A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the ...

This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice and its companion exhibition,Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...

Tran Thi Son Truc, a fourth-year student at Hanoi University, who won first prize in a Chinese-Vietnamese interpreting competition late last year, is also well-known for her elegant calligraphy skills ...

Practicing eight characters at a time, retired Belgian bookbinder finds sense of calm drawing graceful strokes under a Chinese master On Sundays, Liliane Gerard, a graceful, quiet but energetic ...

"Everyday when I go out, I bring an iPad and an Apple Pencil with me," said Chang Ping-huang, a renowned calligrapher from Taiwan, when introducing his new toolkit for practicing Chinese calligraphy.

The writing had a strange beauty of its own, a quirky update of the old practice of writing calligraphy on the ground. Here’s a clip Hanna uploaded of a prototype, dragged along in a handpulled cart ...