The World Calligraphy Museum

10/08/2021

Convicts at the Biysk Correctional Centre learn the basics of calligraphy

Under the guidance of Olga Khesina, director of the Mirolad Folk Culture Center in Biysk, the convicts studied calligraphy design elements and techniques. They liked the idea of combining various patterns and elements to create original drawings of birds, animals, fish, and insects.

The convicts who attended calligraphy classes noted that in Mirolad they not only discovered the beauty of this art form but also were given the opportunity to enjoy the warm and special atmosphere of the cultural center.

"The atmosphere of coziness, tea parties, smiles of people happy in their own way, a ginger cat that visited us every time, give a feeling of something kind, homelike and intimate," they wrote in the magazine "StranICa", edited and published at the UFIC Correctional Centre Area Penal Colony 2.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/convicts-at-the-biysk-correctional-centre-learn-the-basics-of-calligraphy

03/08/2021

Sulekhan 2021 to celebrating Indian calligraphy

On the occasion of World Calligraphy Day on 11 August, the Typography Society of India, along with its partners, has organised Sulekhan 2021, a one-day event in online mode, to be held from 4 to 7.30 pm. The event will be streamed live on YouTube and the attendees will get a chance to interact with panelists during the panel discussion.
https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/sulekhan-2021-to-celebrating-indian-calligraphy

28/06/2021

Writing on the wall: Hong Kong’s MTR stations are retired architect’s ‘museum of calligraphy’

Abe Au has gathered an international following for his distinctive brushstrokes in MTR stations.

Long a feature of Island line stations, his calligraphy will appear along newest Tuen Ma line.

Regular passengers waiting for trains at many stations of the MTR’s Island line in Hong Kong are familiar with the distinctive Chinese calligraphic script in signage and designs on walls.

The vigorous running scripts known as xingshu have individual strokes that seem to flow and move. Some say the characters for “Tin Hau” appear to fly, while others seem to dance.

The calligraphy is the work of Abe Au Kit-tong, 71, a retired MTR Corporation architect who has been practising Chinese ink-and-brush writing every day since the age of seven. His work also appears on the platform walls of stations along the Tseung Kwan O line.

His calligraphy will feature in the Tai Wai-Hung Hom section of the Sha Tin to Central link, also known as the Tuen Ma line.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/writing-on-the-wall-hong-kongs-mtr-stations-are-retired-architects-museum-of-calligraphy

22/06/2021

The Museum of Clay Toys “Voronezh Zamanka”

The Association of Private Museums of Russia welcomes a new participant from the Voronezh region — the Museum of Clay Toys “Voronezh Zamanka”, the founder and owner of which is Olga Gubanova.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/the-museum-of-clay-toys-voronezh-zamanka/

18/06/2021

“Kinap Space” Cinema Equipment Museum

The idea of creating a collection of Russian cinema projection equipment was born in 2007 when organizing school museums became a great craze in Moscow. The first exhibits were narrow film projectors, amateur and professional, some of which had been found in school storage rooms. As in most schools, the whole display was just a few shelves at the end of the classroom. Later, the museum received a rather large exhibit, a flatbed editing table, that marked the beginning of a serious collection.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/kinap-space-cinema-equipment-museum/

Идея создания коллекции отечественной кинопроекционной аппаратуры пришла в 2007 году. Собрана почти полная линейка моделей кинопроекторов от 1922-го до 2003 ...

16/06/2021

The opening day of the summer season at the Groshev Museum of Wooden Architecture in Meschera

On June 5, the Groshev Museum of Wooden Architecture in Meschera celebrated the Opening Day of the Summer Season 2021! On this sunny day, many people came to visit the exhibition and took part in various entertainment activities outside the museum.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/the-opening-day-of-the-summer-season-at-the-groshev-museum-of-wooden-architecture-in-meschera/

08/06/2021

The Museum of Millstones took part in the 1st Twins Festival and Parade

International Twins Day is observed on the last Sunday of May. On May 30, the 1st Twins and Triplets Festival and Parade were held in Veliky Novgorod. 25 pairs of twins and 3 sets of triplets, as well as their parents, participated in the festival called Multiple Happiness. The private family Museum of Millstones was named “the highlight of the festival”.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/the-museum-of-millstones-took-part-in-the-1st-twins-festival-and-parade/

07/06/2021

On May 26-27, 2021, a large-scale conference “Museum Routes of Russia” was held in Petrozavodsk

The project “Museum Routes of Russia” of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation aims to develop and promote Russian museums and cultural tourism. The project launched this April in Kaluga at the Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics. The project holds on-site presentations, exhibitions, expertise and methodology workshops.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/on-may-26-27-2021-a-large-scale-conference-museum-routes-of-russia-was-held-in-petrozavodsk/

04/06/2021

Volgograd Historical and Technical Museum of Weights and Measures

Volgograd Historical and Technical Museum of Weights and Measures was founded in 2009 as part of Volgograd Factory of Weighing Equipment, LLC. Today, the museum is an honorary member of the International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (Europe), as well as a member of the German society of metrologists and collectors “Maß und Gewicht”.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/volgograd-historical-and-technical-museum-of-weights-and-measures/

Волгоградский историко-технический Музей мер и весов был основан в 2009 г. на базе ООО «Волгоградский завод весоизмерительной техники». На сегодняшний день м...

04/06/2021

A movie about the Museum of Garbage “Mu Mu”

The “MU MU” garbage art museum is a professional appeal to nature, ecology and the creativity of the “BURO” Moscow art group. This museum is Russia’s largest exhibition of art objects made from garbage.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/a-movie-about-the-museum-of-garbage-mu-mu/

Художественный МУзей МУсора «МУ МУ» в Калужской области – профессиональное обращение к Природе, Экологии и Творчеству московской арт-группы «BURO». Это крупн...

04/06/2021

Models of wooden architecture of the Russian North to be donated to the Association of Private Museums of Russia

Dear friends, we continue to share with you the news and events important for us all. This time, we are eager to tell you that shortly, the Association of Private Museums of Russia will receive a donation of rather unusual exhibits — models of wooden churches — to display on our future exhibitions and to transfer to one of the museums of our Association.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/models-of-wooden-architecture-of-the-russian-north-to-be-donated-to-the-association-of-private-museums-of-russia/

03/06/2021

Reflections on private museums of Russia

Our God is one. On the ride to Moscow, all the way to Vytegra, we were driving on a broken, bumpy, and flooded road, so it took us 3 hours to drive 60 kilometers.

read more: https://privatemuseums.ru/en/news/reflections-on-private-museums-of-russia/

Автор фильма - Марценюк Иван Иванович Передвижной музей памяти «Безсмертный полк Валаама». Республика Карелия с. Шелтозеро

07/05/2021

Dear friends!

The World Calligraphy Museum is temporarily closed since it is currently hosting a temporary hospital for patients with COVID-19. But the museum is still alive. The museum's management and staff do their utmost to continue to pursue the cause of unprecedented cultural and educational importance in Russia. So far, the museum has only relaunched the Pointed Pen Calligraphy course in the Children's Art Center at Sokolniki Park, but it is still delivering a consistently high-quality program and teaching. Please enroll on the website or by phone: +7 (916) 205-09-78, +7 (916) 002-95-50. The museum also offers several other equally interesting and informative courses for children and adults. The classes are held both in-person and online. You can enroll in the courses presented on the official website online or by the phone numbers listed above.

06/05/2021

On April 24, a child was studying water calligraphy at Zhongshan Park in Qingdao. On that day, an elderly calligraphy enthusiast practiced calligraphy at Zhongshan Park, writing on the ground with water to cultivate his mind and body. The old man mostly used the lesser seal script. The unusual characters attracted the boy's curiosity. He carefully watched the old man, studied the script, and asked him for advice. Finally, he couldn't help but pick up the brush and start writing bold and lively characters, very decent and impressive. That attracted many people to watch, take pictures and cheer.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/old-man-practicing-water-calligraphy-in-the-park-inspired-little-calligrapher-to-learn-the-art

28/04/2021

Students from the Khabarovsk Krai competed in a calligraphy contest
For the first time, the event was held online

For 8 years now, the Best Calligrapher Competition for school students has been held in the Khabarovsk Krai. This year due to the outbreak of coronavirus, it was decided to hold the event online. This made it possible to increase the number of contestants.

The competition is hosted by the Khabarovsk Pedagogical College with the support of the local Ministry of Education. The contest is open for students of grades 3-4. According to experts, it is at this age that the handwriting is established, and students become interested in the Russian language.

A total of 87 kids from 59 schools from almost all regions of the Krai, including special needs students and non-native speakers, took part in the competition.

At the end of the event, all the works were scanned and sent to the organizing committee.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/students-from-the-khabarovsk-krai-competed-in-a-calligraphy-contest

21/04/2021

Amazing! Enormous Chinese calligraphy written on the snow by skiers

Recently, a huge "Snowfield Manifesto" appeared on the snowfield with an area of 2.4 square kilometers on the Jiangjun Mountain in the Altay region, Xinjiang.

The manifesto is 200 meters long and 80 meters wide. Looking from above, one can see large-scale calligraphy of the character "hao" (好，“good") on the right. Together with two small characters next to it, it reads "Let's appreciate". On the left, there is an image of a girl in the traditional Chinese qipao dress, the small font below reads "Let the whole world believe in China".

It is reported that Tsingtao Beer, the official sponsor of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, together with the Chairman of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Athletes' Committee, the winner of the first Winter Olympic gold medal for the country Yang Yang, and the Xinjiang Altay District administration organized this great snow event to pay tribute to the Winter Olympics.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/amazing-enormous-chinese-calligraphy-written-on-the-snow-by-skiers

26/03/2021

The Buryat language is endangered. One calligrapher is using the Mongolian script to give it new life

Amgalan Zhamsoev was exposed to the cascading lines of the Mongolian script in Buryatia as a young child, when his mother showed him a Buryat text written in the language’s original Mongolian alphabet. He didn’t pay it much mind until a friend showed him an old dictionary written in the same script in ninth grade. It sparked a desire to learn more about Buryatia’s history, and he bought cheap brushes and ink to learn how to recreate the flowing Mongolian letters himself. He now works as a calligrapher, educator, and researcher focused on Buryat and Mongolian studies in Ulan-Ude, Russia.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/the-buryat-language-is-endangered-one-calligrapher-is-using-the-mongolian-script-to-give-it-new-life

15/03/2021

The International Exhibition of Calligraphy Postponed

Dear calligraphers and friends of the art of beautiful writing!

Due to the fact that the Sokolniki International Exhibition Center is currently hosting a temporary hospital for patients with coronavirus infection, the International Exhibition of Calligraphy will not be held in 2021. The new dates for the event will be announced later.

04/03/2021

Tula citizens and guests of the region could see the handwriting of the ancestors at the new exhibition

Tula History and Architecture Museum is preparing to launch a fascinating new exhibition "Russian Script: Tradition and Experiment".

This exhibition brings together works by artists who incorporate traditional Russian scripts in their art: the uncial script ustav, the semi-uncial poluustav, vyaz, and cursive. The tuliaks could see the works of more than 30 artists from Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Estonia, and the USA.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/tula-citizens-and-guests-of-the-region-could-see-the-handwriting-of-the-ancestors-at-the-new-exhibition

25/02/2021

Arabic calligraphy: Art between the lines of prayer

A 24-year-old with a global presence and her teacher are among a few keeping the art of Arabic calligraphy alive in India.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/arabic-calligraphy-art-between-the-lines-of-prayer

16/02/2021

The National School of Calligraphy invites you to enroll in the Pointed Pen Calligraphy course.

Group classes start in March. This year the school offers both online and in-person education. In-person classes will start on March 2 and March 27. The classes will be held at the Sokolniki Children's Art Center. Online classes will start on March 11 using the Zoom platform.

For further information and enrollment please call: +7 (916) 002-95-50.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/the-national-school-of-calligraphy-invites-you-to-enroll-in-the-pointed-pen-calligraphy-course

10/02/2021

Japan is concerned with the preservation of "intangible cultural assets"

On February 5, the Government of Japan adopted a bill on creating a registration system for intangible cultural heritage (including folklore).

According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the heritage qualifying for registration under the new system includes calligraphy, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, food culture, methods of making sake and some local dishes, as well as local festivals.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/japan-is-concerned-with-the-preservation-of-intangible-cultural-assets

28/01/2021

The Central Library of Pskov is happy to announce a calligraphy workshop by Tatiana Beskhlebnaya, a graduate of the Design Department of Mathematical Modeling and Applied Game Theory Institute of Pskov State University, that will take place on January 29. A presentation "Illustrating with words, or drawing letters" will be given before the workshop.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/pskovians-are-welcome-to-attend-a-calligraphy-workshop

23/01/2021

January 23 — National Handwriting Day

Every year on January 23, the world celebrates Handwriting Day. The purpose of the holiday is to remind us about the importance of penmanship practice and the uniqueness of each person's handwriting. January 23 has been designated National Handwriting Day by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA).

The World Calligraphy Museum in Sokolniki hosts the National School of Calligraphy, where you can learn about the unusual art of calligraphy and perfect your own handwriting. All classes are temporarily moved online.

19/01/2021

Yaroslavl City History Museum invites you to visit an exhibition “Celebration of Russian National Writing - 2021" running from January 20 to February 8, 2021 in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Yuri Ivanovich Arutsev (1951-2020), Founder of the Original School "Russian Calligraphy and Vyaz" and the Museum of Russian National Writing.

The exhibition features calligraphy works by Yu. I. Arutsev, as well as graduates and students of the school, many of whom have participated in all-Russian and international exhibitions of calligraphy. Most works are written in the original font, called Alexander Pushkin.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/the-exhibition-celebration-of-russian-national-writing-2021-in-the-memory-of-yuiarutsev

11/01/2021

Due to the outbreak of the epidemic in Moscow and because the World Calligraphy Museum is located at the exhibition center used for medical purposes (to hospitalize patients with COVID-19 coronavirus infection), the management decided to close the museum until March 31, 2021.

The management of the Sokolniki Museum and Educational Center understands the decision of the Moscow Government to convert the pavilions and offices of Sokolniki Center into a hospital for coronavirus patients and looks forward to the day when the epidemiological situation is stable enough for the pavilions to no longer be needed as the hospital bed reserve. That means that on April 1, 2021, Sokolniki will once again open jobs, bring back its unique creative team, and return to its museum and educational activities and exhibitions. We look forward to once again welcome our visitors and show them the beauty of world calligraphy — a rare art of significant importance. Most importantly, we believe in ourselves, in our abilities, and in our project.

22/12/2020

Turkey's Presidential Communications Directorate is hosting a digital exhibition to commemorate Kazasker (chief judge) Mustafa Izzet Efendi, one of the greatest calligraphers of the Ottoman Empire.

"Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Digital Exhibition," a part of the 360 Culture and Art project at Marmara University's Sultanahmet Campus, can be visited from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays until Dec. 31, 2020.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/digital-exhibition-honors-great-ottoman-calligrapher

03/12/2020

Passionaries: an exhibition of artist Daria Nazarova opens in Zheleznogorsk

The art filled with emotions and life itself. A personal exhibition of the young local artist, Daria Nazarova, has opened in Zheleznogorsk. It's a unique experimental project created in partnership with the Chicory Center of Contemporary Art and the local history museum.

The exhibition occupies two halls of the museum. The large hall hosts a series of five artworks illustrating the artist's understanding of the postulates of passionarity. It also presents a piece of the museum linoleum used as a canvas depicting the most important ideas and conclusions about the importance of museums in the modern world and the role of culture in human life. The original calligraphy became a way for the artist to express and decipher the atmosphere she felt. The letters are not written but woven together by a single thread, that is the artist's thought. It's her personal ligature, her ball of wool, her maze.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/passionaries-an-exhibition-of-artist-daria-nazarova-opens-in-zheleznogorsk

04/11/2020

Free workshops in Japanese calligraphy have started at the Sakhalin Regional Library. This year, the first lesson took place on October 24 at the information center for international cooperation of the Sakhalin Academic Library (SakhOUNB).

The event was organized jointly with the Japanese Consulate General in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Before the start of the workshop, the guests were welcomed by the chief librarian Olga Pyatnitskaya. She spoke about the activities of the information center for international cooperation and noted that such classes help not only to get acquainted with the language of the Land of the Rising Sun, but also to learn its culture.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/sakhalin-people-learn-how-to-write-hieroglyphs

27/10/2020

On October 28, the opening of the “Fatihah: New Meanings” exhibition will take place in the Gallery of Tatar Shamail of the Kazan Kremlin Museum & Reserve. Visitors will see the works of young and well-known calligraphers from Tatarstan.

The exhibition will feature more than 30 works made in Arabic calligraphy technique. The “Fatiha” creative group includes Aizat Mingazov and Gulnaz Ismagilova (Kazan-Istanbul), Airat Khismatullin (Yekaterinburg), Nazim Ismagilov and Roza Khuzina (Kazan). The exhibition is timed to coincide with the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad - Mawlid al-Nabi.

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/kazan-residents-to-explore-works-by-calligraphy-artists

21/10/2020

Sokolniki Park is one of the most favorite leisure areas for Moscow residents. This is a whole world with its own secluded spots, walking areas, clubs, cafes, rides, sports, dance and playgrounds. The park's infrastructure is so extensive that even a cursory look may take more than one day.

Yulia Kartashova, host of the Where to Go in Moscow YouTube channel, has compiled her own list of favorite places in the park, which includes the World Calligraphy Museum. Now the museum does not accept visitors, since a hospital for patients with coronavirus has been deployed on the territory where it is located. Nevertheless, the video filmed by the YouTube channel allows you to look behind closed doors and wander through the halls of the museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8b4TNRnfyk

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20/10/2020

Equipped with a light and a camera, Karim Jabbari hopes his work can serve as a link between conservative traditional calligraphy and our augmented reality.

Today, Jabbari, now 42, is a full-time artist based in Canada and the U.S., using murals, graffiti, and specialized technology to bring traditional Arabic calligraphy to an international audience. He worries that a craft that prizes meditative concentration and lengthy training will be lost in an era so focused on agility and speed. His work, he hopes, can serve as a kind of bridge, “a link between conservative traditional calligraphy and our augmented reality.”

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/a-calligrapher-writes-with-light-to-keep-tradition-alive

11/10/2020

On October 11, Andrea Wunderlich, German calligrapher, artist and participant of the International Calligraphy Exhibition celebrates her birthday. Her work has been shaped by learning from world's best artists such as Denis Brown, Gottfried Pott, Sheila Waters and Ewen Clayton. The master's works can be seen nationally and internationally and are in numerous collections around the world. Andrea is also the initiator of the Europa Scriptorium Calligraphy Symposium, which invites European and international type designers to work together.

The World Calligraphy Museum team wishes Andrea a happy birthday and wishes her creative successes and new achievements in her artwork.

08/10/2020

The Iraqi artist and renowned calligrapher Hassan Massoudy is at home in Paris quietly reminiscing. Now well into his 70s, and having not returned to Iraq for 50 years, he can be excused the odd moment of nostalgia.

Massoudy has spent a lifetime creating art that, despite its break with tradition, continues to express the beauty of Arabic calligraphy. He has taken individual letters and words, constructed them as huge sculptural works, and developed his artistic practice through the increased use of energy and speed. This has led to the creation of texts with far greater character, he says, and to his own appreciation of the importance of space. “Beforehand, I thought that the letter was the only important aspect of calligraphy,” he says. “Now I realize that the space around the letters is another part of calligraphy — the letters and spaces must work together in harmony.”

https://www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/news/news/iraqi-calligraphy-artist-hassan-massoudys-search-for-harmony