Society of Scribes

Please join us to hear our guest speaker

Barbara Mauriello
Pictures from a Bookbinder’s Portfolio

by Barbara Mauriello

Artist Barbara Mauriello learned traditional techniques of bookbinding the old-fashioned way: through an apprenticeship. Having trained in both book conservation and bookbinding as an artist’s tool, she now specializes in the production of limited edition artists’ books, in collaboration with visual artists, poets, printers, printmakers, and papermakers. Barbara loves boxes, and has written a book about them (“Making Memory Boxes,” Rockport Publishers, 2000).

Barbara’s talk will be followed by the election of the Board of Governors.

Saturday, February 25, 2012
2:00 pm
The Trinity Church Staff Office Bldg.
74 Trinity Place (across the street from the Church)
New York, NY 10006

(closest subways are Rector Street: 1,R, Broad Street: J,Z, Wall Street: 4,5, Wall Street: 2,3)

by Barbara Mauriello

by Sherrie Lovler

Get inspired for Valentine’s Day with
Passion, Poetry and Calligraphy
A slideshow and talk by Sherrie Lovler about her calligraphic art from Two As One, the book she co-authored with architect Anthony Lawlor.

Sunday, February 12, 2012
2:00 pm
School of Visual Arts (SVA) Annex
214 East 21st Street, Manhattan
(between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)

The theme is love. The words are romantic poetry between Sherrie and Anthony describing the first two months of their relationship. The question is, ”How can one capture the freshness of new love and spontaneous poems visually?” The answer is in the 12 calligraphic paintings of Two As One.


In this slide-lecture Sherrie will trace her creative process from first draft or idea to fruition. Some thoughts to be addressed are: how to keep the freshness of a first draft alive; how to keep perfectionism from deadening a piece; how to deal with feeling stuck; how to keep the doors open to new inspiration?


Slides will show initial drafts, development of the work, the failures, problems surmounted, and changes in direction that often occurred. The talk continues with the process of turning the art, poems and stories into a self-published book. To take a peek inside the book, click here: http://www.inkmonkey.com/flipbook/

by Sherrie Lovler

Bio:
This is a homecoming for Sherrie who grew up in the Bronx and learned calligraphy there in high school. Her passion for this art has never left her side as she meandered her way across the country, now living in California. From early studies with Hermann Zapf to more advanced work with Dick Beasley, Sherrie has made calligraphy her career. She has been teaching for over 30 years, including several International Calligraphy Conferences, and this summer at Ghost Ranch. Her images and writings have been published in The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering, Letter Arts Review Annuals, Bound and Lettered and many other books and journals. Her work has been seen in both juried and group shows and most recently in a solo exhibition featuring 34 of her paintings and poems. Her newest art and poetry can be seen at www.natureartandpoetry.com and her prints are available at www.inkmonkey.com.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
with Roni Gross
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
with a mid-lecture hot cocoa/cider donut break

at The Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor
(between 6th and Broadway)
New York, New York 10001
$20.00 per person

This lecture is sold out!

The Society of Scribes is offering a two-hour “tasting” lecture on the art of photopolymer letterpress geared toward calligraphers who would like to expand their repertoire. Letterpress is currently in vogue for wedding and social stationery, but this isn’t the entire story. Holiday cards, books, and gifts are just a few possible applications with letterpress for calligraphers. A brief review of foil stamping will also be included in this lecture.

So warm up with some hot cocoa this January, spend a few hours with us and learn if this printing technique is for you. The Center for Book Arts lecturer, Roni Gross, will take you through the process with an actual calligraphy project using one of the Center’s presses. Papers, inks, techniques, and an idea of costs will be covered as well as suggestions for beginner classes.

Monday, December 5 from 6 pm – 8 pm
at the National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
(between Park Avenue and Irving Place)

On Monday December 5, Christopher Calderhead and Holly Cohen will be pleased to present and discuss their long-awaited new book, “The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy” at the SoS’s reception for its annual Members Exhibition at the National Arts Club. The book is a comprehensive guide to writing the major calligraphic scripts from around the globe. It includes chapters on the Roman Alphabet, Greek and Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, plus many more scripts. Each chapter begins with a historical overview and contains exemplars with guides for writing the different scripts.

Christopher and Holly will show original work from the book and talk about the adventure of assembling this vast archive of material from around the world.

The reception will be held in the Marquis Gallery from 6 to 8 p.m.
The exhibition will be in the adjacent Trask Gallery.

Refreshments will be served.

December 5 to December 17, 2011
at the National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
(between Park Avenue and Irving Place)

The 2011 Members’ Exhibition, Linear Language, will be on view from December 5-17, 2011 in the Trask Gallery at the National Arts Club. The Gallery is open weekdays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Friday, April 15, 2011
6 pm
School of Visual Arts (SVA) Annex
214 East 21st Street, Manhattan
(between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)

Mike will share his work and influences in a Friday night talk prior to his Contemporary Scripts weekend workshop. He will talk about how he fell in love with line and letters while also discussing how he fits into a distinguished lineage of calligraphers, both Western and Eastern. While Mike makes readable letters by day working as a senior designer at American Greetings in Cleveland, his personal work is more concerned with making visual works that incorporate the essence of calligraphy without depending on the calligraphy solely for meaning. Please come see both the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sides of his work.

Friday, April 1, 2011
6 pm – 8 pm
School of Visual Arts
(SVA) Annex
214 East 21st Street, Manhattan
(between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)

RSVP at info@societyofscribes.org

COME, join in the contemporary ruling pen script demonstrations with other SofS scribes. Opportunites to experiment with non-traditional writing tools — those commercially available, or make your own: cola, coke, pepsi, keg, or meow
to suit your fancy.

New York Public Library Main Branch
at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue
Tuesday, February 22 at 2pm

A special opportunity for SoS members and guests.

Join Karen Gorst, curator of the Three Faiths: Scriptorium at the 42nd Street Library, and Scribes Elinor Holland and Jen Taylor Friedman for a special guided tour.

This is a rare chance to hear scribes of the Three Faiths of Abraham discuss manuscripts and craftsmanship. If you haven’t yet seen this show, it is not to be missed!

Over 200 manuscripts and historical documents — calligraphy in languages of all 3 faiths: Arabic, Hebrew, Samaritan, Greek, Ge’ez, and Latin.

The Scriptorium compares calligraphic materials, tools of the three religious traditions and has lots of hands-on for all ages.

Karen, Elinor and Jen are three of the six artisans featured in videos accompanying this exhibit.

Bring a magnifying glass and walking shoes!

The Sorcerer’s Calligrapher: Working on the Book of Spells
in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

A talk by Anna Pinto about the calligraphy in a very large prop -
a 16 x 20″, 75 lb book – for the recent Disney film.
The talk will be followed by elections for the SoS Board of Governors. Refreshments served.

Saturday, February 12, 2011
2pm – 4pm
The Trinity Church Staff Office Bldg.
74 Trinity Place (across the street from the Church)
New York, NY 10006

(closest subway is Rector Street: 1,4,5,N,R trains, also Broad Street: J,Z, Wall/William Streets: 2,3)

Come, Share, Learn
December 3, 2010
6 pm – 8 pm
School of Visual Arts (SVA) Annex
214 East 21st Street, Manhattan
(between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)

RSVP at info@societyofscribes.org

This free event will feature informal demonstrations from Chi Nguyen, Anna Pinto, and Alice, and provide an opportunity for those interested in calligraphy in the NYC area to get together to meet, share and learn. Hope to see you there!