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

President
co-Vice President + Treasurer
co-Vice President
Secretary
Mainstage Programming Chair
Workshop Programming Chair
co-Education Chair
co-Education Chair
Events + Logistics Chair
PR + Communications Chair
Advocacy Chair
Director
co-Director

Advisory Board

Terri Fry Kasuba
Volunteer Advisor
Jasjyot Singh Hans
Roadshow + Bookstore Advisor
Don Kilpatrick III
Kaleidoscope Advisor
Lydia Nichols
Design Advisor
Adam Osgood
Motion Commotion Advisor
Special Thanks for ICON12 Board Service

Paul Windle, Leif Parsons

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