WCG at 50 • The British Connection
Thu, Mar 19
|via Zoom
Julian Waters, a WCG Founding Member, is giving two presentations on WCG at 50, Heritage & Legacy. The first, on March 19, is titled The British Connection. No charge for WCG members, $10 for non-members.
Time & Location
Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
via Zoom
About the event
Join us as Julian discusses the life of WCG's Founding President Sheila Waters and her calligraphic lineage directly back to Edward Johnston and the Arts & Crafts Movement; her fascinating UK career from the late 1940s, including calligraphy commissions for royalty, maps for publishers, bookbinding designs and illustrations; how the 1966 Florence flood changed everything; and the deep knowledge and wide skill set Sheila brought when the family moved to the United States in 1971. Julian will give a second presentation on April 16, 2026 on Sheila and Calligraphy’s Renaissance in the USA.
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 the Washington…
Tickets
Non-member $10
WCG is pleased to present a series of programs that trace the founding and growth of the Washington Calligraphers Guild and the explosion of interest in Western calligraphy. This is the first of two presentations by Julian Waters.
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