September Calligraphy Meeting: Making A Pop Up Card

September 15th (This is the 3rd Saturday, we are meeting this day because of conflicts but remainder of year will be the 2nd Saturday of the month.) 9am-12pm

Guild 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.

JUNE MEETING

Our dear friend Reggie Ezell has generously donated several of his DVDs to be given as door prizes. If you did not have the opportunity to attend his course or even if you were lucky enough to be a part of the class, this is a wonderul way to experience Reggie’s expertice.

Please join us on June 9th for a chance to win!

GENERAL MEETING

Saturday, June 9,2018

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

New Orleans Public Library

Mid City Branch

4140 Canal St

New Orleans, LA 70119

Hello Valued New Orleans Lettering Association Member,

Reggie 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.