Paul at work in his studio. Paul Herrera’s calligraphy and lettering training was done exclusively with Reverend E. M. Catich. Beginning as an undergraduate in 1967 and after a short interruption of military service, Paul worked as inscription cutter and calligraphy seminar assistant with Father Catich until the time of his death in 1979.  At that point Paul was invited to teach Father Catich’s classes at St. Ambrose and would continue to do so until 1989. During that time Paul also served as a faculty member of five international calligraphy conventions. They include; “The Cal ..read more

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I had a great couple of days at the Christkindlemarket this weekend! It was quite cold, but we had lots of folks stopping by for the Calligraphy and Stone Inscription Carving demonstrations. I was able to personalize Art Legacy League Bookmarks by adding the person's name in Calligraphy. A great time was had by all!   Paul adding calligraphy names to ALL bookmarks for visitors! Paul demonstrating cutting images and quotes in slate. A Grand Time was had by all ..read more

Paul will be participating in the CHRISTKINDLMARKET on Friday December 8, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., and Sunday December 9 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.  Paul will also be selling his own original works and fine art Reproductions by Father Catich!  He will have Catich Christmas Card Boxed Sets available also! CLICK HERE for the complete program for the event. He will be demonstrating calligraphy and stone inscription carving at the following times: Handwerksmarkt Stage Saturday, December 8 1 p.m.                Paul Hererra    Slate carvin ..read more

We had a very enjoyable Brush Romans workshop for the 30th annual Letter Exchange Conference in Cambridge, England. The site was Eric Marland's lettercutting workshop, a deconsecrated Victorian chapel in the middle of a Cambridge cemetery containing memorials by Eric Gill, David Kindersley, Eric Marland, Tom Perkins, and many others. My thanks to for the hard work of Matt, Michelle, Jo, Jackie, Lara, Liz, Peter, and Heather who wielded the brush with the ease of a professional sign writer. It was a joy to work with them. I also presented the "Life and Times of Edward M. Catich" lecture at Angl ..read more

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I am pleased to announce that as a Core Faculty Member for The CATFISH Letter Arts School, I will be offering an Introduction to Brush Writing Workshop on December 9, 2017. The CATFISH Letter Arts School is the working division of The Art Legacy League. During the past year The ALL has been working to establish office, gallery and shop space, and classroom space as part of the JB Young Opportunity Center in Davenport, Iowa. Our offices and gallery space are not yet ready for occupation, but we have classroom space available and have been using it this Summer. We have organize ..read more

Paul will be exhibiting and selling work at the Solstice Book Fair in Iowa City tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 pm., see the poster to the right. This is going to be an amazing fair!  Paul will have prints of his own work as well as the new linoleum block cuts from another Catich student, Bob O'hare. In addition to the original prints, Paul will be selling Catich prints and books for The Art Legacy League. Please stop by and visit Paul at this wonderful book arts event! Paul has been selected to be an instructor for Black Hawk College's College for Kids Program July 17-21 t ..read more

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REGISTRATION is now closed for the  Paul Herrera Slate Inscription Carving Workshop  December 3-4.  We have begin a WAIT LIST so please email Nancy Trottier, Workshop Co-ordinator, at nancy@ducksinarowpress.com to be added to the Wait List ..read more