W E L C O M E !

Gemma is a distinguished Australian calligrapher. Her work has encompassed regular commissions from both the public and private sectors throughout the country. In 1986 Gemma was one of three friends who founded the Canberra Calligraphy Society which today is a strong likeminded group who share a common passion for letters. Gemma's creative journey has seen her study with highly skilled Australian and international calligraphers alike and her CV is available upon request. She has also studied watercolour painting, printmaking and bookbinding and continues to learn and research, keeping her mind open to the exciting prospect of new calligraphic and allied art experiences.

Awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship in 1991 to research teaching calligraphy in Europe, Gemma continues learning, teaching and producing calligraphic artworks. She was elected as a guild member of the Australian Society of Calligraphers in 1993. In 1997 Gemma was elected as a CLAS Associate (now designated Fellow) and in 2002 she was elected as a CLAS Fellow (now designated Honoured Fellow). CLAS, the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society, UK.

In 1997, with support from Cecilia Sharpley, Gemma engendered an email network to keep up-to-date and relevant information flowing between calligraphy and allied groups, clubs and societies across Australia, New Zealand and throughout the Asia Pacific. For more information about what calligraphy societies are offering in Australia and New Zealand and for contacts or places of calligraphic interest please go to the link for Cecilia-letteringart. Cecilia continues to graciously support the Australasian Lettering Link (ALL).

For Gemma's 2009 teaching program please go to her Workshops page.

Gemma Black, Christine King, Prime Minister The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Helen Moran

Photographer - Jeremy Trow, Canberra

N E W S !

Gemma is delighted to announce:

• the Apology Manuscript was unveiled by the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP at Parliament House on May 26, 2008 (see photos in the Gallery section) & Canberra Times article;
• she has recently had her work accepted by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge UK for the Collection of Contemporary Calligraphy. This has been a CLASS initiative.