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The Edward Johnston Foundation

The Edward Johnston Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of public awareness of calligraphy, not only as an art form in its own right but also as the seed and reference point for many other lettering disciplines including modern typeface design

British Library

The BL has a site at http://portico.bl.uk/ , giving access to the online book collection.

Victoria and Albert Museum

The National Art Museum at the V&A has a site at http://www.vam.ac.uk/ . Their collections include important calligraphic material from the start of the 20th century, as well as work from the William Morris period.

Calligraphy Bulletin Board

Jim Martin runs the Cyberscribes bulletin board with a digest facility. Based in the US, the digest facility allows you to receive all the mail contributed in the last day (or so) in one operation. No charge for subscription. http://www.calligraph.com/callig

Cheerio

John Stevens has a website at http://www.calligraphycentre.com/, combined with details of the Camp Cheerio calligraphy retreats he runs with Jim Teta in the North Carolina mountains.

Books

The site of John Neal, bookseller, in the US is at http://www.johnnealbooks.com. John Neal's email is info@JohnNealBooks.com

Mary Anne Wolfe

www.calligraphybymaryanne.com
Mary Anne Wolfe has operated her own calligraphy business in New York City since 1987. Among her many private and corporate clients are Cartier, Bvlgari, Fendi, Bear Stearns, McGraw-Hill, Ernst and Young, Showtime, Asprey, Colgate-Palmolive and Columbia University. She is a member of the Society of Scribes (NYC) and will complete her fourth year on the Society's Board of Governors and third and final year as President in February 2001. In the fall of 1999 she was the Managing Director of the major exhibition, "Artist & Alphabet; 20th Century Calligraphy and Letter Art in America" held at the American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York City.

Aberdeen Bestiary

The University of Aberdeen is making available its medieval manuscript Bestiary on the Web. Go to http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/

Lettering Tours of Rome

Legacy of Letters run occasional tours of Roman lettering sites of antiquity. For details see http://www.letterspace.com/LETTERING_TOURS

Nibs

They are an ever-present fascination for calligraphers. Find the Platignum site at http://www.platignum.co.uk

Letter Arts Review

The SSI offers a 10% reduction to UK members. See what you'll get on the site http://www.johnnealbooks.com/prod_detail_list/14

Dick Beasley

A site in memory of Dick Beasley, former member of the Society can be found at http://www.calligraphabets.com

The Memorial Arts Charity

was established in 1998, ten years after the founding of Memorials by Artists Ltd (a nationwide service to help people to commission well designed individual memorials). For details go to http://www.memorialartscharity.org.uk/

Arts5.com

Comprehensive Arts Directory at http://www.arts5.com

Paintergallery.com

Comprehensive Directory of Artists and Painters at http://www.paintergallery.com/

Art at Clevancy

Calligraphy and Lettering Courses at Cliffansty Farm Clevancy, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 8ST. Details here
 

The Art Directory

Art Resources at www.theartdirectory.net

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