What is ICON?

ICON The Illustration Conference brings together top illustrators, designers, educators, representatives, and art buyers to explore the past, present, and future of illustration. Since 1999, we have produced conferences in Santa Fe, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Providence, Portland, Austin, Detroit, and Kansas City.

ICON is committed to providing a diverse forum for an ongoing dialogue that serves the illustration, design, publishing, advertising, and academic communities.

Board of Directors

Sara Barnes

President

Grace Danico

co-Vice President + Treasurer

Sam Meier

co-Vice President

Patrick Hruby

Secretary

Matthew James-Wilson

Main Stage Programming Chair

Maura Cluthe

Workshop Programming Chair

Shreyas R Krishnan

co-Education Chair

Robyn Phillips-Pendleton

co-Education Chair

Steven Compton

Events + Logistics Chair

Sara Wong

PR Communications

Leif Low-Beer Parsons

Stage Chair

Sarah Walsh

Advocacy Chair

Mark Heflin

Director

Lily Smith-Kirkley

co-Director

Advisory Board

Terri Fry Kasuba

Volunteer Advisor

Jasjyot Singh Hans

Roadshow + Bookstore Chair Advisor

Don Kilpatrick III

Kaleidoscope Advisor

Lydia Nichols

Design Advisor

Adam Osgood

Motion Advisor

LOCAL LIAISONS

Lucy Comer, Lisa Engler, Larry Fulcher, Ted Halbur, Jena Holliday, Leeya Rose Jackson, Erik T Johnson, Sam Kalda, Katie Kirk, Asahi Nagata, Amy Poburka, Rae Ritchie, Stephen Shaskan, Nathan Stranberg

Past Presidents

Jo Ann Miller (ICON1), Marc Burckhardt (ICON2), Cathie Bleck (ICON3), Anne Field (ICON 4), Whitney Sherman (ICON5), Martha Rich (ICON6), John Hendrix (ICON7), Ellen Weinstein (ICON8), Esther Pearl Watson (ICON9), Julie Murphy & Len Small (ICON10), Bri Hermanson (ICON11)

The Illustration Conference Founders

Kolea Baker, Cathie Bleck, Bunny Carter, Brad Holland, Dave Lesh, Jo Ann Miller, Joel Nakamura, CF Payne, Anne Telford, Marzena Torzecka, & Richard Tuschman

Websites from Past Conferences