Tuesdays, January 17–February 28, 2012
Blackletter with Georgianna
Greenwood at Fort Mason.
Students in this class will learn to write the large and small letters of this script. Textus quadratus is one of a large variety of scripts now known as Gothic or Old English, and it was the model for the first moveable types invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1454. See more . . .
Saturday–Sunday, February 4–5, 2012
Lines, Layers, and Paul Klee, workshop with Rebecca Wild.
Through a series of exercises inspired by the work of artist Paul Klee, participants will invent an abstract alphabet that will be altered, embellished, combined with words and layers, and used as the basis for multiple creative pieces. See more . . .
Saturday–Sunday, February 4–5, 2012
San Francisco Antiquarian Book, Print, and Paper Fair
Concourse Exhibition Center • San Francisco
200 international & national exhibitors of note featuring antiquarian & rare books on all subjects—first editions, modern literature, manuscripts children's books, illustrations & art antique & modern prints, posters, photographs, autographs, postcards, ephemera, maps, Californiana & The West. See more . . .
February 29–March 4, 2012
Friends of Calligraphy Annual Retreat • Santa Sabina • Dominican University • San Rafael
For over thirty years this popular 4-day gathering in a lovely and serene setting provides support and encouragement from like minded artists, with an emphasis on silent hours in the scriptorium, and no formal teaching. The food is good, too.