The III International Exhibition of Calligraphy. Day 2
The second day of the III International Exhibition of Calligraphy has started with a master-class lead by Manohar Desai, a renowned calligrapher from India. The maitre conducted a master class entitled "Remove color, brush stroke and white paper sheet space phobia by practicing letter compositions”. After that Valentina Kozhevina from Russia and a famous Frenchman of Iranian descent Hassan Makaremi demonstrated their skill to the audience. A great number of master classes were held this day. In particular, Bronislav Vinogrodsky, a well-known Sinologist talked about the sacred nature of calligraphy and Michelle D'Anastasio - about modern Jewish calligraphy.
For the first time in Veliky Novgorod a wakeboarding tournament for WakeWorld Russia Cup took place within the framework of the exhibition. Best professional riders from Russia, Europe and Asia competed on the Volkhov river. The winner of the tournament is Gosha Hudnitsky from St. Petersburg, Lota (Thailand) and Ian Calvet (France) went second and third respectively.
Once again Sergei Mitin, Governor of the Novgorod Region visited the exhibition. He reviewed a familiar exposition and then handed a certificate to Alexey Shaburov, General Manager of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy as a token of gratitude.
A concert was held at the end of the day. It was organized with the support of the Administration of Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Region Administration and the Committee on Culture, Tourism and Archives of the Novgorod Region.
Under the project "Museum Night" the exhibition closed at 2 A.M.
Indian calligrapher Manohar Desai’s bright colours 
A fragment of a picture by Manohar Desai and the master-class participants
A fine-drawn piece of Arabic lettering by Valentina Kozhevina
The second master class with Hassan Makaremi 
Salavat Ghilyazetdinov is writing names of the lady-guests in Arabic lettering 
Young fans of Kim Jong Chil 
The Elders Faith according to Vasil Khannanov
Bronislav Vinogrodsky, a well-known Sinologist, calligrapher 
Bright performance of modern Hebrew calligraphy by Michel D`Anastasio
Yegor Lobusov’s Chinese Art of Life 
Apollinaria Mishina and her filigree technique
Karin Bauer giving a talk on the theory of cursive handwriting
Nikolai Taranov, Maitre of the Cyrillic alphabet
Vitaly Mitchenko during his presentation on the Ukrainian calligraphy
Yekaterina Zarkh and the Poetry of Calligraphy 
Isaac Freudman and Alexey Shaburov
Olga Soboleva
A wakeboarding contest final heat
Rain is no obstacle
A girl with a quill