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AOI Inside Illustration Branding

The AOI's new season of 'Inside Illustration' focuses on illustration for branding; images for company identities, logos, services,…

Illustrators for Peace

See the submissions from EIF member organisations illustrators for Illustrators for Peace.

Pay the Creator

Pay the Creator is a Creators’ Rights Alliance (CRA) campaign in the UK highlighting the disparity between creators and other sector…

EIF call for entries to Illustrators for Peace

The invasion of Ukraine is a devastating situation. The European Illustrators Forum (EIF) wishes to bring illustrators together, to share…

Keep Your Copyright campaign

With more commissioners asking for a copyright assignment as part of their contracts instead of licensing the artwork, the AOI has launched…

AOI call for entries to the World Illustration Awards 2021

The AOI, in partnership with the USA-based Directory of Illustration, announces that the World Illustration Awards 2021 are open for…

New EIF Board member elected for 2021

Nurgül Şenefe of Turkey's Illustrators Platform has been elected to the EIF Board

Varoom magazine – the Intimacy issue

From paranoia-tinged pandemic editorial for the likes of the New York Times to the body-based illustration of make-up artist Athena…

Introducing the AOI Mentorship scheme 2021

Association of Illustrators introduce their 2021 Mentorship Scheme mentees and welcome 15 mentors who are generously sharing their time and…

New White Book of Illustration in Spain

The New White Book of Illustration in Spain is intended to be a concise guide for those who practice the profession of illustrator. It…

Working Well – Good mental health

At least one in six workers experience mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. Awareness and support to retain and grow…

The World Illustration Awards 2021 Call for Entries

Enter the World Illustration Awards! WIA will showcase the great work being made by illustrators all over the world today. In 2021, we will…

The Illustrator’s Ninja Guide

Most illustrators are freelance professionals. And freelance creative artists are mini-companies. So this Guide has been created to help…

EIF member responses to Covid

Coronavirus has had a serious impact on freelance creatives, and illustrators and the EIF organisations that support them have risen to the…

World Illustration Awards Showcase

Check out the first ever online World Illustration Awards Showcase, featuring curated content created to explore the major trends and…

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Galleria Kuvitus Finland presents exhibitions online

Galleria Kuvitus is the only gallery in Finland to focus on the art of illustration in all its forms. Maintained by the Finnish…

Joseph Binder Award 2020 deadline extended

The deadline for the international Joseph Binder Award 2020 for graphic design and illustration is extended until 3 May. Submit your best…

Joseph Binder Award 2020 – apply by 17 April

DesignAustria is calling for entries for the fifteenth edition of the Joseph Binder Award, an international showcase on graphic design &…

Call for Entries World Illustration Awards 2020

The World Illustration Awards are open for entry until 18 February 2020. Any professional or new talent illustrator working in any media,…

Irudika 2020 Illustrator in Residence contest – apply by 15 October 2019

IRUDIKA is calling for entries for the 2020 international Illustrator in Residence contest to take place in Spain and France. The…

EIF Annual Meeting at Irudika the Basque illustration festival

The EIF Board members will meet this October in Spain to discuss the future strategies and plans to empower illustrators across Europe..…

EU Copyright Directive for the digital age

The EU copyright directive was adopted by the European Council on 15th April 2019- It is an important piece bringing the copyright rules up…

The World Illustration Awards 2019 exhibition, London

The AOI announces the return of the popular World Illustration Awards exhibition to Somerset House. London this summer. Featuring all 200…

Illustrators Empowerment Campaign #NotAHobby

NotAHobby is an Empowerment campaign for illustrators and their clients to celebrate the business of illustration. It is run by the AOI in…

The International Illustrator Seminar Finland

The Finnish association Kuvittajat invites all illustrators to take part in The International Illustrators Seminar to take place on 31st…

EIF at Bologna Book Fair 2019

EIF will once again be present at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair sharing a stand with AI at Hall 30 Stand B93/C53. We will be offering…

AI Annual Awards Call for Entry

Italian Annual Awards Competiton 2019

AI Annual is the most inclusive sourcebook of illustration,  produced in Italy and for the Italian market.If you are living in Italy or…

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The AOI UK to lead EIF

UK Association of Illustrators AOI takes up the presidency of the EIF. This is the first organisational presidency since the EIF was…

Price it Right Campaign

Price It Right, a campaign for the whole illustration industry backed by EIF will be launched at Bologna Childrens' Book Fair 2018, with…

7th Illustrators – only Dinner Party SELFIE ME!

7th Illustrators – only Dinner Party in Bologna

You are invited to the 7th illustrators dinner party in Bologna. A great occasion to meet and dinner with your peers and draw together.…

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Sharing Possibilities Oslo 2017

Sharing Possibilities is the two-day conference organised by Grafill and Svenska Tecnare for European illustrators Associations. The aim is…

World Illustation Awards 2017

World Illustration Awards 2017 Exhibition, London

The World Illustration Awards exhibition in London offers a showcase of the best of professional and emerging illustration talent…

27th European Congress of medical and scientific illustration

Student scientific illustrators are especially encouraged to bring their portfolios and present their artwork during the portfolio…

AI - EIF Annual illustration dinner party

5th Illustrators Dinner Party in Bologna

You are invited to the 5th illustrators dinner party in Bologna. A great occasion to meet and dinner with your peers and draw together.…

Joseph Binder Award Austria

Joseph Binder Award 2016

The Joseph Binder Award (JBA) is Austria’s only international competition for graphic design & illustration. Designers, illustrators, and…

Congress of professional Illustrators XIII, Madrid

APIM presents the annual event, Congress of professional Illustrators XIII (XIII Encuentros con Ilustradores profesionales) Madrid, now in…

Visual Artists: 10 principles for fair contracts

International Authors Forum members call for publishers worldwide to listen …

Authors from a number of countries released open letters asking publishers to reconsider the contract terms they offer authors and…

ASIL – Slovak Illustrators Association as member!

EIF welcomes ASIL – Slovak Illustrators Association as new member! ASIL supports their members in their promotion, by offering a portfolio…

Images for Climate!

Images for Climate! Visions for a possible world

We illustrators, in our small way regularly use our creativity to give colour to the world; this time let’s get together to try and change…

Participate in the Frankfurt Bookfair

Participate in the International Illustrator’s Corner 2015 in Frankfurt.

IO, the German Illustratoren Organisation organises participation in the International Illustrators Corner 2015 at the Frankfurt Bookfair.…

Invitation to share European Commission Study on the Remuneration of the creative industry

Take part in the survey on the remuneration of writers, journalists, authors of publications in in scientific/academic journals,…

Call for Entries World Illustration Awards 2015

For the first time in history the AOI presents the World Illustration Award. For nearly four decades, the AOI has presented the most…