Our featured member of April is Charlotte Chan:
Charlotte Chan (@Artistic.Figures) is a member of Friends of Calligraphy (FOC). She is currently sharing her calligraphy experience with others in Hong Kong & Macau, China. Her website: www.afcalli.com
The Friends of Calligraphy's annual gift to the membership, Trivial Pursuits, January 10, 2026. A full day, six teachers, six classes, six table clusters, all supplies and materials and lunch (!) provided. A great day was had by all.
Letter your favorite quote about trees.
If you post with the hashtag #foccreates0426 before April 25, we might repost it!
Artwork by @escrita
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We got some interesting responses to this month's art prompt:
Make a calligraphic piece with your least favorite color.
Artists who submitted entries:
@caroldubosch
@suzymorriscreates
@eulaliaminnamolch
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the SF Main Library.
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colleagues, and students across three continents and seven decades. We are grateful to have been a chapter in his history.
This piece and more can be seen in the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy & Lettering, Book Arts and Special Collections (@sfplbookarts), on the sixth floor of
returning to Peru.
His work can be seen in the main calligraphy collections of the world, including the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering, in the Book Arts and Special Collections section of the S.F. Public Library.
Claude Dietrich shared his love of letters with friends,
(which he helped found). In 2024, a retrospective called "Sobreviviente" (Survivor) was held in Lima.
Claude’s work was featured in four issues of Alphabet, and he was invited to present a lecture on his work at the FOC Annual General Meeting in May, 2013, at the S.F. Public Library before
our Fort Mason program every year from 2004 to 2013.
Upon his return to Peru, he dedicated himself to graphic design and promoted calligraphy through private group classes. In 2018 he was invited to become the first honorary member of the newly created Asociación peruana de caligrafía –Caligráfica
taught for the Academy of Art University of San Francisco and FOC. He also worked as a freelance graphic designer, retiring in 2013.
He joined FOC in 1983 and was an active participant, serving on the Council from 1994 to 1998. He designed three of our Kalligraphia logos and taught through
where he taught for eight years.
He studied under Hermann Zapf in the U.S. for four years and was part of his last group of students. Claude settled in the US, living for two years in New York, five years in Miami (where he studied with Georgina Artigas) and 23 years in San Francisco, where he
Born in Avignon in 1930, Claude Dieterich A. studied design in France. After working in Paris for ten years he traveled to Peru in the 1960s, hired by the Feria Internacional del Pacifico. He was invited to direct the former Escuela de Artes Gráficas of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,
What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made in a calligraphy project?
Artwork by @fredijuni
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To register, go to the FOC website, click on the Events tab & scroll to: Conjuring Q
The lecture is limited to 500 participants.
One log-on device per participant.
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The Friends of Calligraphy Lecture Series is pleased to present
Conjuring Q
Calligraphic, Typographic and Printmaking Exploration. An illustrated lecture by Suzanne Moore
March 25, 2026
10:00 am PDT
This is a free, on-line lecture via Zoom.
Color Power, 5x7, ink, thread and wool. The words are Kandinsky’s, and the colors are two favorites. The quote brings me back to Jurgen’s class, his incredible use of color, and the amazing work created by classmates. Cheers!
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I love the poem and have produced several versions for birthday cards, with different color treatments.
The colors are too soothing, though, so a high contrast version will probably take shape.
Bare Tree, 6x8, marker and colored pencil. The title of this piece is that of the poem lettered between the trees, by Anne Morrow Lindburgh.
Vote Fight, 10x14, hand embroidery. This piece started as a simple line drawing of two heads facing off. I used the drawing in a simple embroidered piece, a small painting, and now, this work to vent frustration about our eroding democracy.
The watercolor droplets suggests that breath lives in and around our letters…an integral part of their formation.
Breathe, 7x10, watercolor. I started to create an image like Klee’s Old Town, with abstract lettering in place of the buildings. I couldn’t quite make it work so Breathe evolved to evoke a synergy between breath and writing.
Portrait, 12x12”, hand embroidery. Yale’s free art lectures (artgallery.yale.edu/visit/progra...), inspired me to create a portrait, and after Jurgen’s class, I decided to fill the background with an alphabet.
Jurgen Vercaemst’s Colorful Lettering Compositions class in January 2025 inspired a lot of work this past year with colorful, drawn letters, including these five pieces. I live in Portland, Oregon, so I really appreciate FOC’s online classes.
Our featured member of March is Ruthie Petty:
I am a mixed media artist and enjoy integrating lettering in my work. Many pieces start as drawings or paintings, then morph into variations of cards, larger pieces, art quilts, or sculptures.
Make a calligraphic piece with your least favorite color.
If you post with the hashtag #foccreates0326 before March 25, we might repost it!
Artwork by @deanrobino
#friendsofcalligraphy #lettering #calligraphy
Carol Dubosch (@caroldubosch) posted this piece in response to this month's art prompt:
Write something with a fountain pen.
#foccreates #focartprompt #calligraphyprompt #friendsofcalligraphy #calligraphy #lettering
#friendsofcalligraphy #gothiccursive #calligraphyworkshop #NinaTran @anintran #calligraphy #lettering
For more information, or to enroll, go to our Classes page (www.friendsofcalligraphy.org/pages/classe...) click on Classes and scroll down to Gothic Cursive.
Registration will begin at 8 am PDT on Monday, April 13th.
Friends of Calligraphy is pleased to present a 3-day workshop with
Nina Tran
Gothic Cursive
Three Mondays:
June 8th, 15th & 22nd, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m PDT.
This an online workshop via Zoom
