LETTERING ARTS GUILD WORKSHOPS
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All registrations will be accepted on a first-come basis. You may mail or e-mail your registrations. Your place will not be guaranteed until payment is received.
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In the event that we reach our class maximum on the first day of registration, all names will be put into a hat and drawn randomly.
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We have estimated the costs on the basis of a minimum number or students per class. We reserve the right to cancel any class that has insufficient numbers.
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Except in the case of a class cancellation, your fee cannot be refunded, as workshops will all be recorded.
Registrations are accepted on a first come, first serve basis.
Payments can be made by:
- E-transfer to LAG.payment@gmail.com
- Cheque (NO post-dated cheques. Please provide a separate payment for each workshop. Cheques will be deposited the week prior to the workshop)
Download the Autumn 2024 brochure here
Super Saturday- Creative Collage
with Annette Wichmann
When: Saturday, October 5, 2024
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Instructor: Annette Wichmann
Space is limited!
Where: Knights of Columbus
5579 47 Street, Red Deer
Cost: Members $85
Non-Members $100
Registration includes catered lunch.
Join artist Annette Wichmann from Kensington Art Supply for a session of creative collage. You'll learn how to transform paper into art. We'll use a variety of papers, including magazine and book pages, sheet music, maps, etc. to create a bevy of art pieces. At the end of the class, we'll glue our collage pieces into an accordion book.
Lunch included.
Please see brochure for required materials.
Ben Shahn Lettering
With Carol DuBosch
When:
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
6:00 pm- 9 pm
Instructor: Carol DuBosch
Where: Online Zoom Class & Recording
Cost: Members $40
Non-Members $55
Ben Shahn is best known for his powerful posters and works of social realism from the 1960's. His lettering is quirky and lively, very much the product of a hand. The script is easily learned and can be adapted and customized as needed for various applications. The informal, fresh look of the script is perfect for cards, envelopes, flyers, as well as fine art broadsides and artist books. The 3 hour class will focus of the capital letters of Ben Shahn Script, color-blending, and simple layout ideas.
No experience with lettering is needed.
The workshop will be recorded and made available to students for 30 days.
Please see brochure for supply list
Uncials Part 1 of 2 Series Workshop
with Holly Monroe
When:
Saturday, November 2
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
*recordings will be available
Where: Via Zoom (recording will be available)
Instructor: Holly Monroe
Cost: FREE FOR MEMBERS
* If you renew your membership prior to October 1, you will receive a link to Part 1 of the workshop series with Holly
FREE FOR MEMBERS!
The UNCIAL lettering style is a gem to have in your calligraphy skill set. Learn this graceful and treasured alphabet which was popular in monasteries throughout the 4th-12th centuries. Well known from the Book of Kells, it can modernized and used in many ways. In this workshop, you will learn how to hold the pen, correctly size the lines for spacing and practice the basic letter forms, working with dip pens and various fluids. Variations to the basic forms will also be offered. Complete a finished project that includes Celtic knot work in Part 2.
See brochure for supply list.
Bare Bones of Bullet Journalling
with Christine Ahmad
When:
Part 1 - In person- November 16, 2024
10:00 am- 12:00 pm
Part 2- Online Zoom- January 6, 2025
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm
Part 3- Online Zoom- February 3, 2025
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm
Where:
Part 1- in person at Alberta Sports Hall of Fame
Part 2 and 3- Zoom
Cost: Members $45
Non-members $60
Registration includes all 3 parts
Instructor: Christine Ahmad
Christine Ahmad will show you a simple and sustainable way to organize your days. This class consists of one 2 hour in-person session where we will create some weekly and daily spreads in your journal, followed by two 2-hour Zoom sessions a month apart to help with following up and establishing a habit you can continue with. We will discuss the types of journals, writing tools, layouts, headers and title pages as well as some simple alphabets and lettering styles.
See brochure for supply list.