Workshops & Events

Throughout the year, we bring in local and traveling instructors to teach hands-on workshops in a range of lettering styles and techniques.

Past workshop instructors have included Carrie Imai (Dancing Pen Italic), Violet Smythe (Positive About the Negative), Suzie Beringer (Unconventional Pointed Pen), and Mike Gold (The Art of Breaking Rules).

Current Year Program Events

  • Tour of Cary Library

  • Barbara Close Workshop: The Dance of Cursive Italic

  • Andrea Wunderlich, Antiqua Alphabet!

  • Maker Faire at RIT

Past Workshops & Events

  • Barbara Close-Whimsical Birds

  • Violet Smythe - Positive About the Negative

  • Suzie Beringer - Unconventional Pointed Pen

  • Annie Barnhardt (Gail Vick Barnhardt) - Design; Pencil Romans, Italic refresher, Foundational, Neuland, Pointed Brush Lettering, year-long class

  • Toi Clawson - Colored Pencil Techniques

  • Sandra Collins - techniques of card-making for calligraphers

  • Nancy Culmone - Decorated Letter Quest

  • Lorrie Frear - Composition, Roman Capitals, and Copperplate

  • Mike Gold - The Art of Breaking the Rules

  • Sharon Hanse - Dimensional Calligraphy, using cut paper techniques, cut-and-fold, embossing

  • Randall Hasson - The Shape and Texture of Calligraphy

  • Carol Henshaw - “Positively Pencil”, Introduction to Foundational

  • Carrie Imai - “Playful Letters” and “Italic: Formal to Funky”

  • Sherri Kiesel - Contemporary Decorated Letters

  • Sherrie Lovler - Copperplate

  • Roann Mathias - lettering on fabric, transferring images to fabric

Local Classes

Town of Perinton Recreation & Parks

Turk Hill Road
Perinton, NY
585-223-5050.

Adult classes September through June, kids’ classes in summer.

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

1 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY

A different hand is taught each quarter, led by guild member Lorrie Frear. Contact RIT for details.

Monroe County Libraries

Several Monroe County libraries offer a single introductory hands-on program for adults or teens, including Irondequoit, Henrietta, Fairport, Gates, and the Charlotte branch — check each library’s site for current offerings