"He who wields a brush is like the sky."
Zhun Yu, calligrapher

Exhibition:  International Exhibition of Calligraphy

Dates:  September 16 — 21, 2008

Venue:  The Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

Address:  Universitetskaja Naberegnaya, 17, St.Petersburg, 199034

Organizers:          National Union of Calligraphers and MVK Exhibition Company 

Media partners:   Newspaper Rossiyskaya gazeta
                                  Newspaper Argumenty i Fakty
                                 

Partners:               MGIMO Graduates Association      
                                  International Club of Petersburgers                     
                                  Russian State Library
                                  Russian National Library
                                  Sokolniki Culture & Exhibition Centre
                                  Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy

Mission:  Form a beautiful and healthy society.

Goal: The project aims to revive the lost art of calligraphy in Russia, make it widely available and create conditions for its development.

Participants: Calligraphers from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic states, Europe, the USA, Israel, Japan, China, Syria, Mongolia, the UAE, Turkey, India, Australia, Taiwan, Palestine, Jordan, Brazil, Peru, Armenia and Iran.

Subjects:

• Handwritten Constitution of the Russian Federation

• Modern world calligraphy

• Historical manuscripts

• Writing utensils

• Calligrapher′s work place

• Applied calligraphy (embroidery; chisel writing; stone carving, calligraphy on household amenities)

• Specialized literature on calligraphy

 
Exhibition business programme — 2008:

• master-classes given by the well-known calligraphers
   
  
• cognitive lectures on calligraphy
   
  
• introductory lessons for children
   
  
• calligraphic contests for amateurs
   
  
  

Opening ceremony:              September 17 at 2.00 pm   (invitations only)

Tel: +7 495 728 77 58 (ext. 572)

Exhibition management: