For Immediate Release

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.