2022 - 2023 Meetings
The Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild meets on the second Sunday of each month from September to May
except when coinciding with a National Holiday, in which case it will be moved to the first or third Sunday.
Our next and final meeting of the program year will be held on
Sunday, May 21, 2023, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
at our new meeting location- Central Arts of Bedford
located in the shopping center behind Twisted Root Burger at the corner of Harwood and Central.
Central Arts of Bedford
2816 Central Drive #140
Bedford, TX 76021
(scroll down for map)
The meeting will be broadcasted via Zoom -- look for login details in your email news blast
1:30pm - 2:00pm Setup
2:00pm - 2:45pm Business Meeting and 3x3’s
2:45pm - 4:00pm Program
May Program:
At our last meeting we voted to change the date of the meeting from Mother's day to one week later, May 21.
This will be our annual meeting, and the final meeting of this program year.
Our new year starts officially in June, and our first regular meeting will be in September.
At the annual meeting we will:
Vote for the officers for next year
Solicit committee volunteers
Decide on the calendar theme for next year
Wrap up any business for this year
Speaking of calendars, be thinking of a theme you would like to see for the coming year.
Recent themes include color, travel, nature, recipes for life, animals, inspirational quotes, presidential quotes and decorated capitals.
It’s a surprise!
A request was made for everyone to write a word, any word and any style, and turn it in before the May meeting.
The only stipulation made was that it be less than 3 inches tall and 12 inches long.
The reason for the word will be revealed at the meeting.
Quill Cutting Demo
We will also have a short program on how to cut turkey feathers into quills. The turkey feathers will be supplied.
Please bring a sharp exacto knife, a cutting mat and paper and a bottle of ink to be able to test it out with.
Monica Kelley Bio
Monica was first introduced to calligraphy about ten years ago through a class at the Irving Arts Center taught by Angie Vangalis. She made the crazy decision to go to Legacies II and has been a workshop junkie ever since. She started raising turkeys in 2017 and has been saving feathers since then, as she had just learned about quills from the infamous Reggie Ezell. Summer at her house is devoted to helping her turkey hens raise turkey babies.
Monica was first introduced to calligraphy about ten years ago through a class at the Irving Arts Center taught by Angie Vangalis. She made the crazy decision to go to Legacies II and has been a workshop junkie ever since. She started raising turkeys in 2017 and has been saving feathers since then, as she had just learned about quills from the infamous Reggie Ezell. Summer at her house is devoted to helping her turkey hens raise turkey babies.
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Classes and opportunities from other guilds:
April 1 - June 20
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts has announced their call for entries into the FIBER ARTS XI exhibition and has requested that we share this information with our guild.
April 1 - June 20
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts has announced their call for entries into the FIBER ARTS XI exhibition and has requested that we share this information with our guild.
Photos of cards from the Valentine's meeting are shown below:
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Hope you have been enjoying our 3x3 artist's challenge for the last two years.
TURN IN A WORD If you have not yet been able to turn in your word and would still like to do so, you can still e-mail it to monicakelleytx@gmail.com, or send it soon by snail mail. |
Past words include: Zany, Wild, Vibe, Unique, Trick or Treat, Spicy, Rich, Quiet, Play, Odd, Magic, Layer, Knot, Journal or Jumble, Ink or Ice, Hope, Glow, Fun, Edgy, Dainty, Chaos, Bold, Abstract
Don't forget we have a LIBRARY of wonderful books that can be checked out. See the directory for a list of available titles, or go to www.librarything.com, enter FWCG in the name field and Letters26 as the password.
map to our new location
A special thanks to everyone, especially organizer Sharon Schmidt and her team, for making our 40th Anniversary Celebration at great success! We especially thank our donors, listed below, for the wonderful door prizes they provided for the festivities. Check out our tribute page for more photos and be sure to visit the donors (click on logo) when you start running out of ink...or paper...or ultramarine blue anything.
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