August 7-29, 2007

We are proud to be co-sponsoring Political Calligraphic Works, by Thomas Ingmire and one thousand participants from over 25 countries

OPENING RECEPTION
Tuesday, August 7, 2007, 5:00 – 7:30 pm

CALLIGRAPHY DEMONSTRATION
Saturday, August 11, 2007, 1:30 pm

Canessa Gallery
708 Montgomery, San Francisco

On Saturdays at 1 pm during the exhibit Thomas Ingmire will discuss the project’s evolution. Calligraphy demonstrations by different calligraphers each week will follow the presentations:

Saturday, August 11
Sakiko Kanamori will give a demonstration of Japanese calligraphy at 1:30 pm. Mrs. Kanamori, now 83 years old, was born in Japan. At age six she won a calligraphy competition. Her work was chosen as the best out of 500,000 people. This event, even at an early age, led to her lifetime dedication to calligraphy. She came to the US when she was in her early 20’s and has taught calligraphy for over 47 years, the last 30 out of her own studio in Milbrae, California.

Saturday, August 18
1:00 pm Thomas Ingmire discusses Words for Peace project
1:30 pm Thomas Ingmire will demonstrate and discuss his approach to modern
Western calligraphy

Saturday, August 25
1:00 pm Thomas Ingmire discusses Words for Peace project
1:30 Ward Dunham, A North Beach Icon, well-known to all those who ever frequented Enrico’s, will demonstrate Western calligraphy using a bamboo pen

About Words for Peace
In March of this year, dismayed by both the imminent war in Iraq and ongoing U.S. defiance of the global community, Thomas Ingmire invited approximately eighty friends and colleagues to participate in a collective calligraphic project on the subjects of war, fear, and peace. Each person was asked to write out a statement on a 5” x 20” sheet of paper and send it to Thomas, who would then arrange these pieces into a work that would be shown as part of the Friends of Calligraphy exhibit, Kalligraphia X, at the San Francisco Public Library. Thomas also requested that the participants invite their friends, families, and colleagues to contribute statements; children, in particular, were encouraged to take part. To date, more than 750 people from twenty-eight nations have responded. This installation – Words For Peace – is the result.
More information can be found here.