We’re Back!!
It’s been a long time and we’ve missed our fellow calligraphy lovers.
To kick off a new chapter, we are happy to announce an exciting workshop with Patti Adams. In addition to being an extrordinary teacher, Patti is an extremely talented artist and calligrapher. It is a privilege to have her conduct our first workshop as we continue our exploration of the lettering arts.
Workshop space is limited to the first 20 registrations received with full payment by Wednesday, October 9th. You may submit your registration by email to neworleanscalligraphy@gmail.com but your workshop fee must be received by the deadline in order to confirm your registration. Workshop registration is on a ‘first come, first served’ basis and others will be added to a waiting list. Please download the registration form below and include it with your payment.
Please send a check made payable to: NOLAA
Mail check and Registration Form to:
NOLAA, 3812 Bauvais Street
Metairie, LA 70001
Please note that the total fee per day is $25.00. There is no separate supply fee. It is included the the workshop fee.
If you have any questions, please contact us: neworleanscalligraphy@gmail.com
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Workshop Supply List
A pencil and good eraser
A 12” metal, cork-backed ruler
Your favorite penholder(s) and nibs
Your favorite watercolors, inks and/or gouaches for lettering
A few Q-tips
A soft polishing cloth (like you would use for eyeglasses)
Paper towels
Two small containers for water
A black or sepia waterproof pen (such as a Micron) size 005 and/or 01
A small mixing palette
3 synthetic watercolor brushes
1” flat brush for applying glues and paint
Size 0 round brush for detail work
Size 4 round brush for mixing pigments and feeding your nib
A notebook for taking notes!
And bring a lunch – you can store things in the Academy’s kitchen.
Optional:
A small light for your table. (a good idea to bring an extension cord as well!)
Light pad
Arches HP watercolor paper, 90lb or 140 lb
Or any of your favorite calligraphy papers you’d like to share!
Guild Members Only
On January 11, 2020 the New Orleans Lettering Arts Association will decommission its extensive calligraphy library. We have many popular and out of print editions to expand your own collection. At this members-only meeting, the books will be dispersed through a free lottery.
Please join us to show support for your guild.
Note: This is your only opportunity to participate in the free lottery.
Refreshments will be served, so please RSVP by January 6, 2020.
- Date: January 11, 2020
- Location: Carlo Ditta, 1445 MacArthur Ave, Harvey, lA 70058
- Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Update: COPPERPLATE IN THE 21st CENTURY
The deadline has been extended. Don’t miss this opportunity to be among the first to take Maria Helena Hoksch’s new course on Modern Copperplate. Maria Helena will be teaching this class at the upcoming IAMPETH conference in Denver and it has quickly become one of the most popular courses.
You may register on our web site via PayPal or email Debbie at debra.fleming25@gmail.com to reserve a space. See the posting below for futher information about time, place, fee & suppplies.
Read MoreFebruary Calligraphy Meeting
Medieval Manuscripts
Join us on Saturday, February 16 for a presentation on medieval manuscript page layouts with Sondra Venable, then use these techniques to create a page layout of your own. Sondra will have books on hand as well as work of her own.
Saturday, February 16, 2019 · 9:00am – Noon
Materials
A poem of 2-3 stanzas, or a quotation of similar length
A sheet of hot-press watercolor paper, 9″x12″, or 11″x14″
Graph paper or other practice paper
Black ink
Pen with broad nib, 1-2 millimeters wide
Red, blue, and white gouache
Gold ink or gouache
Small cups or palette for mixing gouache with water
Small, pointed brushes
Location
Carlo Ditta Meeting Room, 1445 MacArthur Ave, Harvey, LA 70058
Email Eugenia to register for this meeting
Read MoreGuild News
At the last guild meeting the members voted on and approved some changes to our meeting schedule.
We will now meet quarterly with our first meeting on September 8th.
Also, through the continued generosity of Eugenia Uhl’s family, we will meet at Carlo Ditta located at
1445 MacArthur Ave.
Harvey, LA 70058
Check back in August for more details about the upcoming meeting.
Read MoreReggie Ezell’s 26 Seeds: A Year to Grow New Orleans Style
You are cordially invited to attend the opening reception for an extrordinary calligraphy exhibition:
Reggie Ezell’s 26 Seeds: A Year to Grow
New Orleans Style 2018
sponsored by the New Orleans Lettering Arts Association
& the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts
Saturday, March 3rd, 2018
5 – 8pm
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts · 5256 Magazine Street · New Orleans
This show displays the artwork from a year-long calligraphy course with renowned master teacher and artist Reggie Ezell of Chicago, Illinois. The fifteen participants explored a multitude of lettering and design techniques with Reggie and celebrate with him his remarkable thirty-year teaching career.
The calligraphers who participated in 26 Seeds, New Orleans 2018, were Patti Adams, Michele Boyce, Troy Brooks, Carmel Cucinotta-Harmon, Lisa Devlin, Georgia Dufresne, Debra Fleming, Natalie Gaidry, Maria Helena Hoksch, Anne Kathryn Hunter, Fe Laughlin, Theresa Lutostanski, LaVerne Parfait, Petrea Tomko, and Eugenia Uhl.
The show will remain on display from March 3 through April 28, 2018. The Academy Gallery is open Monday through Friday 9am – 4pm and Saturdays 10am – 4pm.
The New Orleans Lettering Arts Association is deeply indebted to the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts for their gracious hosting of this calligraphy exhibition and to Reggie Ezell for his artistry and extraordinary teaching during all the many hours we spent together over this past year, celebrating the joys and challenges of calligraphic design.
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