Thursday, March 11, 2010 • 6:30–9:30 pm • Calligraphy Café
Bring some calligraphy to work on and spend time with guild members doing what you love! Crestwood Court, ArtSpace #115. Free and open to the public.

Friday, March 12, 2010 • 7:30 pm • Lecture: Charles Pearce, An Artist’s Retrospective
Crestwood Court, ArtSpace #115.
Charles Pearce was born in England in 1943, graduating from art school in 1965 with an MFA in Calligraphy and Lettercutting. He was elected a Fellow of the prestigious Society of Scribes and Illuminators of London in 1970, and emigrated to America in 1980. While living in New York City, he was the first (and thus far only) calligrapher to be awarded Artist-in-Residence status by the city. He is widely respected as one of the world’s leading calligraphers and is the author of a number of books including The Little Manual of Calligraphy and The Anatomy of Letters. He has taught widely throughout Europe, North America and Australia, and was employed as a design consultant at American Greetings. His calligraphic work is in a number of public collections as well as several private ones, including those of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2003 he moved to Arkansas, where he has built a studio and residence just outside of Eureka Springs. He is also involved in a matting and framing business in Little Rock. Current work projects include several large canvas pieces, and he is toying with ideas for a major installation if he can find funding. His monumental Shakespeare series is now available as giclée prints, and can be viewed on his website, www.charlespearce.com. Crestwood Court, ArtSpace #115. Free and open to the public.

Saturday and Sunday, March 13–14, 2010 •  9 am to 4:30 pm • Charles Pearce Pen Manipulation Techniques Workshop
$110 for Saint Louis Calligraphy Guild members; $135 for non-members. Crestwood Court, ArtSpace #115.
Charles Pearce will guide the workshop participants through an exploration of pen manipulation tcchniques and their effects on letterform shape. Manipulation may include changing our body position and even the positions of the pens in our hands. There will be plenty of demonstrations of different alphabets with one-on-one instruction. A full description of the class is available on Charles Pearce’s website.
To register for class, mail check, payable to the Saint Louis Calligraphy Guild, to: Barb Reed, 5733 Lindenwood, St. Louis, MO  63109.
The lecture and workshop are funded in part by the Regional Arts Commission.