Welcome to WUTOPIA, a Utopian Pop Up shop and retail showcase of 8 young creative entrepreneurs, through the University of Westminster and its Creative Enterprise Centre! The are exhibiting and selling a range of work that encompasses art prints, paintings, original artwork, stationary, limited edition fashion, jewellery and beauty products. WUTOPIA is only open for one week from 2-8 December…

Join Arts & Health South West to launch their Big Give Christmas Challenge, Connecting through Creativity: Tackling Loneliness   About this Event We will hear from Emma Lazenby, Director of ForMed Films, about their work to help people to better understand medical and health issues through compelling animated films and illustrations. Emma is a BAFTA-winning director and will talk about…

About Yo Illo: Yo Illo hosts inspiring illustration meet-ups and talks in London.   About the event: Yo Illo are having Christmas drinks! Come and join the party! If like Yo Illo, you're lamenting a lack of office Christmas party, then don't worry; they're hosting the perfect antidote to freelance festive loneliness.Their December meetup is the perfect place to get…

Join us for a night of quick-fire creative challenges in the gallery at London’s original and best live drawing event. The December edition of Sketchmeet will be guest-hosted by Lana Simanenkova, an Estonian-born, London-based animator and illustrator who previously worked as a Senior Creative at Animade. As a creator of joyful and energetic characters, and lover of puns, storytelling and humorous…

We're thrilled to announce that the next illustration meet-up will take place at Exeter Royal Albert Memorial Museum, as part of the RAMM Late event on 6th December 2019. The kind people at RAMM have allowed us to join their fascinating and engaging evening, which celebrates the wonder of words. Based around the exhibition 'The Lost Words' - a collaborative…

As part of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences' Feminist Takeover Weekend, join artist and geologist Emma Theresa Jude to explore the Sedgwick's fossil collection through drawing, with an eye to famous female scientific illustrators of the past! The 2-hour class is suitable for complete beginners and non-artists as well as experienced sketchers. The event will begin with an exploration…

After the success of our first event at Goodstock Manchester, we are extremely excited to announce our next Small Fry event, The Re-Fry! The Re-Fry, will be at Foundation Coffee House on Lever Street, on Saturday 7th December 2019. It will be a meet-up comprising of prints, talks, music and an interactive workshop by Manchesters Easy Peel.   The Re-Fry…

At a time of momentous change in the high street, Eleanor Crow's witty and fascinating personal survey champions the enduring culture of Britain’s small neighbourhood shops. As our high streets decline into generic monotony, we cherish the independent shops and family businesses that enrich our city with their characterful frontages and distinctive typography. Eleanor will show a collection of her…

Bee Intrinsic (Karl Donaldson) & Bans Illustration are coming together with Wipers Youth to create an inspiring and uplifting evening on Wednesday 11th December aimed at young people aged 15 and upwards at Soapbox Islington - please come through if it resonates! There’ll be a panel of speakers who are from a mixture of different fields & backgrounds, & it’ll…

 ILLUSTRATION + PRINT OPEN 2019 in Deptford does Art, Gallery between 13 - 22 December 2019! Launch night Thursday 12th December 7-11pm with music and booze! Paid entry for submission of artwork by 6th

The House of Illustration Fair returns this winter. It’s the perfect place to pick up unique seasonal gifts, cards and stocking fillers while supporting talented illustrators who travel from far and wide to set up shop at London's largest free illustration fair. Expect high-quality handmade cards, limited-edition prints and one-of-a-kind pieces, from homeware to graphic novels and picture books and more. As…

Criw Celf Vale of Glamorgan - Illustration Turn stylised illustrations into a repeat pattern with artist Sophie Potter Saturday 18 January 10.30am - 3pm Vale-Art Central, Town Hall, King Square, Barry, CF63 4RW Create a repeat pattern by hand from your own illustrations in this class suitable for Ages 11-14 Repeat patterns are used in packaging, wallpaper, textiles and more. In this…

In collaboration with José-Manuel Gonçalvès and CENTQUATRE-PARIS comes the new exhibition from Serge Bloch 'Laughter boxes'. Opening evening - Wednesday February 5th from 4-6 p.m. For the designer, Serge Bloch, humor is vitally important to our daily lives. In this exhibition, technology is at the service of its inventiveness and humor. A succession of “laughing boxes”, cubes of varying size and design are distributed in…

Join us for a night of quick-fire creative challenges in the gallery at London’s original and best live drawing event. The February edition of Sketchmeet will be guest-hosted by Anna Mill, an artist and designer whose graphic novel Square Eyes won Professional Overall Winner at the AOI's World Illustration Awards 2019. Reinvigorate or discover a love for drawing you didn't know you had through a…

Spanning George Him’s long and versatile career as both an independent designer and as one half of the prolific Lewitt-Him partnership (1933-1954), the exhibition will include iconic wartime propaganda posters for the Ministries of Food and Information, corporate branding for El Al airlines and adverts for clients like Schweppes, Technicolor, the Post Office and The Times. Him’s distinctive blend of…

A Cass Visual Communication talk by Anna Mill and Luke Jones. Anna Mill studied architecture at The Bartlett UCL, where she became increasingly interested in the power of illustration in architecture, and architecture in illustration. She is interested in work that spans between old and new artistic practices, from traditional hand-constructed perspectives through to illustration in virtual reality. Together with Luke…

During this workshop we will mix paper cuts with geometric and organic forms created with pens and highlighters. The artist Naomi Vona will guide the attendants to the infinite possibilities in decorating watercolour paper with repetition elements as lines or dots, creating bright and detailed final compositions. Unusual materials as tape, stickers and pens will be provided, to experience a brand…

**** Please note this event has been cancelled.  See the London Book Fair website for full details.*** The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. In 2020 LBF will celebrate its 49-year anniversary. Staged annually, LBF sees more than 25,000 publishing professionals arrive in…

**** Please note this event has been cancelled.  See the London Book Fair website for full details.*** Membership Manager Rachel Hill will be delivering the AOI's popular, comprehensive mini Business Masterclass covering all the essential areas for a successful career in illustration including liscensing, self-promotion, understanding the commissioner's journey, working internationally as well as discussing the more difficult issues -…

Wonky Biology This talk in Cass Visual Communication series has an illustration and biology focus! Liv Bargman is an award-winning illustrator and artist. She has worked on a variety of projects with clients including We The Curious, Barclays, House Of Illustration, Radio Netherlands, Leo Burnett, Marie Curie, Tommy's Baby Charity, Parkinson's UK and Nuffield Primary Care Health Sciences. Liv also works…

Bringing your work into digital formats opens up a world of creative possibilities – impossible colours; rapid iterations; infinite new textures. This course will give you the skills you need to get started: get to know Adobe Illustrator, develop confidence drawing with a graphics tablet, and take inspiration for new digital illustration projects from the world’s leading museum of art…

What happens when we turn the purpose of a fashion advertising image into a more deep and meaningful message? During the event we will explore the infinite possibilities in doodling over a magazine page using eye catchy decorations, but we will not stop at it. The idea is to give to the picture a new message and switching it into…

**Please note that this event has now been postponed. Read the full statement here** OFFSET Dublin returns once again, bringing a stellar line up of creative talent from around the world to Dublin. Running from Friday the 3rd of April to Sunday the 5th2020, the OFFSET programme is packed with presentations, interviews, panel discussions and debates, with interactive demos and…

Come one come all for another celebration of local and other UK artistic talent in Cardiff City Centre! Expect another fresh batch of illustrators and printmakers, live drawing, beer and good times. Time once again to share the love and support each other. Entry is free, organised by ArtHole https://artholecardiff.bigcartel.com/ [email protected]  

Glasgow Zine Fest (April 18 – April 19 2020, CCA Glasgow) is a two day festival that celebrates self-publishing and Do It Yourself (DIY) ethos. The festival is host to a zine fair of over 75 makers, in addition to workshops, talks, and readings. Glasgow Zine Fest (GZF) has been a yearly opportunity to come, see, make, share, and do…

PICTOPLASMA'S NEW CALL FOR ENTRIES INVITES ALL INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND DESIGNERS TO JOIN THE #FACEVALUE CHALLENGE AND CREATE THE PERFECT ANTHROPOMORPHIC GEAR TO FACE OUR PANDEMIC TIMES. Here's what we're hoping for: - Stay home(!), grab whatever tools and material you can find, get creative and craft a facial mask that expresses your inner character. The result should at least cover…

Welcome to our Bristol Illustrator meet up - online! For our first virtual meet-up, we're limiting numbers to 20 and the time to one hour (maybe a little more, if we get into it). This will be a FREE session, where we're encouraging you to share how you've been, if you want to, and gather your thoughts on illustration at…

*** Please note that Bologna has been cancelled. They are planning an online presence in due course. Full details are here.*** The exhibition will be now held from 12 to 15 April 2021. For 57 years BCBF has been THE event in the children’s publishing industry. Over 1,400 exhibitors and around 30,000 professional visitors flock to the event each year…

In the age of info overload, visualization of data, information and knowledge has incredible potential to help us quickly understand, navigate & find meaning.

Wimbledon Art Fair ONLINE will take place from 14-17 May 2020 on wimbledonartfair.com This is your chance to browse, discover and buy affordable art from some of London's leading contemporary artists, in the comfort of your own home. PRE-BOOK Pre-book through Eventbrite to be entered into a competition to win £200 to spend at Wimbledon Art Fair Online and for exclusive…

We’re back for May’s event with another incredible line-up that’s sure to keep you feeling inspired and connected to the wider creative world during this period of lockdown.   We’ll be running things in the same way, over Zoom and with a tiered payment system. We took this decision last month to ensure the event was accessible to all but…

EXETER ONLINE ILLO MEET-UP #1 - Checking in For our first virtual meetup, we're limiting numbers to 20 and the time to roughly one hour. This will be a FREE session and plan is to just see how we're all getting on - share your thoughts on your work and situation if you want to, or just listen if you'd…