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SUMMARY:Copperplate Study Group - July 24\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:RSVP to Renee at BrushandQuill.arts@gmail.com
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/copperplate-workshop-july-24-2025/
CATEGORIES:Member Taught
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SUMMARY:Show & Tell August 13 Program
DESCRIPTION:Summer of 2025 Show & Tell\nHosted by Jenny Allen\nWednesday\, August 13\, 2025\n6:30pm MST on Zoom\n \nProgram Description\nDo you have something to share? This program will be an informal get together to share projects\, practices and studies you did over the summer. Held on zoom hosted by Jenny Allen. There will be no recording. \nPlease RSVP by August 10 to Jenny at ccgprograms@coloradocalligraphers.com. We will send a link a few days before the program. Limit to 20 participants so we can all have some time to share.
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/august-13-member-program-summer-of-2025-show-tell/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Modern Calligraphy for Beginners - September 6
DESCRIPTION:Amanda Nicole Borne \n\nCalligrapher & Hand Lettering Artist \nCertified Sommelier\n\nCourt of Master Sommeliers  \nF1081@hotmail.com\n1.718.710.0509\n\nwww.LoveLettersByAmandaCalligraphy.com
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/modern-calligraphy-for-beginners-september-6/
CATEGORIES:Member Taught
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250927T120000
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SUMMARY:September Workshop - Every Letter is a Jewel with Julie Wildman
DESCRIPTION:Every Letter is a Jewel\nPresented by Julie Wildman\nSeptember 27/28 and October 4/5\, 2025\n12-4pm MST on Zoom\n \n\nMembers: $150\nNon-members: $170\nDEADLINE EXTENDED to register is September 21\, 2025\n\nTo Register: Go to https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/every-letter-is-a-jewel/ online or send a check payable to Colorado Calligraphers’ Guild\, 2743 S. Milwaukee Street\, Denver\, CO 80210. Members have priority registration until July 31\, then the workshop is open to the general public. \nRegistrations will be accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Please note that registration is non-refundable unless your spot can be filled from the waiting list or a substitute provided by the enrollee. For a list of workshop policies\, go to https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/about-2/policies/. Please contact Ann Hiemstra with questions at president@coloradocalligraphers.com. \n\n\n\nThis is an online Zoom class with full interaction with the instructor during class time. The supply list is attached below and handouts will be sent prior to the first class. The zoom link will be sent a few days before the start of the workshop. This workshop will be recorded and available to view for two months until December 5\, 2025. \nWorkshop Description\nThese drawn and painted letters are sure to delight every calligrapher\, from beginner to advanced. \nStudents will be led through a series of exercises that will help them create their own unusual letterforms. The letters will be drawn within a 3” x 3” format—which helps the student see both the positive and negative space of each letter\, and thus helps with understanding how the letter is formed. \n\n\n\nA variety of mediums will be used to create our little “jeweled” letters. Media will include gesso and masking fluid resist\, gouache\, watercolor\, metallic watercolors and dry pigments\, paint pens\, etc. We will also work on both white and black papers to achieve different effects. \nAbout Julie\nJulie Wildman is a professional graphic designer\, lettering artist and instructor. Her studio is in northwest Indiana\, only 30 minutes from downtown Chicago. \nHer calligraphic interest began in the late ‘80s after a friend gave her Timothy Botts’ book “Doorposts\,” and she saw the written word illustrated in such a way as never before. About ten years later\, she had the privilege of taking a year-long class with an internationally known calligrapher and was hooked. She joined the Chicago Calligraphy Collective soon after and embarked on a lifelong journey of studying letters. \nSince then\, her work has been exhibited in juried shows throughout the Midwest and the U.S.\, including the Newberry Library in Chicago. \nIn 2007 and 2014\, her pieces “Psalm 117” and “An Alphabet Book\,” respectively\, won the Newberry’s Purchase Prize Award and became a part of the Library’s permanent collection. Her work has also been published in many issues of Letter Arts Review\, Bound & Lettered\, and various other type and lettering publications. Two of her more recent works\, “Merton Quote” and “Psalm 97:1\,” have been purchased by the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) and a private donor for the Harrison Collection at the SFPL. \nShe loves line\, shape\, color\, texture\, paper\, ink\, and paint and often can’t believe she gets to play with them for a living! She enthusiastically shares her love of “beautiful writing” with young and old by teaching calligraphy for staff development classes\, on-site promotional events\, community programs and personal growth workshops throughout the Chicagoland area\, U.S.\, and Canada. And now with Zoom classes\, she has taught students from more than 22 countries around the world. \nFor a complete curriculum vitae and to see more of her work\, please visit her website at wildmandesigns.com \n\n\n\nE: julie@wildmandesigns.com\nIG: juliewildmandesigns\nFB: wildmandesigns\n\nEveryLetterJewel-SupplyList
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/every-letter-is-a-jewel/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:October 22 Members Only Program - A Paper Weaving Journey
DESCRIPTION:A Paper Weaving Journey\n\nPresented by Helen Hiebert\n\n\n\nWednesday\, October 22\, 2025\n6:30pm MST on Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers Only: Free\nMembers need not register. A zoom link will be sent to current members a few days before the program. This program will be recorded for future viewing until January 22\, 2026. Please contact Jenny Allen with questions at ccgprograms@coloradocalligraphers.com.\nProgram Description\n\nInternationally recognized paper and book artist Helen Hiebert will talk about her unexpected foray into writing how-to books and will describe her newest project\, A Paper Weaving Journey\, due out in the fall of 2025. Following her presentation\, Helen will share a couple of paper weaving techniques as members create a woven paper card or two.\nAbout Helen\nHelen Hiebert is a Colorado artist who constructs installations\, sculptures\, films\, artists’ books and works in paper using handmade paper as her primary medium. She teaches\, lectures and exhibits her work internationally and online\, and is the author of the several how-to books about papermaking and papercrafts (her most recent is Weaving With Paper (Storey Publishing\, 2025). Helen has an extensive network of paper colleagues around the world and her interest in how things are made (from paper) keeps her up-to-date on current paper trends\, which she writes about in her weekly blog called The Sunday Paper. She interviews papermakers and paper artists on her podcast Paper Talk\, and she holds two annual paper retreats (one in Taos\, NM) and papermaking master classes in her Red Cliff studio. \n\nYou can visit her website at https://helenhiebertstudio.com
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/october-22-members-only-program-a-paper-weaving-journey/
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SUMMARY:November 12 Program - By Hand presented by Tim Brookes
DESCRIPTION:By Hand: The Art of Writing and the Future of the Written Word\nPresented by Tim Brookes\nWednesday\, November 12\, 2025\n6:30pm MST on Zoom\n \nAbove\n1. Calligraphy in the Kulitan script for the Kapampangan language of the Philippines\, originally incised in bamboo.\n2. That’s me\, holding up a carving I’ve just finished in classical Mongolian script. It translates as “Mongolia my heart.”\n3. Esther Mahlangu\, an artist in the southern African Litema style\, whose designs have been commissioned for a BMW concept car and a British Airways jumbo jet. This style of artwork was the inspiration for a new script for Bantu languages.\n4. This says “Laan tulis” or “Write!” In Balinese (and the wood\, for those who tried guessing\, is goncalo alves).\n5. An extraordinary thing\, almost unthinkable yet fascinating: a newspaper written by hand\, in Urdu\, in the Nastaliq script.\n\nMembers: free\, Non-members: $10\nMembers need not register. Non-members please register on our website 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. Please contact Jenny Allen with questions at ccgprograms@coloradocalligraphers.com. \nProgram Description\nLate in 2024\, writer/woodcarver/former NPR essayist Tim Brookes\, author of the new book By Hand\, made a strange and dismaying discovery. As the founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project\, he was well aware that some cultures around the world are reviving their traditional forms of writing\, and thereby supporting their sense of culture and identity\, by teaching calligraphy. But at the same time\, in the United States in particular\, the so-called First World is abandoning handwriting in favor of the keyboard—but at what cost? And is this connected to the fact that a startling number of people are now ashamed of their own handwriting? \nConsulting neuroscientists\, graffiti and tattoo artists\, calligraphers\, even ink specialists\, he took a deeper dive into the nature and value of handwriting than any other writer\, even to the point of writing most of the book by hand in violet-blackberry-colored ink in a series of journals with his new calligraphy pen—and in the process discovered astonishing evidence of the value of keeping a journal. His talk will address some of the discoveries he made while writing By Hand by hand\, and will ask the question “What is the calligrapher’s place in this time of change and turmoil?” \nAbout Tim\nTim Brookes has absolutely no background in calligraphy. Nor\, for that matter\, in art or woodwork or linguistics. He is living proof that it is never too late to discover your life’s work. \nHe was educated at Oxford and has lived in the US since 1980\, during which time he has been a writer\, editor\, guitarist\, soccer coach and\, most recently\, wood carver and founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project. His work advocating for minority scripts from around the world has led to appearances at the Smithsonian\, the Library of Congress\, and colleges and universities around the world. \nHis latest book\, By Hand (due out in November) promotes the role of calligraphy as a means of uniting a culture with its history\, traditions and identity\, and argues for the importance of handwriting in the Age of AI. \nCheck out his new books An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets and Writing Beyond Writing on Amazon: The Endangered Alphabets Project www.endangeredalphabets.com and The Atlas of Endangered Alphabets at www.endangeredalphabets.net \nTwitter: @EAlphabets \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1190077011746159 \nInstagram: @EndangeredAlphas
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/november-12-program-by-hand-presented-by-tim-brookes/
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SUMMARY:Winter Tea - December 6
DESCRIPTION:Colorado Calligraphers’ Guild Members\nWe hope you can join us for our annual Winter Tea from 2-4pm on Saturday\, December 6\, 2025 at Grace United Methodist Church\, 4905 E. Yale Ave.\, Denver\, CO 80222 (just west of I-25 at the Yale exit\, north side of the street). Please use the entrance facing Eudora Street. We will provide a variety of teas and hot spiced apple cider to drink. Feel free to bring your significant other and some holiday goodies to share. \nWe will be making a Danish Paper Heart\, exchanging holiday cards (optional)\, having a swap table and of course door prizes!  \nIf you want to participate in the card exchange\, bring a handmade holiday card and in its envelope please include a separate sheet of paper that has information on how you made the card – materials\, paper\, where your idea came from\, etc. Only those who bring cards will be in on the exchange. We will also have the usual swap table for supplies you want to pass along. \nSupplies to bring for making the Danish Heart are: pencil\, tracing paper\, ruler\, scissors\, x-acto knife\, bone folder\, cutting board and double stick tape. The pattern and paper will be supplied or you can bring your own. Sturdy holiday wrapping paper works well. \nPlease RSVP by Sunday\, November 30 to Jenny Allen at jennytallen@gmail.com so we can prepare enough materials. Click this link for directions to Grace United Methodist Church\, 4905 E. Yale Ave.\, Denver 80222. The church shares a parking lot with the Yale Light Rail Station. \n We look forward to seeing you all!
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/winter-tea-december-6/
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SUMMARY:January 14 Program - Modified Neuland presented by Carrie Imai
DESCRIPTION:Modified Neuland\nPresented by Carrie Imai\nWednesday\, January 14\, 2026\n6:30pm MT on Zoom\n \nMembers: free\, Non-members: $10\nMembers 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. Please contact Jenny Allen with questions at ccgprograms@coloradocalligraphers.com. \nProgram Description\nThis modified Neuland alphabet\, based on Rudolf Koch’s designed typeface\, is a wonderful addition to your calligraphic repertoire. It is an easy-to-learn\, remarkably useable and adaptable modern hand which is a great start for newbies to calligraphy and the manipulated Neuland will be a challenge for those more experienced. Besides learning two styles of Neuland and the Cuneiform alphabets\, we will be experimenting with many new tools for writing\, including wood veneer\, cardboard and dental tools\, which will free us up and allow us to create magical results from gossamer\, transparent letters to bold\, powerful ones. As this alphabet consists of only majuscule letters\, it can be learned quickly\, which will leave lots of time for discovering its many variations and applications and learning my sweet “Carrioka” hand\, which will introduce you to pen manipulation.  \nAbout Carrie\nCarrie has been teaching calligraphy and related subjects for over 35 years. Following completion of a certificate program in graphic art and design she started a free-lance calligraphy and graphic arts business\, and has worked as a calligrapher for the County of Los Angeles. She has taught at many international calligraphy conferences\, UCLA Extension\, Brandes Art Institute\, Hughes Aircraft\, RAND Corporation\, and guilds across the US\, Canada and in Finland. She is past President of the Society for Calligraphy\, Los Angeles and has been the Director of the Letters California Style conference for 15 years. She has published a book entitled “Dancin’ Pen” which is in libraries across the world. \nAll these ventures have brought her joy. But in her words\, “What really turns me on is seeing the light go on in a student’s eyes. Life is good.”  \nYou can view Carrie’s website at www.carriedesigns.com.
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/january-14-program-neuland-presented-by-carrie-imai/
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SUMMARY:March 11 Program - Pysanky Eggs presented by Annie Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:March 2026 Program\nPysanky Eggs\nPresented by Annie Lawrence\nWednesday\, March 11\, 2026\n6:30pm MT on Zoom\n \nMembers: free\, Non-members: $10\nMembers 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. Please contact Jenny Allen with questions at ccgprograms@coloradocalligraphers.com. \nAbout Annie\nAnnie Lawrence has been studying Calligraphy and the related arts since 1980. She has taken classes from some of the best calligraphers in the world and considers Marsha Brady her mentor. \nAnnie’s work has appeared in the Society for Calligraphy\, Los Angeles Journal Calligraph\, Somerset Studio Magazine\, the Artful Book of Days\, and The Calligrapher’s Engagement Calendar. Her work has also appeared in many Society for Calligraphy exhibits. In 1998 she was on the Faculty of the 19th International Calligraphy/Lettering Arts Conference in San Diego. Beginning in 2010\, for three consecutive years she taught a week long rubber stamp carving class at Yosemite Art Center. She has also been on the Letters California Style Mini Conference faculty for two years teaching bookbinding. \nWorking from her home studio through the years\, she has offered classes and workshops in her community in Calligraphy\, Bookbinding\, Paste papers\, Marbling\, Watercolor techniques\, Rubber stamp carving\, Pysanky and Origami. \nWhile living in Cambria\, CA\, Annie and her sister Judy\, self published a book that is still popular there. “12 Great Walks in Cambria\, exploring Paradise on Foot.” In Santa Maria where she is currently residing\, Annie did the map “Historical Walk of Santa Maria”. Its proceeds help support the oldest park in Santa Maria\, and has been made into a puzzle by the Minerva Club of Santa Maria.
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/march-11-program-pysanky-eggs-presented-by-annie-lawrence/
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SUMMARY:April 7 Program - Vellum presented by Cheryl Jacobsen
DESCRIPTION:April 2026 Program\nVellum & A Chance-made Book: Always an Adventure\nPresented by Cheryl Jacobsen\nTuesday\, April 7\, 2026\n6:30pm MT on Zoom\n\nMembers: free\, Non-members: $10\nMembers 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 until May 9\, 2026. Please contact Jenny Allen with questions at ccgprograms@coloradocalligraphers.com.\nProgram Description\nVellum & A Chance-made Book: Always an Adventure\nJoin Cheryl as she talks about her experiences with Vellum\, the substrate made from animal skins. After an initial 55-page book commission\, vellum went from being an intimidating writing surface to a versatile\, forgiving\, enjoyable and sometimes challenging one. She will talk about some of the books she’s created with it\, how she’s experienced the messy making of it\, and how she now uses a book creation method that taps into the creativity of chance producing exciting unplanned for results.  \nAbout Cheryl\nCheryl 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.
URL:https://www.coloradocalligraphers.com/event/april-7-program-vellum-presented-by-cheryl-jacobsen/
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