Power Outage at AOI offices

Tuesday, and we still have no power at AOI offices. Websites excepted, all our systems are down including telephones so we cannnot receive calls. Apologies to everyone trying to contact us but these are circustances beyond our control. EDF Energy are apparently working on the problem. This notice will remain until normal service has been resumed.

10.10 am. March 9th.

Cycling in London Competition

London Transport Museum and the Association of Illustrators are delighted to announce a call for illustrations featuring cycling as an emerging mode of transport in London..

Students and professionals are invited to submit entries that demonstrate the environmental, health and/or recreational benefits of cycling. It is the task of entrants to create an illustration that shows cycling as a fun and efficient way to get around the city.

The top three entries will receive a monetary award and may be used in an advertising campaign for cycling. The top 50 entries will be displayed in an exhibition at the London Transport Museum that will open in summer 2010 in conjunction with the launch of TfL’s cycling programmes.

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AOI Portfolios

AOI Portfolios have been developed by The Association of Illustrators (AOI) to promote illustration to the creative industries.

Launched in 2003, we currently feature the portfolios of over 600 artists covering a broad spectrum of styles, techniques and specialisms. The Portfolios are managed by the individual artists themselves so the content is regularly changing as new images are added to the site.
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Varoom - Illustration, Culture, Society

The remit of Varoom is - Illustration, Culture, Society – a way to show not only the fine work out there, but also to express what it means to the creators and the people who see it.

Varoom tracks the very latest in the world of illustration, discovering the new styles, exploring the world of illustrators and the people who commission them, digging deep into the big social, political and cultural ideas expressed in current illustration. Showing the most exciting, provocative, moment-defining work, and revealling the creative and human stories behind it.

Varoom issue 11 out end of November. All AOI members receive Varoom free.
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Images Annual and Exhibition

Images is the UK's leading illustration competition, annual, awards show, and touring exhibition dedicated to showcasing the very best contemporary illustration published in the UK.

Images is unique in that it is Britain's only jury-selected illustration competition, judged by a highly regarded panel of industry experts, spanning multiple categories.

The annual celebrates illustration excellence and is distributed to a specially targeted list of international commissioners and sold worldwide.
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Pro-Action Petition!

Your creativity is an asset. And there are many ways to make the most of it – to exploit it, some might say.
Making a living from illustration isn’t getting any easier. Negotiating the pitfalls of bad contracts and exploitative small print can sometimes make it seem like a fool’s game.
Luckily, awareness of the problem is growing, and you are not alone. Far from it, in fact – we’re here to help.
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