AOI Discusses: Showcasing your work and building community

Putting yourelf out there and showcasing your work is an important aspect of being a freelancer – and there are a multitude of ways to go about this, aside from reaching out to clients directly. From art fairs to exhibitions, collaborative projects and events, illustrators can find joy, confidence and community.

We invite our two experienced speakers to discuss the various ways they showcase their work and/or the work of others through collaboration, curation and experimentation, with insights into how illustrators can actively exhibit their work and form community.

Adam Graff is a London-based, award-winning illustrator, educator, and Hero with over 25 years of professional experience. Having built a successful career in the creative industry’s advertising, design, editorial, and publishing sectors, Adam transitioned towards a more authorial practice, embracing a personal and authentic approach to his art, bringing a playful energy to his image-making, infusing his work with a lively sense of fun, humour, and joie de vivre.

As co-director of alternative illustration collective Hero of Switzerland, Adam collaborates on exhibitions, industry projects, live events, and art fairs. Founded in the early noughties, the collective shares a common goal: to foster community through creativity, sharing ideas, and generating art that is fun, engaging, and meant to be shared with the world.

Holly T Burrows mixes a ‘portfolio career’ with a full-time job. She is currently Commercial Manager at The Cartoon Museum and is Co-Director of Illustrators’ Fair with Michael Czerwinski (aka Studio Tucktite). She also teaches and runs workshops for adults and children, has made giant puppets for the Roald Dahl Festival, Bewilderwood and Brent Cross Town and creates illustrations spurred on by her frustration about the destruction of the natural world in the hope they will gently remind people to protect the planet. She has had work published by Extinction Rebellion, London Zoo and Stereohype.

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A recording will be sent to all booked attendees after the live event.

NOTE FOR AOI Members: We have a limited number of FREE spaces available for you for the live event. Please sign up as soon as possible to avoid disappointment (details of how can be found in our latest newsletter). We will open a waitlist once these spaces are filled, at which point you can sign up to it directly via Eventbrite. We will send everyone in the list a free recording of the event after 18 September.

Limited General Admission tickets also available.