Candy Collective’s 10th issue of Candy hits the virtual shelves and celebrates its second birthday with a bumper special 2 part issue featuring a cover by Irish illustrators BRENB and Oliver Jeffers.
Interviews with and art by 50. Aidan Kelly. Alan Clarke. Andrew & Chris Judge. ALLCITY. Allison Leach. April Gertler. Asbestos.Bob Dob. BRENB. C100. Chloe Early. Clíona O’Flaherty. Conor&David. Frankenstyles. Greg Dunne. Helvetica / Gary Hustwit… (more…)
Charley Harper – An Illustrated Life, showcases his illustrations that appeared from 1950-1975 in the Ford Times magazines, as well as in books such as the beloved “The Giant Golden Book of Biology” in 1961, “Betty Crocker’s Dinner for Two” in 1961, and “ The Animal Kingdom” in 1968, among many others. His well loved book “Birds and Words”, first published in 1974, is considered a classic. Remarkably, however, Charley’s work has never before been published in one complete retrospective. Accordingly, this massive volume is the definitive Charley Harper book to have on your bookshelf!
It ain’t cheap at $200 but would love to get my hands on a copy. It’s my birthday soon…
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland in conjunction with the IGI are launching an exhibition from the 3rd August at the Architecture Gallery, RIAI, Merrion Square, Dublin, called ‘A Nation’s Obsession’ – illustration and architecture in Ireland’s changing economy. Illustration here is by IGI member Brian Fitzgerald.
exhibition review by Mario Sughi
On July 4th I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the Boundaries Exhibition at the Loft Gallery, a Gallery and now also a café opened to the public since February 2007. It was a very colourful and pleasant evening. The gallery was packed. (more…)
IGI member Roger O’Reilly has just launched his new blog
Rodge, the one time Dublin based storyboarder who now lives an idyllic existence running his own gallery in Kilkenny, has a great mix of his trademark loose illustration work and painterly landscapes.
Love the lobsters Rodge!
31 March to 3 April 2008
The Illustrators Exhibition provides an international overview of the most innovative trends in the world of children’s illustration.
Created by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, since 1967 the Illustrators Exhibition has offered a unique opportunity to artists worldwide to showcase their talent in front of the most prestigious professionals of the trade, who every year attend the leading Fair for the exchange of children’s copyrights in Bologna.
Prestigious, established artists and emerging talents are selected by an influential international jury composed of publishers, artists and museum directors.
They are now looking for 2008 entries, deadline 19 October 2007.
entry form, labels and coupons.
In 2007, the Illustrators Exhibition recorded 2,653 entries from over 58 countries. Of these, the jury selected 85 illustrators. (non of these were from Ireland!!!)
2007 exhibition-fiction
Yo! All da readers in da house know we here at the scamp crib keep it real!
(we do? – ed)
Well this Sat July 28th sees the return of Kings Of Concrete, a celebration of all things street. On the visual side there will live demonstrations and workshops of graffitti, stencil, stickers and paste-ups as well as a giant live comics strip mural by Bob Byrne of MBLEH and The SHIZNIT fame.
The Spoken Word
Curated by Valerie Walshe.
I would like to call for submission’s for a show titled The Spoken Word which will be exhibited at the Electric Picnic Festival 31st August 2007.
Illustrators are asked to take a famous Speech either Irish or International and illustrate it. A famous quotation could also be used.
Some text must be included in the illustration. If you are interested the dead line for submissions is Friday the 17th of August. There will be collection points at various places around the country for the work.
All work must be unframed and on 1cm MDF. Each submission must be 50cm by 30cm.
For more information please call Valerie Walshe 0877843015 or email vwcurator@gmail.com
This new book is a collection of essays about contemporary Irish writers and illustrators for children. We haven’t got our hands on a copy yet but it is illustrated in full colour and features Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick and PJ Lynch among others.
A blog from IGI member and all round genius illustrator Steve Doogan! Mostly concentrating on his advertising work but with nice little diversions and great links to his other sites. Seriously why is he not a world star? Took me ages to pick an image but they are all good. Go on do yourself a favour and get lost in his world, there are far worse ways to spend a life. (in case you don’t get it I’m a really big fan!)
