Illustrators Ireland is delighted to announce it is taking part in this year’s Pointe Blank exhibition in association with The Birmingham Royal Ballet…

This is the fourth time The Birmingham Royal Ballet will have teamed up with professional artists for an exhibition to coincide with their performances.

This year sees a selection of 27 of the members creating A3 pieces on the theme of ‘Giselle‘.

The new collection will be revealed on the evening of Monday 24 June 2013, and the exhibitions will take place in or around where the Birmingham Royal Ballet performs Giselle this summer, at the following venues:

Birmingham Hippodrome: 19 – 22 June 2013
Belfast Grand Opera House: 26 – 29 June 2013
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre: 4 – 6 July 2013

To keep up to date with all developments, including finer details on where to see the work, check their website, and/or Facebook…

The members taking part are:

Niall McCormack, Roger O’Reilly, Joven Kerekes, Donough O’Malley, Eva Byrne, Olivia Golden, Karen Nolan, Laura Callaghan, Aidan Cooney, Peter Donnelly, Jesse Campbell-Brown, Jon Berkeley, Alé Mercado, Matthew Griffin, Mark Reihill, The Project Twins, Alan Clarke, Damian O’Donohue, Chris Judge, Padhraig Nolan, Brian Fitzgerald, Jennifer Farley, Una Gildea, David McCelland, Steve Cannon, Adrienne Geoghegan &Orla Roche…

Opening on the 13th of June, “Attitudes” is an exhibition featuring a selection of illustrations by Eoin Coveney for the iconic gay magazine, Attitude.

See more info here…

‘The Illustrated Beatles’ has been invited to exhibit at The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast (May 2-12) potentially in the ‘Oh Yeah Centre’ (the lovechild of music journalist Stuart Bailie and Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody) It will be a fantastic occasion for Illustrators Ireland, especially for our talented members living North to present this stellar collection of work to the city of Belfast.

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For ten years the pen of Illustrators Ireland member Alan Clarke has captured the misguided escapades of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly and his supporting cast of misfits. Their adventures have played out over 14 books, 2 stage shows, a CD and countless newspaper columns.

A new exhibition at the Powersourt Townhouse Centre, Dublin,  will feature a huge selection of original illustrations, prints, sketches, theatre posters, and never-before-seen Ross ephemera and curiosities. There will also be a glimpse behind the scenes of the process involved in creating the visual imagery of Ross’s world.

The Ort of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly opens on 1st December, on the 3rd floor of the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, and runs until 24th December, daily 10am-6pm.

The Illustrated Beatles exhibition by members of Illustrators Ireland opened at the Grand Social, Dublin, last Tuesday night, 23rd October, to resounding success.

The pieces looked incredible (hats off to the guys at Fire for a cracking print job) and the variety of style and talent was just amazing.

Illustrators Ireland member Mario Sughi (aka Nerosunero) can always be relied upon for a few snaps, and he has a lovely collection which you can see here.

The show comes down from the Grand Social’s walls tomorrow (Saturday 27th) at around 4pm, but don’t worry – there will be other chances to see the show, which will be announced closer to the time.

Congrats to all involved and to Illustrators Ireland Promotions Officer Peter Donnelly for organising a great show.

I’ve seen a top secret list of names, a list containing a few of the most interesting and creative people this island has to offer, a list of people taking part in a fund raising effort by the good folk at Damn Fine Print studio. Damn Fine want to create an inclusive, quality screen printing workshop & studio. They asked the creatives they admire most to submit a two colour poster inspired by “Damn Fine Dublin” and they will screen print them. 30 posters, €30 a pop, edition of 30. Exhibition on 6th December in BLOCK T Smithfield. They asked them, and they said yes, now they’re asking you. your going to want to be on this list. further details here – DAMN FINE DUBLIN EXHIBITION

Illustrators Ireland have been busy preparing the exhibition of the year – The Illustrated Beatles, taking place in the Grand Social, Dublin, from 23rd October until the 30th October…

The exhibition will feature 40 artworks inspired by 40 classic songs from the Beatles. The list of songs compiled by creatives, broadcasters and writers has been visualised by some of Irelands leading, award winning illustrators and the show promises to offer an astonishing range of work being done in this area.

You can get a taste of some of the amazing work on display by joining the Facebook group, but make sure you get down there to see it in person. It promises to be an amazing show…

Chris Appelhans has been an artist stuck in my head ever since I saw his bare bones animated Superman short a few years back so I was delighted to see he currently has an exhibition entitled RAINBOW MONSTR at Gallery Nucleus with some really lovely watercolours. You can see the full exhibit online here.

Tonight (Thursday 8th December), Hollywood Babylon, Dublin’s Midnight Movie Film Club, is hosting an exhibition of re-imagined movie posters at 6.30pm at Block T in Smithfield, Dublin. The strictly limited screenprinted versions of the posters from the movie nights are up for show and purchase including Philip Barrett’s version of the Crank 2 Poster above. It’s free in and there will be drinks, music, popcorn and fun.

California’s Gallery Nucleus “has invited more than 30 artists to pay homage to Jim Henson. This universally beloved visionary whose inspiring concepts and characters have impacted our culture in a monumental way. The collection will showcase a variety of mediums from a roster of professionals who are also genuine fans.” The Lovers, the Dreamers, and Me – A Jim Henson Tribute Exhibition opens on Dec 10th. The above piece from the show is by Graham Annable. See more here.