I am very happy to be informed that our International Catalog of Intervened Chinstraps has been declared of Cultural Interest by the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

All participants including me are very proud for this recognition from the Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

I am very honored to be able to participated in "Calligraphies in Conversation” 6th International Exhibition, an exhibition of Multicultural Calligraphy featuring artists’ books, calligraphic works, and wall pieces highlighting international calligraphic traditions. This exhibition has been held at San Francisco Center for the Book, California, US, during this summer 2019. 

List of the invited guest calligraphers and artists (alphabetical order by first name):
Achyut Palav, Amol Saraf, Andrea Wunderlich, Arash Shirinbab and Forrest Lesch-Middelton, Gori Yusuf Husen, Kristian Kabuay, Leesette Turner, Mok Kam Cheung, Naomi Teplow, Pamela Rickard, Renee Owen, Ronald Y. Nakasone, Thomas Ingmire, Tung Ho

List of the selected calligraphers and artists from the open call (alphabetical order by first name):
2FLUI - Simon Cyril, Ameerul Islam, Charlotte Chan, Christine Dabadie-Fabreguettes, Fatima Zehra, Guntur Darmawan, Hiral Bhagat, Mohammed Abdulsattar, Mohan Saraf, Narayana Bhattathiri, Nikola Klanicová, Raoul Martinez, Rupali Dhamane, Rutu Palav, Sherrie Lovler, Shubhangi Gade, Sigrid Artmann, Takako Matoba

My work "The Return of the Prodigal Son" has been selected for the open call section and can be seen on online gallery now:
https://www.calligraphies.org/2019-gallery

The Artist Discussion panel is one of the interesting features added to the exhibition this year. Too bad I was unable to attend the panel to share my story and inspiration with other local calligraphers.

For more details about this exhibition, please see below:
https://www.calligraphies.org/2019-exhibition

Calligraphies in Conversation international exhibition (8th Nov 2018 - 16th Jan 2019) is back at Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC, Oakland, California US) this year, with a new theme "Crossing Boundaries". Exhibition this year explores connections between calligraphy traditions and practices from different cultures and languages  through the world.

https://www.calligraphies.org/2018-exhibition

A range of diverse traditions and styles were exhibited, with an array of Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish traditional calligraphy artworks as well as manifestations of calligraphy in some contemporary and abstract art pieces.

Again, I am happy to be able to show my work in this exhibition this year, and I am really honored to be able to exhibit my work along with the works of other great calligraphers and artists around the world.

There was a special program at the opening reception on 8 Nov 2018, having calligraphy demonstrations by master calligraphers Pamela Rickard(Japanese Calligraphy), Jin Feng (Chinese Calligraphy), Sehar Shahzad( Arabic Calligraphy), Tung Ho( Vietnamese Calligraphy), and Raoul Martinez (Western Calligraphy)

The full list of participating calligraphers and artists include:
2flui Simon Cyril
Achyut Palav
Akshaya Thombre
Arash Shirinbab & Forrest Lesch-Middelton
Bruno Riva & Katia Bagnoli
Charlotte Chan
Chen Forng-Shean
Chris Paschke
Christine Dabadie-Fabreguettes
Claire Kito
Debra Self
Elisabeth Burgun
Fatemeh Ojji
Feng Jin
Guntur Darmawan
Hamidreza Safizadeh
Hoonaz Afaghi
Janet Martorello
Jin Feng
Katie Leavens,
Kristian Kabuay
Leesette Turner
Leon Sun
Marcy Robinson,
Meredith Jane Klein,
Mohammed Aiyyoob Akram,
MohammadReza Dehshiri
Mok Kam Cheung
Monica Dengo
Motoko Kamada
Naomi Teplow
Nikola Klanicova
Pamela Rickard
Prabhakar Bhosale
Raoul Martinez
Renee Owen, Rita Planchon
Ronald Y. Nakasone
Rupali Dhamane
Rutu Palav
Salma Arastu
Salva Rasool
Sehar Shahzad
Sherrie Lovler
Shubhangi Gade
Stefan Arteni
Susan Duhan Felix & Refa1
Susan Frame
Takako Matoba
Tashi Mannox
Thomas Ingmire
Tung Ho
Virginie Cadart Travadel

All the great works of the above artists can be seen on:
https://www.calligraphies.org/2018-gallery

I am happy to be able to exhibit my work at Kalligraphia XV, the triennial calligraphy exhibition organized by Friends of Calligraphy, which ran in the Skylight Gallery of the San Francisco Public Library this summer. This year's show featured 96 calligraphic works from near and far-from California, several other states around the US and internationally.A selection of photos of Kalligraphia XV have been posted to Friends of Calligraphy's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1856778927691038&type=1&l=86cad774

Kalligraphia XV demos had been done by the following wonderful calligraphers and artists:
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Ward Dunham & Grend Löfkvist – The Just Spacing of Blackletter
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1759048647464067.1073741833.164313413604273
Sara Loesch Frank – Roman Capitals
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1768460783189520.1073741834.164313413604273
Loren Bondurant – Italic Calligraphy
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofCalligraphy/posts/1779586868743578
Fun with Calligraphy Day (J.P. Panter, Alan Blackman, Mary Ann Wight, Carolyn Fitz, Jody Meese, Dorothy Yuki, Meredith Klein)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1792027010832897.1073741835.164313413604273
Larry Thomas – Developing a Personal Form of Uncial & Fraktur
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1823472964354968
Raoul Martinez – Copperplate: Then and Now
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofCalligraphy/posts/1828483747187223
Rick Paulus – Humanist Minuscules
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofCalligraphy/posts/1839288359440095
 Instagram *
Ward Dunham & Grend Löfkvist – The Just Spacing of Blackletterhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BlEEEW0F_1b/
Sara Loesch Frank – Roman Capitalshttps://www.instagram.com/p/BlVl2LKFK7x/  
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlVnJl2FDz_/
Loren Bondurant – Italic Calligraphyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BlmGbp4FTq0/
Fun with Calligraphy Day (J.P. Panter, Alan Blackman, Mary Ann Wight, Carolyn Fitz, Jody Meese, Dorothy Yuki, Meredith Klein) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl4w75BFzLi/
Carl RohrsPhotos not available
Larry Thomas – Developing a Personal Form of Uncial & Frakturhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BmoR4a6lgLu/
Raoul Martinez – Copperplate: Then and Nowhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BmwE1CCFW-s/
Rick Paulus – Humanist Minusculeshttps://www.instagram.com/p/BnDZbGKlqdy/