News First Prev 79 80 81 82 83 Next Last October 3, 2011 The Most ‘Chinese’ Chinese Character If, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, you can infer a nation’s spirit from its language, then what to make of modern Chinese? More September 30, 2011 A New Intake into the National School of Calligraphy Enrolment into the fall groups of the National School of Calligraphy begins! More September 29, 2011 Shana Tova! Congratulations on Rosh Hashanah! Dear friends, we heartily congratulate the entire community of the people of Israel with a New Year 5772! More September 28, 2011 Google and Israel Museum Publish Dead Sea Scrolls Online The partnership with Google and the Dead Sea Scrolls began just six months ago. More September 27, 2011 Enrolment into the National School of Calligraphy’s Children’s Courses in Progress We are happy to announce that the doors of the National School of Calligraphy will be open real soon after the summer break and this time we will launch long-awaited courses for the youngest calligraphy appreciators! More September 26, 2011 Don't Brush Off Writing THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (MOE) of China ISSUED a document last week requiring primary schools to have a calligraphy class once a week for students from third grade to sixth grade and calligraphy-related courses must be arranged for high school students. More September 23, 2011 «Ecriture Infinite» Remembers the Beauty of Handwriting The ubiquity of personal computing devices has turned typing into the dominant method of communication. More September 21, 2011 Writing on the walls Most people with English rattling around their heads give little thought to what their language looks like. More September 19, 2011 “Weaving Words, Weaving Dreams” by Marina Soria This autumn we noticed some extraordinary activity on Marina Soria’s social network page (the International Exhibition of Calligraphy participant). More September 17, 2011 The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy — summing up the half year So, from June 2, 2011 the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy is closed for the summer holidays. It's time to take stock of the past six months. More September 16, 2011 The Power of the Handwritten Note I received a letter the other day. The kind that arrives in the mail, with a stamp and a colorful envelope addressed to me. More September 14, 2011 Ink a better future Calligraphy has always been pursued as a hobby. With the changing times, however, this art has become a sought after profession. More September 12, 2011 Arrows for ambition, flowers for family - a graphologist translates your idle scribbles What you choose to doodle will reveal volumes about your personality and mood. More September 9, 2011 Huge artwork suddenly appears in Santa Monica neighborhood For much of the summer, the towering creation stood hidden behind a draping of blue and black tarps, looking like nothing more than a big home construction project. More September 7, 2011 Your handwriting can land you a job Your handwriting can prove to be the deal clincher if you are on the lookout for a job as several companies are using graphology before recruiting employees. More September 5, 2011 FBI Seeks Volunteers for Handwriting Project The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for West Virginia University students to volunteer for a handwriting study which will contribute to a growing biometric. More September 2, 2011 Just My Type. A Book About Fonts Simon Garfield's Just My Type, published in England by the same people who brought us Eats, Shoots & Leaves, hopes to do for type fonts what Lynne Truss' surprise best-seller did for commas. More August 31, 2011 Stunning Hand-Illuminated Version Of Tolkien’s ‘Silmarillion’ For a school project, a German art student hand-illuminated and bound a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion. More August 29, 2011 Wear a calligraphy motif Poosapati Parameshwar Raju's affinity towards calligraphy is well known in art circles. More August 26, 2011 Annual National Exhibition of Calligraphy in Pakistan As many as 91 artists have been registered for displaying their exquisite calligraphic art at Pakistan National Council of the Arts for National Calligraphy Exhibition 2011. More August 24, 2011 Teenager Arrested for Threatening Letters A junior-high school student in Yunlin County on Friday was arrested for allegedly sending numerous threatening letters to heads of government agencies, the police said. More August 22, 2011 Calligrapher’s Life in the Misty Norway In the latest issue of “Landsmann” (“Countrymen”) magazine (#19, 2011), there was published an article by Svetlana Zheleznova – librarian in the Library of Askøy, Norway, about her famous colleagues. More August 18, 2011 Representatives of the Moscow Islamic High Council have visited the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy August 18, 2011 The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow’s Sokolniki was visited by representatives of the Moscow Islamic High Council headed by Mufti Albir Krganov, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation More August 17, 2011 Calligraphers still going against type In a fast-paced world dominated by computers, these masters of handwriting continue to make art from letters. More First Prev 79 80 81 82 83 Next Last