August 22-23, 2026 Calligrafitti, via Zoom with Andrea Wunderlich
August 22-23, 2026 Calligrafitti, via Zoom with Andrea Wunderlich
Instructor: Andrea Wunderlich
Skill Level: All Levels
Online Registration opens for CCC members on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 10am Central Time.
Online Registration opens for non-members on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 10am Central Time.
Where: This workshop will be held via Zoom.
When: Saturday and Sunday, August 22-23, 2026, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Central time.
Registration Fee:
Member Weekend: $109
Non-Member Weekend: $159
Description:
Calligraffiti - concept
Add some urban flavor to your calligraphy.
“Calligraffiti as traditional handwriting with a metropolitan attitude.“ - Niels Shoe Meulman
In a lot of graffiti one can see calligraphic influence. There is actually a whole style on it´s own - calligraffiti. Let´s find out more and get inspiration from this special branch of urban art. Calligraphic skill and know-how, the ideas of medieval illumination meets the freedom and spirit of graffiti. It´s about experimenting, using graffiti markers as a starting point for a whole new drawn lettering-style. Pushing boundaries and breaking rules - sounds like fun, doesn´t it?
From her work on blackboards and shop windows, Andrea has gained some experience in fast lettering, developing into her own unique style. There is no point in carefully executed letters, nobody would pay for it. Work has to be done quick, legible and good looking. In her letterforms, she is inspired from graffiti, tags and calligraffiti. For her own artwork she found that she could use those dynamic letterforms and transfer them into slower drawn designs. This urban flavor mixed with ideas of medieval illumination develops into exciting new projects.
Exercises in this class will be:
- writing and experimenting with a big size acrylic marker - adding speed & new strokes
- inspiration from examples of graffiti and calligraffiti
- introducing ideas such as cursive/leaning over to the left
- breaking classic letter shapes, introducing graffiti moves
- redrawing and refining letterforms
- landscape-illumination
- shadow, bubbles & what else you need for decoration
Level: All levels welcome
Click here for Andrea Wunderlich’s Bio
This workshop will be recorded with the recording made available to registered students for a limited time. Click here for Workshop Registration Policies and Procedures
Online registration will open for Members on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central, and will open for Non-Members on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central.
* Waitlist registration form upcoming.
If you are sending a wait list registration, please download and complete our Workshop Registration Form. Please write your check, payment in full, payable to Chicago Calligraphy Collective, and mail it to: Karen Ness, CCC Workshop Director, 8309 Oakwood Avenue, Munster, IN 46321-1912. For questions email: workshops@chicagocalligraphy.org