Museum table with global calligraphy materials

正在展出 / Current Exhibition

World Scripts, Living Materials

The 2026 edition presents calligraphy as a meeting point of script, material, cultural memory, and student invention across civilizations.

Open Call
June 30 - September 30, 2026
Online Exhibition
December 2026
Eligibility
Students from any country, school, age group, writing tradition, or material practice
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往期展览作品 / Past Exhibition Works

Selected works from the exhibition archive.

Brush and bamboo calligraphy tradition

Brush & Ink · 2026

Mountain Bone Script

Brush pressure, bamboo surface, and ink memory in an East Asian writing study.

Arabic reed pen calligraphy

Arabic / Leather · 2026

Reed Geometry

Measured curves and leather grain hold a study of rhythm and devotional line.

Quill calligraphy manuscript heritage

Latin / Vellum · 2026

Quill Memory

Hairline turns and broad-nib structure recover the movement of manuscript writing.

Palm leaf manuscript marks

Palm Leaf · 2026

Surface Text

Incised marks and natural fibers frame writing as memory, ritual, and surface.

Ancient carved inscriptions

Stone / Bone · 2026

Before Paper

Carved and weathered marks imagine calligraphy before the page became standard.

Contemporary archives and cross-script works

Contemporary · 2026

Archive Flow

Layered scripts and digital traces connect living traditions with contemporary archives.