walk & Talk through the exhibition in the Skylight Gallery from 2-4pm.

Calligraphers will share their artistry with the pen and brush during free public demonstrations as part of Kalligraphia XIV. The demonstrations offer the public a rare chance to see accomplished local and international artists showcase their craft on Saturday afternoons, from 2–4pm in the Main Library’s Latino/Hispanic Meeting room. 

Schedule of demonstrations: 

July 11:     Ward Dunham - Blackletter

July 18:     Carl Rohrs - Brush Versus Pen

July 25:     Georgianna Greenwood -  Roman & Celts: Early Book Scripts

August 1:   International Talents from the International Passionate Pen Conference demo their various specialties:

                  Gemma Black - Words Are More Than Ink On a Page
                  Pat Blair - Letters and Petals: Copperplate, Flourishing & Painted Petals
                  Monica Dengo - Intercultural Calligraphy
                  Suzanne Moore - Finesse: Detailing the Zero Edition With Pigment and Leaf
                  Carol Palleson - Lots of Boxes
                  Marcy Robinson - Simple Marbling Techniques Using Pastels & Shaving Cream

August 8:  Judy Detrick - The Men in Tights Who Invented Italic

August 15: Sara Loesch Frank and Evelyn Eldridge - Calligraphy Tools & Materials

August 22: Raoul Martinez - Copperplate

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 workshop, lectures, and classes. 

Kalligraphia XIV is sponsored by the Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center, home of the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering, the Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing, the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor,  The Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, the Little Maga/Zine Collection, as well as collections on Robert Frost, the Panama Canal, and California Authors. The Center is located on the Sixth Floor of the Main Library and open to everyone seven days a week.

All library programs are free and open to the public.