We meet in the Perinton Recreation Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Meetings are available on Zoom for members. Some of our meetings will be hybrid, and some will be on Zoom. Our tentative schedule for 2024 is below.
We meet on the First Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM,. We welcome prospective new members to attend a meeting before joining. The programs are varied and cover topics of interest to the lettering artist.
Tentative 2026 Programs
April 1 The beauty of Monoline Hand-Lettering
Through examples from Guild members’ monoline lettering we’ll explore the warmth of hand generated monoline letters (instead of using fonts)
***April Fool’s Day - “Continuous Line” challenge…Try writing your name without lifting your pen off the paper, but not doing cursive (it’s a brain teaser)
Program: Janet will show us how both layout and letterforms can make something inviting and legible. We’ll see example from Guild members of how they use monoline lettering. Then Toi will present examples of pointed pen, building on the monoline forms of styles many of us are used to using a broad-edge nib for.
May 6 “Challenge” Month
This month we’ll be getting some practice responding to a prompt.
Each Wednesday in the month, a new PROMPT will be given and Guild members will do their “responses” and then post them on Padlet. We will explain about “brainstorming” and we’ll all learn to be flexible in CREATING!
June 3 ATC’s (Artist Trading Cards)
Janet will share examples- then guide us through choices for layout, design of creating our own.
We’ll learn about the History of ATC’s, see some examples from various artists. Then we’ll launch into creating our own. It will be fun designing/making our own!
We’ll see if members want to meet and view the RoCo 6x6 Exhibit together.
July 1- no Guild meeting
Happy 4th of July!
July 18- Elnora has arranged with Ashley Reher, a Marbling Artist in Rochester, to hold a Marbling class for Guild members. She can accommodate up to 16 people for a 2 hour session of exploration with Marbling. Approx cost $35 per person. (more details are coming)
Aug. 5 Walk through for the Guild Exhibit at Barnes and Noble in Pittsford, NY We hope to make a video recording of the Guild show, so that those unable to come see the Exhibit in person may also get to see the pieces!
Aug. 9 Opening Reception for the Exhibit
Some Previous Programs
Visiting WWII Vet and artist Owen Hughes
