Friends of Calligraphy offers classes and workshops
that meet the needs of those beginning calligraphy as well as those who are ready for more advanced techniques. FOC workshops are open to current FOC members. Basic calligraphy classes at Fort Mason are open to the public. They are sponsored by FOC, and taught by FOC members. Also listed below are classes by FOC members who teach in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. They are not sponsored by FOC, but are listed here as a courtesy to our members. Please contact individual instructors for details.
FRIENDS OF CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
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Adventure with the Pointed Pen
An Vanhentenrijk
(download the pdf flyer)
October 8, 9 & 10, 2021
10:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT
This is an online workshop via Zoom
Cost: $60
The class is limited to 30 FOC members
Complete registration instructions are in the PDF flyer
Participants must have the following:- An electronic device: computer, smartphone, or tablet with camera & microphone.
- Access to a printer for handouts emailed before the workshop.
- The Zoom app. The free version is sufficient. https://zoom.us/
Registration for this class via Paypal will begin at
8 am PDT on Monday, August 16th
If you would like to add special instructions to your order, please send them to Darla Engelmann via email.
During this course we will experiment with the pointed pen and discover the many possibilities based on different exercises. As a start we will create and explore unique variations of one letter, experimenting with straight and organic lines, imperfect letters, and pressure and release. You will take one of these unique letters to create, in that specific style, first, one word and then an entire alphabet. You will create variations of your alphabet by making the letters thinner, thicker, smaller, wider. With your letters you will make new compositions in circles, geometric forms and text blocks. Calligraphy becomes an image. A syllabus with exercises and examples will guide you through this wonderful adventure.
An Vanhentenrijk is a calligrapher and lettering artist living in Bonheiden, Belgium. She started with calligraphy in 1988 and has worked as a freelance calligrapher since 1996. She studied with many well-known calligraphers and has been teaching calligraphy for 27 years, working on commissions, and creating personal artwork for exhibitions and private collections. In 2007 she created her organic Kalliandra letterforms with the pointed pen. Her personal artwork can be found in private collections, calligraphy magazines and the International Museum for Contemporary Calligraphy in Moscow. In 2018 she won the Internationale Grote Prijs Kalligrafie Westerlo/Belgium. She was a participant in A Brush with Silence organized by Brody Neuenschwander.
Find out more on: www.anvanhentenrijk.be
Instagram : www.instagram.com/anvanhentenrijkcalligraphy
Facebook: www.facebook.com/an.vanhentenrijk
FRIENDS OF CALLIGRAPHY Fort Mason Classes
Open to the public, these classes are meant for beginners and for scribes who wish to continue improving their skills. Basic supplies required by each student include: black ink such as Higgins Eternal, all sizes of Brause pen nibs, one or two pen holders, pencil and eraser, 18 or 24 inch metal ruler, notebook, cotton rag, a small water jar. There may be additional supplies specified by each instructor and are listed after each class description in the Fort Mason brochure. (Download pdf brochure for 2021)
Calligraphy supplies, especially Brause pen nibs, can be difficult to find. Call or visit your local art supply stores, such as Arch, Dick Blick and Flax. If they don’t have what you need, contact the calligraphy mail order vendors:
John Neal Bookseller, 1-800-369-9598 • www.johnnealbookseller.com
or
Paper & Ink Arts, 1-800-736-7772 • www.paperinkarts.com
Please register for any class at least six weeks in advance. Class size is limited to 16. You will be notified by the Fort Mason Class Registrar if you have a place in the class or are on the wait list. Payment of tuition is necessary to hold your place on a wait list. If you need to withdraw, a full refund will be issued 14 days before the class begins. Otherwise the tuition fee is forfeited unless a wait-listed student can take your place.
If you would like to add special instructions to your order, please send them to Laura Bernabei via email.Classes will be held at:
- Online via Zoom
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Fort Mason
2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123
Free parking outside the gate and metered parking within.
- Italic
Meredith Klein, instructor
This is an online class via Zoom
Seven Tuesday evenings • 6:30—9:00 pm PDT
August 17, 24, 31, September 7, 14, 21, 28
$185 FOC members / $205 non-members
This class is full, and we are no longer accepting registrations for it.
Arising from Humanist cursive writing during the Italian Renaissance, italic has come down through the centuries as one of our most versatile calligraphy hands. This elegant, graceful and practical script can be used for nearly anything: poems, envelopes, certificates, signs—the list is endless. In this class, you will learn the minuscule and majuscule alphabets, focusing on the letterforms, rhythm and spacing. We will also cover layout and ways to create variations.
All levels of lettering experience are welcome.
Meredith Klein first learned italic from books; since then, she has had many distinguished teachers. She has taught calligraphy in the Fort Mason program since 2016, been a guest instructor at Janice Braun’s History of the Book class at Mills College, and taught for other guilds as well as privately. Her work has been published in Alphabet and Bound & Lettered, and her calligraphy appears in a limited edition artist book, Swords and Angels.
- Brush Italic
Melissa Titone, instructor
In Person, Fort Mason Center, SF
Seven Tuesday evenings • 6:30—9:00 pm PDT/PST
October 5, 12, 19, November 2, 9, 16, 23
$185 FOC members / $205 non-members
This class will introduce you to the wonderful, versatile world of pointed brush lettering. The commercial art field is full of quirky, stylistic brush lettering (just look on the grocery store shelves). Experience the unique pressure and release rhythm of the brush while learning letterforms based on the italic upper and lower case letters. We will also cover special effects of color blending and shading with brush markers to make your letters pop! A working knowledge of italic is helpful, but not imperative.
All levels of lettering experience are welcome.
Melissa Titone has owned a freelance calligraphy business since 1988, doing everything from wedding invitations to commercial lettering. She enjoys teaching children and adults, both privately and in workshops and classes. Her work has been published in several books, including Greeting Card Design, The Speedball Textbook, American Corporate Identity, Letterheads Gone Digital, The Artful Letter Engagement Calendar and 100 New York Calligraphers. She was co-director of The Passionate Pen, 2015 International Calligraphy Conference.
Friends of Calligraphy Lecture
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The Book of Kells: Its History, Its Mystery & Its Wonder
presented by Gemma Black
September 12, 2021
6:00 pm PDT
This on-line Zoom lecture is FREE.
Gemma Black presents a highly polished and entertaining look at Ireland’s national treasure, The Book of Kells. Gemma presented this lecture originally to the National Gallery of Australia on the occasion of the visit of The Book of Kells to Australia in 2000.
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Contact: Friends of Calligraphy
Register for this lecture on Eventbrite.
MEMBERS WHO TEACH
San Francisco:
- Thomas Ingmire • Call 415.673.4938.
International Calligraphy Correspondence Program. Classes at all levels.
CPA-HO, 1040A Filbert Street, San Francisco, CA 94133- Raoul Martinez
Copperplate and blackletter classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced students.
- Ann Miller • Call 650 558-8270
Calligraphy and Letterform. Advanced Calligraphy.
East Bay:
- Patricia Coltrin • Call 510 524-5208
- Georgianna Greenwood • Call 510.841.6924
- Meredith Klein • Call 510.205.1119
- Kaori Ogawa
- Antonia (Nini) Smith • Call 510 526-7249
Year-round classes at Piedmont Adult School- Erma Takeda• Call 925.284.7368
- Carla Tenret • Call 510.526.1214
Year round classes at Albany Community Center- Ben Yates • Call (925) 451 - 2643
South Bay:
- Melissa Dinwiddie • Call 650.938.3939
Calligraphy, book arts, and illumination- Sara Loesch Frank • Call 408.446.3397
Ongoing calligraphy classes for beginners and intermediates.- Marian Gault • Call 408.395.8026
- Ann Thompson • Call 408.378.6965
Marin County:
- JoAnn Burchfiel Brand • Call 415.924.2625
- Jody Meese • Call 415.272.3612
Mendocino:
- Judy Detrick • Call 707.964.9276
Ongoing classes at all levels.Sonoma County:
- Christine Renden Haggarty
Ongoing classes in Asian calligraphy for beginners and intermediates.- Sherrie Lovler • Call 707.528.1723.
Calligraphic Abstract Painting.- Rick Paulus • Call 774.323.0050
- Melissa Titone • Call 707. 573.3810
Ongoing classes and private lessons in Santa Rosa.Yolo County:
- Sumner Stone
Type design workshops in Rumsey, CASanta Cruz/Monterey/Carmel:
- Debra Ferreboeuf • Call 831 655-4311
- Carolyn Fitz • Call 831 335-2886
- Ruth Korch
Art and calligraphy classes in the Santa Cruz areaKern County:
- Chris Paschke •Call 661 821-2188
Ongoing classes at all levels in TehachapiReno/Tahoe:
- Carol Pallesen • Call 775 329-6983
Ongoing classes in calligraphy and book artsNew Mexico:
- Bill Kemp • Call 505 235-4983
Teaching and tutoring in AlbuquerqueOnline:
- Ann Miller • Call 650 558-8270
Calligraphy and Letterform. Logo, Font, and Lettering for Illustrators. Two accredited Online courses through San Francisco Academy of Art University- Harvest Crittenden • Call 517 545-3031
Online classes in Spencerian, Flourishing, Copperplate and Photoshop for Calligraphers.- Meilissa Esplin
Brush lettering, gestural pointed pen, and chalk lettering.