WCG at 50 • Calligraphy’s Renaissance in the USA
Thu, Apr 16
|via Zoom
WCG at 50 • Heritage & Legacy: Founding Member Julian Waters presents Calligraphy’s Renaissance in the USA
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
via Zoom
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About the event
Join us as Julian presents a fascinating overview of Sheila Waters’ “second” career in the USA, the rise of Washington Calligraphers Guild and other calligraphy societies, and how some other international calligraphers made a difference. Through her training, her work, teaching and writing, Sheila changed calligraphy in the USA, and the USA changed her, as her work became freer, while retaining her character and discipline. Julian also will show how Sheila methodically tackled complicated calligraphy projects through many stages, from rough designs to final art.
Free for WCG members; non-members $10. How to join WCG.
ABOUT JULIAN WATERS
Julian Waters is the eldest son of Sheila Waters, protégé of Hermann Zapf, and an award-winning lettering designer whose clients have included National Geographic and the US Postal Service. Fifty years ago, as a college student and just starting in calligraphy, Julian was one of the original 12 who met to form…
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