IN THIS ISSUE– Membership News

– Upcoming Workshops – In Memoriam

– 2019 Graceful Envelope Contest– An Award Winning Author

– A Visit to the Seoul Art Center– Calligraphy as Art and Meditation

– Gallery Space– A Note from Derrick

Congratulationsto our new WCG officers:

tamara m. stoneburner – presidentkaren daly – vice president

nancy markisohn – treasurergilda penn – secretary

virginia lockhart – member-at-large

See page 10 for a letter from our Immediate Past President, Derrick C. Tabor.

m a y / j u n e b u l l e t i n

As we welcome Summer with its fireflies, roadtrips, thunderstorms and slower-paced days, I want to thank you, the membership, for the opportunity to serve you in the coming year. I will do my best to work with the Guild and its Board to progress with any changes that are being considered.

For those of you who are attending the international calligraphy conferences of Rendez-vous 2019 in Québec, Canada and IAMPETH (International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting) in Denver, Colorado, I look very much forward to any reviews and feedback you may have of your experiences. I would like to include them in an upcoming Bulletin. Please catch me at IAMPETH, as I will be teaching there, or you can shoot me an email at tms@gracestone.com. Always bring back your stories, for narrative is what ultimately connects us.

Also, of a more local note, is the DC Fountain Pen Supershow happening August 3-4 at the Marriott Fairview Park in Falls Church, Virginia. For more information, visit www.pencentral.com. With over 100 vendors, ink-testing tables and a fantastic selection of both vintage and contemporary fountain pens, writing journals and books, this annual show is definitely one to plan on attending. Come by the WCG table and watch as I demonstrate various hands of calligraphy both days, as well as offer signups for WCG membership and answer questions you may have about upcoming workshops in the DC Metro area.

In the meantime, enjoy what is around you, count your blessings, and we will see you in the Fall for WCG’s first program of the season on September 7, at Concord St. Andrews United Methodist Church in Bethesda, Maryland. The presentation will be given by Sheila and Julian Waters as they discuss and show artworks spanning Sheila’s extraordinary 70-year career. This is her 90th birthday year and we are so glad that she is not only WCG’s founder, but is still deeply involved and active as an instructor, bringing us this beautiful art and skill with such a discerning eye and knowledge of its timeline and evolution.

message from our new president

– Tamara M. S toneburner

— Winning envelope by Christy Robb – one of the two judged Best in Show. See more artwork and information about the Graceful Envelope Contest on page 5.

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The Bulletin of the Washington Calligraphers Guild is published four times per year from September – June.

The deadline for submissions for the September/October issue is August 15, 2019. We welcome your contributions. Please send high quality digital files for text, photos and original

artwork (reflecting all levels, from beginner to advanced) to pklinednst@aol.com. Your submissions will be interpreted as permission to use in the Bulletin, unless otherwise specified. We will use your

submissions on a space-available basis and may reduce your artwork to accommodate available space. Mention in the Bulletin does not constitute endorsement by the

Washington Calligraphers Guild.

The Washington Calligraphers Guild, Inc. is a Virginia non-profit corporation, with an IRS tax designation of 501(c)(3). The guild’s mailing address is

P.O. Box 3688, Merrifield, VA 22116-3688.

Membership renewals and inquiries can be sent to Lee Ann Clark, WCG Membership P.O. Box 425, Stevenson, MD 21153-0425

or visit our website at www.calligraphersguild.org.

washington calligraphers guild— board of directors —

– officers –president: Tamara M. Stoneburner

tms@gracestone.com | 571-225-5389

vice president: Karen Dalykarenelsie@gmail.com

treasurer: Nancy Markisohnnjmarkisohn@msn.com

secretary: Gilda Penngildapenn@comcast.net

member-at-large: Virginia Lockhartvirginialockhart@me.com | 410-215-6379

registered agent: Barbara Enyeartbenyeart94@verizon.net | 703-255-4678

– standing committees –audit: can you help?

budget & finance: Barbara Enyeartbenyeart94@verizon.net | 703-255-4678

bulletin liaison: Pamn Klinedinstpklinednst@aol.com | 301-654-6049

education: can you help?

exhibits: can you help?

fundraising | calligrafest co-chairs: can you help?

instagram: Erin Cassidypeonyplumecalligraphy@gmail.com | 793-863-5951

librarian | archivist: Lucinda Fitch WrightLFWright214@gmail.com

mailings: Pat Swansonpatandmaddie@aol.com 703-839-8337

membership: Lee Ann Clarkglaclark@comcast.net

nominating: Patricia Munsonpatricianne901@gmail.com

programs: can you help?

publicity: Felecia McFailpublicity_wcg@fohta.com | 703-892-6262

scholarship: Marta Legeckismorkaleg@yahoo.com | 301-493-8907

scripsit liaison: Gretchen Elsongmelson@cox.net | 703-591-5482

website: Martin Parkerparquillian@gmail.com | 202-295-7561

workshops: Kacie-Linn Englekacielinnengle@gmail.com | 434-981-8323

A very warm welcome to our newest and renewing members. Ninfa Abad – New York, New York Drucie Andersen – McLean, Virginia Ann Bain – Carlisle, Ohio Lucy Berrier – Arlington, Virginia Laura Blaine – Kirkland, Washington Annchen Bodenstab – Naicam, Saskatchewan CANADA Marjorie Boyd – Frankfort, Illinois Vicki Brandt – Knoxville, Tennessee Kara Brawley – St. Louis, Missouri Josephine Cabeza – Bethesda, Maryland Edgardo Castro Rivera – Bayamon, PUERTO RICO Marco Chioini – Montreal, Quebec CANADA Huong T. Chu – Silver Spring, Maryland Barbara Close – La Miranda, California Janice Collins – Alexandria, Virginia Laurel Cullen – Alexandria, Virginia Theresa Carroll Daly – Alexandria, Virginia Steve Daughety – Reston, Virginia Michele L. DeSouza – Stafford, Virginia Eric Doerr – Frisco, Texas Kristen M. Doty – Chehalis, Washington Donna Dow – Peachtree City, Georgia Dottie Dyer – Dublin, Ohio Evelyn Eldridge – Redwood City, California Wendy Faulkner – Charlottesville, Virginia Christine Flannery – Rockville, Maryland Shelly Freishtat – Potomac, Maryland Nadia Grenier – Alexandria, Virginia Valerie Halin – Anthisnes, BELGIUM Robin Gebhart –Bellevue, Washington Susan Groesbeck Hall – Santa Ana, California Vanitha Hanlon – Falls Church, Virginia Ziwei He – Washington, DC Jill Helson – Ojai, California Beth House – Albuquerque, New Mexico Judith Hovde – Minot, North Dakota Alison Ingram – Fairfax, Virginia Valerie Jermusyk – New Castle, Delaware Gina Jonas – St. Augustine, Florida Kumi Kinoshita – Gaithersburg, Maryland Jean Kirchner – Chesapeake, Virginia Karen Lane – Crozet, Virginia Catherine Langsdorf – Hendersonville, North Carolina Ginger Larkin – Albuquerque, New Mexico Jennifer Lewis – Manassas, Virginia Mary Liu – Rockville, Maryland

membership news

— artwork by Virginia Lockhart

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More information and registration

information for all of the workshops

described on these pages can

be found at www.calligraphersguild.

org. Don’t miss your opportunity

to study with these wonderful

instructors.

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clagett center retreat celtic hybrid script with denis brown November 14-17

pointed pen for beginners & copperplate variations with rachel yallopSeptember 20 and September 21-22 • Vienna Arts Society

illuminated letters with lubna zahid October 19-20 • Vienna Arts Society

membership news cont’d... upcoming workshops Barb Makela – Bloomington, Minnesota Barbara Mann – Lansing, Michigan Theresa Manning – Washington, DC Lynn McFadden – Basye, Virginia Gale McKiddy – St. Charles, Missouri Susan Miller – Springfield, Virginia Maureen Murray – Bowie, Maryland Yvonne Musterman – Charlotte, North Carolina Rebecca Newton – Hanover, Maryland Phan Nguyen – Brooklyn, New York Rose Nierras – Washington, DC Bette Osman – Redmond, Washington Gilda Penn – Rockville, Maryland Benjamin Pimentel, MD – Waldorf, Maryland Ann Rabinowitz – Cordova, Tennessee Janet Rehak – Freeport, Pennsylvania Kristi Ryan – Richland, Michigan Christopher Samioglou – Baltimore, Maryland Kathryn V. Sanchez – Tustin, California Aliyaa Sterling – Silver Spring, Maryland Laura Stocklin – Alexandria, Virginia Nahid Tootoonchi – Towson, Maryland Sherri Trial – Carlisle, Pennsylvania Wendy Trout – Williamsville, New York Connie Urist – Birmingham, Alabama Sandra R. Wagner – Indianapolis, Indiana Kathy Wallace – New York, New York Kathy Ward – Toano, Virginia John Wells – Springfield, Ohio Roger Williams – Potomac, Maryland Sarah Wilson – Arnold, Maryland Lubna Zahid – Reston, Virginia

Thank you to those who have renewed/joined at Supporting, Patron and Sustaining levels We appreciate your generosity.

David Brookes – Richmond, California Isabel Lynne Carnes – Tuscon, Arizona Phillip Ciske – Marshall, Virginia Melissa Clarke – Chestertown, Maryland Terry Coffey – Charlottesville, Virginia Isaac Cole – Columbia, Maryland Christine Crofton – Kensington, Maryland Elizabeth Curwen – Washington, DC Karen Daly – Bethesda, Maryland Mauri Earl – Arlington, Virginia Wendy Faulkner – Charlottesville, Virginia Bernard Freiland – Columbia, Maryland Loretta Gordon – Indianola, Washington Heidi Hill – Washington, DC Sabrina Hill – San Jose, California Deborah Ignatowski – Lutherville, Maryland Claire Ingley – Gaithersburg, Maryland Jerry Jacobson – Asheville, North Carolina Barbara Keeling – Washington, DC Tiiu Kera – Gaithersburg, Maryland Carol J. Kitsa – Washington, DC Barb Kornprobst – Somerset, Pennsylvania Janice Kozlowski – New Haven, Connecticut Patty Shaivitz Leve – Baltimore, Maryland Marianne Linn – Gaithersburg, Maryland Ethelmary Maddox – Arlington, Virginia Wendy Makins – Washington, DC Trish Malin – Alexandria, Virginia Laura Milano – Torino, ITALY Patricia Minard – Asheville, North Carolina Rose Nierras – Washington, DC Amy J. Plotnick – Silver Spring, Maryland Janice Reyes – Washington, DC Mary Ellen Robinson – Hagerstown, Maryland Susan Robeson – Cochiti Lake, New Mexico John J. Ryan – Silver Spring, Maryland Elizabeth Simmonds – Black Mountain, North Carolina Maureen Squires – Savannah, Georgia Janet Lynne Surrency – Alexandria, Virginia Pat Swanson – Clifton, Virginia Derrick Tabor – Montgomery Village, Maryland

Robert Boyajian (1925-2019)Bob Boyajian, 91-years-old, peacefully passed away on April 11, 2019 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bob was one of the significant long-standing lettering artists, as well as Art Director at J. Walter Thompson Company (1953–1972) in New York City. He had a flourishing career during the years when hand design/lettering arts were at its fullest. He was publicly recognized by his colleagues, the public and his many clients (which included Cartier, Macy’s, Tiffany, Eastman Kodak, Xerox, The Barclay Hotel, the New YorkPublic Library).

Bob is remembered and missed not only for his creative artistry, but also for his humanness; he was a very kind, caring, considerate, sincere, genuine person. He shared his talent and creativity throughout his life until his health did not permit him to continue. Creativity, inspiring others and sharing his talent was at the core of who Bob was.

After I attended a Washington Calligraphers Guild design workshop taught by Bob, I would sporadically receive encouraging short notes, inspirational quotes he had written with examples of his current work. Then years passed and I started to also receive sporadic long telephone calls where he shared calligraphic history.

I sent an email the day I learned of Bob’s passing to calligraphers I knew had known him. I received an email response that described Bob as “the most considerate, sincerest, most genuine person he ever knew.” His declaration is such a perfect description of Bob!

My connection with Bob came through the Washington Calligraphers Guild many decades ago. I am grateful to have known Bob (and subsequently some members of his Family). They have enriched my life. I am also grateful to the Washington Calligraphers

Guild for making that happen.

— remembrance by La Verne J. Magarian

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Suzanne M. Heany,

70, of Windermere, Florida (originally of Severna Park, Maryland), passed away the evening of

Monday, June 3, 2019.

She is survived by her husband, Robert, along with numerous extended-family relatives.

Exceptionally talented as a calligrapher with a specialty of pointed-pen lettering, she dedicated

many years as a main staff calligrapher, engrosser, and mentor at the former Hobbs & Tolley Studio

in Washington, DC. She expanded this passion by having been a long-term member of both the Washington Calligraphers Guild and Scribes of Central Florida (where she served

as a past president). Always eager to spread knowledge and enthusiasm for this art, she taught many one-day workshops and was responsible for bringing in other educators from across the country to instruct and present programs and classes. After her move to Florida,

she worked and retired from Walt Disney World as a gifts and hospitality baskets crafter.She is beloved and will be missed.

— remembrance by Tamara Stoneburner

Three creative contributions from Gerry Jackson Kerdok:

in memoriam scribbled lives

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The Washington Calligraphers Guild, which administers the Graceful Envelope Contest, congratulations the competition’s 2019 winners. This year’s entrants combined artistic hand lettering, the imaginative use of color and design, and the incorporation of postage stamp(s) in interpreting the theme, “Put Your Stamp On It.” The theme recognizes the 125th anniversary of U.S. commemorative stamps and the 25th year of the contest.“It is always a delight to receive a letter in the mail, and when the envelope is decorated with beautiful lettering and artwork, how special it becomes!” said Pat Blair, retired Chief White House calligrapher and a judge for the contest. “The envelopes bring such delight toeveryone who sees them—not just to the judges but to the postal clerks and letter carriers who process and deliver the envelopes.”

Envelopes designed by adults, including the two being awarded Best in Show, and many envelopes designed by students will be on display at Jenni Bick Custom Journals at 1300 Connecticut Avenue, NW in the window and interior of the store.

Exhibit hours are from Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.

graceful envelope 2019

a memorable eventThe Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2019 were held at the famous Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The 12th annual event recognized entries from all 50 U.S. states, most of Canada, as well as international countries. Upon entering the lovely ballroom, each author pinned their home location on a world map.

Winners from Poland and New Zealand joined several hundred wonderful authors. Each had told their story to the world to change and encourage.

As we made our way on stage, the co-founders and presenters Catherine Goulet and Marilyn Allen warmly and thoughtfully mentioned our contribution as they placed a gold or silver medal around our necks.

I so enjoyed the honor of being selected for my book, Lettering From A to Z, and the pleasure of meeting fellow authors. Can’t wait to read some the the books we exchanged.

— Phawnda Moore

washington calligraphers guild congratulates phawnda on

this wonderful achievement !

— One of the two Best in Show entries; this one by Sheri Trial.

— One of the many wonderful envelopes that will be on view. This Honorable Mention winner is by Regina Sanglier.

James Morgan visited the Seoul Arts Center last October and provided

us with these images and explanations:

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Above: Entry to the Seoul Arts Center; clockwise from right: The text reads, “I was trying to catch your time but instead I caught a dream;” A calligram of an image that is a national treasure in Korea. The statue at South dates from between 600 and 700 A.D. The

text is a Buddhist scripture but in Chinese—nor Korean. The figure itself is a Boddhisatva—an aide to the Buddha; The red circle represents a group of ants. The text reads “We don’t know which end is the front of the line in which it is at the back of the line.” The

black text reads “That although the speaker may be alone in his voyage he is not unaccompanied;” Every Korean school child learns this story about a famous entertainer—similar to a geisha—who grasped an infamous general and dragged them both into a river;

Sculptural ink stones that most calligraphers in the West are familiar with. On them, ink sticks are ground with a mortar and water; Carved stones with the users’ official signature, equivalent to what we would use to sign official documents in the West.

a trip to seoul

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Two additional contributions from Virginia Lockhart. (See page 2 and 8).

In Calligraphy as Art and Meditation I offer a new paradigm for

learning Western calligraphy. It emerged from a deep desire to create living

letterform: calligraphy that infuses form with energy, movement, and feeling.

My previous book, Finding the Flow: A Calligraphic Journey, resulted from

a search for these qualities. However, I soon realized I’d only partially achieved

my goal. Flow could not simply be injected into letters. How then could I merge flow with letterform? Given

flow’s physical dimension, I began to conceive calligraphy holistically: as mind, body, and feeling interacting with verbal meaning. This enlarged

perspective opened the gate to approaching calligraphy as art and

meditation. My new goal was to find an encompassing paradigm

for teaching this. After six years of probing, I had a breakthrough: a tool-centered

approach. Here, a tool is used as an extension of the calligrapher’s wholeness: head, hand, and heart. To introduce this as a felt

experience, exercises using the “Prototool” – your index finger – connect you directly to the basic calligraphic act: directional

movement through surface contact. This experience reveals the important role that tool hold plays in translating a calligraphic

intention into actual performance. It prepares you to investigate calligraphy through its tools. The familiar pencil awakens your

body-mind to rhythmical, gestural movement; the Conte crayon sensitizes you to surface contact; and two-point tools pave the

way for success with the edged pen. Through invented “training” alphabets, you combine these tool lessons with alphabet design,

ductus, and dynamics (flow technique). In this merger of form and flow I hope you will discover a new, comprehensive template for

creating vital letterform.

Today’s calligraphy must, I believe, also be a wholehearted response to our time. How, then, might it help students leading a

fast-paced, stress-filled life find both a refuge and a way to

experience the joy of creativity? I remembered that Zen Buddhists practice calligraphy to help calm the mind. I realized that meditation itself had many value/skills which might be helpful to calligraphic practitioners. From the beginning, Calligraphy as Art and Meditation uses the conscious breath to help you relax and enjoy the sensuous act of stroke making. Attention to process intensifies this moment-by-moment experience. Patience and kindness become antidotes to frustration and self-judgment. Calligraphy practiced as meditation invites you to slow down, grow your confidence, and enhance your well-being. To develop calligraphy as an expressive art, you begin with the fundamentals of alphabet design, composition, and spacing. You investigate “calligraphic plasticity”: shortening, lengthening, and/or redirecting a stroke in response to letters preceding/following it. (Calligraphy is not type!) You awaken “calligraphic empathy”: the ability to

translate verbal meaning into graphic elements. You cultivate felt, gestural movements through stroke techniques such as “bowing” (as if playing a violin). I warmly encourage you to enter these unexplored regions, to experience their untapped potential (and yours!) through structured exercises and guided play. And historical scripts? Naturally, these are an integral part of calligraphic instruction. However, I think it’s time to reconsider their role. First, the edged pen that produces most of them is too sophisticated for most beginners. Only near the close of my book, in the last two of my eleven training alphabets, do I offer Italic inventions for learning to operate and understand this tool’s potential. For me, historical alphabets are first symbols of a period’s history/values (important for their allusive power); and second, formal vocabularies available as a rich source for creative inspiration.

Gina’s book is now avaible at John Neal Bookseller.

calligraphy as art and meditation: a new approach — by Gina Jonas

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GALLERY SPACE

Clockwise from right: a piece by Sheri Trial; another by

Virginia Lockhart; stationery pieces by Susan Poneman; a

“doodle page” from Judith Hovde.

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G A L L E RY S PAC E

Clockwise from top left: Menu chalkboard from Michele DeSouza; piece by Linda Abrams; another contribution from Michele DeSouza; Beatles piece by Linda Abrams.

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Above: artwork by Deanna Jay Chu Nim.

one day you could be president

Have a wonderful summer. We will see you

in the Fall.

This statement was made to me by a former WCG President some time ago. As a new Washington Calligraphers Guild member, being President or serving on the Board was not on my radar. I was just elated to find an entire organization dedicated to an art I loved and had loved for the majority of my life. I joined the Guild after attending my first CalligraFest, where I learned about the Guild, purchased my first parallel pen and an early issue of Scripsit and watched Pat Blair demonstrate pointed pen techniques by writing the names of visitors to her table. I would later learn that Pat was an extremely accomplished calligrapher and (at that time) the White House Chief Calligrapher. To this day, I treasure my CalligraFest souvenirs, especially my name – white ink on black paper – by Pat. I joined the Guild to learn as much as I could and to improve my lettering skills. I later learned, through attending WCG meetings, the Board needed volunteers. I said “yes” when a Board member asked if I would serve as Scripsit Liaison. This was the start of the journey to becoming President.

thank you for all that you do!As my Presidency has come to an end, I am thankful and appreciative for all that our members have done, are doing and will do to support the Guild. I came to appreciate the power of these words in part from Sue Flory, long-standing (now retired) Membership Chair. Membership renewal after renewal, in writing or over the phone, Sue expressed this sentiment. Many have shared this experience, I am sure I did not say it enough to the many who deserved to hear it from me. Many of my successes as President resulted from collaborative efforts with Board members or committed volunteers. I thank you for your support and for our incredible and unanticipated journey. Lastly, I extend a special thank you to those who have said, and continue to say “yes” when asked to serve on the Board and to those who voluteered to be listed on the 2019 ballot. I wish you well and much success when you ask the question that started me on my journey...Will you serve?

– Derrick C. Tabor