International Calligraphic Exhibition - 2008

Description

Project Program.

Venue: Russian Academy of Art of Saint-Petersburg State Academical Institute of Pictorial Art, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin, 17, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, Saint-Petersburg.

Organizers: Exhibition Company MVK and Calligraphers Union.

Information partner:

• News house "Rossiiskaya Gazeta"
• Baltic Information Agency (BIA)
• News house "Argumenty i Fakty"

Partners:

• MGIMO Graduates Association
• Federal state institution "Russian State Library"
• World Petersburger Club
• Federal state institution "Russian National Library"
• Hotel "Astoria"
• Cultural and Exhibition Center "Sokoloniki"
• Modern Museum of Calligraphy

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Mission: formation of harmonious, healthy society.

Project aim: exhibition is called to restore a lost calligraphy art in Russia and create a medium for its development.

Participants: calligraphers from Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Baltic countries, Europe, USA, Israel, Japan, China, Syria, Mongolia, Unated 4 Arab Emirates, Turkey, India, and Australia.

Exhibition Sections:

• Hand written Constitution of the Russian Federation
• Modern world calligraphy
• Historical samples of hand written texts
• Writing utensils of calligraphers
• Calligraphers' working place
• Applied calligraphy
• Specialized literature on calligraphy

Exhibition business program:

• master-classes of the leading calligraphers of the world
• educational lectures on calligraphy for all interested
• introductory lessons for kids
• calligraphy competitions among amateurs

Working hours:

Official opening: on the 17th of September at 14:00 (by invitations).

• September 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 - 10:00 - 18:00
• September 17 - 16:00 - 18:00