Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild: Journal

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Issue 157 - June 2024:

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Table of Contents

1 - President's Message and Editor's Note
2 - Galleria: Archaic Words and Phrases

12 - CODEX by Donna Uncles

15 - Kids Handwrite tn

15 - Library Sign - Thank You

16 - Review: Newsletter Exchange;

Notable Examples by Leslie Cropper

16 - Mini Review: Alphamaniacs by Paul Fleischman and

Melissa Sweet by Joan Bailey

17 - Mike Gold: Double Stroke Exemplar (inside back cover)

Issue 156 - February 2024:

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Table of Contents

1 - President's Message and Editor's Note
2 - Galleria: Movie One-Liners

9 - Review Cadels, a book by Vivian Mungell by Alma Taylor

10 - Review Noteworthy Newsletter Exchange by Leslie Cropper

11 - Letterscapes: Alberta Views feature

12 - Letterscapes: Calligraphy in Calgary

Issue 155 - November 2023:

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Table of Contents

1 - President's Message and Editor's Note
2 - Galleria: The Element Of Collage (Letters & Collage)

14 - Review: Stop & Go Tour by Joan Bailey

15 - Call For Submissions: 1st Galleria of 2024

16 - Holiday Greetings from 2022 by Donna Uncles

17 - Letterscapes - Calligraphy In Calgary.

18 - Review: Noteworthy Newsletter Exchanges by Leslie Cropper

Issue 154 - June 2023:

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Table of Contents
1 - President's Message
2 - Editor's Note
2 - Galleria: Bugs
12 - Review: Coronation Calligraphy Connections by Joan Bailey
13 - The Queen and I by Ewan Clayton
14 - Shaping Your History by Annette Wichmann, Greta Baack and Thea Lynn Paul
18 - BVCG Procreate Club: Digitally Created Art - A Celtic Knot by Adrienne Waller
21 - Review: Creating Connections Workshop by Valerie Quinsey and Joan Bailey
23 - The Element of Collage Letters and Galleria call for submissions for September 2023
inside back cover - The Love of Pangrams Contest

Issue 153 - February 2023:

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Table of Contents:

1 - President's Message and Editor's Note
2 - Galleria: Write Down The Road

17 - BVCG Procreate Club

20 - Knit-Knack Alphabet by Lindley McDougal

22 - Upcoming Events + Workshops

23 - Reviews: Books

23 The Drawing Club of Improbable Dreams by Cat Bennet

24 Writing: Making Your Mark edited by Ewan Clayton

25 - Call For Submissions (inside Back Cover)

Letterscapes: Calligraphy in Calgary

Issue 152 - November 2022:

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Table of Contents:

1 - President's Message and Editor's Note
2 - Galleria - All Things Ampersand

10 - Call for submissions (February 2023)

11 - Book reviews by George Huitema

12 - Interview with Heather Martinez

17 - Exemplar by Mike Gold

18 - 2023 Library Exhibition

19 - Digital Calligraphy with Tamer Ghoneim

22 - Community Resources for Artists by Donna Uncles

23 - University of Calgary Special Collections

25 - Alpha-Nuts by Alex Matheson

Issue 151 - June 2022:

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Table of Contents:
1 - President's Message and Editor's Note
2 - Galleria - Non Traditional Tools and Letters

13 - Exemplar by Kerri Forster

14 - Interview with Valerie Louis

18 - Digital Calligraphy with Tamer Ghoneim

22 - Remembering Gaye Mackie

25 - Past President's Message & Notices

26 - February Galleria and Missing Artwork

28 - Next Galleria - All Things Ampersand

29 - Ewan Clayton Workshop Announcement

This issue has 32 pages including covers all colour

Issue 150 - February 2022:

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Table of Contents:
1 - President's Message and Editor's Note
2 - Galleria - In Your Own Words

8 - Your Stick Ink with George Huitema

10 - Circle Time with Donna Uncles

11 - Calgary Stampede 2022 with Alma Taylor

12 - From Pencil to Paper with Ann Purdy

16 - Digital Calligraphy with Tamer Ghoneim

20 - Dana Piazza Interview with Annette Wichman

22 - Workshop Committee Update with Thea Lynn Paul

24 - Exemplar by Lynn Slevinsky

25 - Stop & Go Reproductions: A Successful Partnership

This issue has 28 pages including covers all colour

Issue 149 - November 2021:

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Table of Contents:

1 - President's Message and Editor's Note

2 - Galleria - ABECEDARIAN

8 - Drawn and Built Up Caps with Yukimi Annand

13- Call For Submissions: Next Galleria

14- My Scribbled Life with Lily Yee-Sloan

18- Photographing Your Artwork With Tamer Ghoneim

20- A Word About Words with Brody Neuenschwander

22- Digital Calligraphy with Tamer Ghoneim

26- An Interview with Carol DuBosch

28- Exemplar

29- Scribbled Lives 2022

This issue has 32 pages including covers all colour

Issue 40th Anniversary Exhibit:

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Table of Contents:
1- 40th Anniversary Committee Message President's Message

2- Alma Taylor

3- Ann Purdy

5- Barb Fuller

6- Betty-Lynn Morrice

7- Bev Duke

8- Cathy Bauer & Sue McLeod

9- Charlyne Lord

10- Christine Ahmad

11- Colin Forsyth

12- Conn Furgason

13- Lynda Boesenkool & Donna Uncles

14- Gail Stevens

15- George Huitema

16- Jane Friesen

17- Kerri Forster

18- Linda Tanaka

19- Lynn Slevisnky

20- Lynnie Wonfor

21- Margaret Van Diest

22- Renate Worthington

23- Sarah Widdowson

24- Tara Hayden

25- Thea Lynn Paul

26- Valerie Louis

27- Valerie Quinsey

28- Yogi Grunwald

Inside back cover - Connie Furgason & Valerie Louis

Back Cover- Leslie Cropper

This issue has 32 pages including covers all colour

Issue 148, 40th Anniversary:
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Table of Contents:
1- President's Message

2- Patti Dawkins

3- Forty Years of the BVCG

4- Ron Wright

5- Special Issue Covers

7- Gail Stevens

8- Connections Calendar

9- Betty Locke

10- Lindley McDougall

11- Posters

12- Sue McLeod

14- The Play Book

18- Bonita Van Staalduine

19- Kerrie Forster

21- Barb Fuller

22- Thea Lynn Paul

23- Past Memories
25- Annette Wichman

26 - Donna Uncles

27 - Memories of the 1998 Winter Olympics

28 - Poster Competition

This issue has 32 pages including covers all colour

Issue 147, March 2021:

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Table of Contents:
1- President's Message

2- Yogi Grunwald

5- Shirley Campbell

6- Jane Friesen

7- George Huitema

8- Charm Brown

10- Greta Baack

12- Violet Smythe

14- Donna Uncles

16- Exemplar

17- Gail Stevens

21- Cathy Guthrie

22- Product Review

23- Renate Worthington

26- Thea Paul

29- Alma Taylor

30- Yukimi Annand Workshop
31- Barbara Watson
32- Carol Buchanan

This issue has 36 pages including covers all colour

Issue 146, November 2020:

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Table of Contents:

none for this issue

This issue has 28 pages including covers all colour

Issue 145, June 2020:

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Table of Contents:

none for this issue

This issue has 28 pages including covers all colour

Issue 144, February 2020:

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Table of Contents:

Inside Front Cover Presidents Message
1                Why this issue & Cover Artist
2      Black & White Theme
8      Learn
20              Call for Submissions
Inside Back Cover How Did She Do That

This issue has 24 pages including covers

Issue 143, November 2019:

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Table of Contents:

1                Why this issue
2      Make Me Laugh
8      Learn
24              Call for Submissions & Finacial Statements

This issue has 28 pages including covers (all colour)

Issue 142, June 2019:

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Table of Contents:

1                Why this issue
2      President's message
3    The Heart of the Matter
22              Conservation Mounting

This issue has 28 pages including covers (all colour)

Issue 141, February 2019:

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Table of Contents:

3                Editor's Letter
4      Renate Worthington - XOX Card
5    Pat Burchnall - Celtic Cross
6                Cathy Ann Bauer- Origami Pyramids
7                Donna Uncles - Folded Tree Card
8                Donna Uncles - Two Circles
9                Thea Lynn Paul - Sacred Geometry
10              Shelly-Ann Guinn - Programs Used In Journal
11    Lorraine Douglas - Beautiful Geometry
12          Cathy Ann Bauer - Blocks
13              Yogi Grunwald - Beehive & Thea Lynn Paul - Numbers
14    George Huitema - PHI
15    Shelly-Ann Guinn -Fonts, Snowflakes, Cadels
    17        Joan Bailey - Calm
    18       Annette Wichmann - Circle Of Friendship
    19             Betty Locke - Hypotamuse
    20       Karin Huehold - Blessing Circle
    21             Colleen Nagel - Snowflake, Yogi Grunwald - Morning
    22 Gail Stevens - Doors,
    23 Kirsten Horel - Square Thoughts, Debbie Thompson Wilson - ABC
24     Donna Uncles - Geometric Shapes in our Alphabets
    27         George Huitema - Financials, Next Issue topic/Deadline, Gail Stevens - Flowering Branch
    28              Back Cover - Copperplae Pattern (Photo Express)

This issue has 28 pages including covers (all colour)

Issue 140, November 2018:

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Table of Contents:

3                Editor's Letter
4      Sharon Fahey: Birds
5    Renate Worthington: Cats & Creatures
6, 7          Karen Huehold: Mandalas
8,9             Kathie MacDuff: Journal Mirror Images
10              Ann Purdy: Botanical Illustrations
11    Cathy Bauer: Horses
12, 13    Members Collage of Animal Names
14    Betty Locke: Mice Birdies, Chickens
15    Gail Stevens: Letter with Birds
16, 17    Christine Ahmad: Miniature Illustration and Cut Outs
18, 19    Shelly-Ann Guinn: Copperpate and Bird Flourishes
20, 21    Thea Paul: Dragons
    22    Yogi: Fish Quotes
    23    Year End Under the Sea Potluck
24, 25    Alphabet to Try
    26, 27          Family Tree Credits
    28                Stampede Show Winners:

This issue has 24 pages + covers (all color)

Issue 139, June 2018:
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Table of Contents:

2                Why This Issue
2 to 17, 22 Flora
18 Good Shepard Art Studio
19               Flowers to draw
20               Mini Faux-Faux Midori Book
23               Fine Print

This issue has 23 pages + covers (all colour)

Issue 138, February 2018:

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Table of Contents:

2   Inside Cover - Donna Uncles
3   Why This Issue
3   From the Prsident
4   Art a La Carte and BVCG
6   Postcard Exhange
7 From Chaos to Creativity
8 Collaborating with Family
10 My Journey into Mixed Media
14 A Little Collaboration Goes a Long Way
17 What is Instagram?
20 Facebook Pages for Calligraphers
21 The Fine Print
23 Moving Chaos
23 Inside Back Cover - Sharon Fahey

This issue has 23 pages + covers (all colour)

Issue 137, November 2017:
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Table of Contents:

2   Why This Issue
2   Greta Baack
3   Mark Charlton
5   Charmain Connop-Scollard
5 Nancy Penner Dormer and Margaret Van Diest
6 Shelly-Ann Guinn
8   Kristen Horel
9 George Huitema
10 Betty-Lynn Morrice
11 Thea Lynn Paul
18 Donna Uncles
21 Margaret Van Diest and Renate Worthington
24 Shelly Wright and Melanie McCracken
26 Carolyn Kaiser
27 The Fine Print

This issue has 26 pages + covers (all colour)

Issue 136, June 2017:

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Table of Contents:

Cover - Renate Worthington
2   Inside Cover - Gail Stevens
3   Calligraphy On-Going: Letter from Donna
4   Calligraphy On Going - Renate Worthington
8   Watercolour on the Go - Karin Huehold
11 Traveling with Donna Uncles
14 What Do I Take On The Go? - Christine Ahmad
16 Marker Lettering - Lynn Slevinsky
18 Igniting Calligraphic Practice - Charmaine Connop-Scollard
20 Paper Basics #3 Colleen Nagel                                      22 Financials
                                         23 The Fine Print

This issue has 22 pages + covers (all colour)

Issue 135, February 2017:
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Table of Contents:

3 Why This Issue, Financials
4 Galleria: One Quotation, Many Versions
7 One Sheet Card Fold by Yogi Grunwald
9 BVCG: The Good Play Book
15 BVCG Show at Crowfoot Library
19 Paper Basics by Colleen Nagel
21 Practise with Pointed Pen by Renate Worthington
23 The Fine Print

This issue has 23 pages + covers (all colour)

Read an article from Issue #134, November 2016 Journal issue (PDF format) (page 5 & 16) get Acrobat reader

Table of Contents:
2 Paper Basics by Collen Nagel
3 Why This Issue, Financials
4 Story Book Letters with Kathy Milici
7 Contrast: The Magic Ingredient with Peter Thornton
10 Postcards from the Edge-d Pen
12 Galleria: Broccoli and Other Vegetables I Have Known
14 The Mysteries of Gold - Solved by Donna Uncles
16 Galleria: A Touch of GOld
18 The Fine Print
19 Paper Basics continued

This issue has 19 pages + covers (all colour)

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No Table of Contents:
This issue is all about colour

This issue has 30 pages + covers (all colour)

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Table of Contents:
2   Adventures in Neuland
4 An Introduction to Gouache
6   Galleria: Long and Narrow
8   Coloured Pencil Play
12 Meandering Book
14 Colin Forsyth's Studio Tour
16 Colin Forsyth's Stone Diariesb
19 Black Letter Variationsb
22 Two Personalities of the Ruling Penb
27 Ann Purdy's graphite sketchbook
This issue has 28 pages + covers (all color)

Read an article from Issue #131, October 2015 Journal issue (PDF format) (page 11 & 13)    get Acrobat reader

Table of Contents:
1 This Issues
2 & 3 Stampede
4, 5 & 6 Studio Tour
7 to 11 Versals
12 Financials
12 & 13 Eraser Stamps
14, 15 & 16 Passionate Pen Conference and the covers
This issue has 16 pages + covers (all color)

Issue 130, June 2015:

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Table of Contents:
1   In this issu
2   Torn Paper Galeria
8   Zentangles
10 Copperplate Workshop
12 Graphite Techniques Workshop with Amity Parks
20 Mark Making Workshop with Pamela Paulsrud
24 Mark Your Calendar
This issue has 24 pages + covers (all color)

Issue 129, February 2015:

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Table of Contents:
1   In this issue and the Fine Print
2   Galeria "Hidden and Revealed"
5   Year Long Journals
10 Love and Joy about Letters: Ben Shahn
16 Fish Creek Library Show
20 Mark Your Calendar
This issue has 22 pages total (all color)

Issue 128, November 2014:

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Table of Contents:
1   In this issue and the Fine Print
2   Alphabet Sampler Galeria
6   The Library Show
10 Love and Joy about Letters: Ben Shahn
12 The Spirit of Invention
16 Three Days in Brugges, Belgium
This issue has 24 pages total (19 pages color, 5 pages black & white)