"International Calligraphic Exhibition - 2008" exhibition news, 14-Feb-2008
Announce: Presentation of a new MVK project, International Calligraphic Exhibition, will take place on February 15 at Sokolniki Exhibition Centre, informed the project initiator and MVK International Exhibition Company Director General Aleksey Shaburov.
MVK New Project: International Calligraphic Exhibition.
Moscow, February 14 - RIA Novosti. Presentation of a new MVK project, International Calligraphic Exhibition, will take place on February 15 at Sokolniki Exhibition Centre, informed the project initiator and MVK International Exhibition Company Director General Aleksey Shaburov.
"The purpose of the project is to turn the audience to art, restore writing culture, provide the opportunities for studying national script, introduce artists, students and creative people to the art of calligraphy and make a presentation of modern international calligraphic trends", stated Aleksey Shaburov.
According to Shaburov, during the presentation which will start at 2 pm at pavilion 7 Sokolniki Exhibition Centre, will be screened a documentary "Calligraphy: the flower of human soul", held a calligraphic master class and presented the project's web-site.
He also stated that in the framework of the exhibition they plan to set
up a Mobile Calligraphic Museum. Its exposition will contain unstudied
samples of national script and historic scripts of various nations kept in
Russian archives.
The exhibition will be started in autumn: on September 16-21, 2008 it will be held in St Petersburg, on October 3-6 in Rostov-on-Don and on November 18-21 in the State Duma of Russia in Moscow.