IRCICA Newsletter, issue 82-83

Ar events
International Symposium on
Female Calligraphers
symposium was devoted to “Female Calligraphers”: through 4-6
A June 2010, IRCICA, the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul and
the Turkish Prime Ministry’s Promotion Fund organised different events
it comprised. The Prime Minister of Turkey H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan gave his patronage to it and the opening address.
The contributions of female calligraphers to the development of this art,
their status in art circles and society, their works in the past and at present
and at different places, were among the subjects discussed during the
plenary by specialists, teachers, and artists. Another component of the
symposium was a ceremony whereby a group of teachers of calligraphy,
namely Ayten Tiryaki, Fevzi Günüç, Hasan Çelebi, Hüseyin Kutlu and
Hüseyin Öksüz gave Ijazas to twenty-four calligraphers they had trained.
Plaques of gratitude were presented to teachers having trained a number
of female calligraphers: Ali Rıza Özcan, Ayten Tiryaki, Betül Kırkan,
Davut Bektaş, Efdalüddin Kılıç, Erol Dönmez, Fevzi Günüç, Feyza
Kırkan, Fuat Başar, Hasan Çelebi, Hüseyin Kutlu and Hüseyin Öksüz
received plaques. Talks were given by: Ms. Ayten Tiryaki (Turkey), on
“Women’s Place in Calligraphy Art in Turkey”; Ms. Elaheh Khatami
(Iran), on “Works of Female Calligraphers in Iran”; Ms. Soraya Syed
Sanders (UK), “Calligraphy Education in Europe”; Ms. Nuria Garcia
Masip (Spain), on “Female Calligraphers in the World”; Ms. Zübeyde
Cihan Özsayıner (Turkey), on “Female Calligraphers of the Ottoman
Period”; Ms. Rachida Dimassi (Tunisia), on “Female Calligraphers in the
Arab World”. Calligraphy workshops were conducted by Iranian, European and Turkish calligraphers.
An exhibition was organized by IRCICA presenting a total of 160 works of 62 female calligraphers from Iran, Iraq, Spain, Syria,
Turkey, UAE, UK. IRCICA also published and distributed the catalogue of the exhibition. The latter was on display for two
weeks.
Group photograph of the Prime Minister of Turkey Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mrs. Erdoğan,
the teachers of calligraphy and their students who received diplomas