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The Society for Calligraphy and Handwriting

The Society for Calligraphy & Handwriting (SCH) was formed in the Fall of 1975 to promote interest and knowledge in the art form of beautiful lettering.

Membership is open to all, amateur and professional alike. The Society’s membership is concentrated in the Bellevue, Washington area yet extends throughout the United States. The Society for Calligraphy & Handwriting (SCH) welcomes new and returning members to the group. A spirited involvement of members together at meetings, classes, lectures, exhibits, workshops and through publications has beco

me characteristic of the Society’s growth, and is seen to be a positive, mutual benefit of belonging to SCH. For questions about SCH membership, our library, our newsletter, our meetings or workshops, please feel free to contact us.

08/24/2026

Announcing our fall workshop: Understanding Brush-Written Imperial Romans with Paul Herrera

This workshop is a fast paced 2-day workshop on brush writing of the Imperial Roman Alphabet that will give you a hands-on understanding utilizing an inside-out approach of these letterforms. You will learn the special characteristics and “personality” of the brush as contrasted with hard-tool calligraphy while practicing the essential elements of the classical Roman. Before the workshop is done, you will write the entire alphabet in the same manner as the ancient Roman inscription maker would do prior to cutting the letters in stone.

A short inscription cutting demonstration will be provided as an addition to the class.

Paul Herrera is an authority on Roman capitals having trained first hand with Father Catich and authored “Rich Man, Poor Man, Priest: The Life and Times of Reverend Edward Michael Catich.” His half-scale replica of the Trajan inscription resides at the Letterform Archive in San Francisco and he recently taught inscription carving at the 2026 SLC IAMPETH conference to 45 students! He hosted the 2024 Roman Holiday International Conference at St. Ambrose University and continues to teach throughout the US. In his 40-year career, he strives to inspire the next generations in calligraphy. To learn more about Paul, go to YouTube’s Letterform Archive Lecture Series, http://paulherreracalligrapher.blogspot.com.

In person and on Zoom. Recordings will be available for 3 months after the session. Priority will be given to SCH members. Twenty-five in-person students max, and up to 50 total attendees with online students. Online students will be able to download handouts.

October 17-18, 2026; 9:30AM-4:30PM
18080 NE 68 th St, Suite B160, Redmond, WA 98052
$100 members, $130 non-members, In person and on Zoom

Visit our website for registration information!

04/13/2026

Join us this week for Weaver Writing with Brigitte Hefferan. This meeting will be IN PERSON ONLY.

This pointed pen script is just plain fun! Try this fun pointed pen variation that showcases the strength & versatility of the pointed pen tool. The letterforms are informal, but have a sense of rhythm and harmony as a part of the whole.
Expand your calligraphic horizon!

SCH members, check your email for details, and non-members, please contact us if you're interested in attending!

03/12/2026

Join us next week for our March meeting! This will only be held on Zoom.

By Hand: Endangered Alphabets with Tim Brookes

For 16 years, Tim Brookes has been discovering, researching and promoting endangered alphabets around the world, and recently he discovered a fascinating and disturbing trend: while minority cultures are discovering their roots and their identity by reviving their traditional alphabets through calligraphy, the West is doing exactly the opposite: abandoning the art of writing in favor of digital tools and AI. Instead of connecting generations, we are creating a generational divide in which grandchildren can’t read their grandparents’ letters–and don’t write letters themselves. In his new book By hand, Tim Brookes asks, is this an irreversible trend? What is actually involved in writing by hand, and what is lost if we abandon it?

02/17/2026

Join us this Thursday at 7 pm on Zoom for Zine Cards for Scribes with

Zines are a super way to share your work - easy and inexpensive to make, and easily shareable!

SCH members, check your email for details, and non-members, please contact us if you're interested in attending!

01/09/2026

Join us next week for Colourful Funky Letters: Pilot Parallel Pen Class
with Violet Smythe .smythe_arts

This will be presented on Zoom, but you are welcome to join us in person to share supplies.

Bister and or Brusho... powdered inks (similar to walnut ink,) that can be used to letter, create backgrounds, used as a spray or mixed into other media. In this class we’ll learn a funky hand and get colourful with our letters!

Violet Smythe is a visual artist, lettering enthusiast and instructor that is passionate about art and calligraphy. She has had the opportunity to study under many gifted and talented teachers as well as some world-renowned instructors and she loves to share her passion for calligraphy, watercolour painting and mixed media arts with others. Her work has been included in several juried exhibitions and several of her pieces can be found in private collections.

SCH members, check your email for details, and non-members, please contact us if you're interested in attending!

11/19/2025

Join us online tomorrow night (Thursday, November 20th) for a delightful evening of whimiscal lettering with Christy Schroeder-Lloyd.

This demo will put a whimsical spin on traditional formal Roman letterforms—a fun and creative lettering option enhanced with color, on their own or as contrast with monoline or pointed pen lettering.

SCH members, check your email for details, and non-members, please contact us if you're interested in attending!

10/10/2025

We are in for a treat next week!

This Holbein, Legion Paper, & General Pencil Brand Ambassador Workshop is a hands-on workshop for artists of all levels and experience from beginner to professional. Along with the instructor, these guided workshops are a learning experience where attendees have the opportunity to experiment with and learn about many different materials. This Watermedia Workshop will focus on Holbein Watercolor, Gouache, Acrylic Gouache, and Watercolor Mediums, as well as Legion's Stonehenge Aqua and Yupo papers, and an assortment of General Pencil materials.

Experiment with brand ambassador Jenna Roby, a practicing artist well-versed in the materials. Jenna will bring plenty of paper and paints to try out, so attend in person, if you can! Contact us for more information if you're interested in joining SCH.

09/15/2025

Welcome back, everyone! It's time for our first meeting of the year. Join us this Thursday, September 18th at 7 pm for Decorated Capitals with Kathy Barker.

Building upon the Designing Decorated Letters theme from our Fall 2024 presentation, we will learn how to “make our letters dance” by adding color, decorative embellishment and details. Included will be a historical overview of Versals (decorated letters) through the centuries.

A printable sample letter will be drawn up for you; or you can choose to do a letter of your own choosing. Handouts and a sample sheet will be provided to download and print for all members
before the presentation.

SCH members, check your email for details, and non-members, please contact us if you're interested in attending!

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Redmond, WA

Website

https://calligraphysociety.org/

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