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Mailing Address

NOTE NEW PO # BOX
as of July 2022

Escribiente
PO Box 8884
Albuquerque, NM 87198

Workshops

Our next workshop is planned for the weekend of November 16–17, 2024. Four mini-workshops taught by three different instructors on a variety of topics! Download the Registration Form (5-page PDF)for full details:

REGISTRATION FORM PDF (5 pages)

Calligraphy Classes

Escribiente members teach a variety of classes which we hope will be especially helpful for beginners. Details are emailed to members.

Online Calligraphy Classes

Sandia Workshops, founded by member Trish Meyer, offers online classes from leading calligraphy instructors:

Barbara Close – Pointed Pen Possibilities series

Randall Hasson – Writing with a Bent Nib series

Let’s Letter Together

Let’s Letter Together from fellow member Heather Martinez is a lettering platform for all experience levels and applications from hosting master calligraphy classes, lettering for visual practitioners, to main stream lettering classes.

Heather Martinez offers a variety of classes from leading instructors such as Mike Gold, Carol DuBosch, Sharon Zeugin, and more, so check her website for details and the latest schedule.

Jan Florence
Scholarship Fund

December 31, 1943 – March 4, 2022

Jan will be remembered as a driving force serving as Escribiente President and long-time Workshops Chair. In lieu of flowers or mementos, Jan has asked that contributions be made to a scholarship fund established in her name with Escribiente so that others can experience the joys of calligraphy. [Read Obituary]

Please mail checks made out to “Escribiente” and address them to:
Escribiente (Jan's Fund)
PO Box 8884
Albuquerque, NM 87198

Escribiente Photo Albums

Image galleries for recent workshops are included in our Newsletters.

Please note that albums may appear on both our Flickr and Facebook Page.

More links on our Workshops page

Photo Albums

Lee Ann Clark – Pointed Pen [Facebook]

Joke Boudens – In the Footsteps of David Jones[Flickr]

Randall M. Hasson – The Foundational Hand [Facebook]

Elizabeth McKee – Paste Papers that Sing [Flickr]

Weathergrams @ Open Space (Facebook)

Escribiente’s Photostream on Flickr:

Newsletters

Issues are available on our Newsletter page for free download.

Escribiente Gallery

Check out beautiful examples from our talented members on our Gallery page!

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, October 2, 2024 @ 6:30pm * Online via Zoom

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

It’s a Sign!

How a walking lettering tour can help you find and replicate letters to expand your lettering library.

Presentation by Heather Martinez

You don’t have to go far to find letters: any city will do. It’s fun and easy to do!

From 2018–2020, Heather Leavitt Martinez held public lettering tours in conjunction with her lettering workshops for visual practitioners in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Melbourne and San Francisco.

She also hunts for letters everywhere she goes. Her favorite places in New Mexico include Tucumcari and Truth or Consequences.

In this session, Heather will share stories from her travels, how any lettering style can be broken down into the different types of calligraphy nibs you use, and instructions on holding a lettering tour. Be sure to download and print the handout (included in the email to members). She will show you how she created it and how you can to turn it into a little zine that you can use as a template to create your handout/exemplar for your next lettering workshop.

Heather Leavitt Martinez is a practical mix of fine and commercial artist. Rooted in printmaking and photography, she has worked in nearly every medium, including ceramics, sculpture, and graphic design. She also draws and has written an award-winning book. Now teaching online and small, in-person lettering classes in her studio at The ArtRoom in Durango, Colorado, Heather is known in the community as an arts advocate, coach, and mentor.

She is a lettering artist by accident but loves it fully, and it’s one of her main focuses in life. Her love of lettering has inspired her to study with master calligraphers, sign painters, and graffiti artists worldwide. She takes what she learns and translates it using Neuland tools and materials and teaches what she learns to others.

Heather has arts administration training from the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Colorado Creative Industries (CCI). She received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and CCI to expand her art career coaching model. She has developed two platforms to deliver her work as a lettering artist and tech host. You can learn more about her online lettering classes at Let’s Letter Together! and her tech hosting training at Tech Host Academy.

Enjoy the new Newsletter! Huge thanks to our hard-working editor Lynda Lawrence.

Note that there is no in-person meeting in July (next date is August 17th).

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!

View previous programs from 2023–2024 Meetings Archive page.

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

UPCOMING WORKSHOP:

Mini Workshop Weekend

Four sessions with three different instructors!

In-Person Workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Saturday & Sunday, November 16 & 17, 2024

FOUR mini classes, 3 hours each, $25 each ($100 for all four):

Session A – Saturday, 9:00am – noon: A Book of Letters | Michal Sommers
Session B – Saturday, 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Holiday Stamp Party | Michal Sommers
Session C – Sunday, 9:00am – noon: Five Fast Books for Calligraphers | Esther Feske
Session D – Sunday, 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Introduction to Gothic Cursive | Trish Meyer

Registration opens on September 21, 2024
DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM PDF (5 pages)

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Latest Newsletter

Back issues are available for download on our Newsletter page.

Spring 2024 (June)

Download Print Resolution PDF (27MB) (can also right-click and select Download Linked File)

Edited by Lynda Lawrence.

Workshop review: Suzanne Cunningham – Envelopes & Etiquette
Escribiente Workshop review: Cora Pearl – The Wonders of the Folded Pen!
2024 Quote Swap – Gallery
2024 Valentines for Meals on Wheels – Gallery
2024 Poets’ Picnic: Weathergrams & Chapbook
Dear Arrighi: Article on different nibs by DeAnn Singh
Review of recent programs & meetups & more!
Cover art: Weathergrams by various members

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.

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 2024 installation are included in the June 2024 Newsletter.

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.

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