Myrna's tool box
WORKSHOPS
Calligraphy Guild Pittsburgh offers workshops by renowned artists several times a year, both online and in-person.
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