Images is the premier and longest running jury-selected illustration competition, annual and touring exhibition in the UK. It provides the leading showcase for the great variety of contemporary illustration commissioned in the UK today, published alongside self-initiated promotional artwork and up-and-coming new talent. Tonight is the launch and award ceremony (by invitation only) where this year's winners will be announced
London exhibition:
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, SE1 9J
Open to the public: Friday 26 August – Friday 2 September 2011,
Monday to Sunday, 11.00 –18.00, entry free
Canary Wharf by Tube, bus, river and DLR Designers: Trickett and Webb
Deadline extended: 17.00 Tuesday 29 March 2011
Exhibition: Tuesday 10 May to Friday 3 June 2011
London Transport Museum, in partnership with the Association of Illustrators, is delighted to announce the 2011 Serco Prize for Illustration. This year, the theme is the River Thames and entries should feature the river as a central feature of London and London life. It is the task of entrants to create an illustration that draws attention to the benefits of the river.
The top three entries will receive a monetary award and may be used in an advertising and promotional campaign run by London Transport Museum. The top 50 entries will be displayed in an exhibition at London Transport Museum that will open in May 2011.
Prizes will be awarded in three levels
First prize £2000
plus display of the illustration as a poster on Transport for London services
Second prize £1000
Third prize £750
For conditions, terms of entry and to submit please go HERE.
For further information about the Museum and its collection see www.ltmuseum.co.uk
There’s now even more time to enter the UK’s most comprehensive and prestigious Illustration competition, Images 35!
Created or commissioned a piece of illustration you’re proud of? Want other professionals working in illustration and design to know about it? Then enter your best work into the Association of Illustrators’ Images competition.
Call for Entries Association of Illustrators’ Images 35 competition
Best of British illustration 2011
To enter go to aoiimages.com
Deadline: Tuesday 31st August 2010
Images is the ultimate showcase for the best of contemporary British illustration. Now in its 35th year, Images is the definitive independent jury-selected illustration annual distributed to 4000 commissioners, and culminates in a touring exhibition around the UK. The jury consists of nine eminent industry figures including Sam Freeman Art Director Design Week; Martin Harrison - Senior Designer, The Times and Geoffrey Pais - Art Director, BBC Learning. Categories include: Advertising, Books, Children’s Books, Design, Editorial, New Media, Self-Promotion and New Talent.
Call for Entry Images 35 –
the longest standing jury-selected illustration annual and exhibition in the UK
Deadline: Tuesday 31st August 2010
The Images 34 book will be launched at the private view party in September 2010 and can be bought for £39.95 through the Images website. The London show, featuring about 250 illustrations from artists such as David Hughes, Andy Smith and Carolyn Gowdy amongst many others, will be at LCC, Elephant & Castle: 8th September – 14 September 2010 and subsequently touring the UK until September 2011.
