News First Prev 64 65 66 67 68 Next Last January 29, 2014 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). More January 27, 2014 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. More January 24, 2014 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. More January 20, 2014 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. More January 17, 2014 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. More January 15, 2014 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. More January 13, 2014 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. More January 10, 2014 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. More January 10, 2014 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. More December 31, 2013 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). More December 31, 2013 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. More December 30, 2013 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. More December 27, 2013 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.” More December 25, 2013 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. More December 23, 2013 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. More December 20, 2013 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. More December 18, 2013 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. More December 16, 2013 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. More December 13, 2013 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. More December 11, 2013 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. More December 9, 2013 Saudi calligrapher nominated for global prize by London’s V&A A Saudi calligrapher has been nominated by the London-based Victoria and Albert Museum for the Jameel Prize for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition, Al-Riyadh daily reported. More December 6, 2013 Mongolian Calligraphy is listed by UNESCO Mongolian calligraphy has become one of the four new elements registered as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO. All 24 member-countries of the Governing Board completely agreed on that during the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from December 2nd - 7th. More December 4, 2013 A new spin on the art of ink calligraphy New York was one of the first cities where modern, abstract calligraphy took root and the Art of Ink in America Society is finally bringing it back home. Through an exhibit entitled “Gesture and Beyond,” the society is featuring new works by its members, the latest in abstract calligraphy, at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum of Queens College. More December 3, 2013 Adult Groups Enrolment at the National School of Calligraphy The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy and the National School of Calligraphy are happy to announce a new intake to adult groups. The lessons shall commence on December 3rd, 2013. More First Prev 64 65 66 67 68 Next Last