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	News UPCOMING EVENTS: New Year Show: Juan de Fuca Library January 4 to 31 The Island Illustrators Society "Happy New Year" show this January paves the way for a complete "Travelling Alphabet" Exhibit. The New Years show runs January 3 to 31, at the Juan de Fuca Library. Members of the Island Illustrators Society have also illustrated a complete travelling Canadian Nature alphabet which will be heading off on rotating visits to various lower Island libraries. Next Island Illustrators Society Meeting: Wed January 18, 7 to 9:00 p.m. MEETING RESCHEDULED for Wed January 25, 7 to 9:00 p.m. Social gathering, call for illustrator, announcements, updates on Alphabet Book and Travelling Alphabet Exhibit. Our secretary Allegra Vernon has created a beautiful little mock-up alphabet book and poster, there may be sneak preview at the meeting!! Keep an eye here in case we get snowed out. Held at "The Barn" 1885 Lansdowne (access from Watson). Map available, please email. All Island Illustrators Society meetings are open to the public and are wheelchair accessible. We ask for a small donation at the door. Click here for an updated list of meeting times for 2012. 25th Anniversary Show: Article and announcement by Amanda Farrell-Low at Focus magazine! See page 24, click here. Portfolio Deadline: Spring 2012 AGM Results - ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: President: Lorne Miller Vice President: Position Vacant Treasurer: Marcia Semenoff Secretary: Allegra Vernon Communications: Kristi Bridgeman Past President: Joanne Thomson Members at Large: April Caverhill, Greg Glover, Olga Lang PRESS: * Times Colonist Article on the IIS : Click Here * Saanich News Article on the IIS : Click Here * "Naughty Bits" Show: Monday Magazine * "Naughty Bits" Show: You Tube * Check out January 30, 2010, Page C1, in the Times Colonist! Awesome article about the Bloom Show at the Moon Under Water Brewpub! Public Lending Rights - See: http://www.plr-dpp.ca/PLR/default.aspx Landmark Google Copyright Infringement Settlement affects Canadian Creators. See this link: http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/r/view_notice Or see Canadian "Access Copyright" http://www.accesscopyright.ca/docs/WhytheGoogleSettlementMatterstoYou.pdf We are a society created by artists, for artists. Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you have about the society, or any particular member artist. contact@islandillustrators.org Feature Artist Introducing "Coastal Moments" from the Island Illustrators Society An undated journal full of art and poetry from the west coast of British Columbia. Available in select bookstores now. Be sure to check out IIS member "Raymond St. Arnaud's 25th Anniversary Photo Project" featuring photographs of Island Illustrators in their Studios.
	For further information email IslandIllustrators at contact@islandillustrators.org or Kristi Bridgeman (Communications) kristibridge@shaw.ca and Lorne Miller (President) The Island Illustrators Society was established to foster a greater interest in the art of illustration. The society exists to benefit its members and clients through shared information regarding illustrative techniques, business ethics, and standards. In order to achieve these goals, the society makes partners of practicing illustrators, students, clients, and other interested parties. Definition: Illustration is a piece of visual information, either drawn or photographed, which usually illustrates an accompanying text. The purpose of illustration is to enhance the ideas presented in the text, or simply, to transmit information or concepts visually. The Island Illustrators Society does not act as an agent, but as a venue for you to contact any one of its members. You are invited to write to us at: P.O. Box 30037, Saanich Centre Postal Outlet, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8X 5E1 Telephone (250) 413-3224 For information on how to become a member, click here. Web design and hosting kindly provided by www.BethDunlop.com