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This program is FREE but registration is still required. This approximately one-hour talk will be followed by time for some Q&A.

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Through words and images, Marcia Friedman and Barry Morentz will share their passion for Monogram Design. They will share some of their experiences as calligraphers and designers, how they began this unique collaboration and how they explore bridging the ancient and modern worlds of traditional calligraphy and illumination to contemporary technology.

Marcia Friedman has been a professional graphic designer and calligrapher for over 40 years. A graduate of the California College of Arts & Crafts, she has designed numerous publications including the Friends of Calligraphy Alphabet), brochures, corporate identity programs, etc. through her design business, Visual Solutions. Marcia has taught graphic design and typography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, as well as a variety of computer, calligraphy, and paper craft classes in the Bay Area. She is a recovering director of two international calligraphy conferences, and co-author (with Barry Morentz) of Morphing Monograms, published in 2018.

Barry Morentz is a free-lance lettering and book artist, and box-maker from New York City. Initially self-taught, he began his formal calligraphic studies, mainly with Sheila Waters, and eventually with Gottfried Pott, Hermann Zapf, and many other renowned calligraphers. He has taught numerous workshops throughout the US, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and at five international Calligraphy Conferences. In his midtown studio he slaves away primarily for Columbia University, Estee Lauder Companies, Cartier, Gucci, and The Museum of Modern Art. His day-to-day work includes illuminated resolutions, award design, headings, book and portfolio design, and the eternal envelope.