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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We thank WashU Sam Fox School of Art & Design for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We thank The Society of Illustrators for their generous support of ICON13! Society of Illustrators

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

We thank The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

We thank Savannah College of Art and Design for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

We thank Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

We thank Rhode Island School of Design for their generous support of ICON13! Rhode Island School of Design

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage panelist’s Andy J. Miller and Elizabeth Haidle Hearts, Brains, and Hands: What It Means To Be A Human Artist Elizabeth Haidle

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage panelist’s Margo Tantau and Jennifer M Potter Art & Business: Let Curiosity Be Your Guide Jennifer M Potter Margo Tantau & Jennifer M Potter will discuss what it means to sustain a creative business in a more intuitive way.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We thank Pennsylvania College of Art & Design for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We thank Pantone for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We thank Kansas City Art Institute for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We thank the SNF Parkway Theatre for their generous support of ICON13! @mdffparkway.bsky.social

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We thank The Folio Society for their generous support of ICON13! @foliosociety.bsky.social

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We thank Bloomsbury Visual Arts for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We thank Procreate for their generous support of ICON13! Procreate

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

We thank Adobe for their generous support of ICON13! @adobe.com

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We thank Maryland Institute College of Art for their generous support of ICON13!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Brian Britigan Brian Britigan! Brian Britigan is a Minneapolis-based illustrator, artist, and educator.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Kohana Wilson! Kohana Wilson is a Japanese-English animator, director, and educator based in Brooklyn. They are an adjunct professor in the Illustration Department at the Parsons School of Design, where they teach drawing and animation classes.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Kriota Willberg! Kriota Willberg is a graphic medicine cartoonist/anatomical illustrator, known for Draw Stronger: Self-Care for Cartoonists and Visual Artists (Uncivilized Books).

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Jen White-Johnson! Jen White-Johnson (she/they) is a disabled and neurodivergent Afro-Latina art activist and design educator whose visual work aims to uplift disability justice narratives in design.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Looking to level up your portfolio? Just finished a big project you want to show off? Trying to find a new angle on your career? Sign up for our Portfolio Reviews for one-on-one, face-to-face conversations, insight and advice from top art directors. Attendees, check your email for the ticket link!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Josh Trujillo! Josh Trujillo is a writer of comic books and video games. He is perhaps best known as a writer for DC Comics’ Blue Beetle, and the co-creator of Marvel’s queer Captain America, Aaron Fischer.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speakers Tiny Inventions (Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata)! Ru Kuwahata (Japan) and Max Porter (USA) are Oscar-nominated animation directors based in Providence, known for their mixed-media narratives exploring human relationships.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Reid Southen! Reid Southen is a concept artist and illustrator in the film industry whose credits include “Alien: Earth,” “The Matrix Resurrections,” “The Woman King,” “The Hunger Games,” and Marvel and DC projects.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Get Ready: Portfolio Reviews go on sale Monday! Attendees, keep an eye on your email for a link. Seats are limited and WILL go quickly. Your ticket gets you two, 20-minute, 1-on-1 reviews with top art directors from.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Hey hey! Good news: We've been able to add a FREE digital lettering seminar. You can RSVP on the Workshops Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/1988241624... Check out the seminar details here: icon13.theillustrationconference.org/jess-goldsmith

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Jess Goldsmith | ICON13 | The Illustration Conference

Jess Goldsmith is a globally recognized and Webby Award-winning illustrator and lettering artist in NYC! Jess is also the owner, curator, and author of Women of Type! Women of Type is a platform of ov...

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

EXTENSION: Apply to Kaleidoscope by June 13 for a chance to take the ICON13 Mainstage! Open exclusively to ICON13 attendees and speakers. Kaleidoscope is a rapid, 2-minute, slideshow talk.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Jordan Sondler! Jordan Sondler is an illustrator, creative strategist, and educator, with over fifteen years of experience bringing everything from children’s clothing to television sets to life.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Julien Posture! Julien Posture is an illustrator and anthropologist.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker David Plunkert! David Plunkert is a designer, illustrator, and co-founder of Spur Design in Baltimore, Maryland.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Zachariah OHora! Zachariah OHora is a New York Times best-selling illustrator and author of numerous picture books.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Frank Morrison! Frank Morrison started his journey as a graffiti artist in New Jersey, tagging walls with spray paint.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Laurie Norton Moffatt ! Laurie Norton Moffatt is director and CEO of Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Louis Henry Mitchell! Louis Henry Mitchell is the Creative Director of Character Design for Sesame Street. He also serves on the board of the Norman Rockwell Museum.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Pedro Martin! The son of an immigrant sharecropper, Pedro spent his childhood in the strawberry fields of the Monterey Bay area. He recollects those years in his online series Mexikid Stories.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Matt Mahurin! 40 years as illustrator, photographer, filmmaker. Gold & Silver Medals from Society of Illustrators. Photographic essays on the homeless, AIDS, prisons, mental hospitals, Nicaragua, Haiti, Belfast.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Jia Liu! Jia Liu is a Baltimore-based illustrator and educator who grew up in rural China. Her work spans children’s books, editorial illustrations, and 3D installations.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Taylor Le! Taylor is the Creative Director at The Standard. She previously led design at The Los Angeles Times, shaping visual experiences across print, digital, events, and social platforms, while mentoring a team of 30 art directors.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker LA Johnson!

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Mirko Ilić! Born in Bosnia, Mirko Ilić drew comics, illustrations, designed posters, books and record covers in Europe. In 1991, he became the art director of Time Magazine International Edition.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Caroline Hu Caroline Hu! Caroline Hu is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Levi Hastings! Levi Hastings is an Emmy-nominated illustrator with a focus in queer history and the natural world.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Liza Donnelly! Liza Donnelly is a writer, cartoonist, and director for The New Yorker magazine and others. The author of 18 books, Liza's TED mainstage talk was translated into 40 languages and viewed 1.5 millions times.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Robert Cicero Lifelong entertainment printer and former co-owner of Globe Poster Printing in Baltimore, MD.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Nabi H. Ali! Nabi H. Ali is a Tamil character designer, visual development artist, and award-winning illustrator based in Los Angeles, California.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Announcing ICON13 Mainstage Speaker Amanda Adams! Amanda Adams (she/they) is a multi-disciplinary artist and podcaster (Beyond the Studio - A Podcast for Artists) based out of Baltimore, MD.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Just Added: 25 More "Final Discount" Tickets! Get them before they're gone! www.eventbrite.com/e...

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The ICON13 Gallery Show Call for Entries is now open! We’re excited to invite ICON13 attendees and speaers to participate in this year’s juried gallery show. This year’s exhibition, Viewfinder, explores perspective and how we frame the world around us.

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ICON: The Illustration Conference @iconconference.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our full conference website is LIVE, featuring a day-by-day schedule, speaker profiles, events, and travel info! Check it out: icon13.theillustrationconference.org

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