Event:

THE LOVE OF ARABIC, OTTOMAN, AND PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY

Society for Calligraphy (Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley Regional)

18 Mar 2012

The presentation will include a history of Arabic, Ottoman and Persian calligraphy and will take a glance on the roots and various styles emerged out of it. Various applications of different calligraphic styles, such as architectural designs and monuments, religious context (Quran and Hadith), literature and royal calligraphy will be discussed in detail. The presentation will also cover materials and tools used in Persian and Arabic calligraphy. The workshop that follows will include a short introduction to Persian Calligraphy with some basic lessons, using authentic Persian- Arabic calligraphy materials.

THE LOVE OF ARABIC, OTTOMAN, AND PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY - Sam Anvari

THE LOVE OF ARABIC, OTTOMAN, AND PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY
with Sam Anvari, Payman Hamed and Pouya Jahanshahi

Sunday, March 18, 2012
Presentation: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (open to public)
Workshop: 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. (registration required)

Meeting held at: FIRE STATION 87 - COMMUNITY ROOM
10124 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills, CA 91344

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Sam Anvari is a graphic designer, researcher and information-architect with great passion for typography. Sam has MFA in graphic design from OTIS College of Art and Design where he worked on his final project, with the focus on the typography issues stemming from hybrid writing systems between languages (Persian and English), under supervision of Dr. Erik Spiekermann, Kali Nikitas and Stuart Baily.

Payman Hamed comes from a family with long history in Calligraphy and Art. His father and uncles were his first calligraphy teachers. He attended master Beyzaavi’s calligraphy classes for four years and received certificate of accomplishment as an active member of the Iranian Calligrapher’s Society. He runs the first online Persian calligraphy-tutoring source actively working to promote the love and peaceful nature of this form of art.

Pouya Jahanshahi is on the faculty of Graphic Design at Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD). He got his MFA in Graphic design and Integrated Media, from California Institute of the Arts. His focus is on the development of what he calls “Hybrid Visual Cultures”; where cross-pollination from cultures across the globe has resulted in birth of new visual realms. He has presented at ATypI and IGDS.