Master Classes

On February 23, the Museum of World Calligraphy will hold a Persian calligraphy workshop, run by a renowned master calligrapher Bahman Panahi. The 4-hour event is scheduled for 12:00 PM.

On April 10 the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted workshops by Japanese calligraphy masters Takefusa Sashida, Shoko Hirose and Sauri Ishimaru.

At the last weekend of the outgoing year the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held a master class Calligraphy in the Church Art conducted by the calligrapher Grigory Marakuev. On the example of the development of the ornamental script Grigory Marakuev told the participants of the master class about the history of calligraphy in the church art during the period of time from the 15th to the 18th century

On the closing day of the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted a master-class in Jewish calligraphy.

A master-class in the art of Japanese calligraphy and Ikebana by calligraphers Hirose Seko and Takefusa Sasida took place at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on 5 April.

Last Sunday, at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy we hosted a workshop for children "Pointed pen." Calligrapher, illustrator, photographer from St. Petersburg Dina Zhuravleva demonstrated the basics of calligraphy.

On Sunday, at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, The Art of Stained Glass Mosaic master class was held. Elena Nechiporenko, an artist specializing in stain glass from Valery Pereskokov’s ART-Venzel studio, told the audience about applying technology in the art of stained glass and demonstrated stained glass calligraphy painting.

Last Sunday, at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy there were two master classes organised and held for the guests of the exhibition.

A master class on ceramic calligraphy by Sergey Shikhachevsky was successfully held on the premises of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy last Sunday, on March 1st, 2015. During the master class, the participants got to know about the history of ceramic calligraphy, learned about the difference between the Latin and Cyrillic fonts.

A master class by Artyom Lebedev, a famous calligrapher, typographer, member of the National Union of Calligraphers was held at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on Sunday, November 30th. The calligraphy master demonstrated how to use a pen with a flat stylus for contrast and soft writing; for lowercase and uppercase letters.

On Sunday, November 14th at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy a master class was organized on monogram art led by the acknowledged Russian specialist on font art, designer and calligrapher, Professor Georgii I. Kozubov (Ph.D. in Art and Humanities).

Last weekend the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy saw two master-classes organized as part of the Calligraphy, Water, And Chance one-man exhibition by Vitaly Shapovalov. On Saturday, during the live session, Vitaly Shapovalov shared secrets of his unique mastery with the guests of the event and also made a guided tour of the exhibition presenting his works. As the discussion went on, the guests of the museum asked many interesting questions on the calligraphy technique Vitaly Shapovalov uses, on his art and the art of beautiful writing.

The only opened master-class on Korean calligraphy was held at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on Sunday. The outstanding calligraphy artist Kim Jong Chil showed the guests of the event the art of work with special brushes on Korean paper “Hanji”.

Last Sunday a master class on Japanese calligraphy was held at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. Yekaterina Nazarova, participant of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy project and specialist in hieroglyphic writing made a performance in front of the audience.

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.

On Sunday, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy witnessed a master-class on the art of the monogram hosted by Svetlana Andreyeva, member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia. The expert explained that every monogram could be inscribed inside a square, a circle, a rectangle, and other figures, you only had to bear in mind the whole composition.

On Sunday Kim Jong Chil, an eminent Korean calligrapher, conducted an exclusive master-class for the guests of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. In the beginning Yang Min Jong, Director of the Korean Cultural Centre under the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Russia, gave a talk on Korean culture.

This Sunday, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held the final series of workshops in 2012 within the International Exhibition of Calligraphy. Experts in the art of beautiful writing spoke before the guests.

This weekend the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy was once again bustling with people. Whole families came to see the masterpieces by best calligraphers of the world, as well as to take part in another series of workshops.

A workshop on Persian calligraphy painting held by Rashvand Babak Hamamlo, a prominent Middle Eastern artist and illustrator, took place yesterday at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy

The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted a master class in Japanese calligraphy which attracted a full room of guests and participants. Yekaterina Nazarova, one of the authors showcased at the International Exhibition of Calligraphy, flew all the way from Kyoto, Japan to take part in it.

Yesterday, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy was once again full of people. Russian calligraphy artists taught a number of master classes as part of the International exhibition of calligraphy.

This Sunday the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted a series of workshops dedicated to the International Exhibition of Calligraphy project launch

Last Saturday, calligrapher and typographer Artem Lebedev held a workshop class on decorating Christmas and New Year cards at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy.

Сalligrapher Andrei Sannikov gave a master-class on Gothic scripts and Russian Cyrillic ornate lettering at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on November 27.

On Sunday, Yegor Lobusov, calligrapher and physician, immersed the visitors of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in a variety of pleasant moments filled with the tranquility of Chinese culture.

On October 15-16, the Contemporary museum of calligraphy was officially opened after summer holidays. In honor of the event the museum management organized some workshops on European calligraphy with the participation of the National Union of Calligraphers and the International Exhibition of Calligraphy project.

June 1, 2011. Master-classes for young visitors on International Children’s Day

The Days of Slavic Writing exhibition with a rich program of master classes was held at the Contemporary museum of calligraphy on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

The Days of Japanese Culture continue the Asian Cultural Festival in Sokolniki Park. Despite the fact that the exhibition was held on weekdays, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy was full of guests. The museum’s presentation hall could hardly accommodate all the visitors.

On Sunday, March 27, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted the opening ceremony of the “Days of Korean Script” — the first event in a four-day festival of Asian culture

On December 29, 2010 the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy and the International Council of Museums (ICOM-Russia), organized a special New Year event for children, including those from large families

On May 22 the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy began celebrating the Days of Slavic Writing. The guests could see a new exposition that included true masterpieces of Slavonic calligraphy: old manuscripts, birch bark calligraphy of our days, first pages of the Gospel of John, and many other exhibits.

The Days of Japanese Culture show has started today at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Sokolniki. For a few hours all the lovers of original Japanese culture time-travelled to ancient Japan and saw young ladies wearing kimono and kobudo warriors fighting with swords.

May 23, 2009. “Old Slavic writing. Ligature”. Workshop by Yuri Koverdyaev, a Moscow graphic artist, Tatiana Petrenko, calligraphy teacher from Saint-Petersburg

March 26, 2009. “12 centuries of Japanese calligraphy: from the 8th to the 21st century”. Master class by Japanese calligraphers Hirose Shoko and Sashida Takefusa

December, 10, 11, 14, 2008. An Indian calligrapher Manohar Desai master-class “Expression through Letters”.

December, 10th – 14th , 2008. The master class of Chen Wen-Fu, upholder of the great dynasty of Chinese calligraphers.

December, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2008. “What a Letter Can Tell”, “Calligraphy and Graphology”. Master classes by graphologist, DSc (psychology) Larisa Drygval.

On December 10, 12 and 14, 2008, “Kosher calligraphy” and “Truisms” are examples of. master classes taught by Avraham-Hersh Borshevsky, a Hebrew scribe and an expert on Judaic sacred texts.

December, 12, 14, 2008. “History of the Alphabet”. Master class for children by Yevgeny Dobrovinsky, Member of the Union of Artists of Russia

December 13-14, 2008 . “Calligraphic Gamuts as the Basis of the Art”. “How Instruments Influence Calligrapher’s Expressive Means”. Master classes of Pyotr Chobitko, member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

December, 13, 14, 2008. “Classical and Contemporary Calligraphy”. “Easel and Applied Calligraphy”. Master classes by Georgy Kozubov, Member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

December 13, 2008. “The Whispering Walls: Trompe l’Oeil and Сalligraphy”. Master class by Andrea Wunderlich and Volker Thomas Wunderlich

December, 10, 2008. “Master class for adults and children”. Master class by Anatoly Moshchelkov, a Moscow calligrapher