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WORKSHOPS

Calligraphy Guild Pittsburgh offers workshops by renowned artists several times a year, both online and in-person. 

Upcoming Workshops

    • April 25, 2026
    • April 26, 2026
    • 2 sessions
    • Carnegie Mellon University / Margaret Morrison #203
    • 4
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    Circles…no beginning, no end...looking around us we can see circular designs everywhere! For lettering artists, circles invite us to step away from the ‘straight base line’ and create something different, something fresh.  

    In this workshop we will look at circles differently, learning how to incorporate circles into our lettering designs and lettering into our circle designs.   As we stretch, pull, and push the boundaries of what we think is possible, we will enjoy creating unique works.

    ‘Free Writing’ will be addressed and encouraged as Suzie walks participants through her process and shares her love of this form of writing. She will supply many samples and ideas for participants’ enjoyment and inspiration. 

    Members: $140 • Non-Members $160

    INSTRUCTOR SUZIE BERINGER is a letteringartist who makes her home in the Pacific Northwest. With a degree in commercial art and a lifelong passion for calligraphy and mark-making, she is constantly exploring new possibilities and expanding her creative endeavors. As an artist, Suzie loves the challenge and discovery that lettering on different surfaces brings. As a teacher, she loves to share her calligraphic passions with others. Her work has been featured in LetterArts Review as well as other publications. It has been said that if something around her doesn’t move quickly enough, it may end up with letters on it! 

    Circles, like the soul, are never-ending and turn round and round without a stop.  Ralph Waldo Emerson.

      

           Images courtesy of Suzie Beringer


    PLEASE NOTE: Our cancellation policy is detailed HERE 


    FOR DETAILED CMU PARKING INFORMATION, CLICK HERE

Previous Workshops

2023-24 Year of the Hand: Uncial

Copperplate Boot Camp with Nina Tran 

Copperplate Intensive with Nina Tran

Uncialicious: Introduction to Uncial  4-class with Jane Shibata

The Book of Kells: It's History and Beauty lecture by Meredith Klein

Lively Lettering with an Irish Flair with Meredith Klein

Walnut Ink Explorations guild play day

Cut-and-Paste layout and design guild play day

Annual Meeting with Gel Plate Printing

Show of Hands Exhibit at Monroeville Library


2022-23 Year of the Hand: Blackletter

Hardcover Accordian Spine Book with Amy Spencer

Collage: Accents in Gold with Judy Melvin

Introduction to Blackletter 6-week class with Meredith Klein

Fraktur & Flourish with Nina Tran

Pointed Pen Blackletter with Mike Kecseg


2021-22 Hand of the Year: Italic

Bold & Blended Chunky Caps with Amity Parks

The Glittering Vine with Heather Held

Intro to Celtic Knots with Nancy Hills

Italic Capitals - Swash and Double Stroke with Holly Monroe

Fantastic Flourishes with Holly Monroe

Writing and Mark Making with Gouache with Myrna Rosen


2020-21 

Variations on Akim with Julie Wildman

Ben Shahn Letters with Carol DuBosch

Writing with a Bent Nib 4-week hybrid class with Randy Hasson

Beginning Spencerian 4-week class with Pat Blair

Rubber Stamp Carving with Dana Dunaway


2019 - 20

Flourishing, Envelopes & Etiquette with Suzanne Cunningham

Be Illuminated with Weldon Doran

Digital Resources for Calligraphers with Emily Martin

     and Karen Nordstrom Roberts


Contemporary Scripts with Mike Gold

Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy with Lily Hoy

      and Karen Nordstrom Roberts


2018-2019

Gothicized Italic with Barry Morentz

Four Quarters with Judy Melvin

Spontaneous Marks with Pamela Paulsrud

Lucious Layers with Jacqueline Sullivan

Ampersands with Myrna Rosen

40 Year Retrospective exhibit


2017-2018

Seastones with Maria Helena Hoksch

Word Pictures with Tim Botts

40th Anniversary Celebration


2016-2017

Modern Versals with Gemma Black

Greeting Cards Design with Judy Melvin

Getting Creative with Instagram with Kathleen Prumo

Life Lines with Pamela Paulsrud

Marker Magic with Karen Nordstrom Roberts

Dressed-Down Copperplate with Pat Blair

Mystic Art exhibit


2015-2016

Dancing Pen with Carri Imai

The Ruling Pen with Julian Waters

Make Your Capitals Sing with Myrna Rosen

Calligraphy on Canvas with Roann Mathias


2014-2015

Neuland with Script with Judy Melvin

Vitalize Your Hands with Christopher Haanes

Simple Books with Lily Hoy

Dry Embossing with Myrna Rosen

Intro to Pointed Pen with Guild Representatives

Carolingian with Myrna Rosen

Versal Letter Studies with Thomas Ingmire

Monroeville Library exhibit


2013-14

Blackletter (Textura) with Julian Waters

Blackletter (Fraktur) with Julian Waters

Flotsam & Jetsam with Laurie Doctor

Historic Review Series with Myrna Rosen



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