Glasgow Scribes group to host annual calligraphy exhibition
Glasgow Scribes will display a range of calligraphy in their annual exhibition, Calligraphy - The Art & Craft Of Beautiful Writing, from July 4 to 14 in the Art Space at Cass Art in Glasgow.
The exhibition is open from 2pm to 6pm on the first day.
From then the event will run on Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, and on Sundays, from 11am to 6pm.
For the closing day on July 14, the exhibition will be open from 9am to 4pm.
The group will also run three calligraphy workshops on July 5 on Introduction to Copperplate, Gothic Basics, and Introducing Foundational.
More details about the upcoming events can be found on the Glasgow Scribes website.
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