You can book your course online going to our homepage ‘Book a Course’. You can find information on our current Calligraphy course and book online here You can sign up online going to our homepage ‘Book a Course’. No, your place on the course will only be confirmed on receipt of the course fee in full. We run courses three times a year, January – March, April – June and September – November. No, the script is mostly constructed, not freehand, so drawing skills are not essential.Īll materials for the course are provided up to the final project, for which students will have the option of bringing their own, particularly if they wish to work in a medium other than paper (mosaic, canvas, ceramic…). There will be a maximum of 10 students in each class.ĭo I need to be able to read and write Arabic? The course uses the Kufi script as a foundation, but encourages students to be creative with the traditional form and find their own approach to the art of Arabic calligraphy. What school of Calligraphy does the course teach? She now lives in London where her study of these fields is ongoing. She is especially interested in the unique relationship between Kufi and geometry, both sacred arts. She learned to breathe new life into a traditional art, not merely copying or reviving its old forms but finding a contemporary language for it. A graphic designer by training, she learned the essence of Kufi script, the oldest form of Arabic, from master calligrapher Samir Sayegh, through years of close collaboration. Joumana was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. The aim of the course in returning to Kufi is to guide students towards finding their own approach to the art of Arabic calligraphy.Ĭheck our current calligraphy course here Joumana Medlej learned to work with Kufi through years of apprenticeship with renowned Lebanese calligrapher Samir Sayegh, and has put together an original course to transmit this material. Unlike later scripts characterized by strict formal rules, it lends itself to being constantly reinvented, so that it thrives on the same creative freedom that animated the first calligraphers. Kufi was the first Arabic script to be consciously made beautiful. Joumana teaches this course twice a year:Īnd here’s a little description of the course itself: Lo and behold, Joumana Medlej’s Creative Arabic Calligraphy course was born! For a few years, we ran a traditional Arabic calligraphy course and then in 2014 we thought, hey! why don’t we hold a creative calligraphy class instead.
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