Held at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 West 3100 South • West Valley City, UT
10 am – 2 pm
Please come early for announcements, to set up your area, and to browse the library
Saturday, October 18th – Legend (pronounced Leg-und) a modern black letter designed by Koch and presented by, our own, Faye Maxfield
Supplies List: C-2 nib, ink, a graph pad, scissors, ruler, pencil, blue stick or double stick tape, (must have) bone folder or plastic knife or table knife, X-acto (for picky people), and a white writing tool, maybe a Black marker too
Faye will bring everything for a little Halloween project. Not quite a card or a book.
Handouts: Legend letters – 
Saturday, September 20th – Brush Lettering by Sylvia Bunker
Handouts:
Saturday, June 21st – Chancery Script by Liz Margetts
Our very own Liz Margetts will be instructing us on Chancery script. It is also know as Italic Script. It is a popular and elegant style of calligraphy developed during the Italian Renaissance. Chancery Script is characterized by its slightly sloped, semi-cursive letterforms and is a great choice for beginners due to its beautiful simplicity and legibility.
Liz has been lettering for over 40 years. She is a great instructor and has taught at the Community College, at our guild meetings and done individual instruction. We are very pleased to be able to learn from her.
If time permits, we will be making a booklet out of a file folder with several pages for taking notes or putting down ideas for an exhibit piece.
Supplies to bring:
Saturday, May 17th – Modern Carolingian by Carole Taylor
Our own irrepressible Carole Taylor, will be our instructor. Carole will teach Carolingian (quite appropriate, I do believe). This is such a fun and very interesting hand, so come prepared to learn and have a great time. Carole will also show us how to make a fun book after our Carolingian lesson.
Please Bring:
Saturday, April 19th – Humanistic Bookhand by Judy Sommerfeldt
Saturday, April 19th at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. You will find further information on the website. Be sure to print the 6 handouts and bring them with you.
JUDY SOMMERFELDT will be teaching us how to letter the Bookhand alphabet. Judy is a longtime member of Utah Calligraphic Artists. She is a consummate teacher who is a letterer as well as a bookbinder, and has taught each. A past-president of UCA, Judy is also a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend!
Bookhand is sometimes referred to as Fountdational Hand, Roman, and Humanist Bookhand. It was used by scribes in the late 14th century. Jackie Svaren tells us in her book Written Letters that “it served as a model for the Humanist scribes, but by the middle of the 15th century printing had begun to replace the scribes. Humanist Bookhand was used as a model for type, so it is very familiar to us today.”
SUPPLIES TO BRING:
Saturday, March 22nd – Uncial by Mary Ellen Ross
Our March Meeting will be devoted to learning or reviewing the Uncial Alphabet
MARY ELLEN ROSS will be teaching this month, and this will be a treat!!
Uncial is a favorite of many calligraphers. Sheila Waters enjoyed the “simplicity and the speedy rhythme of the early letters.” Annie Cicale states in her book, The Art and Craft of Hand Lettering, “The wide open shapes of Uncial make it very legible and suprisingly adaptabele to modern use, even though it combines forms that don’t conform to the rules of modern alphabet design.”
Be sure to come on Saturday March 22, to enjoy learning and using this interesting and versatile alphabet! Be sure to bring the Handouts!!
The Handouts for this March Meeting contain the list of supplies you need to bring, in addition to the examplars and other helps for learning Uncial.
Please go to the 2025 Handouts tab at the top of this page and print out the March handouts to use in this meeting.
You will need the handouts for our Saturday Meeting!
We will begin our meeting with Lee Sim teaching us about the Batarde alphabet. He will instruct us on how to letter out this elegant hand. “Batarde is the French equivalent of the English Secretary or the German Fraktur hands.” It originated in the late 13th century.
After the break, we will once again focus on Lee as he teaches just how to construct the Astounding Scroll Box invented by Lee, himself.
(more…)We are so fortunate to have Melissa Esplin for our teacher. We will be learning “Modern Calligraphy”using a pointed nib.
Those who are familiar with Melissa and her beautiful pointed pen calligraphy know we are in for a treat!
Our monthly UCA meetings are held at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center:
1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City, UT
from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Please come at least 15 minutes early to find a seat, look at books in our new library, and check out or add to the items in the Flea Market. Be sure to bring some cash to pay for items you buy. Please put your money in the Flea Market tin. We only accept cash–no checks or Venmo. All proceeds will go toward the Christmas Compendium in November.
UCA’S FORTIETH BIRTHDAY PARTY
On September 21st, 2019, members of Utah Calligraphic Artisits gathered with friends at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the founding of our calligraphy guild. This was a celebration of art and letters and friendships. We were excited to welcome Diane Sheya our founder and first president. Forty years ago Diane could hardly imagine what this organization would become and how it would affect hundreds of members over those 40 years. The fact that it is vibrant and thriving is a testament to all those who have donated untold hours to make UCA into the fantastic organization it is today!
A BIG THANK YOU to Nancy Ostergar and her committee and everyone who helped make this event so memorable!!
I came home from the party with almost 100 photos on my camera. I cannot possibly post them all on this web page, but I will post as many as conceivable. Actually, every photo was not worthy of being posted. You will find them scrolling above after the Utah Calligraphic Artists sign and below. I hope everyone can find themselves in the photos. I tried to include all, but I am sure I missed someone. My apologies, but hope everyone will enjoy reliving the day
