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Illustration and the Children’s Book Industry: Secrets to Success |
 Saturday 23 June, 10.00 am - 5.30 pm
Toynbee Studios Theatre, Arts Admin Lecture Theatre, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6AB
This one-day event aims to provide artists with all the essential information needed for working in the field of children’s book illustration. Presentations and talks are given by a wide range of experts with specialist knowledge including prolific illustrator Tony Ross of Horrid Henry fame, Alex T Smith who was shortlisted for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and Booktrust Best New Illustrators 2011 Chris Haughton and Claudia Boldt.
Topics under discussion include what publishers look for in a potential illustrator, what agents want to see from submissions, the portfolio of the children’s book illustrator and the inspiration behind some of the UK’s bestselling picture books.
This event, organised by the Association of Illustrators (AOI), is open to illustration students and working illustrators at different stages of their professional career as well as anyone with a lively curiosity about the industry.
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Varoom Issue 18: Launch Event |
Illustration, Entertainment and the Age of Distraction
Thursday 14 June, 18.30
The Foyles Gallery, Third Floor, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0EB
In an era of social networking, texting and ‘always-on’ smartphone culture, the way we access and consume our entertainment is rapidly evolving. To launch Varoom issue 18: The Entertainment Issue, at Foyle’s Bookshop in London, three distinguished panellists from different areas of the industry will discuss illustration work that in the age of ‘fast food’ media has taken the idea of entertainment in bold new directions. The debate is chaired by Varoom’s editor,
John O’Reilly.
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Advance Notification of Images 37: Call for Entries |
 As we prepare for our fortieth anniversary in 2013, the AOI is reviewing Images to ensure that we continue to deliver the most innovative and significant Illustration awards programme in the future.
To enable these changes to take place the call for entries, usually in May, has been delayed and will take place later in the year.
We are pleased to announce that Images 36 exhibition will be taking place in October. Artists whose work has been selected will be notified in June. Fuller details will be announced nearer the time along with news of significant future developments for the AOI .
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AOI Responds to Copyright Consultation March 2012 |
 UK Government launched a major consultation last year to assess whether the current copyright framework is ‘fit for purpose’ in the digital age. Government’s response to this Hargreaves Review on IP and Growth, which was assessing this question, was published in August 2011. It said it broadly accepted the Review’s recommendations, and outlined how it proposes to act on them.
A further consultation was launched in December 2011 with a deadline of this March. AOI commented on many of the elements of the consultation, which includes proposed widening and introduction of new exceptions to copyright, some which we believe are unnecessary and some which would be detrimental to illustrators. In our introduction we stated that the importance of copyright for illustrators cannot be overemphasised – it is the basis on which their work is licensed, and comprises a major element of their income. Illustration is commissioned on fees based on the duration of the licence, territory of licence and usage specified on the licence. You can read further details on this, and our response to the Feasibility Study on a proposed Digital Copyright Exchange (DCE), a ‘functional digital market in rights clearance and a source of information about rights ownership’, as recommended by the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth which was accepted by the Government.
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AOI has many agency members and here we run an update on what they are currently doing. This includes news on exciting new commissions recently undertaken and any news on the agency as a whole.
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