Events

Sign painting, sign and lettering events can be submitted for listing via sam@bl.ag or on the submissions page. See these posts for reviews of past events, including Letterheads meets.

Conferences, Letterheads, and Socials

High Springs FL: Walldogs, March dates to be confirmed

Barcelona: OFFF, 23–25 March

'Swirling' painted in fairground lettering style. — Letterheads at Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre in March 2023. Panel by Mark Gill, who apprenticed with the late great Fred Fowle.

Milford Lifton, Devon: Letterheads at Dingles, 24–25 March

Workshops and Courses

Some workshops and courses happen regularly, so these are given as links to their respective listings pages, following by other individual classes.

Rolling Workshops and Courses

Los Angeles: Sign Graphics at LA Trade Tech

Various Locations: Sign Painting and Gilding with Mike Meyer

White Waltham, Maidenhead: Sign Painting, Gilding, and Fairground Art with Joby Carter

Torquay, Devon: Gilding with David A. Smith

Online / Los Angeles: Lettering, Layout and Other Topics with Smart Alex Signs

Other Workshops and Courses

Online: Brush Casual Lettering, 3 December

Alloa: Signwriting Workshop, 3–4 December

Melbourne: Beginners Signwriting Workshop, 3 and 10 December

Manchester / Helsinki / Berlin / Maaseik: Swingin' Casual Lettering, February 2023

Exhibitions

Berlin: Kulturwerk, to 1 December

New York: ABRACADABRA: Letterform, Technology, to 10 December

Cambridge: Will Carter: Man of Letters, to 14 December

Berlin: Tokyo TDC in Berlin, to 20 December

Lincoln: Best Art Vinyl: Album Artwork Through the Ages, to 22 December

Binky Brown's Funeral Pyre from the family of Justin Green.

Cincinnati OH: Binky Brown's Funeral Pyre: A memorial exhibition celebrating the life of Justin Green, to 31 December

Les Joncherets: Emmanuel Nouaillier exhibition, to 31 December

London: A Kingdom Of Cardboard: The Golden Age of BBC Graphics, to 6 January

Valencia: TiposQueImportan, 2 December–26 January

Amsterdam: WordPerfect, 18 November—15 January

The Hague: Alphabetum XII — How? Are you, to 21 January

Zurich: Haettenschweiler from A to Z: Creator of Typefaces, Graphic Designer and Artist, to 12 February

Ongoing

San Francisco: Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest [Also available as online experience.]

Las Vegas: Brilliant!

Talks, Tours and Screenings

Online: Sniffing Ink and Flipping Beziers, 29 November

San Francisco: Chinatown Neon Walking Tour, 3 December

Online: Notes on the History of Writing, 5 December

London: Letter Exchange Lectures, featuring leading lettering artists, calligraphers, letter cutters and designers, monthly from 12 October—14 June

Past Event Reviews