Biographical Highlights
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1948
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Born in Portland, Oregon
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1970
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Graduated University of Washington.
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1971 to present
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Professional calligrapher. Began teaching.
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1976
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Founding member and 1st president: The Society
for Calligraphy & Handwriting.
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1977
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Visited Israel for 2 months.
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1978
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Designed first Ketubah.
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1991
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Published 1st edition Hebrew Calligraphy
Styles.
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1996
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Published 2nd edition HCS, completely
revised.
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1996
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Instructor. Soundings, International Calligraphy
Conference. Tacoma, WA
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1997
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1st presentation of 1st slide talk: The Beauty
of Hebrew Calligraphy,” The Newberry Library,
Chicago, IL
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1998, 2002-4
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Private study of original Hebrew manuscripts
(The British Library, London; The Bodleian Library, Oxford;
and Klau Library, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH
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2001
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1st presentation of 2nd slide talk: “The
Ketubah: Art in Context,” Tree of Life Books & Judaica,
Seattle, WA
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2002
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Instructor. The Calligraphy Connection,
International Calligraphy Conference. St. John’s
College, MN
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2006
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Published Finding the Flow: A Calligraphic
Journey and reprinted 2nd edition of HCS.
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2007
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1st “Finding the Flow” workshop.
San Francisco, Friends of Calligraphy
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A resume can be provided upon request.
Publications: Articles & Reviews
“Calligraphy as a Spiritual Way” (e-mailed upon request)
“Brody Neuenschwander’s Camp Cheerio Workshop: ‘Developing
Meaning’”
The article, “Calligraphy as a Spiritual Way” was written for the calligraphic journal Alphabet in 2007. In this article I describe my personal quest to practice calligraphy as a more than visual undertaking, and also give more general comments about my findings. It may be downloaded here.