These are some of the news from members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland from the last few weeks:
Irish comic artist Paddy Lynch is launching the second issue of his brilliant comic Last Bus, his personal anthology of stories.
Get your first peek as it steps out into the public domain this Thursday night from 8pm in the Bernard Shaw. Come on down, have a drink, have a dance and take away a small piece of homegrown underground comic art in all it’s inky glory.
For more info go to www.patrickl.net
CR Blog writes on Umbro and Nike commissioning illustrators to devise emblems and badges to be embroidered on to alternative versions of national team shirts for the World Cup 2010. Check out the article here.
We asked Illustrators Ireland members to dig deep into their memories and tell us how much the world has changed since they were kids. Check out the entries…
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A bit late to this – but Quentin Blake needs your help. The legendary illustrator is hoping to open the House of Illustration by the end of 2012 – but needs to raise a whopping £6.5m to get the show on the road.
The House will be primarily for education – and not a home for collections of illustration – though there is a proposed dedicated exhibition area. The plans include space for talks and classes as well as a permanent display free to the public.
£65 million does sound like a lot but the majority of the dosh is ear marked for buying and renovating a building next to the new Central St Martins College of Art – as well as being bang in the middle of King’s Cross development with plenty of galleries, theatres and concert halls in works.
Curious to know more? Click to have a look see.
Well it took an act of god to get me (BRENB) back on a stage to talk about my work but a certain volcano decided to intervene. And so I will be replacing Serge Seidlitz at this Thursday’s OFFSHOOT. Hope to see you all there. For more info click OFFSHOOT.
If you are an audience member for OFFSHOOT 01 (Thursday 22nd April, The Sugar Club) you will be in with a chance to WIN A TICKET TO OFFSET2010!
We will be holding a raffle on the night for 2 lucky audience members to win a ticket each to the 3 Day Creative Event, held this autumn in Dublin. Last years OFFSET featured the strongest line-up of creatives ever seen in Ireland including… Massimo Vignelli, Chip Kidd, James Jean, House Industries, The London Police, Sir Peter Blake, Oliver Jeffers, Pentagram, Dave McKean, Experimental Jetset, Tara McPherson and many more. And we are working twice as hard this year to even better that lineup.
Dates and venue for OFFSET2010 will be revealed on the night. For more info on speakers and how to purchase your ticket click on OFFSHOOT.
So what better way to spend an evening, listen to great creatives, have a drink and win tickets to OFFSET2010…remember IF YOU ARE NOT IN, YOU CAN’T WIN!
GOOD LUCK & SEE YOU THERE!
The Creative Lives documentary project includes videos on Barry McGee, Megan Whitmarsh, Futura and others. Check them out here.
an exhibition of small-scale works from UNA GILDEA and PAUL MacCORMAIC
Opens Friday April 16, 6pm, at Unit H, The Market Studios
Una says: “The seed for ‘Familiar’ was sown about a year ago during a conversation with Paul about our respective work. Our common ground was a shared interest in private vs. public.
“In my work, I use a variety of media – acrylic paint, pen and ink, collage, animation.
For this exhibition I have returned to my passion for the portrait.
This new work is a series of portraits of family, friends and public figures.
The portraits are done using acrylic paint and pencil and are frank, intimate paintings of people I know and people I don’t know.
“There is an expressionistic quality to the work, rendered in a faux naïve style; the colours are bold and the pencil line is strong.
There is a vibrancy to the subjects as they engage with the viewer, looking and being looked at.”
Good luck with it Una
Creative Review have extended the date for submissions to their first Illustration Annual to Friday 16th of April. Only two days to go!
Following on from our highly acclaimed Annual, and Photography Annual we are launching a version just for Illustration. The very best work will be showcased in a special July issue of CR.
It’s going to be interesting to see how kids books evolve to the new tablet technologies. Despite the frantic Alice video edit above, it could be very interesting indeed, perhaps with a bit more separation between the text and the imagery and interaction.
