News First Prev 57 58 59 60 61 Next Last April 22, 2015 Dubai art gallery to host calligraphy show The event, sponsored by Praesidium, a leading regulatory, compliance and client advisory firm, opens tomorrow (April 20th) and run until May 16th. Mouneer Al- Shaarani is a celebrated calligrapher, designer and writer, living and working in Syria. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus (1977). He studied under the Syrian calligrapher, Badawi Al Dirany. More April 20, 2015 Sacred Texts of Avraam Borshchevsky at the Eternal Values Exhibition On April 2nd, the Eternal Values exhibition opened at the Novosibirsk State Art Museum. The guests will be able get acquainted with the art of calligraphy of the ancient Jewish and Chinese civilizations. More April 16, 2015 Rare Korean calligraphy scroll presented to Bassetlaw Council by local martial arts school A rare calligraphy scroll created by a late Korean Grand Master has been presented to Bassetlaw Council by a Retford martial arts school. More April 14, 2015 Blessing of Home Sunday master-class On the closing day of the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy, the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted a master-class in Jewish calligraphy. More April 6, 2015 Renowned Japanese calligraphers in Moscow 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. More March 31, 2015 New masterpieces of calligraphy On March 31st, 2015 at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy the second part of the 5th International exhibition of calligraphy will be available for viewing. More March 30, 2015 The Pointed Pen Sunday workshop Last Sunday, at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy we hosted the Pointed Pen workshop for children. Calligrapher, illustrator, photographer from St. Petersburg Dina Zhuravleva demonstrated the basics of calligraphy. More March 24, 2015 The Art of Stained Glass Mosaic Sunday master class 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. More March 20, 2015 Calligraphy and penmanship is to be taught in Volgodonsk schools The best remedy for fools and digital dementia, and this concept could not be truer in the age of computer technology, was found long ago and it is calligraphy and penmanship. In developed countries, it is an integral part of any curriculum. In Russia, unfortunately, the art of calligraphy has fallen into oblivion. More March 16, 2015 Master classes at the International Exhibition of Calligraphy Last Sunday, at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy there were two master classes organised and held for the guests of the exhibition. More March 14, 2015 The 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy is open! Today at the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy there was a gala opening of the exhibition. The event was attended by the famous calligraphers, embassies representatives, educational and cultural specialists. More March 13, 2015 Russian, American and Chinese calligraphers on the eve of the opening of the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy in Moscow Russian, American and Chinese calligraphers on the eve of the opening of the V International Exhibition of Calligraphy in Moscow More March 12, 2015 The press-conference of the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy The press-conference of the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy will begin at 14.00 on Friday 13th of March, 2015. More March 10, 2015 Shamail of My Family Campaign Runs In Tatarstan Shamail means “quality and dignity” in Arabic, in Persian – “holy painting” or “image”. This kind of visual art is called a phenomenon of Muslim culture. - “The most important thing in making a shamail is to pass through the necessary training. The training takes a few years, just like an institute. More March 5, 2015 Exposition At The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy Gets New Design Dear friends! From March 10th – 13th, 2015 The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy will be closed for redesigning of the exposition in view of the 5th International Exhibition of Calligraphy opening on March 14th, 2015. More March 5, 2015 The Howling Success Of Sergey Shikhachevsky’s Master Class 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. More February 27, 2015 Kids learn unique calligraphy style from Chinese artist Dozens of fifth graders kneeled on a cushion and wielded their brushes, making long and careful strokes with black ink over a thin parchment. Though the students’ calligraphy looked like complex Chinese characters, their writing was easily legible because it was actually English. More February 24, 2015 The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed Introduces the Origins of Russian Literature to Children It has been a few years since Pokrovsky Cathedral (The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed) gives educational sessions for kids and their parents on weekends. The cathedral tour is dedicated to the history of this medieval monument, where sightseers literally take the information about it from the inscriptions on icons and wall paintings. More February 20, 2015 Historic calligraphies under restoration Among thousands of artworks in the Turkish Calligraphy Arts Museum, affiliated with the General Directorate of Foundations, 563 are being restored by a team of 20 experts. Foundations General Director Adnan Ertem said the museum, located in the Beyazıt Madrasah of the Bayezid II Mosque, is undergoing a restoration process. More February 18, 2015 Graffiti Artist Graces Snow-Covered Cars with Beautiful Calligraphy in New York City Art is a universal language that spans across the world in the most beautiful mediums we know, from charcoal to graphite, watercolors to oil paints. One anonymous, New York-based graffiti artist known as 'Faust' has chosen nature as his medium and snow as his paints. More February 16, 2015 An Exhibition of Calligraphy In Ulan-Ude An exhibition of Buryat-Mongolian calligraphy called “Tengeriin besheg” (A letter of Heaven) will open at Sampilov Republican Art Museum on February 24th. This is a unique opportunity to attend master classes and order any inscriptions from famous calligraphers of Greater Mongolia. More February 13, 2015 A Master-class On Japanese Calligraphy For The Residents of Sakhalin A master-class on Japanese calligraphy was held on the premises of Sakhalin Regional Universal Scientific Library in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on September 12th. More February 11, 2015 Rediscovering Korea through calligraphy Calligraphy represents not only where we come from but also who we are. It is an essential part of all palace buildings and gates in the long history of Korea and can still be found today. More February 9, 2015 3D Calligraphy Jumps Off the Page Turkish graphic designer Tolga Girgin has a passion for calligraphy, but her lettering has a look that’s all together different. Using an assortment of perspective trickery, she uses pens and pencils to give her old-school lettering a whole new angle – one that would have you believe each letter was pealing off the paper or hovering above it. 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