EIF Annual Meeting at Irudika the Basque illustration festival
This October the EIF will hold their annual meeting in Spain, on the occasion of IRUDIKA 2019, the international for professional illustrators. The event is organised by EUSKAL IRUDIGILEAK, the Basque Association of Professional Illustrators and takes place from 24 to 26 October 2019 in Vitoria-Gazteiz.
IRUDIKA offers attendees 3 days of training through conferences, workshops as well as portfolio sessions.
Speakers from three countries – South Korea, United Kingdom and Argentina – will be guests of Irudika 2019 including the Associations of Illustrators UK and London Illustration Book Fair.
On Sunday 27th October EIF Board members will each present their association to the Basque and Spanish illustrators community. It’s an occasion to exchange experiences and learn from best practices. Afterwards the EIF annual meeting will be focussed on developing the strategy to reach the EIF goal of empowering illustrators across Europe.
The countries that will be present at the meeting are: Austria (Illustria), Finland (Kuvittajat ), Norway (Grafill), Italy (AI), Romania (Clubul Ilustratorilor), Sweden (Svenska Tecnare), the UK (AOI).
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