ICON5 - Update
ICON5
The Illustration Conference
The Big Picture
New York City
July 2-5, 2008
ICON5 The Big Picture is gearing up for 4 exciting, jam-packed days in The Big Apple. Hundreds of illustrators, art directors, creative and media professionals will meet over the July 4th holiday for lots of fun, information and inspiration. http://www.theillustrationconference.org/index.html
ICON5 will be held at the historic Roosevelt Hotel near Grand Central Station. This prominent landmark named for Teddy Roosevelt has been meticulously restored to its majestic glory from the 1920’s with modern-day amenities. http://www.theroosevelthotel.com/
ICON5 will bring together over 750 national and international attendees and speakers. These highly skilled, highly educated professionals work on the cutting edge of the global visual evolution and will bring their unique energy and enthusiasm to the conference. ICON embraces the city it’s produced in with various pre-conference events, such as studio tours of local artists and magazine art departments; visits to museums and other sites of interest and public exhibitions.
ICON The Illustration Conference is a national, grass-roots, not-for-profit, professional entity established in 1997 to serve the illustration community. ICON is an all volunteer organization supported by sponsor contributions and registration fees. Unlike many other conferences, ICON is not supported with membership dues. Since the first conference in Santa Fe, NM, our purpose has been to provide a platform for illustrators to address, in a timely manner, the most important issues and ideas facing the profession. ICON is committed to creating an ongoing dialogue that serves the whole industry. Each conference brings together a community of illustrators and creative professionals to explore new concepts, media, technologies, and professional issues. Programming topics fall into these three important categories: Inspiration, Industry and Business. Previous biannual conferences have been held in Santa Fe, Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Please call Mark Heflin, PR Chair, to receive our ICON5 Look Book with more information on this year’s conference. To discuss story ideas for your publication or to discuss becoming a media sponsor for the conference days contact Mark by email: mark@ai-ap.com or by phone: 917-408-9944
We appreciate your interest and support of ICON5 The Big Picture.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I wish I could’ve made this conference! Instead I was on a trip in Europe visiting France & England and it was an amazing time!