Annie Cicale Workshops:
I am currently offering the following workshops. These descriptions are fairly general, and subject matter can be tailored to fit the needs of individual groups. Sometimes parts of one workshop can be combined with another, but this will dilute the content. The length of the workshop usually determines the amount of hands on time the students will have, and I recommend that you schedule 7-8 hours per day.
I am also asked to give lectures to guilds or to other audiences, and have included a few at the end of the list below. These change frequently, however, as my research gives me more ideas to present.
With over forty years of teaching everyone from pre-school to senior citizens, I've learned to put ideas together in many formats. Although many of the workshops listed here are sponsored by calligraphic organizations, I have also worked with colleges and retreat centers, teaching classes that are geared to visual artists in general. Please inquire about your special interests. The classes listed below are topics that I have taught, and they may be modified to suit the needs of your group. It's a long list, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I'm always coming up with new ideas, and new ways to present them.
Please contact me for more detailed information about these classes. I will gladly send you further information about my availability and rates. I have a small book that covers many of these workshops in detail, though others are newer to the list. If something here intrigues you, let me know.
Fine Arts Workshops
Drawing for the Beginner
Landscape Drawing
Portrait Drawing
Beginning Watercolor
Paintiing Watercolor Florals
Color Theory
A Watercolor Journal
Studying Trees, Keeping a Record
Botanical Books (with Redenta Soprano)
Tree Journals (with Carol Parks)
Alphabet Workshops
Monoline Magic
Roman Caps: Function & Beauty
Trajan Romans for the 21st Century
Proportion, Structure and Rhythm: Fundamentals of Alphabet Design
Modernizing Historical Hands, options include Uncial, Insular Scripts, Carolingian and Humanist Bookhands, Black Letter Variations, Copperplate, Johnston's Gothicized Italic, Neuland, Versals: Historical and Modern, The Lettering of Ben Shahn, Art Nouveau and Art Deco hands of the 20th century. (Workshop will cover one of these topics.)
Intense Italic
Carolingian, Then and Now
Alternate tools: broad-edged pen, pointed pen, pointed brush, ruling pen or flat brush. In a weekend workshop one of these tools can be introduced, with ground work for further experimentation.
Layout and Design
Basic Techniques (reviewed in all classes)
Design: Intuition and Analysis
The Handwritten Book
Calligraphy for Reproduction, including computer applications for calligraphy
Typography for the Calligrapher (best as a or short session)
Drawing for the Cowardly Calligrapher
Logo Design
Combining Word & Image
Color & Painting
Value Contrast: Exploring the Grey Areas
Painting Your Treasures, an approach to the still life
Color Theory: Reason & Sense
Watercolor Techniques for Calligraphers
Developing the Calligraphic Painting
A Nature Journal (can be either painted or drawn)
Relief Printmaking and More
Botanical Books (with Redenta Soprano)
Book Arts
Artist's Book: Vessel for Word and Image
Watercolor and Journaling
Printmaking: Relief Printing and More
Haiku into Books (with Redenta Soprano)
Lectures
The Calligraphic Journal
Word and Image: Illuminators, Painters, Graphic Designers and Illustrators
The Face of Humanity: An Installation Regarding the Population Explosion of the Human Race
Looking at Manuscripts: Souvenirs of My European Travels.
Roman Inscriptions: Inventing a Tradition
Word & Image: Inspiration from a photograph by Shellburne Thurber, presented at Odyssey, the international calligraphy conference, 2001.
Setting up a workshop
Please contact me for more detailed information about these classes. I will gladly send you further information about my availability and rates. I have a small book that covers many of these workshops in detail, though others are newer to the list. If something here intrigues you, let me know.