Friends of Calligraphy

To register, go to the FOC website, click on the Events tab & scroll to: Conjuring Q
The lecture is limited to 500 participants.
One log-on device per participant.
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The Friends of Calligraphy Lecture Series is pleased to present
Conjuring Q
Calligraphic, Typographic and Printmaking Exploration. An illustrated lecture by Suzanne Moore
March 25, 2026
10:00 am PDT
This is a free, on-line lecture via Zoom.

Color Power, 5x7, ink, thread and wool. The words are Kandinsky’s, and the colors are two favorites. The quote brings me back to Jurgen’s class, his incredible use of color, and the amazing work created by classmates. Cheers!
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I love the poem and have produced several versions for birthday cards, with different color treatments.

The colors are too soothing, though, so a high contrast version will probably take shape.

Bare Tree, 6x8, marker and colored pencil. The title of this piece is that of the poem lettered between the trees, by Anne Morrow Lindburgh.

Vote Fight, 10x14, hand embroidery. This piece started as a simple line drawing of two heads facing off. I used the drawing in a simple embroidered piece, a small painting, and now, this work to vent frustration about our eroding democracy.

The watercolor droplets suggests that breath lives in and around our letters…an integral part of their formation.

Breathe, 7x10, watercolor. I started to create an image like Klee’s Old Town, with abstract lettering in place of the buildings. I couldn’t quite make it work so Breathe evolved to evoke a synergy between breath and writing.

Portrait, 12x12”, hand embroidery. Yale’s free art lectures (artgallery.yale.edu/visit/progra...), inspired me to create a portrait, and after Jurgen’s class, I decided to fill the background with an alphabet.

Jurgen Vercaemst’s Colorful Lettering Compositions class in January 2025 inspired a lot of work this past year with colorful, drawn letters, including these five pieces. I live in Portland, Oregon, so I really appreciate FOC’s online classes.

Our featured member of March is Ruthie Petty:

I am a mixed media artist and enjoy integrating lettering in my work. Many pieces start as drawings or paintings, then morph into variations of cards, larger pieces, art quilts, or sculptures.

Make a calligraphic piece with your least favorite color.

If you post with the hashtag #foccreates0326 before March 25, we might repost it!

Artwork by @deanrobino

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Carol Dubosch (@caroldubosch) posted this piece in response to this month's art prompt:

Write something with a fountain pen.

#foccreates #focartprompt #calligraphyprompt #friendsofcalligraphy #calligraphy #lettering

#friendsofcalligraphy #gothiccursive #calligraphyworkshop #NinaTran @anintran #calligraphy #lettering

For more information, or to enroll, go to our Classes page (www.friendsofcalligraphy.org/pages/classe...) click on Classes and scroll down to Gothic Cursive.
Registration will begin at 8 am PDT on Monday, April 13th.

Friends of Calligraphy is pleased to present a 3-day workshop with
Nina Tran
Gothic Cursive
Three Mondays:
June 8th, 15th & 22nd, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m PDT.
This an online workshop via Zoom

This piece and more can be seen in the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy & Lettering, Book Arts and Special Collections (@sfplbookarts), on the sixth floor of the SF Main Library.

#richardharrisoncollection #sfplbookarts #sfpubliclibrary #FOCremembers

more than 100 pieces of his collection can be seen there. For more about David, see Mary Ann Wight's remembrance in FOC Bulletin 143, June 2021, available on the FOC Publications page.

for the State of California; he was serious about tai chi and expert in tai chi swords, studying with his teacher and friend Alice Sink. Through all, he maintained equanimity and a dry sense of wit. He left his calligraphy and lettering to the Harrison Collection at the San Francisco Public Library;

his drafting table was famous for its functional and striking arrangement of tools, supplies, and inks; he was FOC's treasurer for eight years and treasurer of the International Calligraphy Conference at Sonoma State in 2000. Much of his volunteering happened while he was working full time

Fort Mason classes program; he was an expert paper cutter and constructor of 3D letters; his house was a jewel box with mementos of his many travels, recorded in amusing and colorful travel journals; he was a gracious host, welcoming FOC members for many after workshop and holiday gatherings;

This month we remember our former member, David Winkler.

David Winkler's calligraphy was exquisite and he even used it for meeting notes, arranging the notes and headings in different hands as meeting topics changed; he taught calligraphy for FOC at Trivial Pursuits and in the

How do you incorporate calligraphy in multimedia pieces?

Artwork by @fredijuni

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For more information, or to register, go to our Classes page (www.friendsofcalligraphy.org/pages/classe...) and scroll down to Italic.

Supplies: Basic Supplies*, plus layout bond paper (9 x 12” pad and either 11 x 14” or 11 x 17” pad); Brause nibs or Parallel Pens (3.8mm & 2.4mm sizes); protractor, ruler (C-Thru recommended)
**Date skipped

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.

Class Description
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, book

Italic
Meredith Klein, instructor
7 Tues. nights • 6:30 – 9 PM • Online
March 10, 17, 24, ** April 7, 14, 21, 28
$205 non-members / $185 FOC members

How to set up a page according to the pen width. She is amazing.” — Elaine D., former student

"It was immediately evident that Meredith is a compassionate caring instructor who cares deeply about who she is instructing. This class was so much more than just showing how to form Italic letters. She covered so many aspects of calligraphy including layout, spacing of letters, and my big one: