- Our new History Page contains documents and photos of milestones in our calligraphy journey, such as our first newsletter in booklet form and our first Picnic.
- Our latest gastronomic outing was at Tilden Park. Photos of the event are on our Facebook page.
- Speaking of food, one of our projects is a 50th Anniversary FOC Cookbook and the deadline to submit your recipe is November 1st. Here are the submission guidelines and if you have questions or need help, contact Marcia Friedman who is leading this project. We’ll see delights such as Georgia Deaver’s chocolate chip cookies and more.
- We just launched a fabulous Interview Series with Founding and Early Members of the Friends of Calligraphy as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations. Check it out on YouTube.
- You may have seen the 50th anniversary Instructional Video Series on our FOC YouTube channel. New videos are published monthly.
- In other FOC media, here’s an Instagram post about Terry Englehart, which is part of our celebration Social Media Early Member Series.
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The Friends of Calligraphy and Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library, invite you to a gathering to remember and celebrate our dear friend Alan Blackman — calligrapher extraordinaire, teacher, colleague, relative, friend, neighbor, Singer of the Streets, US Veteran, font designer, and lover of rubber duckies, ballet, opera, vintage films, day-glo colors, and a good joke.
Bring your fondest memories to share. There will be a slide show, a keepsake, and the camaraderie of those who will always miss him.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
1:00–4:00 PM PST
San Francisco Public Library
Latino/Hispanic Room
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco
Download the PDF flyer
Contact: Meredith Klein
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Life and Times of an Off-Paper Calligrapher
An illustrated Zoom presentation by Brody Neuenschwander
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
10:00 am PST
This is a free, on-line lecture via Zoom.
Spaces are limited.
Brody has been a calligrapher his whole life. As a teenager, he embarked on an illuminated Psalter, getting all the way to Psalm 119 (the longest) before setting the project aside in his first week at college. College presented many other opportunities, this being the pre-digital age: posters, certificates, and more came his way, and he wrote them with enthusiasm and zero understanding of letterform.
This lecture will be a sightseeing tour through Brody’s long career, stopping along the way to see projects in every material, on every scale, and in a hundred styles of calligraphy.
Download the PDF flyer
Contact: Elena Caruthers
Register for this lecture on Eventbrite.
We are now 50! Happy birthday FOC!
Read about our 50th Anniversary activities below.