Istanbul Summer Intensive 2024 Calligraphy

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Istanbul Summer Intensive 2024 Calligraphy

► Date Range :  June 23– July 5, 2024
Monday through Fridays: Workshops and Tours.
Saturday & Sunday: Free days
► Duration: 2 Weeks
► Time: 10 am – 5 pm Istanbul Time
► Location: Klasik Türk Sanatları Vakfı – Aziz Mahmut Hüdayi Mahallesi. Doğancılar Cadddesi No:82 Üsküdar – İSTANBUL
► Master: Shahryanshah Sirajuddin
► Price : $379

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Istanbul Summer Program is a two-week intensive held at Klasik Turk Sanatlar Vakfi in Uskudar, Istanbul, June 23 – July 5, 2024. Klasik Turk Sanatlar Vakfi is housed in a renovated Mevlevihanesi (Historic Building) and is dedicated to studying the Islamic arts. The classroom walls are covered with original calligraphy, tezhip, ebru, and miniature artwork that inspires reverence for the arts and the One they praise.

The old city on the European (Fatih and Eyup) and Asian (Uskudar and Beykoz) sides are considered an open-air museum for Islamic arts; however, Uskudar has more classes, foundations, galleries, etc., exhibitions dedicated to the Islamic arts than any other borough of Istanbul. Moreover, the Mayor of Uskudar, Hilmi Turkmen, is a dedicated art patron.

We will be in the Aziz Mahmud Hudai and Mimar Sinan neighborhoods of Uskudar, with everything you need within walking distance. You can also use electric scooters to get around. We advise you to stay local regardless of 4 and 5-star accommodations.

Classes will be held with Shahryanshah Hoca to provide an opportunity for his students to fulfill the in-person requirement for their Ijazah. In addition, Shahryanshah Hoca will also teach skills and techniques that do not translate well over Zoom.

SCHEDULE

Classes will be held Monday-Friday, 10 AM-1 PM, and 2:30 PM to 5 PM. Fridays are dedicated to tours of the Old City, galleries, art supply shops, etc., and meetings with local master artists. Saturday and Sunday will be free for students.

Due to limited seating, we request you cancel by February 28, 2024, to receive a full refund.

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ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTOR

Shahryanshah Sirajuddin

Shahryanshah Sirajuddin was born in Sangkulirang, Indonesia (b.1986) and graduated from the faculty of Islamic Law of Al-Azhar University-Egypt in 2009.

In Egypt, he received his Ijazah for Riq’a, Diwani, and Diwani Jali scripts from Sheikh Belaid Hamidi. With the recommendation of his master, he came to Turkey in 2010 to further his studies in calligraphy.

He practiced Thuluth and Naskh under the guidance of a number of masters like Hasan Çelebi, Ferhat Kurlu and Mümtaz Seçkin Durdu. He also received calligraphy lessons from various masters in Istanbul, including Savaş Çevik, Ali Toy, Davut Bektaş, Mehmed Özçay, and Osman Özçay.

This led him to receive his Ijazah in Arabic calligraphy during the ceremony organized by IRCICA (Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture)

Shahryanshah is also undertaking a Magister program in the Fine Arts Department at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University.

​Shahryanshah has taken part in multiple calligraphy competitions and has also won many of them. His calligraphic works have found homes in various galleries and exhibitions. Shahryanshah Sirajuddin Hoca and Fatma Ulusoy Hoca continue to produce magnificent works of illumination and calligraphy work together in Istanbul.