This exhibition is a rare chance to see artwork and unseen sketches by renowned illustrator and writer Posy Simmonds. There are over 50 works on show from witty cartoons; delightful illustrations from her children’s books and original drawings from her graphic novels including the popular Tamara Drew and Gemma Bovery. There is also a selection of work on special loan…

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…

'You don't want to miss an inch of this marvellous, mischievous exhibition' - The Sunday Times

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…

Enid Marx (1902-1998) was a textile designer, printmaker and illustrator who, alongside her contemporaries Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden, defined mid-century design. The exhibition coincides with the 20th anniversary of her death and is the most comprehensive retrospective of her work mounted in the last 40 years. It brings together over 150 pieces from private and public collections, many displayed…

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,…

The first ever exhibition of Quentin Blake’s illustrations for Cyrano de Bergerac’s science fiction classic

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,…

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…

Extraordinary pen and ink illustrations for five books John Vernon Lord’s pen and ink drawings are rich with metaphor, pattern and codes. This exhibition features his extraordinary work for five books including Finnegan’s Wake, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Ulysses. AOI Members can enjoy 2for1 entry, simply show your AOI membership number.

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.…

Come along and join AOI Member Lana Hughes at The Old Bank Vault this summer to take part in her beginners Hand Lettering workshop. This workshop will consist of a brief introduction into the basics of hand lettering, how to get started, how to build letterforms & create beautiful lettering - whilst learning about the equipment used to write in…

Yo Illo is a community group that hosts easy-going, meetups for illustrators of all levels in London.  They meet at the pub every month in London.  There's no charge, no pressure and no agenda – just the opportunity to talk to like-minded creatives about illustration, sharing opportunities and advice (and sometimes to blow off a little steam!). Feel free to…

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)

An exhibition of fourteen hyper-realistic portraits in pen and pencil by Natalie Knowles, aged 15-17 at the time of drawing. Seventeen years later it is very exciting to be exhibiting all fourteen original portraits, seen together for the first time in public. Venue: Anteros Arts Foundation in Norwich. More info and RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/202419903878271/

Illustrator and AOI Member Sarah Edmonds is creating a town – come and help her build it! During this lively interactive exhibition, the gallery will be transformed into an imaginative Information Centre. Visit and find out more about this work in progress town – see its landmarks, meet the locals and add your own suggestions to the noticeboard. Alphabetown is an…

Art Devotees of the Future A picture book can be a child’s first experience of art and can be the ideal way to start looking at detailed images. Join award-winning illustrator James Mayhew, in discussion with Linda McClelland from the Scottish National Gallery and author Vivian French from Picture Hooks, which provides opportunities for emerging illustrators, for a fascinating discussion…

Come and discover how printing, painting, tearing, cutting and scribbling have transformed James’s practise as illustrator, especially for the award-nominated book Mrs Noah’s Pockets. Using myths and legends as a theme, this is a practical and fun masterclass, exploring composition, form and drama in picture books, through the process and experiment of collage. Book now via National Galleries Scotland

Yo Illo is a community group that hosts easy-going, meetups for illustrators of all levels in London.  They meet at the pub every month in London.  There's no charge, no pressure and no agenda – just the opportunity to talk to like-minded creatives about illustration, sharing opportunities and advice (and sometimes to blow off a little steam!). Feel free to…

Explore the art of becoming a professional illustrator, working with publishers and designing beautiful books that win awards at the Bloomsbury Institute. In a brand new event series, Inside Bloomsbury, key members of the Bloomsbury team will talk about what they do in more detail than ever before, discussing what it takes to illustrate book jackets that please authors, agents and…

The World's Biggest Drawing Festival is celebrating 2018 with the theme of 'PLAY' which is all about the role of playfulness in creativity, invention and discovery. The theme will raise awareness of how inventors, designers and artists use this approach when visualising their ideas, experimenting and playing - often with happy accidents - where something happens, or is discovered, or ends up being different…

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)

OPENS: Sep 6th-9th, 12-6pm PRIVATE VIEW: Sep 5th, 6-9pm (RSVP) The Murlo Collection will be showing at Studio 9294, 90 Wallis Road, London E9 5LN from September 6-9, with a private viewing and live Q&A on the evening of September 5. Entry is free. Opening hours: 12pm – 6pm. As a producer, Murlo has created some of the most distinctive club music…

You are all invited to the opening of the new exhibition at The Pocko Gallery in Dalston featuring works from the Punanimation directory. Punanimation was initially formed in 2015 as a Facebook group,​ ​ with the aim to empower, promote and connect women, trans and non-binary people working in the largely male animation and motion industry, sharing advice and disseminating…

To celebrate the new Netflix adaptation of its Hilda comic series, Flying Eye Books is publishing a new series of illustrated middle grade novels – join them for an exclusive preview screening of the animated show, as well as the launch of the first in the series. By Illustrator Luke Pearson Tickets on Eventbrite with the option to purchase a new book in the series Tickets are £9.99…

Join Dougal Dixon, palaeontologist, geologist and author, in conversation with vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer Darren Naish to mark the return of Dixon’s astonishing speculative-evolution book ‘After Man: A Zoology of the Future’. Dougal imagined and beautifully illustrated this new world and its creatures in his 1981 book ‘After Man’ and brought to life the wonderous predatory mole-beasts the Desert…

Discover what is “Made In Peckham”. From ceramics, sculpture, painting, screen printing, photography and craft to prop making, fashion, textiles, graphic design, product design, architecture and homewares. You will find these artists, makers and creators in every nook and cranny across SE15 within iconic buildings, purpose built studios, railway arches, unassuming industrial buildings, at home and in restaurants and bars.…

A one day family and fan convention with a full program of events such as book launches, star interviews and fun live art events hosted by guests and comics journalists. This year's guest list features some of the biggest names in comics including the legendary creative team behind Judge Dredd: John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra with many more to be announced.…

MA2018 showcases diverse new work by students graduating from the MA courses in Sequential Design/Illustration, and Arts and Design at the University of Brighton. Students come from a wide range of disciplines with backgrounds in illustration, graphic design, sculpture, games design, typography, textiles and filmmaking. These internationally recognised postgraduate courses support self-initiated individual projects and help students to develop an…

Thought Bubble 2018 runs from 17th - 23rd September, at venues across Leeds with the centre-piece convention taking place over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd September in the heart of the city; Millennium Square, Leeds Library, Leeds Town Hall, The Carriageworks Theatre, Cookridge Street and Radisson Blu Hotel. Tickets are now on sale for this year's convention, and full booking…

Experts in mid-20th century design highlight the often overlooked contributions by women to print, pattern and popular art This inspiring, informal study day considers the legacies of those women whose work shaped the graphic art and textle design of the last century, celebrating the work of Enid Marx and her peers Peggy Angus, Barbara Jones, Mabel Phyllis Barron and Dorothy…

In this Life Drawing class, tutored by illustrator and AOI Member Francesco Lo Iacono, you will work from a live model wearing the creations of an exciting fashion designer each month. This class is suitable for all levels. It is open to beginners who have an interest in fashion and who want to try out their creative skills or just for the…

Picture Hooks is headed to Wigtown! Picture Hooks artists have been involved in a mentoring scheme and have been paired with an experienced and acclaimed illustrator for the past year, studying the creative process at the heart of making picture books and exploring new techniques and methods of working. The result is the work in this exhibition.

Are you in Leeds for Thought Bubble on the Friday evening? Join Avery Hill Publishing and the good folks of Travelling Man for the launch of 'Retrograde Orbit' by Kristyna Baczynski and 'Follow Me In' by Katriona Chapman. The perfect way to get in the Thought Bubble spirit! Signings, sketching, drinks and comics camaraderie!

Singapore’s first indie illustration-centric festival!

Children’s books challenge, inspire and encourage young minds. However, in today’s globalised marketplace, how do publishers ensure distinct groups of readers are represented while continuing to operate and grow internationally? Attend The Bookseller Children’s Conference 2018 to hear from leaders influential in this movement: from international CEOs to grass-roots school library campaigners, from multinational businesses to micro-publishers, across fiction, non-fiction,…

Yo Illo is a community group that hosts easy-going, meetups for illustrators of all levels in London.  They meet at the pub every month in London.  There's no charge, no pressure and no agenda – just the opportunity to talk to like-minded creatives about illustration, sharing opportunities and advice (and sometimes to blow off a little steam!). Feel free to…

Get ready for one of the most exciting exhibitions in East London covering a vast selection of styles within the illustration filed! Artists from all around the world will be coming to celebrate creativity, community and the new chapter that Cluster House commences. This is an opportunity to discover the best artists from different backgrounds, different stages of their career…

This course is taught by Illustrator Anna Goncharenko. Anna has produced Illustrations for many major brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Grazia and L’Oreal. 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.…

Buy unique affordable artworks direct from a diverse community of artists from a wide range of artistic backgrounds, that includes established illustrators, designers, independent publishers, ceramicists, all exhibiting alongside their up- and-coming contemporaries. The broad selection of artworks for sale includes, ceramics, zines, independent publications, patches, custom t shirts & tote bags, art prints, risograph & screen prints, jewellery, and…

Join in for Mareykrap's first solo exhibition in Seoul, South Korea. Artist Mareykrap focuses on the passing traces of daily lives. She captures the subtle moments, depicts them in her paintings and stores them there. Her works are mostly consisted of painterly illustrations and the gif animations, which are connected set of illustrations in a flow of time. Mareykrap uses…

TJ Boulting is delighted to present In The Company Of, an exhibition exploring the relationship between historic and contemporary women artists, curated by Katy Hessel, founder of the Instagram-based blog The Great Women Artists. In The Company Of will showcase three historic female artists, Barbara Hepworth, Lee Miller, and Alice Neel, alongside twelve dynamic contemporary female artists. The exhibition aims…

A FULLY SCREENPRINTED POSTER SHOW London’s acclaimed screen-printing studio opens its doors again for their Blisters show. Tucked away in East London’s creative hotbed, acclaimed screen-printing studio Print Club London presents its seventh annual show, Blisters – Season 7 This Year the show is set to be bigger & better by bringing together a collective of 50 established and emerging…

The Picture Hooks artists involved in a mentoring scheme have been paired with an experienced and acclaimed illustrator for the past year, studying the creative process at the heart of making picture books and exploring new techniques and methods of working. The result is the work in this exhibition.

Bristol Comic and Zine Fair celebrates the world of DIY and independent publishing. The fair brings together artists, writers, and publishers from across Bristol and further afield for a one-day market. 2018 will be our 8th year. The poster for BCZF 2018 is by Molly Fairhurst. BCZF 2018 is on Saturday 6th October, 12-5.30pm (Accessible Hour 11am-12pm)

Bristol based art fair full of comics, posters, t-shirts, zines, patches etc. Sunday 7th October FREE ENTRY 12-5pm insta/twitter/fb: @shakebristol email: [email protected]

A Drawing event, for all skill levels and no skill levels to join in. With Live Illustration and Comedy. Live Comedy panel featuring: Tony Cantwell Kevin McGahern Aoife Dooley Tickets €10. Get your ticket here.

In this Life Drawing class, tutored by illustrator and AOI Member Francesco Lo Iacono, you will work from a live model wearing the creations of an exciting fashion designer each month. This class is suitable for all levels. It is open to beginners who have an interest in fashion and who want to try out their creative skills or just for the…

Celebrate the noise makers, the pioneers and the inspiring creators. The unapologetically smart, funny, humble and inspiring. The ones with the business upfront and the party at the back. Now in its sixth year, this day long conference of ideas and inspiration features internationally celebrated and influential speakers showing an insight into their creative work spanning brand, architecture, film, typography…

This fantastic Artist Talk Series features 6 artists with one talk a month starting in October. Each session features a talk from the artist, a Q&A session, and a workshop activity to run for the rest of the evening. The sessions will run from 7:30pm to 10:30pm, but the venue will stay open for networking and drinks ’til late. 25th October…

Organised by Ink Paper + Print, a platform for new makers, illustrators and designers working in contemporary graphic arts and design, this is a Free event. There will be 75+ exhibitors in total across two venues showcasing a range of printmaking, artist's books, 20th Century design, zines, screenprints, risos, ceramics and contemporary crafts. This is an opportunity to see contemporary printmakers and…

Yo Illo is a community group that hosts easy-going, meetups for illustrators of all levels in London.  They meet at the pub every month in London.  There's no charge, no pressure and no agenda – just the opportunity to talk to like-minded creatives about illustration, sharing opportunities and advice (and sometimes to blow off a little steam!). Feel free to…

From the people behind ICE Birmingham, the winter special of the comic convention returns to Brighton for its second year. Full details including guests and events are to be announced very soon!

No Ordinary Heroes and Centrala put their heads together and the idea for two-day festival full of comics, zines and illustrations was born! For the second time all comics lovers will meet right in the centre of Prague. Our goal is to connect local and international community of authors with local audience, with main focus on rich production of European…

Brighton Illustration Fair (BIF) comes back for a 4th consecutive year this 3rd & 4th November to the University of Brighton’s Sallis Benney Theatre & gallery spaces. Back for 2 days of exhibitors, guests, talks, exhibitions and much more. Confirmed guests so far include Atelier Bingo, Maria Midttun, Laurie Rowan and Ryan Gillett. More to be announced.

Gran Salon Mexico is an independent initiative that promotes and disseminates the current world of illustration in Mexico. The flagship Fair is dedicated to contemporary Mexican illustration that takes place annually in Mexico City and celebrated its first edition in 2014. Free entry.

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…

The SCBWI British Isles Conference is a superb opportunity to add focus to your creative craft and gain essential insight on children’s publishing from leading illustrators, agents, art directors, authors, publishers and editors. Whether you’re an illustrator, author or both, you’ll discover fresh perspectives for your practice and get opportunities to meet and show your portfolio to some of the…