White House Chief Calligrapher
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White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
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The Chief Calligrapher works in the East Wing of the White House in the Graphics and Calligraphy Office
Graphics and Calligraphy Office
The Graphics and Calligraphy Office is a unit of the Social Office at the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States...
. Projects of the Chief Calligrapher range from official invitations to state dinner
State dinner
A state dinner is a dinner or banquet paid by a government and hosted by a head of state in his or her official residence in order to renew and celebrate diplomatic ties between the host country and the country of a foreign head of state or head of government who was issued an invitation. In many...
s, official greetings from the president, proclamations, military commissions, service awards, and place cards.
The current White House Chief Calligrapher is Pat Blair
Pat Blair
Pat Blair is an American calligrapher. She is currently the White House Chief Calligrapher working in the Graphics and Calligraphy Office at the White House....
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