Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Pablo Picasso.
Suzie Beringer:
Suzie Beringer is a lettering artist who makes her home in the Pacific
Northwest. With a degree in commercial art with a life-time passion for
calligraphy and mark making, she is constantly exploring new possibilities and
pushing herself creatively. Her work has been published in Letter Arts
Review as well as other publications. As a teacher she loves to share her
passion for mark making and design with others. As an artist Suzie loves the
challenge and discovery that lettering on different surfaces brings. It has been
said, that if something around her doesn’t move quickly enough it may end up
with letters on it!
See more of Suzie’s work at: instagram:penstrokedesignstudio or visit penstrokedesign.com.
Judy Detrick:
Judy Detrick is a calligrapher/designer living on the Mendocino coast of Northern California. She taught calligraphy and graphic design at College of the Redwoods on the Mendocino coast for more than 25 years, and developed the Graphic Arts Certificate Program there. Her work can be found in several anthologies of calligraphy and graphic design, and she is represented in the Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering at the San Francisco Public Library. A parallel interest of hers is letterpress printing, and under the imprint of the Attic Press, she has produced several limited edition books and a wide collection of ephemera. She teaches regularly at the San Francisco Center for the Book, for the Friends of Calligraphy, and at other venues throughout the US.
See more of Judy’s work at: http://www.judydetrick.com/
Cheryl Jacobsen:
Cheryl Jacobsen is an artist in Iowa City. Her work varies widely from design and straightforward lettering, to illustrations and art. She is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Iowa where she teaches a variety of classes for the University’s Center for the Book including a history of lettering, and several in basic and more advanced calligraphic hands. Her personal lettering work uses text as a medium to create images that speak in a visual but not necessarily literal way.
She has been using traditional calligraphic methods and materials to transcribe words for clients and at times to create art that feels historic, but challenges the traditional relationships of foreground to background and expectations of legibility. She is also very fond of creating assemblages of found objects either for herself or for you on a commission basis.
See more of Cheryl’s work at:
https://cheryljacobsen.com
JP Panter:
“J.P.” Panter, graduated from Western Michigan University, moved west for graduate school, and stayed in Northern California for 25 years. During the coronavirus pandemic she lived just north of London England, and recently returned to be near family in the wilds of northern Michigan.
J.P. is a constant student, and her artistic growth is evident in her work. Her creative journey has taken her to study at a variety of private ateliers, and schools including; The Scottsdale Artists School, the Disney Studios at Hilton Head South Carolina, the Pasadena Art College, the Academy of Art University in San Francisco (MFA Illustration) and in 2016 to the European Lettering Institute in Brugge.
Environment and community have always been an important part of J.P.’s artistic grounding. Even at a great distance, she runs a small nature journaling group in Napa Valley, which is an offshoot of the larger Nature Journal Club of the San Francisco Bay Area. She completed a competency study through U.C. Davis to become a certified California Naturalist. J.P.’s freelance illustrations focus on animals and how shared environments are impacted. She incorporates landscapes and cartographic elements into final works done by hand in line & wash renderings.
J.P. has taught a variety of drawing, and introductory lettering classes. These include:
- Friends of Calligraphy San Francisco (Trivial Pursuits)
- Napa Valley Artist’s Association (watercolor classes)
- the San Francisco International Pen Show, (architectural writing)
- Northern California Botanical Society (pointed pen calligraphy)
- Wild Wonder Nature Journal Conference (sketchbook layout and design)
- Castle in the Air (map mapping)
- Calderdale Calligraphers in West Yorkshire UK (Art Nouveau decorative borders)
See more of JP’s work at: www.jppantercalligraphy.com
Carl Rohrs:
Carl Rohrs has been a commercial lettering artist and sign painter in Santa Cruz, CA since 1977. Teacher of Lettering & Typography and Graphic Design at Cabrillo College since ‘84, and U.C. Santa Cruz Extension. Teacher of modern calligraphy — and occasionally sign-painting and gilding — at workshops and conferences since ‘86 all over the US and Europe, as well as Japan, Australia and South Africa. Studied with Father Edward Catich, Hermann Zapf, Karlgeorg Hoefer among many others. Team teaching partners have included Julian Waters, Georgia Deaver, Susan Skarsgard and sign legend Mark Oatis. Former and current editor of Alphabet, the Journal of the Friends of Calligraphy.
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See more of Carl’s work at: https://www.speedballart.com/pro-artist-network/carl-rohrs/
Gabriela Soba:
Gabriela is a graphic designer who graduated from FADU (University of Buenos Aires) specializing in calligraphy. She has worked as a designer, specializing in packaging and image in several graphic studios, in Buenos Aires and then in Barcelona. In 2012 she became the founder of the Typo studio in Barcelona and began her freelance work. Commissioned work is carried out in visual communication, packaging, interior design, or work in publishing houses on books, illustrations and logo redesign. Custom work in the area of calligraphy includes calligraphy and custom binding, in products such as albums, boxes, artist books, prints, and workshops. Gabriela exhibited her works at Arts Libris (Artist’s Book Fair) in Barcelona in 2012 and 2014.
Gabriela began giving workshops in Barcelona in 2014 at the City Hall, exhibiting various works and book bindings there. In-person and online workshops began in 2020. Her various workshops focus on exploration of calligraphic textures, creation of alphabets, or letters drawn for particular projects.
See more of Gabriela’s work at:
Marina Soria:
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961, Marina Soria is a seasoned artist and educator. With degrees in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, she lectured for many years on Graphic Design and Editorial Design in the University of Buenos Aires, and later on as an Associate Professor in Typography. Marina took a year-long study under a professor trained by a Japanese master, exploring eastern principles of Beauty in sumi-e and eastern calligraphy. She distilled and blended these principles with her rich experience and background in the fine arts, typography and graphic arts, employing unique approaches and techniques that blend diverse disciplines of art, textile art, graphic design, sumi-e and calligraphy.
Marina’s works, vibrating with a love for nature and exploding with life and colour, have been exhibited internationally and are part of collections in institutions and private collections around the world. Marina has received numerous national and international awards, and has been featured widely in calligraphic arts publications.
A prolific artist, Marina finds joy as an experimental art calligrapher and book artist, and continues to teach internationally. Sharing with students the creative process is an extremely enriching practice which ends up redefining the creative process itself. Her main interest is to mingle and blend diverse Eastern and Western disciplines to challenge the limits of conceptual art and technique.
Marina is keen to help students find their own voice and expressions.
See more of Marina’s work at:
Matt Wright:
With 16 years of calligraphy experience and 7 years of teaching, I am passionate about guiding students through the art of calligraphy in a supportive, methodical, and engaging way. Holding a Fine Arts degree from Greenville University and a background in drawing, painting, and ceramics, I bring a well-rounded design perspective to my teaching.My approach focuses on both technical precision and personal expression, encouraging students to develop their own artistic voice. Rather than teaching my personal aesthetic to imitate, I provide “bare bones” exemplars that students can use to build their own lettering voice. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced calligrapher, my goal is to help you build confidence and artistry in your lettering journey.
See more of Matt’s work at:
