events

Events listed to the right may include some that are not FOC sponsored, but may be of interest to the calligraphy community. The FOC calendar is below.

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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.



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C A L E N D A R  of  E V E N T S
Health and safety is a Friends of Calligraphy priority.
If we change or postpone in-person events, we will notify participants as soon as possible.

DAY(S)	DATE(S)	TIME	EVENT	LOCATION	DETAILS/CONTACT
Saturday	October 12	9:30 am–4:30 pm PDT	Suzie Beringer Tea Time Lettering Download PDF flyer	Online via Zoom	Nancy Noble
Saturdays	November 2, 9, 16, 23	10:00 am–1:00 pm PDT/PST	Introduction to Engrosser’s Script Download PDF flyer	Online via Zoom	Katie Leavens
Sunday	November 10	1:00 - 4:00 pm PST	Celebration of Alan Blackman’s Life and Art Download the PDF flyer	San Francisco Public Library Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, SF	Meredith Klein
Wednesday	November 13	10:00 am–12:00 pm PST	Life and Times of an Off-Paper Calligrapher with Brody Neuenschwander Download the PDF flyer	Online via Zoom	Elena Caruthers
Sunday	November 17	1:00 pm — 4:00 pm PST	Council Meeting	online via Zoom	Evelyn Eldridge
Mondays	January 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2025	9:30 am - 12:00 pm PST	Colorful Lettering Compositions with Jurgen Vercaemst	Online via Zoom	Meredith Klein
Sunday	January 19, 2025	1:00 pm — 4:00 pm PST	Council Meeting	online via Zoom	Evelyn Eldridge
Sunday	March 16, 2025	1:00 pm — 4:00 pm PDT	Council Meeting	online via Zoom	Evelyn Eldridge
Sunday	April 19, 2025	1:00 pm — 4:00 pm PDT	Council Meeting	online via Zoom	Evelyn Eldridge
Sunday	May 18, 2025	1:00 pm — 4:00 pm PDT	FOC Annual General Meeting	SF Public Library, Latino-Hispanic Room 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102	Evelyn Eldridge
Sunday	July 13, 2025	1:00 pm — 4:00 pm PDT	Council Meeting	online via Zoom	Evelyn Eldridge

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