The Studio & Gallery

Mystic Blue Signs opened our shop on Magazine Street in 1996, but we have been specializing in hand lettering and illustration since 1973.

New Orleans has such inspiring architecture and history that it's a natural location for a hand-painted sign shop. We use traditional methods and materials and we draw everything by hand, from logos to lettering to illustration. We hand-cut, hand-carve, hand-paint. We use wood, metal, special sign paint and sign painters' quills, flats and fitches. We use real 23 karat gold leaf sheets on signs and glass transom numbers. We even paint scenes and signs on the sides of buildings. And we ship signs all over the world.

For the last seven years, Mystic Blue has hosted regular art shows in our gallery, featuring local artists. We sell prints, paintings, posters, signs, stained-glass, jewelry and objets d'art made by our artists. Studio/Gallery hours are Tues thru Fri 10am-5pm and Sat 10am-3pm.

Hand-writing demo by Yvette at WWL Channel 4 for National Hand-Writing Day 2011.

May 2012 Center News

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Classes

The next full-length class will be "Roman Letters: Drawn and Painted" beginning in late September. We are now offering private tutoring sessions in handwriting for those who want to improve their penmanship. Sessions are 1.5 hrs. Please call for details: (504)525-4691

NOLA School of Art & Crafts

The New Orleans School of Arts and Crafts has a one-day class in Copperplate calligraphy taught by Eugenia Uhl on June 15. See www.NOLAArtandCraft.com for more info. The New Orleans School of Art and Craft offers classes in all styles of art-making. They can be reached directly at (504) 944-7900.

NOLAA

New Orleans Lettering Arts Association is taking their summer break and will resume monthly meetings in September. NOLAA is a non-profit organization whose monthly meetings are mini-workshops in a variety of calligraphy techniques, well worth the $25 per year membership fee. Meetings are held on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Visit www.neworleanscalligraphy.org for more info.

New Work by Claire Hassig

We are proud to have a new exhibit of Claire's photographs in the gallery. The images present the abandoned structures of the former Six Flags Amusement Park, altered through her unique perspective. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Friday from 10am-5pm and Saturday from 10am-3pm.

Center Newsletter

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