CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

International Calligraphy Conferences:

2012: IAMPETH Convention in Milwaukee for pointed pen

2012: Calligraphy Northwest International Calligraphy Conference in Portland, Oregon

List of past International Calligraphy Conferences

Photos from Letterforum, the 2006 Conference hosted by the Washington Calligraphers Guild

Workshops:

Washington Calligraphers Guild workshops are generally held on weekends in the spring and fall.

Cheerio Calligraphy Retreats are week-long calligraphy workshops in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.

New York City Society of Scribes workshops

Philadelphia Calligraphers' Society workshops

CALLIGRAPHY SUPPLIES

Paper & Ink Arts
Ships art supplies, fine papers, books and gift items to amateur and professional lettering artists around the globe.

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John Neal, Bookseller
In addition to his enormous selection of calligraphy books, John Neal supplies calligraphers with tools and fine papers. Publishes Letter Arts Review magazine and Bound & Lettered, with practical information on bookbinding and papercraft.

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The Cyberscribes Website, including
Cyberscribes electronic mailing list (calligraphy listserv)
(Logo by Michael Clark)

How to create borders of vines and acanthus leaves

Alphabetica: Art of numerous acclaimed calligraphers

BFH Fluent Handwriting Manual and CD-ROM -- instructional handwriting package for all ages.
Fix It ... Write -- new book to correct, improve or change one's handwriting.
both by WCG member Nan Jay Barchowsky

Sheila Waters' acclaimed 2006 textbook, Foundations of Calligraphy
Exemplar alphabets, instruction, and hints to help calligraphers learn Italic, Foundational, Blackletter, Gothic Cursives, Uncial & Half Uncial and Carolingian.

Annie Cicale's revised 2011 edition of The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering can be ordered directly from Annie via email. Learn to create elegant, beautiful writing for all occasions. $19.95 plus $5 s&h.

The penmen who lettered the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution