News First Prev 2 3 4 5 6 Next Last April 13, 2017 Lettering crash course in the National Calligraphy School On April 22 at 15:00 a lettering crash course starts in the National Calligraphy School. We welcome anyone who fancies creating letters and invent original script compositions as well as all those who are just about to learn it. April 4, 2017 Last Sunday, April 2, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held an intensive workshop dubbed “Calligraphy for Children. Broad Pen” The introductory part was designed to consult lefthander children and their parents. Teacher Ekaterina Orfanova, who is a lefthander too, has told about special movements and paper positioning, offered comfortable sitting and pen holding manners. Some practice followed: the first test of the pen was to complete simple exercises through custom workbooks developed by Ekaterina for the occasion. March 27, 2017 Graduation of the children’s calligraphy course Last Saturday, March 25, 2017 was the graduation day for the younger students of the National School of Calligraphy at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. The museum hall emanated the atmosphere of anticipation and celebration. As the children gathered for class, they March 16, 2017 Pointed Pen at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy Last Sunday, March 12th, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held a workshop on pointed pen techniques. The teacher of the National School of Calligraphy Artyom Lebedev explained the basics of working with the pointed pen and the most popular script written with it: Copperplate. March 6, 2017 Calligraphy and cadel flourishing at Broad Pen crash course On Sunday, March 5, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy saw a broad pen crash course. The 5-hour agenda provided a short timeframe to learn the theoretical background of broad pen writing, basic strokes and writing principles, and to create an original piece. February 16, 2017 Spring calligraphy courses at the National School of Calligraphy Spring is almost here, and new calligraphy courses are, too! It’s the right moment to enroll and fill the spring months with the beauty of letters. February 2, 2017 Calligraphy and Music about Love workshop on February 12 We are excited to invite you to the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on February 12 where we will talk and write about love! Calligraphy as the art of fine writing depicts the nature of time in a graphic fashion, with its own perception and style. You can hardly confuse austere and ornamental Blackletter with airy and elegant Copperplate. But there is one feeling that unites any writing style, which is love. Different history periods used to see people discover new facets of love. December 26, 2016 New Year greeting card from our young calligraphers Last Saturday, December 24th, was this year’s final class of the children's calligraphy course. The class, unsurprisingly, was dedicated to the coming holidays: the students were to create New Year greeting cards. The teacher’s idea was that doing this, they should apply all the skills they have gained over the three months of studying pointed pen calligraphy. The kids were to create a greeting composition combining text and decorative elements, using pointed pen only December 26, 2016 Creating inspiration for the New Year Last Sunday, December 25th, the Brushes and Brush Pen Calligraphy workshop was held at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy. The workshop was presented by Darina Biryulina, a young calligrapher, designer and graphic artist from Saint Petersburg. Darina shared her views on why calligraphy has been getting popular again; explained the difference between calligraphy and lettering; and demonstrated how to work with brushes and brush pen November 24, 2016 Calligraphy courses presentation This Saturday, November 26, at 01.00 pm we will be holding the presentation of the calligraphy courses of the National School of Calligraphy! November 22, 2016 Graduation of the autumn calligraphy courses Last week the National School of Calligraphy saw the final classes of the Basic, Pointed pen and Lettering courses. November 14, 2016 Calligraphy courses presentation Dear friends! On Saturday, November 26, at 01.00 pm we invite you to a presentation of the calligraphy courses of the National School of Calligraphy! November 2, 2016 Illumination workshop On Sunday, October 30, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy saw the illumination workshop by Norwegian calligraphy artist Bas Vlam. October 31, 2016 Test of the quill Saturday, October 29, our young calligraphy students had a chance to time-travel: guided by the teacher Artyom Lebedev they tried to write with a real quill. October 12, 2016 New enrollment to calligraphy courses The National School of Calligraphy announces new enrollment for winter calligraphy courses: the Basic course; Uncial and Slavic scripts; Pointed Pen; Lettering. September 16, 2016 Classes in the Calligraphy School have started! Classes in the National School of Calligraphy have started on September 13. For many it's been the first encounter with the art of calligraphy September 7, 2016 On the 3rd of September the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy opened its doors for visitors again The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy presented to the visitors the renewed exposition On Saturday, September 3, 2016, the most welcome guests came to the exhibition. The magic of calligraphy creates a peculiar atmosphere in the halls, and the visitors couldn’t help feeling it. Everyone immersed in the festive mood August 26, 2016 3rd September 2016: Doors Open Day at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy! This Saturday, if you come to the Museum, you will have a chance to see Museum’s new permanent exposition for free, as well as attend the presentations of the children’s and adult calligraphy courses of the National School of Calligraphy! June 1, 2016 Presentation of the children’s calligraphy course held in the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy In our time of computer technologies many parents are worried about their children losing the skill of handwriting. Calligraphy classes can help deal with this problem. May 25, 2016 Presentation of the children’s course Dear friends! We invite you and your kids to the presentation of the calligraphy course for children. May 25, 2016 New enrollment to the School of Calligraphy The National School of Calligraphy working at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy announces new enrollment to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd level groups and to the Lettering course. May 24, 2016 New graduation at the National School of Calligraphy On May 24, 2016 students of the National School of Calligraphy of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd levels had their final classes. Our students said the 10 weeks of studying passed only too fast, and they felt sad about saying goodbye to their new friends. May 5, 2016 Graduation of the children’s group at the National School of Calligraphy On April 30, 2016 the final class of the new children’s course “Calligraphy basics” was held at the National School of Calligraphy. Taught by the School’s teacher Artyom Lebedev, the kids had learned the basic writing, the Italian cursive script, and the main rules of lettering and text decoration. April 1, 2016 Workshop: Japanese calligraphy and Ikebana On April, 10 at 02.00 pm the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy will hold a workshop on Japanese calligraphy and the art or Ikebana. First Prev 2 3 4 5 6 Next Last