Class / Events

Seminars and meetups are free to attend and do not require a ticket to the show. Attending classes do not require a ticket to the pen show itself but will require tuition paid to the instructor. Instructors manage their own rosters and waitlists.

As we finalize details — Here’s a preview of some of the instructors and events – a more detailed schedule will come later.

Pens & Paper:

  • Fountain Pens for Beginners with Lisa Vanness
  • Nib Smoothing with Josh Lax
  • Tuning nibs with Lenny Eiger
  • Paper Class with Taizo Yamamoto and Bruce Eimon

Calligraphy / Writing / Handwriting

  • Italics with Nik Pang
  • Elevate the Everyday with Kimberly Lau
  • Foundational Broad Edge Calligraphy with Michelle Chu
  • Hanzi in Motion: Writing Chinese Characters with Your Fountain Pen with Kuro Yuan
  • Monoline Lettering with Bechori
  • Brush Lettering with Bechori

Sketching / Art / Journaling

  • Abstract Florals with Carola Sallis
  • Currently Inked: A Creative Spread with Fountain pens with Carola Sallis
  • Doodle jounaling with watercolor with Elda The
  • Zentangles with Analisa Bevan
  • Simple Sketching & Lettering with Fountain pens with Quynh Vu
  • Travel Journaling with Job Gallevo
  • Sketchnoting with Kate Rutter
  • Urban Sketching with Eileen Goldenberg
  • Illustrated Journaling with Zuzu Gong
  • Junk Journaling with Bay Area Junk Journal Club
  • How to Analog Memory Collecting with San Francisco Junk Journal Club

Crafting:

  • Make your own leather journal with Natasha Baker-Streit
  • Little Things Traveler’s Notebook with Amy Tangerine
  • Saddle-Stitched Mixed Media Journals with Dorkys Ramos
  • Coptic Stich Binding with Cheryl Ball
  • Japanese Stab Binding with Cheryl Ball

Fun events & Seminars:

  • Pen Show After Dark (Karaoke??)
  • Vintage Pen Panel
  • PCA Pens for Kid’s Scavenger Hunt
  • PCA Pens for Kids
  • and more meetups to be announced!

For instructors: Please note there are classrooms fees PER SESSION of your paid class based on tuition:
If you charge students $40 and below: $50
If you charge students more than $40: $100
No fees for seminars/meetups that are free for attendees.

Classes are paid events. Instructors for classes are responsible for collecting tuition and managing their own class rosters.

This information will be in an instructor agreement we ask you to sign if your class is accepted.

If accepted, the show will do a one time “spotlight” post on Instagram / Facebook, and sometimes Threads (if the format is accepted it will automatically be crossposted). We will share posts and stories we’re tagged in.