Speaker: Time on Our Hands

Sunday, 5/3/2026
1:00 - 3:00
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room B
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

Jody Meese explores how the deliberate practice of lettering reshapes attention and fosters community. In learning to slow down, she considers how working with a pen becomes a quiet act of resistance, and how time on our hands may be exactly what we need. In a culture obsessed with speed, calligraphy insists on time.  A reflection on why deliberate work still matters. Meese is a professional lettering artist of the left-handed persuasion and has a Master of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has come to include commercial chalkboards, illuminated manuscripts, calligraphic engraving and more. Presented by Book Arts & Special Collections and The Friends of Calligraphy.

Image: Jody Meese

Typography and Calligraphy

Attend programming, lectures and workshops on the art, design and function of lettering.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

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This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

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