Calendar of Events

Our meetings are open to all who have an interest in learning, sharing or teaching calligraphy or any of its related arts.

Where and When We Meet

Our meetings are held at 6:30 PM (**Please note this new start time**) on the first Thursday after Labor Day in September, and the first Thursday of every month, October through June at the Community Center of the Capital Manor Retirement Community in West Salem.

Capital Manor Retirement Community
1955 Salem-Dallas Highway NW
Salem, Oregon 97304: Click here for a map to Capital Manor

May 1, 2025

Time:: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Location:: Capital Manor Community Center; Salem, Oregon

Visual Unity: What makes a letter/word look good? with Prindi Flug

Prindi Flug will present "Visual Unity: What Makes a Letter/Word Look Good?" She'll take an alphabet like Italic and cover how the basic structure of the alphabet is repeated in many of the letters resulting in visual cohesiveness. It will be a hands on experience.

Supplies needed:

a pen with a minimum nib of 3.5 mm or higher (Parallel Pen or dip pen)
Graph paper (4 sq./inch)
Tracing paper
Small ruler
Pencil

May 24 and 25, 2025

Time:: 9 am to 3:50 pm PDT
Location:: Hybrid (in person at Abiqua School, Salem)

Fraktur with Nina Tran

Fraktur is a 16th century German style of Blackletter that combines the dense vertical texture of Gothic Textura and the lively curves of Gothic Batarde hands. The name Fraktur, derived from the Latin word fractura (meaning "broken"), appropriately describes the distinctive fragmentation of joined strokes in both the minuscule and majuscule forms.

Our first day of class will begin with broad-edged pen basics and a quick study of Gothic Textura minuscules, from which we will directly derive our version of Frakturminuscules. Our second day will focus on Fraktur majuscules and to adorn them with flourishes.

All skill levels are welcome! Please see the workshop flier for instructions on how to register.