2 Composers Separated by 68 Years and 2 Drawings • Graydon Hanson
When 12-year old aspiring composer, Graydon, was tasked with following in the footsteps of a composer, he chose Estonian composer Arvo Part, who happened to draw significantly by hand. Above and below are two images from Graydon's presentation, illustrating his journey through the past and toward the future.
The Script Inside a Manuscript • Tomas Cohen
With best wishes from a Chilean poet in Berlin,
Tomas | www.tomascohen.com
Lenore Tawney postcard to Maryette Charlton (1969) • Smithsonian Archives of American Art
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
Lenore Tawney postcard to Maryette Charlton, February 16, 1969. Maryette Charlton papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This letter will be featured in Smithsonian's forthcoming book, Pen to Paper: Artists’ Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016).
Thank you to Mary Savig, Curator of Manuscripts, for opening up the Smithsonian Archives of American Art for a Handwritten celebration.
Maxfield Parrish letter to Cecilia Beaux, July 11, 1909 • Smithsonian Archives of American Art
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
Maxfield Parrish letter to Cecilia Beaux, July 11, 1909. Cecilia Beaux papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This letter will be featured in Smithsonian's forthcoming book, Pen to Paper: Artists’ Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016).
Thank you to Mary Savig, Curator of Manuscripts, for opening up the Smithsonian Archives of American Art for a Handwritten celebration.
Eero Saarinen letter to Aline Saarinen, 1953 • Smithsonian Archives of American Art
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
Eero Saarinen letter to Aline Saarinen, 1953. Aline and Eero Saarinen papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This letter will be featured in Smithsonian's forthcoming book, Pen to Paper: Artists’ Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016).
Thank you to Mary Savig, Curator of Manuscripts, for opening up the Smithsonian Archives of American Art for a Handwritten celebration.
Winslow Homer letter to Thomas B. Clarke, January 4, 1901 • Smithsonian Archives of American Art
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
Winslow Homer letter to Thomas B. (Thomas Benedict) Clarke, January 4, 1901. Winslow Homer collection. This letter will be featured in Smithsonian's forthcoming book, Pen to Paper: Artists’ Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016).
Thank you to Mary Savig, Curator of Manuscripts, for opening up the Smithsonian Archives of American Art for a Handwritten celebration.
Take The First Steps Into The Dark Dawn • Royster
BY ROYSTER
In 2009, I couldn't read my own longhand notes. I read a bit about handwriting, then adopted an italic script from Write Now! by Getty & Dubay. Much more legible, and if I put my mind and hand to it a little more than I do here, I get compliments! Best of all, I got a letter from Mrs. Getty where she includes some calligraphic scribbles.
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” Alan Cohen
We Are Going Fishing While They Build Their Empires on Scotch • Jim Landwehr
Huffy, by Jim Landwehr
Remnants, by Jim Landwehr
Alphabet in Kurrentschrift • Sarah Madges
Kurrentschrift: German in medieval style handwriting, this particular style circa 1865
I Don't Create With Any Intention of Meaning • Tatiana Roumelioti
It'd odd how the simple coordination of individual strokes leads to the immediate recognition of meaning. But what happens when those strokes are combined new lines? Artist Tatiana Roumelioti has been exploring the bridge between art and words. You could say she's invented an alphabet, but that would be putting meaning where there is none. And so, we leave her words as they are, and their meaning up to you.
By Tatiana Roumelioti
Born on November 9th, 1988, in Athens, Greece,
I am a self taught artist,
and I am fascinated by both art and writing.
I love to bridge the two by using my imagination
to invent letters, glyphs, symbols, scripts.
I don't create with any intention of meaning about them,
so I cannot give
translation of my work.
However, it can speak by itself
on a personal level,
like any other form of Art.
Conquered by Sadness, Soon Was Filled with Gloom • Satya Vadlamani
BY SATYA VADLAMANI
Expectations are more
But hope is less
Conquered by sadness
Soon was filled with gloom
Becos,
The intention was to write
But the refill in my pen exhausted
*the last word in my original script reflected the writing when the refill exhausted*
The Power and Weight of the Mind Which is Not Enough • LB Thompson
The paper is from Chinatown, and the quote is from poet George Oppen
A 22-Month Project Using the American Sign Lanuage Alphabet as a Platform for Inner Reflection • Sarah Haskell
Each square is 9" by 9". Embroidered on antique linens. 2014 - 2015
Now: Letters by Hand, An illustrated Inner Life
A 22 month project using the American Sign Language alphabet as a platform for inner reflection.
26 letters stitched on antique linens over 22 months
Project initiated in Tamil Nadu, India (January 2014)
Completed in Rabun Gap, GA, USA (November 2015)
If I Have Prophetic Powers • Dr. Williams Madges
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
- New Testament, First letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 13, Verse Two. Written in Greek.