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Welcome to Escribiente

Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month, and we welcome guests and members of the public who have an interest in learning more abut the fine art of beautiful writing. Please see our Meetings page for full details and directions and download our Newsletters for reviews and photos from our workshops and programs.

 

Meetings

Monthly programs take place in two sessions from August through November, and from February through June. Check our Meetings page for more details on upcoming meetings.

Program: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 @ 6:30pm * Online via Zoom

Members are encouraged to sign in at 6:15pm.

Adding a Graphic Element to Calligraphy

Presentation by Sue Greenseth

image for program

In traditional calligraphy, an emotional message can be conveyed without using a graphic element by choosing an appropriate hand, a pleasing layout, the right inks, tools, papers, and creating powerful contrasts. However, there are times when adding a graphic element can make a piece stronger.  Sue Greenseth will share her 18 different methods for successfully adding a graphic element to a calligraphic piece. After the presentation, participants can use what they’ve learned to create their own art by combining lettering and an image.

Sue Greenseth is a calligrapher and lettering artist in Portland, Oregon. She fell in love with calligraphy in the 1970s, and began a successful freelance lettering career with commercial clients in the 1990s. Sue has many creative pursuits. These days Sue enjoys teaching calligraphy as well practicing as a fulltime artist. She loves breathing life into letterforms and animating words with a pen. Visit Sue’s website.

Supply List:

  • Postage stamps (cancelled stamps are fine)
  • Paper
  • Writing tools – pens, markers, pencil, whatever the participant chooses
  • Glue (only a tiny amount is needed)

Members receive email notices for all programs and workshops.

Live Zoom meetings are open to members only. The Zoom replay will be available for a limited time to members after the meeting. An edited replay may be posted to our YouTube channel after editing, provided permission is granted from the presenter.

Upcoming events – please check your email for more details!

Upcoming events – please check your email for more details!

Weekend, March 16–17: Workshop (in-person in Albuquerque) – Cora Pearl. Cora will be teaching Hand Lettering with the Folded Pen workshop for Escribiente in March 2024. More details on our Workshops page.

Weds., April 3: Our first Weds. meeting will be a business program only (via Zoom).

Third Saturday, April 20: Writing on Glass –  In-person program from 1:00 to 3:00 at Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Details on our Meetings page.

Weds., May 1: Online program (creating hand-carved stamps with Michael Sommers) via Zoom, followed by our business meeting. Details on our Meetings Page.

View previous programs from 2023–2024 Meetings Archive page.

For more details and upcoming programs, please see our Meetings page...

 

Latest Newsletter

Back issues are available for download on our Newsletter page.

Download PDFWinter 2023–2024 (February)

Download Print Resolution PDF (28MB) (can also right-click and select Download Linked File)

Edited by Lynda Lawrence.

  • Photo Gallery: New Mexico State Fair 2023
  • Kemp’s Script (Bill Kemp) – Workshop review by Evelyn Costello
  • Preview: Cora Pearl’s Workshop (March 2024)
  • Review of recent programs (Cora Pearl, Bill Kemp)
  • 2024 Quote Swap instructions
  • 2023 Holiday Card Exchange Gallery & Party
  • Scribes 8 Group by Kathy Chilton
  • Cover art: Trish Meyer

 

New Mexico State Fair – September 2023

Escribiente exhibited in the State Fair at Expo New Mexico.

All skill levels welcome. Exhibit entries are open to all New Mexico residents.

See our Exhibits page for more info.

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Escribiente members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building during the show.

 

Weathergrams Installation

Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors Blvd. NW, Albuquerque NM

In conjunction with local poets, each year Escribiente members calligraph dozens of Weathergrams that are hung on trees around the Open Space Visitor Center grounds as a temporary art installation.

Images from 2023 installation are included in the July 2023 Newsletter.

In conjunction with LIBROS Book Arts group, our members provide original artwork that is included in a handmade poetry chapbook. Illustrations for the 2022 chapbook (some are shown below) was provided by Esther Feske, Elizabeth McKee, Caryl McHarney, and Trish Meyer.

All proceeds from the Poets’ Picnic event benefit Open Space Alliance, a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote public awareness and conservation of Open Space lands.

If you haven’t been to the Open Space Visitor Center on Coors Blvd NW, check out their website.