News First Prev 66 67 68 69 70 Next Last October 7, 2013 Phoenician Letters at Nekrasov Library The Moscow Nekrasov Library witnessed an open class on Eastern writing by designer Vasily KasSab within the framework of the Travel & Adventure Informatheque project. More October 4, 2013 Master Chobitko Brings Calligraphy to the Tallinn Russian Museum This Saturday the Tallinn Russian Museum will introduce adults and children to the world of calligraphy. You will have a unique opportunity to learn more about traditional Russian writing styles and to enroll into the National School of Calligraphy. More October 4, 2013 Changes to the museum’s working hours The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy would like to hereby inform you that the museum will be closed on October 4th and 5th, 2013, for it will be hosting Park City, an international professional forum featuring top landscape and urban designers from France and UK. More October 2, 2013 Reviving an Ancient Script Moroccan artist documents struggle for cultural survival Moroccan artist Hamid Kachmar can’t recall a time when he wasn’t drawing and painting. Born into a family of indigenous Berber ancestry, Kachmar uses the symbols and colors of his African heritage to tell the story of his people’s struggle for cultural and linguistic recognition. More September 30, 2013 Hefei to Launch National Day "Culture Combo" As the National Day holiday approaches, Hefei city in Anhui province is planning to launch a 'culture combo' that will include the first Cultural Activity Week. The aim of the Cultural Activity Week is to involve more citizens in the celebration of National Day. More September 27, 2013 A Buddhist Monk Brings His Spiritual World to Vladivostok Su Ang’s Spiritual World exhibition has opened at the Primorye Art Gallery in Vladivostok. The world renowned master of line drawing also conducted a master-class in the krai centre. More September 25, 2013 Designer Stops Texting, Sends Photos Of Hand-Written Calligraphic Messages After resurrecting her father’s old calligraphy pen, designer Cristina Vanko decided to experiment with it by texting hand-written calligraphic messages to her friends. More September 23, 2013 World’s Largest Golden Copy of the Quran Gifted to Razavi Holy Shrine The world’s largest golden copy of the Quran, which was unveiled on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Reza (AS), was gifted to the museum of Astan-e Quds Razavi. Alireza Behdani, calligrapher of the Quran copy, said that the 100 x 70 size manuscript weighs 80 kilograms. More September 20, 2013 Body Plastique and Calligraphy Rurubu (Japanese literal translation, “to dance and flow slowly”) is a joint project of Haley Friesen, a Canadian photographer and Nobuhiro Sato, a calligraphy guru from San-Francisco. The bodies captured in graceful pas intertwine with master Sato’s powerful strokes that heighten the visual effect of continuous motion. More September 18, 2013 Saleh gives calligraphy a new expressive form Being one of the few artists in Oman to achieve international success, Saleh al Shukairi now stands as one of the biggest names in the local arts scene. His calligraphy work has been exhibited at major art fairs and galleries across the world, from Miami to Korea. But the zenith of his career so far has to be his calligraphy piece that stands on display for the public in London’s British Museum. More September 16, 2013 Classes to Resume at the National School of Calligraphy On September 17th, 2013 the National School of Calligraphy will resume classes. As usual, the new academic year will be led by Artyom Lebedev and Nina Kozubova, participants of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy, who will be instructing adult and children’s groups respectively More September 16, 2013 Hebrew Calligraphy On September 15th, WINZAVOD, the Centre for Contemporary Art hosted the first lecture of the mini-series entitled Hebrew Art: The Signs of Creation. Hebrew Calligraphy in Visual Arts organized by the Eshkolot project: Hebrew Culture Through Edutainment in Lectures, Seminars, and Master-classes. More September 13, 2013 Gijs Frieling and Job Wouters to Create a Calligraphic Installation in Moscow The two Dutch artists are coming to Moscow to cover a one-hundred-metre wall specially erected within the framework of the Holland Days festival with a quote from Maksim Gorky thickly interspersed with sturgeons. More September 11, 2013 Calligraphers ask government to add the craft to school curriculum Amani Mohammed Al-Kabodi, 18, stands beside a table placed inside a room at the Arab Painting Forum in Sana’a, carefully drawing the Arabic alphabet in black ink with studied brush strokes. Special pens, ink, paper, brushes and other tools are scattered on the table next to her. Every time Al-Kabodi starts drawing a new letter, she cleans the pen off with a tissue and dips it into a special ink. More September 9, 2013 Thich Nhat Hanh’s Calligraphy Exhibit: Five Pieces From the Show New York’s ABC Home and Blue Cliff Monastery will host the U.S. premiere of Thich Nhat Hanh’s calligraphy exhibit this fall, displaying 88 original works of calligraphy by the Buddhist monk and spiritual leader. More September 6, 2013 From Pen to PC Exhibition at the Peter and Paul Fortress On September 9th, at 04.00 pm, the former Machine Gun School at the St. John’s Ravelin of the Peter and Paul Fortress will see the opening of the From Pen to PC exhibition More September 4, 2013 Sotheby's to offer calligraphy by Su Shi On 19th September 2013 Sotheby’s will present a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a work by one of the towering figures of early Chinese history when The Gong Fu Tie Calligraphy by the Song Dynasty poet Su Shi (1037-1101) is offered in the Fine Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy auction More September 2, 2013 Chinese Youths Go Calligraphic In an age of keyboards and touch screens, the art of calligraphy still has the power to charm the younger generation. Sina-Culture Cup, the 1st International Calligraphy Contest was evidence most positive thereto. “Chinese calligraphy has a beauty of its own that can hardly be expressed in words,” Saana Virtanen, one of the winners, said. More August 30, 2013 Japanese calligrapher derives poetry from the hearts of the people of Vladivostok Yamamoto Ryoji, a Japanese street artist, said he wrote poetry guided by his impression of a person’s gaze. On Thursday, Vladivostok’s Eighth Biennale of Visual Arts witnessed the artist’s master-class, during which he wrote several impromptu poems reading people’s souls. More August 28, 2013 North Korean Preschoolers Work Calligraphic Wonders Chae Gook-beom, a five-year-old kid from a kindergarten in the Tonghung-dong district of Pyongyang was overwhelmed with medals, diplomas and other prizes for his extraordinary aptitude for wielding the brush that astounded local calligraphy masters. The jury board of a republican calligraphic contest were “deeply impressed”, as local media report, by the boy’s work... More August 26, 2013 China To Strengthen Calligraphy Education Chinese education authorities have called for providing better calligraphy education in the country's primary and middle schools, Xinhua news agency reported. Calligraphy, a time-honoured handwriting art in China, was suspended for a period of time in school classes. More August 23, 2013 The Beauty of Writing Refines the Eye exhibition to shake Kazan On August 28th, Kazan’s Ğabdulla Tuqay Literary Museum will witness Najip Nakkash’s calligraphy exhibition entitled The Beauty of Writing Refines the Eye timed to coincide with the Kazan City Day. More August 21, 2013 The Met Presents Expressive Art of Japanese Calligraphy on View, 8/17 Handwriting was thought to reflect one's personality in the East Asian tradition, but not in the sense of Western graphology or “handwriting analysis.” Rather, through copying of revered models and through creative innovation, handwriting style conveyed one's literary education, cultural refinement, and carefully nurtured aesthetic sensibilities. More August 19, 2013 Calligrapher of Prophet’s Mosque to get Pakistan’s top award The Pakistan government has nominated the calligrapher of the Prophet’s Mosque, Ustad Shafeeq uz Zaman, for the President’s Award of Pride of Performance in the calligraphy category. More First Prev 66 67 68 69 70 Next Last