Yorktown Calligraphy Guild

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Humble beginnings...

 

After receiving a diagnosis of leukemia, Mary Arndt, from Yorktown, Virginia, decided to establish the Yorktown Calligraphy Guild in December of 2015. 

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Where are we?

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We are located in Yorktown, Virginia. We also include Poquoson, Newport News, Hampton, and surrounding areas.

 

Who are we?

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We are calligraphers on different levels, some beginners, some novices. We are people whose goals are to educate and encourage people, and to pass on the art of calligraphy.

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A Brief Look at Our History

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• Dec 2015  Mary Arndt, a calligrapher in Yorktown, Virginia creates the Yorktown Calligraphy Guild on Facebook.

• Jan 2016   Having only 10 members, she decides to use social media to promote guild. Guild then has 35 members.

• Jan 2016   Mary Arndt decides to hold the first calligraphy class on Italics, at the Poquoson Library with 10 students.

• Apr 2016  Mary decides to teach Modified Old English.

• Aug 2016  Our First Guild Meeting at the Poquoson Library.

• Mar 2017  Our Second Guild Meeting at the Yorktown Library.

• Apr 2017   The first officers are voted in at our third meeting: President: Mary Arndt, Vice President: Jill Figuenick, Secretary: Patty Capps, and Treasurer:  Curtis Rogers.

• May 2017  Our official motto was created by a member: Citattus Exercitus Custoditus Aureum Scriptura. [Promoting, Practicing, Preserving Beautiful writing].

• May 2017  Our official crest is developed by a member and will be finalized soon.