FARGO — Visual artist, calligrapher and teacher Anne Kaese believes there’s an artist in everyone, no matter their skill, talent or experience. “Being an artist is what we all are. Some of us use ...

A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the ...

With a steady hand, Oman calligrapher Abdullah al Waili demonstrated how to write in Arabic script to a packed room at the Sackler Gallery of Art. He and Aishah Holland, a U.S.-based calligrapher, led ...

Cong Qiang owns a small school supplies store in the port city of Tianjin. While one day preparing to renovate his store, Cong began cleaning up his storehouse and discovered several writing brushes ...

Friday, January 11: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter Four black students sat at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960 and helped to change the course of American history. By ...

In today’s digital world, many of us don’t get to hold a pen for days. All our fingers do is tap screens and punch keyboards faster than lightning. While the focus on handwriting seems to have shifted ...

CAMP ZAMA (Dec. 2, 2019) -- Ken Ishida started teaching shodo--the traditional Japanese art of calligraphy--at the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center about 10 years ago. Since then, Ishida has observed ...

Plans to introduce Arabic calligraphy lessons for 10-year-olds in schools in Malaysia have prompted a furious row among minority communities there, as the issue touches on the hotly-debated subjects ...