EXHIBITIONS
International Female Calligraphers Exhibition
5th – 20th June 2010
Cemal Resit Rey Salonu
Harbiye Mh.
34367 Istanbul, Turkey
Telephone: 0212 232 9830
Café t, Asia House
12th August – 20th September 2008
Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street
London, W1G 7LP
Tel: +44(0)20 7307 5454
www.asiahouse.org
Hillingdon Artists Group Exhibition
23rd July – 3rd August 2008
Osterley Park and House
Jersey Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 4RB
Telephone: 01494 755566 (Infoline)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Sharjah Biennial for the Art of Arabic Calligraphy
Third Session
2 April – 2 June 2008
Sharjah Museum of the Art of Arabic Calligraphy
www.sharjahmuseums.ae
Art in Action
19-22 July 2007
Demonstration and exhibition
This four day event of demonstrations, classes, performances, and dialogues brings together a community of around 22,000 visitors and 250 artists and crafts people each year.
Calligraphy materials and original art pieces will be on sale.
Venue: Art in Action, Waterperry House, Waterperry, Nr. Wheatley, Oxfordshire OX33 1JZ
Open: 10.30am - 5.30pm each day, Thursday 19 July - Sunday 22 July 2007
Speaking Art: An Exhibition of Calligraphy
23 September 2006 – 21 January 2007
Calligraphy is the seminal art of Islam. It continues to exist - flourishing or marginalized - in all Muslim cultures for over fifteen centuries. The exhibition will acquaint visitors with the many historical scripts related to Muslim cultures as well as introduce them to the exciting new international genre that has emerged in contemporary art, in the last few decades. Speaking Art will represent work from a range of countries, including Pakistan , India , Turkey and the United Kingdom . A wide variety of traditional and modern media will be depicted such as works on paper, leather, ceramics, metal ware, glass and multi-media. The exhibition will be further contextualised by historical material from the Cartwright Hall Collections.
http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/ch/ch_exhib.htm
SONY PSP The Beautiful Script Exhibition
Sony Playstation sponsored an art exhibition encompassing the world of Arabic calligraphy and geometry to coincide with the launch of their new handheld device the PSP.
Venue:
The Dray Walk Gallery
Dates:
5th August — 14th August 2005