Arabic script has a long history of development into a highly refined art form. This class will be taught by artist Elinor Aishah Holland, who offers participants a nurturing context to better understand Arabic script calligraphy’s rich cultural context as well as the techniques involved in this classical art form. She will take participants letter by letter so they can learn the tools and methods for writing these individual design elements. All materials will be provided and no experience is necessary for this workshop.
In addition to the workshop, you can watch Holland demonstrating these techniques during the Late Night on Friday, Februaary 15, where she will be creating a calligraphy piece from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
About Aishah Holland:
Her passion and enthusiasm for calligraphy began during a visit to Istanbul as a teenager. Finding the study of Arabic calligraphic forms difficult in the US, she discovered the NY Society of Scribes and undertook an education in Latin lettering. Her path eventually led her to master scribe Mohamed Zakariya. Holland received an Icazet, or calligraphic certification in Arabic script, in 2013.
Image:Folio of a Qur'an, Mesopotamia (?), dated 812 AH/1409, work on paper, The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art, K.1.2014.22.4