Mailing Address

NOTE NEW PO # BOX
as of July 2022

Escribiente
PO Box 8884
Albuquerque, NM 87198

 

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

About Us

Founded in April, 1978, Escribiente is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of calligraphy in our greater community through regular meetings, exhibitions and workshops.

Check out our Newsletters to see what we’ve been up to recently and feel welcome to stop by as our guest at any upcoming meeting.

Escribiente concentrates on creative lettering and related arts, techniques and subjects such as:

• Medium: How to use and select inks, paints, pencils, pens, and more
• Paper: types, selection, weight, sizing, plus what works best with different medium
• Writing instruments and care of them
• History of Calligraphy
• Related Arts: bookbinding, gilding, paper treatments, illumination, design, and so on
• Blending calligraphy and visual art
• Calligraphy as a business
• Study of letterforms, spacing and structure

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