“Seeing important artists using letters and words in their artwork, it was time to study how they can still produce such new and interesting work from an old art form, the Iranian calligraphy. In ...

Under a little white tent at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., an artist named Ruben Malayan is teaching kids and visitors how to write the letter "A" in Armenian calligraphy.

Why did you choose the art of calligraphy? Art was my favourite subject and it was evident since my young age that I will pursue a career in it. The fascination about letters and the interest in ...

Handwritten letters are performances on paper. Elegant flourishes of cursive sashay across a page; bold strokes of calligraphy shout for attention. These lively impressions take shape in endless ...