Dalston Comic (creators) Club, is a free monthly meetup for adults who make comics, or are interested in starting, hosted on the last Monday of every month at Dalston CLR James Library. (Excluding Bank Holidays)

Illustration collective Hero of Switzerland are partnering up with We Built This City, Carnaby Street for a four day take-over event titled Fun & Games. Together they have organised a line up of amazing illustrators and there will be loads of fun to be had and games to be played. Alongside the weekend activities, the group are exhibiting Illustrated works and…

AOI consultant Fig Taylor will be joined by Andrea Kearney and Maia Fjord, both Designers at award-winning Bloomsbury's children's book department. In a small group of 8 you will share your portfolio in a supportive, collaborative environment. We recommend this session to Illustrators who wish to showcase and develop their work in the Children's Fiction sector (including Young Adult, Middle…

Graphic Design & Illustration third year exhibition. Public view: 4th to 8th June, everyday from 10am to 4pm Private view: 7th of June, 6pm to 10pm (free ticket required) Ticket link: http://headlines.herts.ac.uk/degreeshow/degreeshow-booking/

To celebrate the special 10th edition of Nobrow magazine themed “Studio Dreams”, ELCAF and Nobrow are curating a series of collaborative projects. This exhibition at SPACE Hackney’s gallery features 70 Illustrations, and specifically six commissioned pieces where the illustrations spill from the space onto walls, screens and three dimensions. Stay tuned for more information on this exciting show! Entry is…

Olivier Kugler’s series of brilliant drawings of refugees from Syria will be exhibited at the Print House Gallery during Refugee Week (18-24 June). Collected in his book ESCAPING WAR AND WAVES for the first time, the drawings document the lives of individuals and families he met in Iraq Kurdistan, the tourist island of Kos, and the jungle camp at Calais,…

ELCAF’s 8th edition will be open 22-24 June and will feature over 100 exhibitors plus a programme of talks, screenings and workshops led by different artists from across the UK and beyond, including: Charlotte Dumortier, Patrick Kyle, Nina Cosco, Conor Stechschulte, Tor Brandt, Sammy Stein, Aisha Franz, Akvile Magicdust, Dawid Ryski and many, many more. Tickets are structured into two…

Join the AOI’s Lou Bones with illustrators Patrick Kyle, Aisha Franz and Barbara Magoli to discuss the real challenges around pursuing personal work whilst expanding your career through diverse routes in print, self-publishing, online, 3D and more. Not just pens for hire, the speakers will draw on real examples and share their experiences of how they have turned their personal…

This class is for specialists working in the field of fashion – Fashion Designers, Stylists, Art directors, Illustrators (suitable for early career illustrators, those looking to change direction, or just freshen up their portfolio) Fashion and Textile students. Commercial artists who would like to improve their professional skills. Anyone who is interested in fashion illustrations and want to understand if…

Dalston Comic (creators) Club, is a free monthly meetup for adults who make comics, or are interested in starting, hosted on the last Monday of every month at Dalston CLR James Library. (Excluding Bank Holidays)

This summer, New Designers gathers more than 3,000 of the brightest and most radical new creative minds under one roof to launch the next generation of thinkers, makers and disruptors onto the UK design scene. Opening on Wednesday 27 June, the exhibition is a two-week celebration of visionary design that sees students of 200+ creative courses unveiling never-before-seen work to thousands of industry professionals and design…

'The Golden Thread Project' is an exhibition inviting 28 comic artists and illustrators to create work based off British/American folk songs collected by Cecil Sharp 100 years ago, with artists including Lesley Barnes, Aidan Saunders, Jim Stoten, Drew Webster, and more. This 28th June old folk collective Murri will reappear for one night only to celebrate The Golden Thread, with a…

Flowers Gallery is pleased to announce the 24th edition of Artist of the Day. The two week exhibition programme is curated by leading contemporary artists, each selecting an artist for a one day solo show. Past selectors have included Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George, Maggi Hambling, and Cornelia Parker. This year, Charlotte Edey is selected by Juno Calypso. Softly surreal,…

A landmark retrospective of Enid Marx, who defined mid-20th century design

A personal introduction to the work of Enid Marx.

Presenting a live version of Yellowzine, the stunning new print publication that curates and celebrates visual artwork by UK-based minority ethnic artists. Sibling co-founders Aisha and Oreoluwa Ayoade will talk about their motivations for starting Yellowzine, how they have created a new space for artists of colour and why they chose to focus the first issue on illustration. Joy Miessi,…

There will be a short guest talk with artist & illustrator Helena Torres-Muga Feijoo http://helenatmf.com/ Helena is a regular guest at The Open Draw 'My paintings and illustrations are usually about our inner wilderness, our deep connection with our world, everything natural that surround us, as a woman, with our femininity, and at the same time with the cosmos or…

ICON10 brings together top illustrators, designer, educators, representatives, and art buyers to explore the future of illustration. Since 1999, ICON have produced conferences in Santa Fe, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Providence, Portland and Austin. ICON is committed to providing a diverse forum for an ongoing dialogue that serves the Illustration, Design, Publishing, Advertising, and Academic communities. Speakers…

As they rethink current practices and cultivate their own style, the exhibition celebrates the graduating students from: MA Book Arts MA Designer Maker MA Fine Art Digital MA Illustration MA Printmaking Private View: 12th July 6pm - 9pm Monday to Friday: 10am - 8pm Saturday & Sunday: 11am - 4:30pm Following a huge college development programme, all 2018 degree shows…

The award-winning author-illustrator is joined by Chris Riddell to reflect on our brand new exhibition which features extraordinary work for five books including Finnegan’s Wake, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Ulysses. Together they will take time to decode the pen and ink drawings which are rich with metaphor, pattern and codes, teasing out their meaning and luxuriating in the craft. Full details

Designed for recent graduates, MA students and early-career illustrators, this full day of quick-fire sessions will be packed with practical advice and information about different aspects of the illustration profession. Topics include pitching, working in education and curating illustration and will be delivered by House of illustration staff plus guest speakers Joy Miessi, Tori Truslow and Handsome Frank’s co-founder Tom Robinson.…