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Loveleigh Loops teaches the letter B in six calligraphy styles

One capital B becomes a full practice lab here, with six styles and a free worksheet built to spot weak curves, pressure slips, and shaky consistency.

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Chicago Calligraphy Collective explores pointed pen beyond copperplate

Chicago Calligraphy Collective’s sold-out Zoom class treats pointed pen as a design tool with range, not a one-script box. Rachel Yallop’s workshop leans into hybrid styles, custom alphabets, and finished work.

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San Francisco library hosts meditative sutra-copying calligraphy session

SFPL’s Chinatown Meeting Room hosted a reservation-only sutra-copying class, pairing mindful brushwork with a public-library setting built for shared cultural practice.

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Lettering Daily maps a structured path for beginner calligraphers

Lettering Daily turns calligraphy into a clear first-month plan, with style choices, starter tools, and drills that keep beginners from wandering. The hub also shows exactly where outside feedback still matters.

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Anne Davnes offers four-week Mini Bodoni journaling alphabet course

Anne Davnes turns Mini Bodoni into a journaler’s precision class, with four Wednesday sessions, $120 tuition, and recordings that keep the pace forgiving.

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Hebei seminar explores new methods in calligraphy historiography

Hebei Academy gathered 16 named opening guests, 3 forums and 10 keynote talks to challenge documentary-only methods and push calligraphy historiography toward art history.

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Indian Museum opens Brāhmī calligraphy exhibition in Kolkata

Ancient Brāhmī inscriptions met 26 modern calligraphic works in Kolkata, giving hobby calligraphers a close look at the script behind South Asia’s letterforms.

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Beijing exhibition brings cross-strait calligraphy and painting together

Nearly 100 works filled Beijing Taiwan Hall as cross-strait masters reopened a five-year brush-and-ink collaboration, from a 100-meter joint scroll to new landscape pieces.

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Sammy Little keeps calligraphy alive in America’s civic rituals

Sammy Little’s pen reaches from private practice to presidential ceremonies, showing how calligraphy still gives America’s public rituals their visual authority.

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Yulin opens Silk Road calligraphy exhibition with global artists

Yulin’s Silk Road calligraphy opening paired 250 works with a school demo and a library lecture, turning a show into a lesson in brushwork.

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Fatima Alsharshani brings Arabic calligraphy to Montreal mural festival

Fatima Alsharshani turned Arabic script into a street-scale mural at Montreal’s MURAL Festival, linking a Margaret Atwood prompt to Qatar Canada and Mexico 2026 Year of Culture.

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Auckland library marks Chinese Language Week with calligraphy workshop

Flat Bush Library is making Chinese Language Week hands-on, with scavenger hunts, snacks and a Sunday calligraphy workshop built for beginners.

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Written Word Calligraphy and Design launches summer sale through July 6

Written Word Calligraphy and Design's Summer Sale runs through midnight July 6, but the standout is its family practice snapshot with Chase and a Brush Calligraphy Advent Calendar.

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Marches Scribes mark 35 years preserving the art of calligraphy

Marches Scribes marked 35 years in Leominster with exhibitions, workshops and mentoring that kept calligraphy moving across generations.

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IAMPETH 2026 conference in Salt Lake City spans heritage and modern scripts

IAMPETH’s Salt Lake City conference pairs beginner-friendly classes with deep script study, but six days, travel, and first-timer nerves still shape the real choice.

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Museum of Islamic Art turns galleries into Arabic calligraphy classroom

Children and young people turned MIA’s Education Centre into a free Arabic calligraphy classroom, choosing texts from the collection and writing on glossy ornament paper.

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Delores Wrathall blends calligraphy, watercolor and cultural imagery

Delores Wrathall’s Cedarburg spotlight shows calligraphy expanding into watercolor, mixed media and cultural imagery, with a beginner class that puts tools in hand.

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An Jung-geun calligraphy sells for record 2.7 billion won in Seoul

An Jung-geun’s calligraphy hit 2.7 billion won in Seoul, with a century of custody, a left-palm imprint and a court ruling pushing it into record territory.

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Tobias Hall modernizes heritage brands with hand-lettering craft

Tobias Hall shows how hand-lettering can modernize old brands without sanding off their history. His packaging work turns archive cues into logos that still read fresh on shelf.

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Modern calligraphy for beginners draws students to Pennsylvania pastry shop

A two-hour modern calligraphy class filled Brown’s Doughnut & Pastry Co. in Chalfont, where brush pens and basic strokes felt low-stakes beside doughnuts and coffee.

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Chadoora calligraphy workshop ends with call for preserving traditional art

A five-day calligraphy workshop in Chadoora closed at GHSS Zohama, with organizers pressing to keep Kashmiri scripts alive through practice.

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Path of Love calligraphy exhibition opens in Tehran's Azadi Tower

Path of Love opened in Azadi Tower’s gallery, putting a group show of Iranian calligraphy inside one of Tehran’s most recognizable landmarks.

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Spokane calligraphy guild keeps beautiful handwriting alive amid cursive decline

Spokane’s calligraphy guild is turning lost cursive lessons into workshops, exhibits, and steady beginner access. Its monthly meetings keep decorative handwriting practical, social, and very alive.

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