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Courses

Calligraphy education that bridges traditional depth and contemporary sensibility. Courses and timetables from institutions approved by the Society.

Partner institutions
2 institutions
Subjects taught
8 subjects
Calligraphy & Painting Academy courses
41 courses
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Oriental Calligraphy & Painting Academy

Calligraphy education the Society connects

We connect carefully selected calligraphy courses, limited to educational institutions officially approved by the Society’s Standing Directors.

The Society works with educational institutions to pursue ‘Development and fostering of Korean-style scripts’ and ‘art education and the cultivation of the calligraphic spirit’, as set out in its Articles of Incorporation.

From first-time beginners to members preparing exhibition entries, we plan to keep expanding step-by-step courses, from basic to intermediate and advanced levels.

BasisArticles of Incorporation, Article 3Articles of Incorporation, Article 4

  1. 01Munwon Hanmun Calligraphy AcademyCommissioned operationUnder the sponsorship of Daehan Geomjeonghoe, of the incorporated association Daehan Minguk Hanja Gyoyuk Yeonguhoe, calligraphy and Oriental painting classes are run on commission at the Hanguk Hanmun Gyosa Jungang Yeonsuwon.
  2. 02Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy & Painting AcademyEntry fee discount partnerRegular courses at the Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy Museum, the Society’s flagship exhibition space. Students who enter the Society’s open competitions or planned exhibitions receive an entry fee discount.

Theory and practice based on classical model books

Subjects and curriculum

Theory and practice are taught together, based on classical model books. From introductory study to training as an artist, students progress step by step along the same path.

  • Hanja calligraphy

    Hanja calligraphy centred on the Five Scripts (五體): 篆書·隸書·楷書·行書·草書

  • Hangeul calligraphy

    Hangeul calligraphy in many styles, from jeongja and heullimche to gungche, pan-bonche, seogan-che, go-che and min-che

  • Contemporary calligraphy

    Scripts and styles that stress the artist’s individuality and creation through free composition

  • Calligraphy design

    Letter design that artistically combines image and text through the artist’s individuality

  • Wood carving and seal carving

    Creating works by carving seals (印章) into wood, stone, gold and jade (金玉)

  • Literati and Oriental painting

    The distillation of formal principles and artistic philosophy — landscape and scenic painting in ink with light colour washes

  • Ink painting

    梅·蘭·菊·竹, the Four Gracious Plants (四君子), painted in a variety of expressive techniques

  • Folk painting

    Humour, satire and wishes passed down among common people in the late Joseon period, expressed through symbolic motifs

Regular curriculum

Hanja calligraphy

Introduction

Brushwork fundamentals

  • Holding the brush and the basics of centre-tip brush movement
  • Regular script: brushwork of Yan Zhenqing’s Yan Qinli Stele
  • Ouyang Xun’s Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription: understanding structure

Advanced

Mastering the Five Scripts

  • Running script: studying the flow of Wang Xizhi’s Orchid Pavilion Preface
  • Clerical and seal scripts: formal beauty and classical brushwork
  • Cursive script: Sun Guoting’s Treatise on Calligraphy (Shupu) and original work

Hangeul calligraphy

Basics

The origins of Hangeul

  • Pan-bon script: copying the Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon
  • Studying letter proportions in the Yongbieocheonga
  • Formal balance of consonants and vowels

Application

Gungche and contemporary calligraphy

  • Gungche: upright script (Okwonjunghoeyeon) and flowing script
  • Minche: expression through free brushwork
  • Applied techniques in contemporary calligraphy design

Literati painting

Basics

Four Gracious Plants

  • Orchid: line strength, and the starting and ending strokes (起筆·收筆)
  • Bamboo: the strength of straight lines and leaf composition
  • Plum and chrysanthemum: controlling light and dark, and the ink-spreading technique (發墨法)

Study

Artist course

  • Expanding subjects with the Ten Gracious Plants and flower-and-bird painting
  • Original work: writing inscriptions, and the method of signing and sealing (落款)
  • Studying composition for exhibition works

Commissioned operation · Daehan Geomjeonghoe, Hanguk Hanmun Gyosa Jungang Yeonsuwon

Munwon Hanmun Calligraphy Academy

A regular Saturday course in calligraphy and Oriental painting, run on commission by the Society under the sponsorship of Daehan Geomjeonghoe, of the incorporated association Daehan Minguk Hanja Gyoyuk Yeonguhoe.

Course features

  1. Since 2012, a term-based credit bank system that includes prior course records
  2. Certificates of completion awarded (enrolment starts from the lower courses)
  3. Practical instruction by script
  4. Instruction in planning a work
Lessons
Every Saturday 09:30 – 12:301 lesson a week, 3 hours
Tuition
KRW 300,000One term, 16 weeks
Bank account for transfer
Shinhan Bank 110-060-843077
Venue
서울특별시 은평구 녹번로4길 6-12 대한검정회(map, opens in a new window)615 m from exit 3 of Bulgwang Station (subway lines 3 and 6)
Infographic of the completion system by years of study in the calligraphy curriculum
Completion system by years of study in the calligraphy curriculum

Faculty

아남 배옥영

Chair of the Jury, Korea Oriental Calligraphy Grand ExhibitionFull-time professor, Hanja Hanmun Gyosa Jungang Yeonsuwon, Daehan Geomjeonghoe

Career

  • Ph.D. in Eastern philosophy
  • Former lecturer and visiting professor, Graduate School of Oriental Studies, Department of Calligraphy Culture, Wonkwang University
  • Former lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Chosun University
  • Chief researcher, Songje Institute of Humanities
  • Director, Sejong Hangeul Keun-tteut Moim
  • Director, Anam Calligraphy Psychotherapy Research Institute
  • Humanities lecturer, Jeonju City Lifelong Education Centre
  • Full-time professor, Hanja Hanmun Gyosa Jungang Yeonsuwon, Daehan Geomjeonghoe

Exhibitions

  • 6 solo and invited exhibitions
  • Invited exhibition, Enghien-les-Bains Art Museum (France)
  • Invited exhibition, Ontario Art Museum (Canada)

Activities

  • 선광사경연구회
  • 한국예문회
  • 한국현대서각회
  • 일본추미회
  • 전북현대서각회
  • 동양서예협회
  • 낙지론 — 아남 배옥영
    낙지론
  • 척탕 — 아남 배옥영
    척탕
  • 천지부부도덕가 — 아남 배옥영
    천지부부도덕가
  • 횡간 — 아남 배옥영
    횡간
  • 퇴필여산 — 아남 배옥영
    퇴필여산
콜로키움 25회 서예 4부 1강
STB 콜로키움 19회 문자와 커뮤니케이션 1

Entry fee discount partner · Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy Museum

Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy & Painting Academy

From Hangeul and Hanja calligraphy to literati painting, contemporary calligraphy, folk painting and seal carving: 41 regular courses taught by 27 instructors. You learn in the Society’s flagship exhibition space.

Term
2026 Autumn Regular Term
Course dates
Sep 1 (Tue) – Dec 19 (Sat)
Lessons
Once a week · 15 weeks
Recess
Sep 22 (Tue) – 26 (Sat), no classes

Weekly timetable

All · 41 courses shown.

Tue

Morning 10:00 – 13:00

  • Four Gracious Plants and contemporary literati painting벽하 최형주
  • Hanja calligraphy경부 송종관
  • Hangeul calligraphy산내 박정숙
  • Calligraphy design심재 오민준
  • Hangeul work study group한얼 이종선
  • Hanja calligraphy: cursive script (Thousand Character Classic)중하 김건표

Afternoon 14:00 – 17:00

  • Modernising literati painting여촌 이상태
  • Literati painting (Four Gracious Plants)취산 김민숙
  • Hangeul calligraphy산내 박정숙
  • Meeting folk painting심수현
  • Hangeul calligraphy: gungche and minche서원 윤경숙
  • Hanja calligraphy introduction (regular, running and cursive scripts)청하 김희정

Wed

Morning 10:00 – 13:00

  • Hanja calligraphy Master Class I소헌 정도준09:30 – 12:30
  • Hanja calligraphy무산 허회태
  • Hanja calligraphy죽림 정웅표
  • Literati painting (Four Gracious Plants): Basics화정 김무호09:30 – 12:30
  • Hanja calligraphy시헌 남두기
  • Calligraphy design: basic creation and practice I진산 이상현

Afternoon 14:00 – 17:00

  • Hanja calligraphy Master Class II소헌 정도준13:00 – 16:00
  • Calligraphy design: basic creation and practice II진산 이상현
  • Hanja calligraphy Master Class죽림 정웅표13:30 – 16:30
  • Ink painting Master Class화정 김무호13:00 – 17:00

Thu

Morning 10:00 – 13:00

  • Literati painting (Four Gracious Plants): Basics화정 김무호09:30 – 12:30
  • Calligraphy design Master Class · Artist Course심재 오민준
  • Hanja calligraphy죽림 정웅표
  • Captivated by Folk Painting: Master Class · Works course서공임
  • Hanja calligraphy: regular and running scripts가람 신동엽

Afternoon 14:00 – 17:00

  • Literati painting (Four Gracious Plants): comprehensive화정 김무호13:00 – 16:00
  • Contemporary calligraphy (modern calligraphy) and basic calligraphy design담헌 전명옥
  • Hanja calligraphy일강 전병택
  • Captivated by Folk Painting: Master Class · Beginner서공임

Fri

Morning 10:00 – 13:00

  • Hanja calligraphy: seal and regular scripts시헌 남두기
  • Abstract art-work calligraphy that expresses emotion through vivid colour일우 문혜성11:00 – 14:00
  • Literati painting (Four Gracious Plants): paintings of a clear mind다움 이형국
  • Four Gracious Plants: Basics문원 김경미10:30 – 11:30

Afternoon 14:00 – 17:00

  • Literati painting: fusion of poetry, calligraphy and painting다움 이형국

Sat

Morning 10:00 – 13:00

  • Seal carving Master Class사곡 이숭호09:00 – 12:00
  • Hanja calligraphy사곡 이숭호11:00 – 14:00
  • Literati painting (Four Gracious Plants)평전 정운기
  • Hangeul calligraphy한결 김문희

Afternoon 14:00 – 17:00

  • Seal carving Beginner class사곡 이숭호

Source: Seoul Arts Center, “[Calligraphy & Painting] 2026 Autumn Regular Term — Enrolment”. Times are shown separately only where they differ from the standard slot. View original (opens in a new window)

Tuition (15 weeks)

Tuition by course type, 2026 Autumn Regular Term
General courseKRW 460,000
Seal carvingKRW 480,000
Master ClassKRW 552,000
Hangeul work study group · Ink painting Master ClassKRW 600,000
Folk paintingKRW 640,000
  • 5% discount for Seoul Arts Center paid members (Blue and Gold)
  • 10% discount for persons with disabilities and national merit recipients (payment by phone)

Enrolment information

Venue
Practice room, 3rd floor, Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy Museum
Format
3-hour lesson — 2 hours of instruction, 1 hour of free practice
Application
First come, first served, via the Seoul Arts Center websiteAcademy → Enrolment → Calligraphy & Painting Academy (credit card payment)
Contact
02-580-1657~8Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy Museum · 09:00 – 17:00 · Closed Sundays, Mondays and public holidays

Recruiting education partners

We are looking for partner institutions

If you are an educational institution accredited in calligraphy, contemporary calligraphy, calligraphy design, wood and seal carving, or literati painting, please propose a partnership with the Society. Enrolment enquiries are received through the same channel.