arim Jabbari began practicing calligraphy at the age of twelve. Growing up in Tunisia during the Ben Ali regime and seeing his father imprisoned, Jabbari experienced a difficult childhood. Calligraphy ...

Calligraphy may consist of a Quranic verse, or famous sayings or lessons. "Since my childhood, I always saw my father writing and making paintings. This is what attracted me towards calligraphy.

At 72, Costa Rican artist Isidro Con Wong still finds inspiration in his childhood calligraphy lessons.He likes to say it was that early exposure to Oriental brush and ink that made him an artist.

Iraqi artist Wissam Shawkat, inspired by his childhood calligraphy instructor, who wrote in Riqa style on a crumbling blackboard, developed an intrinsic passion for calligraphy at an early age and ...

A new study finds that childhood participation in arts and crafts leads to innovation, patents, and increases the odds of starting a business as an adult. ... and became obsessed with calligraphy.

Sweeney will teach the art of hand-lettering at our sixth Craft Club class on March 30 at 7 p.m. ET. After her early interest in calligraphy as a child, Sweeney took up lettering again about 13 ...

Ma, the Met curator, was introduced to the artist in 2010, but she had admired her calligraphy since childhood. “I grew up in Taipei, and I remember that we had a catalog of hers,” Ma recalled.

She's loved calligraphy since her childhood and got inspiration from her father, who's also a calligrapher and teaches at the same school. Azzahra's father encourages her passion and gives her advice.