OREANDA-NEWS. On 03 April 2008 was announced, that Alexander Hodyakin, Assistant of MVK Director General, met Belorussian calligraphers in Minsk .

The meeting was dedicated to the preparations for the future sequence of calligraphic exhibitions. As genuine artists, the calligraphers offered some variants for the project development, therefore making a considerable contribution to the common cause.

Gennadz Matzur, Ruslan Nayden, Vsevolod Sventohovsky, Yury Toreev and Pavel Semchenko shared their views on the art of calligraphy. It was great to dive into the atmosphere of educated, intellectual and talented people who apply much force to bring the project’s mission – forming of a beautiful and healthy society – into reality.

Next day Pavel Semchenko invited Alexander Hodyakin to his workshop and demonstrated some of his works and shared some secrets of his art.

The Belorussian masters of calligraphy rely on the project, for the changes going on today are sometimes harmful for spirituality. These smart, well-intentioned people are sure that Aleksey Shaburov and his professional team are able of restoring the beautiful but forgotten art. And it is really so.