CALLIGRAPHY
EDUCATION IN BIRMINGHAM
The Birmingham Calligraphy Guild offers a variety of
educational opportunities throughout the year in the form of classes, workshops
and other training events. For more information on how these educational
opportunities work, see our workshop
guidelines.
WORKSHOPS & events 2019
january 2019
BILL KEMP
- January 19-21, 2019
FEBRUARY 2019
MARINA
SORIA - February 16-18, 2019
MARCH 2019
HEATHER
HELD - March 16-17, 2019
AUGUST 2019
AMITY PARKS
- August 10-11, 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019
SUZANNE CUNNINGHAM
- September 14-15, 2019 Flourishing and Envelopes
NOVEMBER 2019
DENIS BROWN
- November 1-4, 2019 Layered Calligraphy
NOVEMBER 2019
JULIE WILDMAN
- November 9-10, 2019 Alphabet Book
NOVEMBER 2019
JULIE WILDMAN (Pt. 2)
- November 11, 2019 Akim Cursive
WORKSHOP SIGN UP INFORMATION
Deposits are being accepted for all
workshops through the end of 2019. For each workshop, the deposit is $150.00.
You may pay the deposit for more than one workshop, but you must enclose
the registration form with the check so that the treasurer knows what workshops you
are registering for. (Note: If a workshop is full and you find that you cannot
attend, your deposit may be refunded to you if you cannot attend as long as
the workshop is over the break even point.) Total cost will be determined
once a plane ticket has been purchased or mileage estimated. Deposits
received will determine whether or not a workshop will run.
NEW!!!!!! The guild has adapted a new policy that will affect your
ability to attend a workshop as a member. Only those who have paid their
membership dues prior to September 30 will qualify for registration as a
member. Any person who pays their dues, or who joins the guild after that
date will pay the non-member cost for ANY workshop through the following
August. That cost will be $100 additional for non-members or members who
paid their dues AFTER September 30.
Please
make your check payable to the Birmingham Calligraphy Guild.
Please mail
your check to:
Birmingham Calligraphy Guild Workshops
324 Emerald Drive
Chelsea, AL 35043
The receipt of your deposit
AND a lottery determines your position in the class. Checks will be deposited upon
receipt.
All communication regarding workshops will be by
email unless we are notifed otherwise.
For additional
workshop information
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2019 meetings
/ programs
MARCH 2, 2019:
ENVELOPES 101 -
anything and everything to do with addressing envelopes! Proper etiquette,
making corrections, how to choose the best nib and ink for the paper you are
given, centering versus staggered addressing, making guidelines, etc.
with Carol Faust
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
APRIL 6, 2019:
POINTED PEN VARIATIONS - Jim will be
demonstrating some of the techniques of Mike Kesceg's pointed pen variations
with Jim Davis, founding member
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
MAY 4, 2019:
DECORATED NAMES AND MONOGRAMS
with Melissa Baker
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
JUNE 1, 2019:
SPENCERIAN CAPS REVIEW
with Melinda Sapp
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
JULY 2019:
NO MEETING DUE TO
HOLIDAY WEEKEND
AUGUST 3, 2019:
OPEN HOUSE
Hoover Preserve Town Hall
Time: 1 - 5 pm
Registration: 12:30 pm
There will be hands on calligraphy experience with 8 sessions available with
our marvelous members! Please sign up early as space will be limited. Use
the link in our weekly eDigest. (see home page for info on how to subscribe
to our eDigest.)
SEPTEMBER 7, 2019:
CHALKBOARD ART
DESIGN
Rachel Levison (local artist - see work on Instagram @levi.axleigh.art)
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
OCTOBER 5, 2019:
ITALIC HAND - PART
2
with Dexter Stone
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
NOVEMBER 2019 - Workshop weekend
DECEMBER 7, 2019:
INFORMAL BRUSH LETTERING
with Michelle Blanton
@bamamom474 on Instagram
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
2020 meetings
/ programs
JANUARY 4, 2020:
TBA -
with Emily Coe @wildeartco on Instagram
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
FEBRUARY 1, 2020:
FLOURISHING HEARTS
(using pointed pen decorative strokes to
form a heart shaped motif)
with Melinda Sapp
@calligraphybymelinda on Instagram
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
MARCH 7, 2020:
NEULAND HAND
(a chunky, fun broad pen style you are sure to enjoy)
with Elsa Penso
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
APRIL 4, 2020:
FOUNDATIONAL HAND
(one of the best hands to begin with if you are new to broad pen
calligraphy)
with
Gloria Nelson
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
MAY 2, 2020:
UNCIAL HAND
with Barbara Mitchell
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
JUNE 6, 2020:
COPPERPLATE
with Sharron Adams
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
JULY 4, 2020: NO MEETING DUE TO HOLIDAY
aUGUST 1, 2020:
OPEN HOUSE -
open to the public and free of charge
A marvelous time to meet many of our members, and get some hands-on
experience with various forms of calligraphy and
art associated with calligraphy. RSVP requested so we will have an idea how
many to prepare for. Come for some or all of the day!
More information will be coming out as we get closer to August 2020.
1 - 5 pm (Registration begins at
12:30 pm)
Hoover Preserve Town Hall
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020:
MODERN SCRIPT
with Keandra Lundgren
@keandra_lundgren on Instagram
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
OCTOBER 3, 2020:
TBA
with Victoria Finley
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
NOVEMBER 7, 2020:
HOLIDAY CARD MAKING
(using your style of calligraphy and added embellishments)
We will bring all sorts of supplies for you to make fun holiday cards for
friends and family!
9-1
Alabama Art Supply
DECEMBER 2020:
NO MEETING
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COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
Bill Kemp - Spencerian Script
Class and Flourishing - This workshop starts from the beginner level. It is
also a good class for the person who has some experience with Spencerian.
Bill Kemp likes to teach a class that allows him to have one-on-one time
with students because he is able to see the level one may be at and provide
a more in-depth critique to that student. The first day of the class focuses
on learning the basic strokes of this alphabet, then going into the
lowercase letters. The second day focuses on the capital letters but also
has students integrate the lowercase letters with the capitals.
Flourishing Class - This is a one-day class, which has as its focus the
basics of flourishing. We will learn a few basic types of flourishing that
we can incorporate with the Spencerian Script.
Marina Soria - The Empty Space, Womb of Shape - The Taoist painters treat
the empty space as a positive matter, not as something to be filled in or to
spare, but as the origin of form.
Considering these rules, we will find
new ways to work with space, to see the empty space! The balance between the
use of positive and negative spaces is key to aesthetic compositions. This
workshop will start from an experimental alphabet or a formal one with a
personal twist and will work the space issues, trying to accomplish new
compositions where space is not the blank portion of the paper.
Heather Held - One Enchanted Weekend - The weekend begins with The
Enchanted Letter. Participants will explore the design and decoration of a
Victorian illuminated letter. The letters are based on a rounded script
alphabet and transformed into meandering ribbons or graceful leaves. The
weekend ends with The Enchanted Meadow. If you enjoy the fairytale qualities
of illumination, you will love this class! Students will learn how to design
a painted acanthus leaf foliate spray to surround a delightful meadow
creature. Inspired by the unique and surprising miniature paintings in
historic illuminated manuscripts, the student will be guided through
painting techniques to create these whimsical miniatures. Guides will be
provided for the meadow creatures while the student creates their unique
foliate spray.
Amity Parks - Bold and Blended: Chunky Roman Caps - This class will be
spent learning a broad-edged pen version of a chunky Roman capital alphabet.
This fun and bold hand has a more casual and contemporary look than its more
formal cousins. We’ll practice the pen manipulation that allows for dynamic
stroke transitions. The boldness of this lettering style creates lovely
textures and white spaces. Once we’ve learned the alphabet, we’ll add some
color. This hand lends itself to fun color blending when spaced tightly as
the bold stokes stay wet and allow for bleeding from one letter to another.
We’ll play with a couple types of powdered watercolors/inks to get some
gorgeous and transparent color effects with our lettering. If there is time,
we’ll get out our pencils and add some graphite effects to our lettering to
really make it pop.
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