Upcoming Pen Dragons Workshops
Click on workshop titles below to view further information about each scheduled workshop and instructor.
On Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, 2025, we will be hosting our first in-person in six years with instructor Vicki Corwin.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION POLICIES
Non-members may register, if space allows, at the close of the members-only period until workshop fills or 2 weeks prior to the workshop, a non-member fee of $20 applies.
Non-refundable payment for the full registration fee is due at the time of registration.
To view more information on workshop registration policies please click here.
Suggest an Instructor or Topic
What calligraphy workshop would you like to attend? Have you heard about a great instructor that you and others would like to come to teach in this area? Contact us and let us know.
Please be advised that many quality instructors are scheduling two or more years out.
Recent Pen Dragons Workshops
Pen Dragons has always prided itself on bringing top instructors to the Kalamazoo area for workshops on various calligraphic hands and techniques.
The world needs a bit more sparkle and magic in it...so why not use mica to brighten it up? This workshop with Suzie Beringer will focus on how mica can be used in lettering, design work and sometimes, just adding a touch of elegance in the work we are doing.
Exploring the possibilities of the monoline letterform, this workshop with Julie Wildman will guide participants through a series of exercises designed to help you see letters as shapes made of up positive and negative space.
Circles . . . no beginning . . . no end. Looking around us, we can see circular designs everywhere. As lettering artists, they also provide a way for us to step away from the "straight base line" and create something different - something fresh!
Creative tiny foundational letterforms and Roman capitals using the versatile pointed pen will be our focus for this workshop.
Heather Held will be teaching ‘The Artful Flourish’ this April as a virtual workshop. In this workshop, Heather teaches offhand flourishing; a unique, non-lettering art form created with a pointed steel pen.
When Amity was with us in 2019 presenting her Chunky Caps in the "Bold and Blended" workshop, we were intrigued to learn she had an accompanying miniscule alphabet. We are finally able to schedule her for a return engagement to learn those minuscules.
"Slow and Steady" is Amity's new workshop, an outgrowth of her work during Covid. In her words, "There are times when our lettering calls for a new way of working to achieve the effect we are looking for.
Carol DuBosch will be teaching a virtual workshop titled, “Bookhand with a Twist”, which is Carol’s take on Bone, a contemporary script.
Yukimi Annand will be teaching a virtual workshop titled, “Drawn and Build-Up Capitals”, which is a study of Hermann Kilian’s work with the Roman alphabet.
Members-Only Registration opens August 24; Non-member registration (if space allows) opens September 7.
SPOTLIGHTS
Spotlights are mini-workshops (1-day or less) for current and prospective Guild members. They are designed for beginning calligraphers and Guild members who would like a quick refresher in a calligraphic hand or technique. Calligraphers who might be accomplished in other styles may wish to sample a new script or application at a Spotlight.
Spotlight instructors are often members of the Guild themselves who have skills they are willing to share.
Pen Dragons generally offers one or two of these opportunities per year. There are none currently scheduled for the remainder of 2019.
For more information on Spotlight Registration Policies click here.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Financial assistance may be available for Guild members for up to half of workshop or spotlight tuition; limits apply. Contact Pen Dragons for more information. Scholarship policies are under review by the Board of Directors at this time.