OREANDA-NEWS. On 05 June 2009 was announced, that after the large-scale project “International Exhibition of Calligraphy” in the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts the art of calligraphy is keeping on acquiring more and more amateurs.

The Record House of Youths welcomed opening of the exhibition Calligraphy of Petersburg which was organized in the context of the project Art Petersburg with support of Tretyakov’s Gallery. The exposition display included the works of the best Russian calligraphers and participants of our project: Ilya Bogdesko, People’s Artist of the USSR and full member of the Academy of Arts, Petr Chobitko, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Union of Calligraphers, Dmitry Petrovsky, Professor of the Institute of Arts of the Philological Department of the St. Petersburg State University, and their students.

In the recent two years calligraphy has been extensively developing. It is all due to the organized exhibitions, master classes and publication of training guides. Calligraphy of Petersburg is a chamber exhibition, however, the variability of subjects (abstract font compositions, abstracts from poetical and prose works, book layouts) and artistic techniques (graphic techniques in combination with artistic methods; etching, lithography, photography) help grasping the idea of calligraphy. Traditionally the show includes the participants’ master classes.

The master class of Petr Chobitko and his teachers focused mainly on work with children and necessity to bring to children’s minds the opportunities provided by the universe of calligraphy. Little participants of the master class managed to make several large scrolls during the event, thus illustrating the necessity of such lessons and their eagerness to attend them.