September 9 Program – Gothic Cursive Demonstration by Cheryl Jacobsen

September 2026 Program

Gothic Cursive Demonstration

Presented by Cheryl Jacobsen

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

6:30pm MDT on Zoom

Members: free, Non-members: $10

Members need not register. Non-members please register below. A zoom link will be sent to current members and program registrants a few days before the program. This program will be recorded for future viewing. 

Program Description

Join us as Cheryl talks about the development of and demonstrates her flowing Gothic Cursive. This non traditional hand looks fairly simple but goes against the forward leaning calligraphic methods most of us are used to. She will demonstrate the pattern the hand is based on as well as the letters themselves. Her Gothic Cursive lends itself to flourishing and meandering lines and is quite fun once you get the hang of it!

About Cheryl

Cheryl Jacobsen has been a working calligrapher and teacher of calligraphy for over thirty years. She is Adjunct Professor of Lettering at the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she leads several semester-long calligraphy classes as well as a hands-on history class analyzing medieval manuscripts. Her freelance work varies widely from design and lettering to assemblage & one-of-a kind books both modern and historical. With Madison Bennett, a vellum scholar and maker, she taught a class focusing on Vellum at the Roman Holiday Conference inn 2024. She is the author of “A Modern Scribe Views Scribes of the Past” in Scraped, Stroked, and Bound: Materially Engaged Readings of Medieval Manuscripts, Brepols 2013. Her work has been seen internationally in shows, lectures and publications including Letter Arts Review, Alphabet and Bound & Lettered.