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, September 2, 2026 @ 6:30pm * Online via Zoom

Members are encouraged to log in @ 6:15pm for social time

Monthly Program

Details coming soon!

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 2025–2026 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 PDFSpring 2026-2 (August)

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(or right-click and select Download Linked File)

Edited by Lynda Lawrence.

  • New Mexico State Fair – Entry Rules
  • Workshop Review: Advanced Alphabet Garden with Heather Held; review by Kasia Stevens
  • Photo Gallery: Watercolor & Rubber-stamp Ink Backgrounds workshop with Diane & Evelyn
  • Photo Gallery: Weaver Writing Workshop with Bill Kemp
  • Program review: Kalo Chu Illuminated Manuscripts
  • Poets’ Picnic 2026 – Weathergrams & Chapbook Photo Gallery
  • Monthly in-person programs reviewed: Postage Stamps; Fountain Pens; Etegami postcards; Quote Swap; Italic Variations – plus more news you can use!
  • Cover art: Esther Feske (Etegami)

 

New Mexico State Fair – September 2026

Escribiente exhibit every year at the State Fair at Expo New Mexico in the Creative Arts Building.

The Creative Arts Department of the New Mexico State Fair showcases the work of talented New Mexicans of all ages in arts and crafts of all kinds. Escribiente members present a juried calligraphy exhibit each year as part of the Creative Arts Showcase. Turn-in dates for 2026 are
August 21st and 22nd from 9:00 to 5:00
NM State Fair Creative Arts Building.

(Pick up day is Tuesday, September 22nd from 9 to noon.)

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

See our Exhibits page for more info.

See the Winter 2025-2 Newsletter for a photo gallery of the 2025 exhibit.

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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 2025 installation are included in the June 2025 Newsletter.

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.