article thumbnail

Quentin Blake Centre launches the UK's first National Illustration Day

Creative Boom

Public arts organisation The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has today launched the UK's first country-wide celebration of pictures and the people who make them with National Illustration Day, which will take place on 24 November. Lena Yokoyama created National Illustration Day's quirky identity Grab your pencils! And that's not all.

article thumbnail

Eva Redamonti's detailed illustrations are a chaotic explosion of the whimsical and the surreal

Creative Boom

Having worked with publications such as the New York Times, WIRED, Medium, Domestika, CNN, Adobe, The New Scientist Magazine and Politico Magazine, amongst others, Eva is constantly looking for the next project and "seeing how I can push my art to improve." I participate in them all, as long as it aligns with the work I make."

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

February 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Accepted proposals will receive a four- to six-week exhibition at Filter Space in 2024 or 2025, at least one exhibition reception, the opportunity to host an event in conjunction with the exhibition, exhibition marketing, and a stipend based on W.A.G.E. Their work will be installed from May 2024 through May 2025. ET on March 31, 2024.

Artist 92
article thumbnail

October 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

BLINK Cincinnati Call for Artists Featured With the highly anticipated return of its massive public art spectacle, BLINK, Illuminated by ArtsWave, is calling for artists working in light-based experiential installation, murals, projection mapping, digital art, or animation to submit proposals for the October 17 to 20, 2024, event.

Artist 87
article thumbnail

May 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

DCASE Visual Arts Exhibition Program (Illinois and Indiana) Artists, curators, and arts organizations are invited to propose exhibitions for the Chicago Cultural Center galleries in 2025 and 2026. 2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Visual Arts and Curatorial Work (International) Open to artists and curators born outside the U.S.

Artist 66
article thumbnail

Looping Tendrils and Supple Petals Overflow From Lina Kusaite’s Ethereal Botanical Illustrations

Colossal

After having enough tests on paper, I scan everything and transfer it into Photoshop, where I start playing with digital tools.” She is also working on designs for the Tazama African Tarot deck and a children’s book scheduled for publication in 2025. . “I start testing different combination, colors, lines.

article thumbnail

December 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Open Calls Beam Center New Hampshire Open Call (International) The center seeks proposals for public artworks that will be realized by a community of more than 100 young people at Beam Camp in Strafford, NH. The winners, plus 20 shortlisted photographers, will be featured in and receive a copy of a special mini-photo publication.

Artist 64