
Founded in 1986, Masscribes, Inc., is a New England based calligraphy guild with members throughout the country for those who have a common interest in calligraphy and related arts. Masscribes membership is open to anyone at any level of ability or curiosity.
Our goal is to help keep handlettering alive and to feed art-hungry souls through hands-on workshops, education, exhibits, promotion, and social gatherings. You may join our mailing list without becoming a member and start receiving announcements for upcoming events, exhibits, classes and the like right away. Becoming a Masscribes member will bring you members-only announcements as well and provide access to our many resources, including an extensive library and class scholarships. Membership also provides you full access to a generous, letter-loving community who gather--both in person and online--with the sole purpose of nurturing each other's creative spirits!
Contact us for more information or join Masscribes here.
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Sketchbooks and Watercolor: 2-day Workshop with Laurie Doctor Explore techniques for drawing, writing and watercolor in your sketchbook. All you need is the urge to want to notate, inscribe, make marks or color. Registration now open. |
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Free Public Lecture given by Laurie Doctor Saturday Evening, May 12, 2012 :: 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus Laurie Doctor lives in a wildlife reserve outside Louisville, Kentucky where she works as a painter, designer and calligrapher. She teaches classes in Europe, Canada, New Zealand and the United States; including annual presentations at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Laurie Doctor has her B.A. in psychology and religion from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She studied French poetry and literature at Sorbonne University in Paris and did graduate work in Education at the University of California at Berkeley. Laurie was on the faculty of the Visual Arts Department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado for twenty years where she taught calligraphy, painting and book arts. She gives lectures and teaches internationally. Laurie's art work is in permanent collections of museums, universities and individuals in the United States, Belgium and Berlin. |
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Calligraphy Northwest 2012 June 24 – July 1, 2012 Reed College, Portland, OR Immerse yourself in edged pens, pointed pens, brushes, pencils, colors, backgrounds, layouts and design, books arts, gilding… with scripts, both contemporary and traditional. Indulge yourself in a week of calligraphic joy! |
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IAMPETH Convention, 2012 The 63rd Annual IAMPETH Convention The Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Milwaukee, WI Cutting edge technology is used for workshops, such as the Dukane digital projection system. The system allows the instructor to project his or her hand as the pen makes the stroke. Watching the instructor's hand actually use the pen or brush is the best way to learn the pen arts. |