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The Abbey Studio is pleased to offer courses in our newly renovated studio classroom, shown at left. Our classroom provides a professional work station for each student, including a drafting table, T-square, excellent lighting, large chalkboard for demonstrations, and adequate space for supplies. Our maximum of four students per class guarantees each student ample one-on-one instruction. Private lessons and gift certificates are available. We update the schedule in December (for spring offerings), April (for summer offerings) and August (for fall offerings). Our current offering of classes is listed below. For a listing of supplies, please click here.

When arriving for class, please look for our sign (above) at the bottom of the driveway. Please enter the building through the side door, also marked with an Abbey Studio sign.

Course Offerings for Summer 2008

Class	Description	Date/Time	Instructor	Price
Italic Lettering Course No. 1100-A	This course is designed for students with little or no experience using a broad-edged (chisel point) pen for lettering. We will study the Italic alphabet in detail, learning about pen angle and letter proportion. This beautiful hand, which evolved in 15^th century Italy, can be used for creating greeting cards & invitations, one-of-a-kind pieces of poetry & scripture, and many varied gift applications.	Saturday & Sunday, June 7 & 8 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$250 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $75 per student to course fee.

Italic Lettering Course No. 1100-B	Same as above	Saturday & Sunday, June 28 & 29 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$250 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $75 per student to course fee.

Italic Lettering Course No. 1100-C	Same as above	Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$250 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $75 per student to course fee.

Italic Lettering Course No. 1100-D	Same as above	Saturday & Sunday, August 9 & 10 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$250 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $75 per student to course fee.

Italic & Foundational Course No. 1150-A	This course is designed as the follow-up to Italic Lettering. A review of the Italic alphabet will be followed by the introduction of the Foundational hand. The course will culminate with a final project incorporating the two lettering styles.	Saturday & Sunday, August 23 & 24 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$300 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $75 per student to course fee.

Hand Lettering – Five Styles Course No. 1175-A	In this course we will cover the five basic lettering styles which are created using a broad-edged pen. Uncial lettering, which was used during the 6^th through 9^th centuries, Carolingian from the 9^th and 10^th centuries, Gothic from the 14^th and 15^th centuries, Italic from the 14^th and 15^th centuries, and Foundational, which developed in the 20^th century, well after the advent of the printing press.	Monday – Friday, July 21-25 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$500 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $75 per student to course fee.

NEW!! Pop-Up Books Course No. 1800-A	Wondering how those adorable books and greeting cards come to life? Learn about “paper architecture” with illustrator, calligrapher and designer Deborah Dyer in this one-day workshop. You’ll create several simple projects and come away with a “learning packet” chock full of templates, reading resources and project ideas.	Saturday, June 14 10:00 – 4:00	Deborah Dyer	$175 (plus $20 materials fee payable to instructor)

NEW!! Bookbinding Course No. 1700-A	Learn basic bookbinding techniques to complement your calligraphy. In this weekend workshop, Bookbinder Peter Foster will help you create a hand made book, employing skills that will allow you to create special one-of-a-kind books to house your calligraphic creations.	Saturday and Sunday, July 26 & 27 10:00 – 4:00	Peter Foster	$300 (plus $50 materials fee payable to instructor)

Copperplate Script Course No. 1200-A	This beautiful Victorian-era script is perfect for wedding invitations, formal table accessories such as place cards, and as an accompaniment to broad-edged lettering on scrolls.	Saturday, June 21 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$200 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $20 per student to course fee.

Copperplate Script Course No. 1200-B	Same as above	Monday & Tuesday, July 14 & 15 4:00 – 5:30 PM instruction 6:00 - 8:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$200 To purchase supplies through studio, please add $20 per student to course fee.

Quill Cutting Course No. 1050-A	This two-and-a-half-hour course will instruct students in the cutting of goose quills for use in calligraphic lettering.	Saturday, August 16 1:00 – 5:00	Margaret Choteborsky	$100 (plus $20 materials fee payable to instructor)

Roman Caps Course No. 1000-A	This intensive one-day workshop will guide students through the intricacies of creating Roman capital letters with a broad-edged pen. These beautiful letters are useful for headings and certificate personalizations. This course is recommended for students already possessing basic knowledge of calligraphic lettering.	Sunday, August 17 10:00 - 5:00	Margaret Choteborsky	$200

NEW!! Calligraphy & Digital Equipment Course No. 1475-A	Ready to move your calligraphy into the digital age? This really fun course introduces students to some very useful techniques combining hand lettering and electronic media allowing students to create limitless designs for the web and print reproduction. Bring your laptop equipped with Photoshop (or similar program) and get ready to bring calligraphy into the 21^st century!	Thursday & Friday, August 7 & 8 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$250

Getting to Know the Book of Kells Course No. 1600-A	This unusual course begins with a detailed slide presentation explaining the history of The Book of Kells and its overall layout plan. Following the slide presentation, a class on the Uncial hand (used in The Book of Kells) will take place. The last segment of the course will consist of the re-creation of one of the pages from the book by each student.	Mondays, June 23, & 30 4:00 – 8:00 PM	Maryanne Grebenstein	$200

Manuscript Gilding Course No. 1500-A	Students will be taught the technique of gilding (on paper and vellum) and the use of gouache to create beautiful artwork reminiscent of Renaissance manuscripts. Karat gold leaf will be applied to gesso and burnished to create a brilliant “illumination” of the page.	Monday & Tuesday, July 28 & 29 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 - 4:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$250

Layout and Design Course No. 1400-A	Once some experience in hand lettering has been achieved, the next step is learning to create an inviting and interesting layout for your piece. In this course, we will study basic layout and design principles and how they can be applied to projects of interest to the calligrapher, such as quotations, invitations, awards and logos. Beginning with printed text, we will work through thumbnail sketches, refining lettering size and line spacing, utilizing contrasting letter styles and sizes, and ultimately creating a finished piece. The use of gouache for color, as well as metallic paints for decoration will be included in the course.	Tuesday & Wednesday, August 5 & 6 10:00 – 1:00 instruction 2:00 – 5:00 open studio	Maryanne Grebenstein	$250

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In addition to our normal calligraphy classes, we are pleased to offer bookbinding, pop-up book making, and quill cutting for a total of 16 courses this summer.

Many of our classes are scheduled in a format where the first two to four hours of class time are used for instruction and demonstration. After a brief break, the class resumes on an optional "open studio" basis. This allows participants access to the studio classroom and its equipment to work on a project. Although the instructors will assign a project if requested, usually students are encouraged to provide their own project - something that is of particular interest to them.

We are very excited to have added three distinguished teachers to our roster this year: Illustrator and Paper Artist, Deborah Dyer; Calligrapher, Peggy Choteborsky; and Bookbinder, Peter Foster.

To read about the instructors, please click the instructor's name.

Withdrawal/Cancellation Policy: A refund (tuition less 20%) will be issued if a student withdraws from class two weeks or more prior to the beginning of class. If withdrawal occurs less than two weeks before class, no cash refund will be issued, but a school credit voucher will be provided. Occasionally there is insufficient registration for a class to run. In such cases, registrants will be given three options: (1) Private or semi-private lessons (with price adjustment), (2) placement in another time slot for the same class, or (3) refund.

Please note, the North Bennet Street School in Boston will be offering a Copperplate Script course taught by Maryanne Grebenstein on Saturday & Sunday, July 19 & 20. For info or to register click nbss.