2015 December Meeting
It’s Christmas once again & time for our holiday card exchange.
Please join us on December 12th at 10:00 AM.
Bring a handmade card & your favorite cookies to share.
We will meet at the Keller Library & Community Center
300 North Broad, New Orleans, 70119.
This is a lovely way to greet the holiday season with calligraphy & good friends.
Read MoreNOLAA Calligraphy Exhibit
The NOLAA Calligraphy Exhibit is fast approaching but it is not too late to participate.
This is a wonderful chance for the public to see the beauty of calligraphic art. The opening will take place during Art for Art’s Sake on October 3rd & will remain on exhibit through November 6th. We encourage members of all skill levels to enter a piece. The opening reception will include live music and refreshments, so bring your family and friends!
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Read MoreCalligraphy Classes
Several members of our guild are not only talented calligraphers but also wonderful teachers who offer classes in calligraphy & bookbinding.
Roxanne Beard will offer a Copperplate class on September 26th.
Yvette Rutledge of Mystic Blue Signs has a variety of classes throughout the fall.
Eugenia Uhl offers classes in bookbinding & calligraphy.
For more information click on the Calligraphy Classes tab in the main menu on the left.
Read MoreNOLAA Program 2015-2016
The Board of the New Orleans Lettering Arts Association has been meeting all summer to plan very special activities for our calligraphers in the coming year.
We have organized:
~ a members’ calligraphy exhibit during Art for Art’s Sake
~ a major workshop with sensational Irish calligrapher Denis Brown
~ and monthly meetings covering techniques from basic calligraphy to bookbinding
Send in your dues today!
Read MoreRenew, Renew, Renew
It’s time to renew your membership !
We are planning another exciting year including workshops and demonstrations.
But most exciting of all is the return of the NOLAA Exhibit.
It will open on October 3, 2015 during Art for Art’s Sake and will be held at Mystic Blue Signs.
Remember you must be a NOLAA member in order to participate.
Click here for NOLAA Exhibit Form 2015
Click here for Membership Form 2015-2016
Read More2015 May Meeting
New Orleans Lettering Arts Association meeting—Saturday May 9
Interlocking Monogram Design
East Jefferson Regional Library
4747 West Napolean Avenue, Metairie
10am — 1 pm
Please register on the website ( members and non-members) if you will attend the meeting so we can plan for the number of participants. {Fill in Meeting Registration form on www.neworleanscalligraphy.org }
NOLAA’s final meeting of the year will be a hands-on mini-workshop in designing interlocking script monograms. Whether drawing two- or three- letter combinations, vertical or slanted script, the principles by which we interlock initials into monograms remain the same.
Yvette Rutledge of Mystic Blue Signs studied monogram design while training as a hand engraver and has designed monograms professionally for many years.
She and her husband Vince Mitchel will demonstrate the principles for joining copperplate and vertical scripts, along with methods for variation and finishing.
Participants can use tracing paper to reposition sample letters provided by Eve and Vince, or use flexible pointed nibs to draw their own. Transfer paper will be provided for carboning the design onto good paper before final inking.
Materials:
several sheets of tracing paper
pencils, eraser, ruler, scissors
smooth drawing or writing paper
fine point black marker like Pigma Micron #005, #1 or #2
optional:
flexible pen nib and holder for making script letters
your favorite black ink
small water bottle
paper towels
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