Letterheads in Valencia and Brittany, and Back to School Workshops

This events roundup is a compact edition highlighting two recently announced Letterheads meets and some workshops of note around the world. You can opt in/out of these updates via your email preferences.

Letterheads News

The momentum of Letterheads movement continues to build in Europe this autumn, with events in France and Spain. (And the UK, but the Bristol edition of Burds of the Brush is already sold out.)

I'll be heading to the picturesque surrounds of Almàssera in València next month for Letterheads per L'Horta, and hope to see some other international visitors there too...

Letterheads per L'Horta and Martre

October outings: Letterheads per L'Horta in Valencia, and Martre in Brittany.

• Grand-Champ, Brittany: Martre, 11–13 October (Check out Martre 2023 for a taste of what happened last year)
• Almàssera, València: Letterheads per l’Horta, 25–27 October

Check out these reviews of past Letterheads meets to get a taster for what it's all about.

Letterheads Meet Reviews on BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)

Reviews, photo galleries, and films of Letterheads meets. IOAFS.

BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture •Better Letters

More Gatherings

• Mandurah, Western Australia: Australian Letterheads hosted by Advanced Airbrush, 4–6 October
• Dublin: Luvin Letters, 4–5 October
• Chamblee, Georgia: Babe Walls, 7–10 October
• Guadalajara: Letrástica Festival, 23–26 October
• Cambridge, New Zealand: NZ Letterheads, 26–28 October
• Amelia Island, Florida: Walldogs Meet, 6–10 November
• Online: BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 05, 9 November

Back to School Workshops Update

If your plan for the next academic year is to grow your sign painting or gilding skills, check out the post, 'Where Can I Learn the Craft of Sign Painting?' This lists a variety of people and places offering workshops and courses, both in-person and online.

Here are a few picks from the next few months.

Mike Meyer Hits Hawaii

This will be Mike's first visit to the Pacific island, and he's bringing his renowned hand lettering workshop with him from 10–12 October.

Hand lettering in Honolulu with Mike Meyer, 10–12 October.

A Triple Treat in New York

After their first collaboration in Stockholm, Peter Liedberg, Kenji Nakayama, and Ged Palmer are back together for an introductory class (12–13 October) and an intensive script and casual workshop (19–20 October) at Noble Signs in Brooklyn.

Ged and Peter also have classes coming up in Berlin, London and Tokyo,

A Golden Flourish in Florence

Over the weekend of 28–29 September, Liane Barker is running a glass gilding workshop in Florence, Italy. This includes a tour of the Manetti gold beating factory, and there's more information in the document below.

Glass Gilding Workshop in Florence Information sheet about Liane Barker's Florence glass gilding workshop. Glass-Gilding-Workshop-in-Florence.pdf • 1 MB

If you have an event or exhibition you'd like to share in a future roundup, please send details to sam@bl.ag. I'll be back with more happenings in the not-too-distant future.

All good things, Sam

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